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the tact that their candidal\ ha lvn his pledge to support the Wllaon policy toward tbs treaty and the league, j \It la perfectly understandable that the Democratic campaign manager hfluid dlra to havo tha whole sorry tuaineea of Democratic fortiori policies forgotten. But the country will not for- get The more the Democrats attempt to get away from this question the more Insistent the country will be to know what they Intend to do If they are en trusted with the aaminitiranon. \It Is as plain as daylight that 'ac- cord' could not have leen established by tho President and the Democratic nominee except on condition that the latter assumo all the liabilities of the President's programme. No matter how it may be camouflaged or glossed over, It 1 more obvious every day that If the Democrats should win their effort would bo to compel the ratification of the league covenant without essential modlfl. cations. Senator V.'aUh's statement makes this perfectly plain. He admitted himself In disagreement with Gov. Cox Immediately after sv long talk with the . GoTemor, Senator Walsh heretofore has been Just as ardently opposed to Article X as any of us. Bat for the sake of Democratic laraony he Is now apparent- ly willing to forget about It and to try to induce the country to forget about It by pusMng other Issues to the front \In connection with Chairman White's statement that progrtMlvlnn to to be the paramount lsue of the campaign I note that Mr. Wh:te announced that the Democratic committee will not restrict Itself to J1.000 contributions as tounced by the IUpublicans. and that he said any such restriction was e. 1 have misgivings whether our country will agree with Mr. White. At any rate. It will be regarded as a queer sort of progrcs-dvlsm- , this of poking fun at a sincere ttfert to limit the amounts of camiiign contributions. \The- - Republican management has un-- ' uk\n in all kooI faith to raise a t y porular campaign tunu. is ce. JI'Tcd th?t thla will be accomplished, end If so it will be a most notame aa vanee In nollllfal management. It Is.tru thai with th number of voters substan fl.illv doubled bv reason of woman suf frage, and with th great Increase in expensse of camps limine, a good deal of mon-- y will he required to carry on n efTe-- aooeal to the people. Never ihr.lss th ItDublicans have undcrtakn to ra se the money in small amounts by popular subscription. They hope to sue cecd. Iteform Ignored liy Democrats \The Democrats flout any such sug grstion, and at the very outset of the camnaicn proclaim that they have no In tentlon of attrmptlng such a reform, Thry will discover before election day that the country li not prepared to their programme of unlimited campaign funds. \Undoubtedly It Is quite true that ccr tain powerful international Interests which are deeply concerned In carrying out the present Administration s foreign policy an prepared to contribute most llberall;- to the Democratic funds. Un- doubted! it is true, too, that without such contrirjuttons the Democrats would find It very difficult to rale the funds they need. Popular campaign funds art not earlly raised for unpopular causes, twl the effort to hitch America to the present Administration's programme con stitutea anything but a popular cause.\ Entirely aside from the League of Na tions question the Democratic Acmlnls tratlon has bten a failure, and the people of thn West know It, Col. Charles 15 Warren of 'Mlehljran said after calling on the Senator. The Colonel for many tears was a member of the National Herbert Mrricb. publi'her of the Orange Judd Farmer of Springfield, Mar.s.. y commended Sfnator Har- - dlns for having changed his position on the daylight caving question when shown It was a bad thins for the farmers. Two additional speaking dates were announced y for the Senator. The pottery workers of East Liverpool. Olllo. numbering about 600, will visit the frcnt porch on August 12. and on September 25 the American Defence Society, of which Theodore Iloovelt was the first honorary president, will send a bis dele gatlon to Marlon. SAYS SENATE GROUP WON'T 'RUN' HARDING Frelinghuysen Denies Mor gentkau's Control Report. I'nlted States Senator J. S. Frollng- - huysen is. J.) denounced yesterday as \unfair and untrue\ the recent statement of Henry Morpcnthau, formerly United States Ambassador to Turkey, that Sen ator Harding's nomination for the, Tre Irtency was dictated by \a small groun of Senators.\ Mr. Morgenthau'o state ment was made following a visit to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nom inee tor at Mr. Itoose veil's summer plare in Maine. \As a delegate to the convention sup porting Uen. Wood, I affirm that the sti'ement Is untrue,\ said Senator \X should like to know upon wnat authority Mr. Morgenthau hoses such an assertion. Mr. Morgen-tha- u states that by Senator Harding's frank admission a small group of Sen- ators, by whom ho will be advised, con sumes a clique wmcn 'plans to control xae uovernment of the United States.' A reading of what Senator Ha rd!n tin. publicly said showa how utterly false Is mm assertion. rha New Jersey Senator ouofed Ken ator Harding's statement upon the re- sumption of the Senate's authority after it nay ueen relegated to oblivion by President Wilson and Senator Harding's -- ....uu va 4U3 jiui'iiiion 10 seeK to es- - wonsn a coroiai understanding and co- ordinated activities with a House of Congress fresh from the people.