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3 ’ Stato ahd district managers B jon, vf ‘the action taken. ‘Complyin; orn ee sa se ph Get. Wood's nam Erordere flea by toe Seienheas in that initials “ET. under the Gen- name meant, that the actual aS ‘agent Mr the General in + Burtt said $40,000 tad been spent jn Indiana, but explained other tewtimony on the State expenditures by “eaying that unpaid ditle would britig the Indiana total to $68,000. order to carry out your work in ke way, Chairman Ken- yon observed, “your committee found iyBecessary to have printed a blank ended ‘Requests for Funds!” irman fom Aaa turned to a} ee ee 9m William | Loeb, ! eh 1920, $25,000,” he read, withess said he ‘was not in- formed. penaie' has ‘been mon. chees ree estimony ae hav- ne ni ted $225,000 from a Wood cagamntttee ie Now York. IFE OF CANDIDATE WANTS HIM.TO QUIT) Mrs. Samuel Adanis, ‘Whose Hus- yy band Seeks Vice Presidency, Prefers Home Life. CHICAGO, June 3.—Recause she fears it may mean the breaking up of th¥ir home life, Mrs. Samuel Adams, wife of the only announced candidate for the Republican Vice Presidential nomination would like to eee her hus- | band withdraw from the race, — Mr.) who was bofn at Westford, 4 is editor of the Ameriqan Chicago, insii on irs. Adams sald she didn’t ke the idga of being second lady of the Jand, tt much prefer home life to public life’ and I hate to see our happiness sy ai "she said. B: am for prohibition, woman Suf- 4 for the establishment of a court of. industrial rela- said Mr. Adams, who belon; to, 1 sachusetts family that hi f ished two Presidents. r. Adams is a strategist. He sent Stat@, bat the witness explained that| * was Robert Tyler, formally) |conclusions, Vietory Hoints, of tee next Monday. the task of harmonizing the views of two ‘seltools of ‘tought among the women, One asks dual control of the party with parallel organizations of men and women, The ather says that ; "adequate representation « of the women on tifb governing bodies of the parties” would be wiser, called for Sunday afternoon, About 800 are expected: to teke part in the morning consista of Coleman du Pont, Delaware; Rudolph Hynicka, Ohio; John T. Adams, Iowa; R, B. Howell, Nebraska, and Ralph B, foe Oregon, FSH EVEL THE WOMEN RIVALRIES CAUSE TROUBLE FOR REPUBLICANS One fucdior- Baine Demands ca Control of Party With Par- allel Organizations, CHICAGO, Jone %—Tho National Committ cés's, subd-comnrittée to con- sider the pat women aré to May ‘in’ the govyerninent. of the Republi- can Party held @ session “to- day, but failed to reach definite Cincinnat!, Mid-West Reylonal Di- reotor ,for the National Committee, Was commissioned to present certain views to leading Republican women and to advise tite sub-committee so that a’definite plan may be recom. mended to the full National Commtt- The Committed, ts) donfrontéd / with A meeting of women has theen delibertitions. The’ ee TY which mot this les. to munch during contest hear- EG a. SRLS TAFT’S SON BOOMING HOOVER AT CHICAGO Says He Finds Sentiment Among Ohio Delegates With One 4 Exception. . ‘CHICAGO, June 2.—Robert Taft, of former President Taft and a rer worker, arrived to-day. Mr. it reported that he had found the delegates from Ohio, |with one excep- tian, in a favoreble Srume:of mind to/ wdrd Hoover after Wood and Harding have ceased to be contenders. am for Hoover and feel confident that he will eventually be chogen to lead the Republican Party to victory ts isi November,” added Mr. are VILLA BEATEN AT PARRAL. Méxican Government Ruvhes 15,000 Troops to Scene. Washington, Juno 3f—-Francisco Villa was defeated when he attacced the City of Parral, Chihuahua, yesterday the fytate Department was advised to-day. Villa suffered some losses and’ is now being pursued by Ignacio Enriquez, former Governor of Chihuahua. Sego CITY, June $.