\ Senator Krcllnghuysen then assailed the further reference by Mr. Morgcn-tha- u to an \Invisible government by tho Senate' from the cloak room of tho Benate, He danles that any such ab- surd thing extstB and adds: \It has been publicly stated that Gov Cox, Democratic candidate for President Is jn full accord with President Wilson's policies as to tho League of Nation. President Wilson believes tho trwty should bo ratified without any reserva- tions. If Mr. Cox believes JfrV Wil- son s theories, ho favors perpetuating hereditary power. If ho believes that the covenant of the League of Nations should be ratified with reservations, he Is Indorsing the plan of that small of Senators' whom Mr, Morgenthau group re- fers to as . the Senate clliuo or cloak room control.\ ALL WENDELL VOTES IS FORT PLAIN'S AIM Home Town Hopes to Go Unanimously for Candidate. Zprciat to Tub Sun nd New y0Ik Hbuia ort Plai.v, N. Y., July ao.- -A move-ms.- it that may result In every vote In Fort Plain going to James A. Wendell, who was recommended by the Itepubll- can unofficial convention for the State Comptrollershlp, was started y nri.cu uiniuuera ai com itepubllcan and Democratic parties undertook in t. COMES BACK AT COX ON PLAN FOR FUNDS G. 0. P. Treasurer Puts ,$1,000 limit on Contributions for Early Part Campaign. 3LVY TXCIiEASE IT LATER Public Announcement of Don- or and Sizo of Gift, How- ever, Will Bo Made. tireinX In Tiff HrM if KrW TOSIC JhfflUO. Chicago, July 10. The Insistence of Gov. Cox that \pitiless publicity\ be given to the campaign expenditure of both parties was met this morning by \one better.! Fred IV. Upham of Chi- cago, treasurer of the Itepubllcan Na- tional Committee, deslartd that the 11,000 limit plan will be carried out In the early weeks of Use campaign, and if the funds thus raised are not sufficient larger sums will bo received, but only aftr p\ubllc announcement of tho donor and the sUe of the gift has been made. \The treasury department of the Ite- publlcan National Committee Is making a countrywide campaign on the basis of 11.000 aa the limit to contributions for tho fund,\ said Mr. Upham. \Wo are worklnc alonz scientific lines, so that the burden will be spread equally to all fitatej In proportion. Taking New York and New Mexico as an example, we ex ncct each to do Its proportionate share. o far we are meeting with only fair s'lecess, but we hope to raise the needs of a modest budget on th! \However if we find we are not get- ting enough we will make a change larger sums to be given. Hut no sum larrer than il.000 will be ac ceptcd unless public announcement Is made naming the contributor and the sum he gives.\ Mr. Upham will go to New York next week to meet with the rinance com mlttce on Wednesday to discuss add! tlonal plans for the money raising part of the campaign. A committee of Chicago business men under tha escort of Mr. Upham, re- turned to Chicago this morning from Marlon, Ohio, where they had break- fast with Senator Harding and later discussed national conditions with the nominee on his front porch. \I wish every business man In Amer lea could meet Senator Harding,\ de clared Mr. Upham. \I have yet to meet the man who has seen and talked to him who does not sincerely admire him. His personality Is so engaging, and the way in which he gains an Insight Into national conditions is so marvelous that every man who was there Is now a Harding booster.\ THOMPSON BEGINS PRIMARY FIGHT HERE Nothing la Heard From Hugo, Also a Saratoga Loser. Senator George F. Thompson arrived in New York yesterday from Saratoga, where he bolted tlu! Itepubllcan 'Un official State Convention and began mobilizing for a Statewide campaign for tho nomination for Oovernor In the pri- maries against Nathan L. Miller, tha designee of the convention. He was In conference most of the day at the head- quarters which he ha opened on the twelfth floor of the McAlpin aotel. Senator Thompson told reporters It Is his purpose to visit every county In the State by automobile and tell the peopl' why they should nominate him and de feat the convention's choice. He x pects to have at least two automobiles carrying relief speakers. He will make speeches each day In as many towns as ho can reach. His tentative plans call for a wlndup of his campaign In this city. of basis. The Issue.\ he ald, \will he. Are we going forward or backward? Tho nction of the Itepubllcan convention In disregarding the primary law puts siuarely up to the people tho question of whether they want to run their Stata or have others run It without the people naving anyining to gay about It. That's tho question that la up to the voters. and It has got to be decided at tho forthcoming primaries.