—Fifteen thowae’ troops have been despatched by. the new government to engage ranciscé Villa in battle and effect his eapture, If possible. Reports from ‘Tampico to-day an- nounced’ the’ arrival there. of Rudolfo Herrero, accused of responsibility for * the mutder of Carranza, who ta en route to the Capital, "DOG BITES FOUR CHILDREN, Two-Yenr-Old Among Victims in “Nath Beach Dintrict, A smut black and tan dog wandered . through Bath Beach streets this after- noon, biting children. At @ little after noon the dog encountered William Murphy, two years old, of No. 1739 7th Street, son of a ety fireman, with his) father in som 4 at othe Bath Beach Poe National Committee two bo: a lice Station. batjy was bitten ‘on the Teg. n Ir search of the neighborh: for the dog, policamen found that ‘the oe mal had also bitten Gilbert ‘* aoe. six years old, of No. 42 Bay ; Jetor Dorman, six years 48 Bay 29th Street, and Mar- fin Grider, diva'venre ob and Cropscy ‘Avenues © aheinmd sed _ HOUSE VOTES PC POSTAL BILL. Mefsnre Would Increase Pay of Employes $35,000,000 in Year, WASHINGTON, June 3.Tho House to-day nanimously passed the postal service “bill granting increased salaries to employees of the Post Offic - teem ce Depart ghppropriation of an 090,000 the first —_—-- UHICAGO, June B-_Granting of an immediate increase of 18 cents an hour to all rhilroad employees pending final decision of the, United States tiailway Labor Board was urged at yesterday's wession by B. F. Jewell, Acting Presi- dent of the Railway Federated shop Crafts. The board also was requested by representatives gf the big railway brotherhoods to cloije its public hear- ings at once and go into executive Sessiom'to act on wage domands. Sent to Jail for Failing to Pay ‘ Alimony, Justice Fuweett found Norton C, Tra- » vis. & comers man, in contempt.of court to his wife since they w: ite committed Travis to jail £5 whonths or until he ‘athe | Hat's he owes his wife and $i ‘court by Fried, the poltch cite the follow: Ing item: pour the whiskey into a large screw top can. He then-re-flled the bottles | tively inclined, with water and Cota them back in stock, ib ample numberof bottles, pulled the corks and filled the glass toast clearly indieated that the drinks were lacking in “kick” and an inves- tigation followed with the discovery that the entire stock had been, rifled, lineup tosday; Inspector Cray rec- ognized him as a man brought before the Magistrate's Court in 1900 on a burglary charge, According to the In- spector, he was freed for lack of evi- dence. He a Hartford, Conn., court for horse stealing and in 1902 was arrested by the Federal authorities charged, with receiving stolen goods, the police said, a money belt containing $1,000 in bills ayd $160 in gold. According to Detective @mith, who ‘arrested Midler, he found in Midler’s possession two of the Fish bar pins, © separated | LOOTED CELLAR OF FORTUNE IN LIQUOR (Continued From First Page.) Rare Scotch whiskey;...38 a quart. His method, the police say, was to GOVERNOR BACKED FOR PRESIDENT BY K EYSTONE STATE | (Continued From First Page.) land, the pre-convention fight. mass meeting here Monday night. DINNER PARTY. A fortnight ago, the police say, Mr, Tho first . When Midler was placed ‘in the séntenced in {894 by] On him when he was searched was are ‘The tip telegraphed from Wall Street | “There are ,|that a dark horse would be chosen WINE THEFT piscovenep at is interpreted to mean that “the/ will be money” is going to drop both Wood : GOV) WILUAM C SPROUL... P92 Ah at Bh a Sa: heater SLUSH EXPOSURES SMASH BOOMS OF WOOD AND LOWDEN and 10,000 persons were at the rail. road station when Senator and Mys. Johnson's train arrived from Cleve- Senator Johnson will take complete charge of his campaign. He will con- fer with hie managers and supporters following the reception and make permanent plans for the Jast days of Johnson and Senator Borah will address a ‘The Lowden plane “weems to be coming down in a nervé racking tall spin that is thoroughly demoralizing to ity supporters. ‘Tho combination of bosses controlling the uninstructed delegates that will constitute a ma- jority in the convention are hoping that something terrible will happen to the Hiram Johnson promotian, which is the most formidable and the Republican National Committee. CHICAGO, June 3.—Shortly after | the Republican National Committee resumed to-day its consideration of | delegate contests it was announced in the Sixth Tennessee District, Harry A, Luck of Nashville, had) withdrawn his contest. J.C. R. Mc-/| Call of Nashville, unipstructed, was seated, He was claimed for Wood, Jacob L. Babler of St, Louis, the Missouri National Committeeman who told the Senate Investigting Committee of funds, arrived to-day and took his seat in the committee, Lieut. Cot. Roosevelt watched pro- ceedings from the rostrum as an as- sistant to Secretary Miller. The entire official seventeen delo- gates from North Carolina were seated by unanimous vote of the com- | mittee. The official delegates are in- structed for Judge J.C, Pritchard of North Carolina. ‘The contest was disposed of with the hearing of only the side of the con- testing delegates. Their admission that the state convention which chose them had no official status, catised the committee to throw out their claim, The official delegation are white while the contestants were negroes. —— 150,000 WANT SEATS AT GO P CONVENTION Women Show Interest in Politics by Unprecedented Demand for Tickets. CHICAGO, June 3.—The added t- ble for the unusual demand for tlokuts to the Republican National Convention this year, according to Chairman Will H. Hays of the National Committeo who said to-day he. had received 150,- 000, requests for the 19,889 seats, More dangerous of the dozen or ao en- gaging the attention of the specula- than 1100 applications for the 578 press tickets have been recelyed’ “The requests ‘ctom women for’ tickcts Unprecedented,” Mr. Hays. said. Ps very Fo Dine than ten Soplicstions rr It ba ermouticed | that, the tats n@ Harding and try to put over a] FIRST DEAD IN ARMY! Fish gave a dinner, ‘He\sent his bat-}nomibes that will be least offensive ler to bring up some whiskey and|to big business. Th wines, ‘The putler ;returned: With ‘an |ies with it the manifest inclination to “got Johnson,” meaning that the Wall | Bodies of 209 American’ Soldiers: Street interests do not want the Cali- fornia Senator, Talking’ about getting rid ‘ot Johnson, however, is a lot easter than really getting rid of him. WOULD LIKE TO G&T RID OF JOHNSON, estimated in value at $3,000, The detective told Magistrate Cobb, be- fore whom Midler was arraigned in Essex Market Court to-day, Ragt Fried claimed he had; ag all the | evidetice purely circumstantial and Jewels exeept’ $4)000 w, i ler and that Midter ha pada hin $651 for the total, Magistrate Cobb set Midler’s ball at $25,000 for ‘examination; Saturdays Except for the two bar pins none of the missing jewels have been recov- ered. Fried, the police said, although only forty years old, has been sen- tenced to a total of twenty-eight and a half years in Eastern prisons, The sentences started in 1991 and ‘were for terms varying from pne to five years, until 1913, when he was sen- tenced to Sing Sing for seven years and six months, He was transferred to Dannemgra and later réteased: for good behavior, The convigtions were all based on, burglary and larceny charges,“ FRIED SHOWED RECOMMENDA: Fried said to-day he obtajned em- strength of two letters of recommen- dation which he presented to an em- ployment agency. One was from G H, Walters, @ banker jof Noy 111 strength of his induced to assign Fried to the Fish home. ites side, preantoehiy froma felends) - led Benn) tar vied mortally wounded 95 TION FROM A BANKER. bia, ployment in the Fish home gn. thr. Broadway, for whom Fried ‘said’ he worked in Little Silver, N. J. the banker's summer home. The other was from Martin Loonan, a member of the Prison Welfare League. The|have no second choice. agency explained to-day that it. did) =e not_know Mr. Logpan was gonnected| monument over the grave of his| States, one in