\ Tho common opinion expressed yester day was that senator Thompson stood no chance to win the nomination, hut Ihat It was entirely possible he might stir up a considerable amount of trouble lor tno regular nominees. The feeling grew among RenuhllMn. hero that Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of fiiaic, wno aiso jost tne designation would not persist In hU determination to make an Independent campaign In the primaries, but would drop out of the race. There was no definite word frnm him, however. JERSEY CITY TO SEE HAEDDTO. nominee Put It un Schedule of His Coming Campaign Tour. Senator Warren G. Harding dcflnlteiv piaceu jersey uiiy upon his Eastern speaking Itinerary In a telegram yes- terday to David Allen, president of the Standfast Club of that city, one of the first organizations to boom the Oh in man ror me nomination. The telegram saia : unxn alum: True to mv urm-- xiuusuii cuumy win do part or the Itin- erary of the Eastern touring now being arranged for mo by tho Itepubllcan Na- tional Committee. IUrdino.\ \HAM\ LEWIS POR GOVERNOR. Former Senator Ilnlled liy Caucus of Illinois Democrats. Srnt.vonEt.D, 111., July 30. Former United States Senator James Hamlltnn Lewis was drafted at a caucus of Dem- ocrats from every county In th State here this afternoon to be their candl. date for Governor. His name, which heads a comnletn State ticket selected by the conference, was greeted by prolonged applause; WOOL CONSUMPTION SHOWS HEAVY FALL Decreases 17,000,000 Pounds for Month of June. Washington, July 30. A sharp drop in wool consumption, amounting to ap proximately 17,000.000 pounds In June, compared with tho average consumption for tho preceding months of this year, was announced to-d- by the Depart ment or Agricultures uurcau of Mar-- 5? .'ako 11 Unanlmous for Hcports to the bureau show that Club. Mr. Wendell, who Is 000.000 pounds of wool entered Into man-th- e present Deputy State Comptroller, In facture In June, against 72,700,000 In a resident of the village, and in hh January, 63,700.000 In February, of a century In Albany has fre- - POO.OOO In Mirch, 66,500.000 In April qucntly been of service to the residents, ami SS.?n0.000 In May. In June, 191, Tho plan Is to obtain every ballot that the consumption was 65,000.000. Is voted. Tho town is strongly Rcpub:i- - The drop In consumption was due, the can, but at tho samo time It bonsts a bureau said, to the curtailment of opcr-fe- fighting Democrats. These must be atlons in the textile manufacturing ever first, and the others will fol- - dustrr. resulting from lack or orders, Itfr, it is expected. cj.r.cellations andj kferrcd shipments. THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, . SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1920. HARDING AID GOES ! TO TRAVELLING MEN Salesmen Called Shock Troops of Every Campaign. The National Council of tho Travelling Salesmen's Association made public yesterday a telegram from Senator War- ren O, Harding, in which tho Republi can Presidential nominee characterized the travelling salesmen as tho \shock troops of every campaign for more and sounder business,\ and pledged the sup- port of the Itepubllcan party for \every demand for proper betterment of the conditions In which they do their work, especially In tha field of foreign trade.\ The telegram follows: \Thanks for your letter and telegram. It Is a great pleasure to extend my greetings to the national council of the travelling salesmen of the country. It Is one of tho most useful armies we have, whether In peace- or war. Tho travelling salesmen are always boosters. and that is what the nation needs. No body did moro than they to keep the country carrying on during tho war or to get Its business back to a regular basis after peace was restored. They aro tho shock troops of every campaign for moro and sounder busi- ness, domestic and foreign alike. They are entitled to every support and old the Government can give, and they may bo assured that the Itepubllcan party will hear and effectively support every de- mand for proper betterment of the con- ditions In which they do their work. especially Jn tho field of foreign trade. They must have the fullest cooperation of tho Government facilities of trans- portation, communication and Informa- tion. My greetings and best wishes to all of them.\ THIRD PARTY TO OPEN LAMrAlGN Joined and all slowly found Christensen, Standard Bearer, Lonfers With Leaders. Parley p. Christensen, Residential candidate of the Farmer-Labo- r party. came to town yesterday and immedl ately went Into conference with other mira party Itaders who have been at the Continental Hotel for several days. At me ena or several hour an annoui.ee mcnt was made that Mr. Christensen will begin his campaign right hero In New York city. \For.