the Rocky Mountain for ot-having paid $10 a woek alimony | with the Welfare Ledgue and’on ‘the| friend. ‘This he fuiled to do, fearing| States’ and one in Southern California. detection, it is said, and in anger at ommendation was) irieq friends of Horowitz told the A new version of the capture of Horowits. The ed tip also car- OF OCCUPATION HERE Arrive— Names Are Kept Secret. The first bodies of American solders, who died with the Atmy of Occupatiou He ts the one man from whom the| °F { hospitals in France, arrived in leaders fear reprisals, They are con- nfident that Wood, Lowden, and in fact any of the other aspirants can We chucked into the discard without seriqus Consequences to themselves, but when it comes to Johnson they are] ic as to the names of the dead, in ‘ic- apprehensive of the results. Natur-|cordance with a new ruling. Families ally they would like to get rid of| of the boys will be notified, and if they dm in a peaceful way that will in-| wisi volve no disaster to the party and| may do 80. themselves, Covert and subtle pre- dictions are advanced that the Senate Campaign Fund Committee will hook | 4, the transport. Johnson up with Hearst in the League of Nations fight and show his campaign has been financed with money raised to promote the cause of Ir freedom. So far these charge’ are veiled and based upon Hoboken to-day on the Army transport Nansemond. There were 209 bodies on board. None was killed in battle, but some died from wounds, the officials stated. No information was given to the pub- to make the matter public thay ‘There were also six stowaways. two destitute soldiers, some soldiers’ wives and children and forty casual officers eS WIFE COUNTERS WITH CROSS SUIT \nforentiat. ‘There is no availing | Mrs, Theodore ‘Nason of Brooklyn, proof to’ support them, vided by Theodore Roos from their convictions, licked is the General himself and an money. for Gen, | polipe where to ,find him, ‘after Unret days’ cries tae D | Plans are developing which point to ‘a demonstration intended to tm- press the delegates quite as hec- a i ie poy Bee veld. Gybt| Brooklyn to-day reserved decision’ on Yours ago, Some of jhe leaders| Mrs. Jessig Nason, twenty-five, appii- foar the effects of such a reconnais- ance in fogce: others assert it will nét cut any figure. ‘Phey substant- ate their statement with the state- ment that “this fight is too serious and cold blooded to be influenced by county fair stuff.” They further de- clare the delegates will not be sus- ceptible to efforts to stampede them | Morris Nason, charges that bis wife's aggressive battery of supporters, headed by young Theodore Roosevelt, former War Secretary Stimson, Sen- ator Moses, and Congressman Gould of New York, The General expresses the fullest confidence in his nomi- nation. He does not seem to regard the expose of jhis underwritten Campaign as serious, In an inter- View he repeated his statement that the direct primary system compelled the expenditure of large eums of Young Roosevelt boldly championed the cause of his deceased fathera residuary political legates. tam WASMENGTOR, Tune 8 onard Wood,” he said, “and have been on his National Com- mittee for six months, I believe him to be the right man for the country ind ‘the party, His promise for the| Committee. future is based on that best guaran- eo, his achievements in the past. 1| way the lenetion we the mornies ‘The police deny this story. They say two envelopes, torn into confettl- like pieces, were found in the Fish Fried yesterday came out of the east! home These were. pieced together z a ve the names of two Fried’s Asks $50 a Week Alimony and $1,000 for Lawyer. Supreme Court Justice Fawcett tn cation for $50 a week alimony and $1,000 counsel fee to defend Theodore Nason’s action for a divorce. Mra, Nason also entered a counter action for seperation. ‘Nason, who inherited a quarter inter- eat in a factory owned by the late extravagance has made !t {mpossible | Kbout tho.ohly men in Chicago who | for jy do Hot Daleve “Wood ie as ened” ne| fof him to save a cent. She had often told him, he said, “she never loved me, but she did love ‘Jim Minor.” Minor, he said, ts @ sweetheart of long ago, Christ $100 bills from an ‘admirer. éuplementaty affidavit stated Mi N expressed willin; to up thetr two children to inor -would marry her. a $10,000,000 FOR HOSPITALS. Used by Veterans In Reported. Construs After many weeks of ‘doy, mi NORTH CAROLINA’ WESTERN WOM “LILY WHITES” GET. READY 10 PICKET CONVENTION SATS 6.0. P. CONVENTION Negro Contestants wicetirity arco by Ad ete, to War on Repub- licans for Failure of Amend- ment in Delaware. \ | | Observed With Lawn Fete ‘WASHINGTON, June 3.—The Suf- fragists are on the war path, and tand. | will descend upon the Republican con- ; vention at Chicago 5,000 strong. the Republican ‘Women from many Western States wired here to-day that they would join the picket line and add their presence and voices to the protests at Chicago next week. ee MERCHANTS. ASK. $5000000 FUND TO KEEP PORT OPEN (Continued From Fitst Page.) terest of women in politics, is responst-| Dassed through .nop-union ‘The letter states that the commit- tee intends to go ahead with its work regardless of the attitude of the striking longshoremen and other em- ployees of the coastwise shipping lines and the sympathetic efforts of The purpose is stated to be to “keep the channels of com- merce free from all obstructions.” It is announced that in view of the report of Frederick J, Koster on the way San Francisco handled a simi- the committee has broadened the scope of its plans, and wants citizens to subscribe as largely as they can, sending subscriptions to Lewis E. Pierson as Treasurer, T. V. O'Connor, President of the In- ternational Longshoremen’s Assoc!a- tion, said he hoped the men would vote to-morrow night to go back to work, It is admitted that the men have not thus far suffered the usual hardelilps of a strike, for the striking coastwise men have been working on the deep water plerg and drawing pay just as if they had not struck at all— even better pay, in fact. nor pointed out that this has thrown most of the regular deep water men out of work and that they are grow- ing: mpatient to get their jobs back. O'CONNOR HOPES MEN WLIL RETURN TO WORK, O'Connor has ordered captains to take a vote to-day on go- ing back to work, and he hopes they will decidé to do so. The deep water unions have also been advised to “carry out their agreements” with the transatlantic lines, which is inter- preted to mean that the deep water men should insist on handling their own: jobs and ousting the coastwise 1,500 strikers last y the meeting at onica’s Hall to hear the messago of Governor Smith, which urged them to go back to work and postpone their wage demands until increase their revenues by an increase of freight rates, The Governor offered to go before give ithe Interstate Commerce Cot in Washington and freight rate increase. a CHAMBER ADOPTS POLICIES. ining Soviets — For wht Increases, ate Chamber of Commerce unanimously passed a reso- lution urging the United States Gov- ernment not to recognize the present Boviet Government of Russia, ‘The Chamber favored unanimously an increase in railroad freight rates sumM- cient to provide a six per cent, return ‘on the value of the pro resolution adopted f “in special as lar situation, and Mves dn Hartford, Conn, Last the companies istmas. ‘he said, she received five mmisston e father it ask for the Measure Providing for Five to Be Against Ree tion of five hospitals, casting $10,000,000 for use by veterans of the World War {a authorized in a bill reported unanim- ously toxtay by the House Bulldiuys The New York general Way the location of the hospitals as fol- lows: One in. the region of the Central Atlantic Coast States, one on the Great Lakes, one in the North Pacifie Coast ‘. of the provision re- uiring 100 per cent, Amerocan owner- ship Ih coastwise, shipping compantes, memorial tribute to the late