\ the announce-men- t continued, \this is where the pow- ers we are fighting arc enthroned.\ That enemy, It was elucidated further. Is none other than Wall Street, which is Bure to win \no matter which of the old party candidates may be elected In .ovcmDer. Mr. thrlsterucn characterized the league or rat!ons as an atttmpt to es tablish an bankers' so. vict ana as a dead issue. Tho Irlsn question, he thought. Is a live Issue and the campaign should decide whether the United States should recognize the Irish Republic, which Mr. Chrirtensen favors. to the efforts of Gov. Cox ana senator Harding to persuade Ten- nessee to ratify the suffrage amendment. he said : \If Cox and Harding can't get raiuicauon n go down and try the repeis myseu. COX VIEW ON TAXES HITS PARTY LEADERS Expected to Call for Iic'pcal of Excess Profits Levy in Ac- ceptance Speech. Sredal to Tin: Sex i:o Nsw Yoie Hhulb. Waski.vcto.v, July 20. Tho stand of Gov. Cox on Federal taxation, which he Intends to treat as ono of the big Issues of the Presidential campaign, has set us rxnbllngs of dissatisfaction within tho Democratic party. It was revealed here Cox, according to autnorltative Infor- mation here, will call for repeal of the excess profits tax, the work of a Demo- cratic Congress, and tho substitution of a tiix on the volume of business when he makes his formal speech accepting the Democratic nomination at, Dayton August 7 The position taken by Gov. Cox, It now develops, is displeasing to a group of Democratic mtmbers of the House who usually look to Representative Kltxhln of North Carolina for guidance In taxation matters. These Democrats refuse to recognize that the war, tho only excuse the excess profits tax ever had, has affected the taxation situation ; they say agitation for Its repeal comes from \big business,\ and that Instead of tepeallng It the Government should take more excess profits. Gov. Cox has shown no signs of belmr willing to follow this school of though' In any When he came to Wash- ington he talked taxation with Senator Giass, former Secretary of tho Treasury. who several times his recommended that the excess profits tdx bo abandoned. He wanted to talk with FeCcral Trad .Commissioner Colvcr, probably the most open Democratic enemy of this form of taxation, but Colver was not m town. Incidentally, the fact that George White, Cox's campaign manager, was one of tho Democrats who helped to framj the present revenue bill, containing the high excess profits rates. Is an In teresting, sidelight on the Democratic taxation muddle. White was a member of the Ways and Means Committee of the Sixty-fift- h Congress. It was learned here to-d- that sev eral Democrats have protested to Cox against his taxation stand. One lettsr, however, written by Representative An thony Griffin of Now York, has been made public Griffin falls Just short of breaking with the nominee on taxation. A propaganda for the repeal of the excess profits tax has been assiduously conducted for somo time,\ Griffin wrote. I sincerely hope you will not add the prestige of name to such a cause. It Is plausibly argued that the excess profits tax Is responsible for the high cost of living, That Is not so. It la not tho tax which gouges the public, but the excess profits upon which tho tax is computed.\ Griffin also warned Cox that he would not hope to go to the support of \bank-In- g and (big Interests\ on the strength of his tax stand. He then urged that Cox stand for a law which will enable tho Government to take all the excess profits. MEXICANS DEMAND OUSTING OF CANTU Lower Californians Ash Huerta for New Governor. Mxxico Crrr, July 30. A commission of Lower Callfornlans arrived y to ask provisional President de la Huerta to name a successor to Gov. Esteran Cantu. They Insist that the Stato should be a native of Lower California, and claim that Gov. Cantu Is, not. Mlguol Alleslo Robles, secretary to President do la Huerta, said that tho Government Is ready to act energetically If Gov. Cantu rebels, \because It does not want what happened to Texas to happen In Lower California,\ i 1 COX IN JAIL, DRIYEN IN BY HANDSHAKERS Nominee's \Wife Protected by Folicemcn, Also Forced to Flco Grcetcrs. HIS ACOEPTAXCB HEADY Dayton and the Surrounding Country Hold Demonstra- tion for Governor. Vv a Stat CerrttfoiuSrKt of Tjis Sort Aim Nmr Ycck Heulo. Datto.v, Ohio, July 30. Gov. Cox, panting and wilting rapidly under n hot afternoon sun, had to take refuge In the county Jail y to get away from a crowd that pressed around him on every side during a spectacular home coming celebration staged by tho citizens of Dayton. The Incident followed the passing of a parade when, after a brief speech, tho Democratic Presidential nominee with Mrs. Cox had started for their auto mobile. They had to walk a half block. but a crowd surged around eager to shake hands, developing a situation that contained some perils. Gov. Cox forced his way through the Jam of men, women and children, fol lowed closely by Mrs. Cox. who was pro lcu partly vjr iwu injuixniciu w uic i iO HERE I Policemen \International i way. your 1 ineir way 10 an iron picnei tenco sur- rounding the Jail, managing at last to slip inside the gate. The nominee, perspiring freely and disheveled to a considerable extent. mounted the Jail steps and waved smil ingly to the crowd. This Is the first time,\ he grinned. \that I have been forced into JalL\ Jland I'Inya \Jail Home'' Tone As It became noised about that the nominee was on the Jail steps the crowd Increased, completely filling the street, and along came the Meteor band, which provided the music for the Cox boosters at San Francteco, striking up a selec tlon called \I'm In thtJ Jail llouw Now.\ The nominee ar.d Mrs. Cox went In, side the Jail later to regain their com' posure. In time their automobile ap, pcared, and they departed for the!: suburban residence, Trallscnd. The celebration, which was and the first Dayton has had since Gov. Cox was honored with 'he Presidential nomination, occupies al most all afternoon. The feature was the parade, reviewed by the !..- - i.lnee in a flag drajied stand In fiott of the court house. There was n c- ' of honor, extending for many blocks. It was an Impressive celebration In many ways. Friends and neighbors of Gov. Cox In Dayton and from Middle-tow- n, near his birthplace, passed In tho line, waving personal greetlngi to him. \Hello Jimmy,\ came the yell time and again, and Gov. Cox, with Mrs. Cox beside him. waved back recogni- tion. Xevfiboy In the Parade. Approximately 500 newsboys from Gov. Cox's newspaper, the Dayton Yctrj, trudged by the reviewing stand, each wearing a tiny skull cap on which was printed \Cox.\ They carried all sorts of banners, each referring to the nominees early experiences as u Large delegations from Dayton man ufacturing concerns and from Dayton stores, together with numerors Indus- trial floats, made up the. remainder of the parade, which required nearly two hours Ini passing the reviewing stand. At the end a large crowd surged around the reviewing stand and Gov. Cox mado a brief speech. In which he e'xpreised appreciation of the testimo nial. Among other things he said he con- fidently expected to win In November. Gov. Cox's speech of acceptance Is completed and will be sent to ths printer iu distribution to the newspapers will begin tha speech to be held for release ct Its de- livery when the notification ceremonies begin early In tho afternoon of August 7. EIGHT LOSE LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA FIRE Six Buildings Burn in Blaze Starting in Factory. Kvtcial to Tub Sex isd Nsw Yokk Hnuu. Philadelphia, July 30. Eight deaths and four persons seriously Injured are the results of a fire thla afternoon that destroyed six buildings In North Fourth street. Not until 7 o'clock two hours after the blaze was discovered. were the bodies takes from the ruins. the a down nremcn cing tnen and de by low water pressure, The identified dead are Thomas Wel-ne- r and Miss Glttel Horner. A fire- man was among those injured. The Ore started In a woman's suit factory owned by Harry Horner at 123 North Fourth street The plant a flve-sto- building, was a mass of flames when the first engines arrived. Fearing that the Are would get beyond control, alarms calling out every piece of ap- paratus in the central area of the city wero turned In. Caught by the wind, the sparks from the Horner were carried the roofs of several nearby which soon were blazing. Many daring wore made. Thoso who were lost the police believe lemalnod In the buildings to recover val uables and then, too late, tried to reach stairways, BIG FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS. Uestrnrtlon of Wnrrhonte Won Id Menu Lot.i of ft, 0(10. Special to Tn Hcn ir-- Nmv Tosk Heulti. Nrw OniEA.vs, July 30. Fire, which started at 8 o'clock Is threat ening destroy the immense Appalachln warehouse, which occupies the square bounded by Thalia. Erato. Front and South Peters streets. If destroyed the loss will exceed The warehouse is a storage place for many different commercial concerns and is said contain dynamite and thou- sands of barrels of and other highly inflammable material. Part of the big warehouse Is occupied ty tho United States Shipping Board ns Storehouse No. 5 of tho Fleet CONN. 7 CENT New Itttte for Hartford (ln Effect on Aujrntt 8. Harttord, Conn., July 30. The Public Utilities In an order Issued late author- ized the Connecticut Company to put Into effect on August S next a rato 7 cent faro on Its trolley lines In tho cities of tho State. The order sets the 7 cent limits at approximately three miles, radiating from city centres. zones are to be about two long, with a fare-- - of $ cents a zone. The New Money Wizard 1 U.S. CHECKS POM, CoryrUMel by UncUrwooJ. Charles Ponzi. TROUBLES PILE UP ON COUPON, KING Continued from First Pape. totals in money can be readily obtained by figuring the redeemable value of each coupon 5 cents.