Levi Pr Adbrton was also adopt threshold of the country, eager for a chance to get in and find his brother who, he said, was @ policeman on the Tommie O'Halloran, ust go back Rumely Trial Py The defendants in thi lay for a mistrial on the ground that Samuel Untermyer of coun- sel for defendants uimann and Lind- 80 was i c with a GOVERNOR’S ISLAND: HAS CELEBRATION Tercentenary of Pilgrins’ tarting’ and Athletics, Governors Island is celebrating with garden party and lawn fete this after- noon the 300th anniversary of the | Landing of the Pilgrims, the Mayflower | | Compact, and the First American Leg- | islative Assembly In Virginia. John A. Stewart, Chairman of the Board of ‘Di- | Sulgrave is the institution which has in |ocharge the upkeep of the ancestrat home of George Washington in Eng-' Among those present are Mra. EB. H. ‘They Harriman, Charles Evans ftughes, Sir @re indignant over the failure of the John Foster Fraser, Rear Admiral) “Republican Legislature of Delaware” | Bradley Fiske and Mr. and Mra. James | to ratify the Suffrage ‘Amendment. | Speyer. Ca. Willies Weigel, Chief of Miss Alice” Paul, Chairman of the | | Nalonal Woman's Party, for a muster of her forces at Chicago- “Immediately upon the announce- ment of defeat of the Suffrage Amend- | |ment by the Delaware Legislature,” | Florence Brewer Boeckel, National receiving Lowden pregs Chairman of the Woman's} Party, stated, “five thousand appeals were sent to Suffragists in the States surrounding Chicago, asking them to! take part in a demonstration of pro- | test at the Republican Convention or | to contribute to its expense.” | appeal in part reads: “will you join ug June 8 at the Republican Convenfion if Chicago in a demonstration of protest against Republican action in holding up fati- fication in the one State needed? The demonstration probably will take the form of a line of women in front of the Convention Hall with banners of protest against the opposition of the Republicans, “It a host of women voice the cis- approval they feel, Party can hardly continue its pres- taf, Department, of the Haast, deliv- bor ‘the address of weloame and Alton B. Parker the historical address. Then there was an Army Fie Day. Capt. ; Van Vitet, U. &. A, was to meet lag Kumagae, the Japanese champion, at tennis, and then double with Kumagae with Prank and pes 4 in a | Kageregnt here tas" clee a | and aviation exhibitions, A wii be held to-night in the new Corbin Han ant Library. ——~»—- | STOREY QUESTIONED ON “MYSTERY GIRL” Attomey on Trial in Stolen Bond ‘Case Admits Attentions to Dancer’s Wife. ‘The identity of the mysterious young woman who for two days has been fre- quenting the halls of General Sessions Court, where Frank De R. Storey, at- torney of No. 55. Chambers Street, a¢- cused of receiving $60,000 worth of stolen bonds has been on trial, was hinted at to-day when Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Alfred Talley questioned Storey regarding his domestic fife. $250 00 TO SPENT THIS YEAR (Coutinued From First Page.) States have laws which limit the ex- ‘rectors of Sulgrave Inatitute, who has Penditures in. State campaigns. But | charge of the Tercentenary Celebra- | the laxity of the more populous States | tion, acted ts Chairman of the flay. Where the big electoral votes come front enables the politician to lav his lang ag that he does net comé under the jurisdiction of the Federal Gov- ernment, But if anybody supposes that all this is going to happen without some spec- tacular intervention such as came in |the primary campaigns, he is very much mistaken. The Senate commit- tee may not have made up its mind as to what it will do during the sum- mer, out it seems certain that as goon .the conventions have chosen their men and an extra session of Congress |i called there will be pressure to con- tinue the investigation. INVESTIGATING KNIFE CAN CUT BOTH WAYS. Some Republicans have satd it would furnish a splendid opportunity to investigate the Democratic nomi- | nee inasmuch as too much publicity has already been given the financial efforte of the various Republican as~ Pirants for the Presidential nomina. tion. But it je hardly Nkely that the another investigating branch of the Government would jet the matter rest rh =, Attorney General Palmer is another Attorney General is ap- Res the chances are that the ‘mocrats will do’a little investigat- hnet t appears doubtful at the pres- ont moment is, whether the two old line parties will have tacit truce to drop investigating and all they ean to elect their respective candi- Storey sald his first wife, whom he | fi had married in Cairo, Egypt, had di- vorced him, and that at the time of his arrest at the Hotel Commodore, ne was with @ young woman fnown as Agnes Hogan, wife of a dancer, Abra- ham Hogan. Storey admitted he had paid Mberaily for the apartment of Mra, Hogan at the Hotel San Remo, and had visited her frequently there, regis- tering as "A. Hogan,” and added, “I intend to marry her—her marriage has been anmulled because she was upder age when she was married.” Storey told of yl a Richard H, Lane, an ex-convict, at thi and later of being Introduced to ‘Det tive Briton as Wilson of Phila- detphia,” a bond broker. His arrest 1 EPs Se ae ACTOR FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL AREAWAY by 4 the one hand and the Depa: negeord Saves on the other hand said to be good. Much will depend upon the choice of each national convention. Maybe disappointed and think money beat them, they will insist on pursuing the trail no matter what effect it has on Democrats who are in possession of tic nominee or if he resigns 5 th eamt> the the campaign and $7,500,000 CHICAGO HOTEL.PLANS CORA) POOL WITH A BEAC Will Be Located on Roof, Covered With Glass and Used for Swi thing in Winter. Md CHICAGO, June 4, REAL estate sale forecasting erection of a $7,600,000 haw}, twenty-one stories high, along the lake front at Chicago Avenue, was announced to-day. Among the appointments of ths new hotel, to be called the Ib linois, according to plans aj+ nounced by the purchasers of the property, will be a coral pool om the roof under glass for winter swimming, with a realistic sandy beach along three sides, ee” BECKER INDICTED, SHORTAGE $25,000 Administrator's Clerk, Accused» of ‘Robbing City’s Dead, Weeps \ When Arraigned in Court. Crying and rubbing his eyes Ike's ‘whipped schoolboy, William i. Becker, clerk in ‘the office of the Public Ad ministrator, was held in $25,000 bait day by Magistrate Schwab in Centre Street Court charged with falsifying the books to conceal the theft of $1,000 fh May, 1919, from the funds accumulated from the city’s unidentified dead. “An hour late rhe was indicted by the Grand Jury. Assistant District Attorney Goodmali said an examination of the books by As- sistant District Attorney Ryttenbert and experts from the office of Commis? sioner of Accounts Hershfield ‘showed Beker was short more than $25,000 in his accounts. Ryttenberg took the experts and the books before the Grang Jury. Bectter, who lived with his wite af East Williston, L. 1, was dismissed several days, ago for absence without leave. His grief to-day was due, said, to his loss of the good opinion o: his ‘wife and neighbors, who knew nothing of his dismissal or that he had been betting on race horses. Hirshfield reported to Mayor Hylan to-day he found $1,200,000 on the boolge* of the Public Administrator as taken from the bodies of unidentified dead, and there had been no audit of the tf the friends of Senator Johnson are; books in seven years. The Public Ad- ministrator, William 8. Howes, Hireh- field aid, is seventy-seven years old. ———_—_—- Republican chances, On the other hand, Chairman Hays and others have repeatedly hinted at large sums of lec, | Money gathered by the Democrats for the coming campaign and the op- portunity will not be lost to keep the controversy ..in, the public. prints in the hope of influencing the electrdrate FOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL, Governor Namen Two Members of State Commi; ALBANY, June 3.