\ Commenting upon the presence of Mr. Pride, Ponzl stated that In his opinion the audit would take about a week, nqt longer. \I want mr position clearly under stood,\ said PonzU \I do not challenge or defy the State Government officials. I have volunteered to assist In any ex amination of my books, and will render any cooperation nosslblo In assisting In obtaining speedy results.\ \Does that mean, Mr. Ponzl, that you re ready to divulge jour methods of do ing business?\ he was asked. 'It means that what I propose to show Is that my assets are in excess of my liabilities,\ he replied. COX TO FORGIYE ANTI-LEAGUE- RS rops Attitude, Takes Back 21 Senators Who Voted for Reservation?. Fp(tial to Tub Sen axd Nsw Yoik HraALr. Washington, July 30. Gov. Cox will not comlgn to outer darkness the twenty-on- e Democratic Senators who oted for adoption of the League of Nations covenant as protected by the Lodge reservations Instead of resrlsterlnc these solons as lost sheep who have strayed foreer from the Democratic fold this has been the Wilson attitude Gov. Cox will tako an entirely different position. To begin with he will argue In defence of these Senators that all but four for the League of. Nations minus the LCdsj reservations. He will contend that thte seventeen Senators voted for the cove- nant with the Lodge reservations because they believed finally that only In that form could tho league win the approval of tho Senate. As for the other Democratic Sena- tors, four who voted for the Lodge programme, the nominee of their \party will hold that they have an entira right to their opinions. Contrasting with the Wilson attitude toward there men, Gov. Cox will make a point of including them in party conference, and they will not be marked as out- casts from their party. The primary purpose of this attitude. It Is believed here. Is to conciliate the many Demo- crats who do not think the millennium will come through 'he Wllsonlzed League of Nation Gov. Cox himself is one of those Democrats. It was plainly stated yesterday that \progressivism\ is to be the Issue of the campaign. As a matter of fait Gov. Cox and his advisers are tryins hard to soft pedal the league Issue and would like to havo It out of the cam- paign Tha programme laid down by Sena tor Harding in his speech of acceptance has left little but trouble for the Demo cratic party In pursuing this Wilson vision to the far horizon. Gov. Cox, It Is understood from Democrats hero. recognized the strongest nppeal of tha Throughout battle to prevent con- - j programme laid by Senator Har-- tlagration the were nanuicapped . peace nrst, a sane factory to buildings, rescues OOO, to 11,000,000. to oil Emergency Corporation. ADOPTS FARE. . Commission. Interlocu- tory flat zone Other miles outstanding AVilson Incor- porated main altogether. liberate consideration of the league prop- osition without the pressure on the Senate of having peace with Germanv deferred until the league question is out of the way. Indeed, one of the men closest to Cox in the campaign U quoted as saying that \the league issue will ba out of the campaign by Sep. tember 1.\ George White, new chairman of tho Democratic National Committee, con- tinued his conferences here y. He saw .\cores of persons again, and con- ferred at some length with Representa- tive Flood (Va.), chairman of the campaign committee. As a result It was said that the National Committee and Mr. Flood's committee will confer with Mr. White again next week In New York. LOFTIS DROPS DEAD; GIRL IS QUESTIONED Doctor Finds Woman Trying Jo Resuscitate Jeweller. CjlncvGO, July 30. Samuel A. T. Lof-tl- s, head of the Jewelry firm of Loftis Ilros., died suddenly supposedly from apoplexy, but police have started an Investigation with the view of learn- ing tho identity of a young woman said to have been with Loftis at tho time of his death. Dr. John Kkstrom. who was called to tha Loftis apartment, told the police ha I ,...-...- i . , tody. refused to tell tho police the girl's Identity other than to admit that she was fiancee. Shano said the young woman called him by phone, saying Mr. Loftis was In- sulting her. He rushed to the apart ment, he said, and found Mr. Loftis dead. His fiancee told him Loftus had suddenly dropped to tho floor, lifeless, ho said. The police declare thero were no signs of violence In the apartment. Sheep nnd Cattle Men lint dr. Salt Lake'Citt, July 30. John Bon- - nell, a sheep herder, was shot nnd moro than 1,000 sheep were killed early to-d- In a clash between men said to represent Colorado cattle Interests and Utah sheen men. Just across tho State line-I- n north western Colorado, according to n tele- - phone message from VernaL Uintah . 1 . .....V . - I . . EXCHANGE MEN SAY Burleson's Order on Money Orders Killed Scheme, Hankers Assert. OUTLINE PLAN FOLLOWED Authorities Admit Promoter Violated No Laws Brains Got Him Millions. Postmaster-Gener- Burleron'a order making tho rates for convcrslon of In- ternational money orders correspond more nearly to actual foreign exchange rates haj spoiled tho game that was so successfully worked by Charles Ponzl, who Is styled thn \postage stamp king,\ according to foreign exchange experts, who admit that hlo scheme was within the law. There are Just two ways by which the postal coupon financier could have amassed millions of dollars In so short a time. One would be the taktng In of J2 of money from fresh clients for every single dollar returned with BO per cent Interest, and tho other would be the grasp of the advantage of cashing money orders In European currency at the fixed postal rates, which were on a pre-w- ar basis, while the actual European cur- rencies were heavily depreciated. The first way, a \get rich quick scheme\ which has taken many forms In the past, probably was not followed In the Ponzl case and there is no reason to suspect that he paid out moneys from new sums which were pouring In. In fact, the method which he could have followed, and probably did follow, was a simD io matter, once the requisite num ber of names was obtained, and the names were easily provided by the hosts of people who lent their money and re ceived their principal with Interest at ZO per cent. Here's Another Scheme. Hero Is tho legitimate method, or at least ths one which appeared to vio- late no law. Mr. Ponzl rould take S1.000 and buy lire, for example. In the open market at the rate of 17 lire to tr.e dollar, receiving 17,000 lire In the form of a check, which he mailed to friends In Italj. At the same time he could mall to his friends a list of names from the card Index on which he recorded the borrowings from Individuals and ask them to buy and remit to him Interna-lisnr.- 1 postal orders to the order of indi- viduals to the amount of 17,000 lire. When the lender called for his money at the end of forty-fiv- e days Mr. Ponzl could ask him to Indorse the money order, and then he, or his agent, could go to the Post Office, and for each money order could get dollars at the ratt of about S.3G to the dollar, men the transaction would be closed. In return for the original 11,000 Mr. Ponzl would have 17.000 lire divided by S.25 lire to the dollar, or $3,233. In other words, there would bo a profit of 2,238, lesj expenses, or probably jz.ugo net. Out of this he would merely have to ray interest at the rate of 60 per cent per annum forone-eignt- r. or a year, or 3125. leaving a clean prom on Dor rowed money of 31.875. Thus It would be possible on a business of only 310,000 a day to make $18,750. and the foreign exchange expert said that the average dally business might have exceeded this sum. The only limitation to the size of the business was the number of names to be used for remittances of International pottal orders back to the United States Happily for Mr. Ponzl there were sum clcnt numbers of persons attracted by 50 per cent Interest to provide names for his business with a margin to spare, The scheme could have been worked wtih any country\ with which the United States had postal money order arrange ments, although the greatest pront was In the most depreciated European cur reccy. In order of size of depreciation, the lira stood at the head of the list, barring the enemy countries. Next came the franc, and there was practically no coun try in Europe where the dollar did not command a premium as expressed in terms of the foreign currency; but the fixed postal rates for redemption of money orders were left for more than a year at figures which lctt no premium In the Tollar, representing practically the parity of exchange. Europeans Sow Chance Many Individuals In Europe had seen the opportunity that was grasped by Mr. Ponzl, but they lacked the opportu- nity of acquiring the list of legitimate names and the base of operations had to bo In the United States, The scheme could not have been carried on without the aid of confederates abroad. The story was told yesterday of an Englishman who owed some debts in New York a'nd who bought an inter- national money order In sterling, remit- ting the 500 to New Tork in order to pay a debt of 81,350. He found that he got more than $2,400 for his money order, and he received Information by tetter that $600 had been placed to his credit in a New York bank. This Eng lishman wrote a series of letters to New York banks asking them to buy ex change In the open market and rend the runds sterling to mm, ne in turn agreeing to buy International money orders with the proceeds and to share the profits with the officers of the banks. Tho suggestion was scorned in every instance on the ground that such business was not reputable for tho hank ing Institutions. And bo tho English man's scheme fell by the wayside. If Mr. Ponzl has been able to amass millions the question was raised as to the Identity of the losers by the transac tions. Foreign exchange experts said that the loss would be suffered In ac- cordance with the terms of the Interna- tional postal agreements. In case the balance of International payments was heavily In favor of tho United States and the debtor