—Henry Fairf#ld Osborn, head of the Museum of Naturaf next autumn. History, New York, and Peter D. Kiera ‘The invegtigations may check ex- nan, a business man of Albany, were penditures for illegitimate or doubtful Clifton Crawford Apparently Had Fallen Five Stories From His Room in London, LONDON, June 3.—Clifton Crawford, an actor, known on-both sides of the Atlantic, was found dead at 6 o'clock this morning in an areaway of the hotel on Lelcester Square. at which he was stopping, having fallen five stories from the windaw of his room. ‘The actor arntved ‘here from the United States Tuesduy to fill a theatrical en- gagement. He appeared to be suffer- ing from the effects of sea sickness and was under @ doctor's care on the day of his arrival, Last evening, however, he goomed. to have fully recovered an@ to be in the best of spirits. He was ‘by himself, to which fo rered ato TP otelock last night. FRANCO-AMERICAN TRADE IS DOUBLED Huge Increase Attributed in Parts to Recent Rise in Value of the Fratic, PARIS, June 3 (Associated Press).— ‘There has been a 100 per cent. increase in the number of Vessels and the amount of cargo brought to French ports by the United States Shipping Board during the last month, the cor- respondent was informed to-day. This marked change in the situation was attributed by officials to improve: ment in the value of the franc, which France ds taking advantage of. ‘The cargoes brought to France con- sisted largely of coal, cotton and sugar, but there were also big shipments of staple, articien. ‘There waa « hi and as Moupos- tor “the” devastated THIRD OF VERA CRUZ WILL BE DESTROYED City Authorities Take Drastic Measures to End Plague, It Is Reported. MEXICO CITY, June 3 (Associated Press).—One-third of the houses of Vera Cruz will be burned because of the bu- onic plague intectiom it has been de- cided by the citizens of that city, a cording to the Excelsior to~<lay. State authorities at Vera Cruz have accepted the offer of the United States Government to send a sauttary detach- ment and supplies to that city to com- bubonic plague, says & despatch to the Unt lowed to enter the port, ation forced. newt uspected heen in contact with the In some Landlord Held On Cold Water Oharse. Benjamin Kraft, landlord of the apartment at No. 2304 Prospect Avenue, the Bronx, was held in $500 for Speoial Sessions by Magistrate McAdgo in West Farms Court to-day for failing to give his tenanty hot water, Mre Sadie Samlowits made the complaint and Probation OMicer Carroll, the ‘house by the. ukewarm and @t another tim tony high cost of cam- realtzed at both Democratic and Republican headquar- ters, eo that no matter how conserva- tive the leaders may try to be he probably wilt fima in the end th combined ha it more to elect ; ‘oe ited States in 1920 than in any other year in the ry of American politics. jeoctbacsle LRT LA FOLLETTE IN HOSPITAL. Will Be Operated Upon om Monday by Dr, Mayo. ROCHESTER, Minn., June 3.—United States Senator Robert M. La Follette will undergo an operation here next Monday for removal of an infected gall sack. ‘The operation, which is not regarded as serious, wee decided upon after a rigid examination. pe tinal nea Cleveland Bakers Strike for §40 te 950 Wage. CLEVELAND, ©., June 3.—Approzi- malay 350 union bakers went on strike oday as the result of a vote taken last night to enforce their demands of #40, $45 and $50 a week, an eight-hour day and. time amd one-half for overtime. ‘This is an increase approximately of 25 ee Large bakeries are not af- joc ——.—— Aska G. 0. P. Women to Wear Small Hats. CHICAGO, June 3.—Women attend- ing the Repubiioan National Conven- tion are asked by Mrs. Raymond Rob- Ins to cloth oft as emall hets and to take as 6 r as they are e rated in the ym hall. Mra. i the wite of the Chairman of ey laet Progressive Party Conven- tion. 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