foreign Government had to provide dollars to make up the deficit the foreign Government would have to stand the loss. In case tha debtor for- eign Government was enabled to settlo the balance In his own currency without remitting dollars to the United States the Government of this country, or .:,,. ..i rather the Tost Office Department, .,..., icauomaio mo .H tha In.. T1..I.A Shano his probably will be no determination of llils matter until the next report of the Postmaster-Gener- Is published. Be this as t may, some Government has lost In tha proportion that Mr. Ponzl and others have, gained. On the other hand, the ' Government of tho United States has benefited apparently on remittances made to foreign coun- tries by International postal money order, for when under the fixed rates a pound equalled $4.87 and a little more than five franca or five lira equalled a dollar, the foreigner who bought an International postal money order at these rates got much less for- eign currency than he could havo ob- tained In the exchange market, as may be seen from the following table: , Flied Market Xe rates. ritrs. rates. rqunil 14.87 S.1.T0 $J.0Q Franca .... P.SStoSI 1.1.1 toSt lo.ttotl Lira J.23 to l IS.! to II 1(U to 1 STRIKING MINERS .WARNED BY WILSON Contfiiurrf from Firtt Faye. the miners have established snd de- - crcaao wage rates In the middle of a wage contract under tho pica that they nre unnblo to sell th coal at the then existing cost of production; \A mere statement of these questions OUcht tn Yu itffl1jin. In nu'!en the mine workers to the dangerous course I they aro pursuing and tho Injuries they .B juiiiiunj, upon iucniscivr unu uio country at large by the adoption of these, unwarranted strike policies, \In the consideration of the nation-.wid- e wage scale Involving many differ- ent ciassti of labor by the llltumlnou Coal Commission In the limited time at Its disposal, Home Inequalities may hve developed In the award that ought to be corrected. I cannot, however, recsm-men- d any consideration of such Inequali- ties as long as the mine workers con- tinue to strike In violation of tho terms of the award which they had accepted as their wage agreement for a definite length of time, \I must, therefore, Insist that the striking mine workers return to work, thereby demonstrating their good faith In keening their contract, When I have learned that they have thus rc'.urncd to work I will Invite in the scale committee of the operators and miners for tho pur- pose of adjusting any such Inequalities as they may mutually agree should be ndiusted.\ lUllroad practices In the hardllng of i coal shipments and the operation of coal pools by the railroads under tho Inter-- 1 stats Commerce Commission wire at-- , tacked as the principal cnuses of ipecu- - j lallon In coal along tht Atlantic ra- - toard, by a conference In Washington j to-d- of coal operators engaged in ex-- , port business STRIKE OF MINERS REACHES DEADLOCK Operators Refuse to Deal With the Men, Special to The Sen akd New Vosk Hbulp. Chicago, July 30. The Illinois coal mine strike reached a. deadlock to- night, when representatives of all State operators, after a stormy all day ses sion, wired John L- - Lewis, president of j the United Mine Workers of America, flatly refuklnt to deal with the miners. In the telegram the operators called unon President Lewis to enforce the agreement between tho operator and miners by ordering the men back to work. Any new conferences on tht wage question can only be held by order of President Wilson, the operators Insist. Angry voices, raised In denunciation of President Wilson for his procrastina- tion In Issuing a statement on the coal strike, came from thj room In which the operators were meeting. The oper ators said that although they have communicated the fact to the Presi dent on July 19 he has delayed answer ing In the face of the most serious conl famine the country has ever expert enced. HEED WILSON PLEA MINER HEAD WARNS Lewis Orders Strikers on Job, Citing President. Indianapolis, July SO. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, In calling on the Indiana and Illinois coal miners to heed President Wilson said: \t am profoundly Impressed by the President's telegram. The fairness of his statement must be apparent to every one with respect for constituted author- ity or the least regard for the public welfare. \The suggestions of the President will be approved by every right thinking and loyal member of the United Mine Work- ers of America and will be considered as a stinging rebuke to men of the type of Frank Farrlngton. who has deliberately and maliciously Incited men to disregard their contract obligations to the detri ment of themselves and the Inconven- ience of the nation. Public castlgatlon of such leaders cannot be too severe. \Up to this time the Illinois coal operators have not requested this office to enforce the validity of the wage agreement In that State. 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