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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-25
WELLS RIVER
Divers at Collapsed Bridge Found AL
legged Faulty Construction.

Divers have been at work on tnz
Ranger bridge to determine the cause
of its collapse. Much evidence of faul-
" construction is said 10 have been
found, although no official report has
as yet been turned over to the pub
lie. .
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-25
WATERBURY,

Bert. Dan aud Theodore Taylor from
Chelsea visited their mother. Mrs. Hat
tie Densmore. for = few days recently.
Saturday they ell motored TO Burline.
ton and spent the day there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-25
Bulls Eye.

Gladys wish knew how to take
some Of the eonceit out OF that young
DR.. Foote.
Helen---All You have TO do is to call
him Mister. Judge.
him Mister. Judge.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
Cotton Level Lower
In Listless Trading

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-Buying
Of cotton lacked aggressiveness to-
DAY and the market receded under
pressure, which was induced by
news Of the sailing of part of
the British Mediterranean fleet for
Constantinople and cables that the
Lancashire mills would remain
closed for a whole week instead of
customary as hours at this time
of the year. Dealings in the nit
were small. Eastern belt adrices
said that there was little doing
in the spot article. Fall River.
Mass. noted more interest in
print cloths.
A telegram from Houston said
there was a good demand there
for January deliveries. particularly
for delivery between the 18th and
20th.
Local covering and small buyine
orders from the south gave the
list steady tone most Of the
afternoon, Notwithstanding small
exports and an absence of agsres-
sive support. Near the close in
creased realizing by commission
houses forced values off, and final
quotations showed net losses from
5 TO l9 points.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 2s.-Butter-
Creamery. fancy. 55a-c: choice.
50d Sac; good. asa ACC: prints. $50
SIC: blocks. 54a SEC: ladle. asa 36c:
Maryland and Pennsylvania rolls,
S4a35c: West Virginia rolls. 33aS4c;
store packed. 3sa33c-
Eggs-Wholesale lots. Maryland,
Pennsylvania and nearby firsts. a.
a4Sc; West Virginia, 47c;;;; South
ern. 4Sc.
Live Poultry-Chickens. old hens
Az lbs. and over, 24a25c; medium,
5 to lbs. 22a23c; smaller sizes.
1sa20c: Leghorns. 1Sa2Oc; old roost-
ers. l4a15c: spring chickens. lbs.
and over, 24a25c: small to medium,
22a24c; Leghorns. 21a22c; rough.
thin, lsa20c; ducks, young, 3i5 lbs.
and over. White Pekins. 23a24c;
puddle. 22a23c: Muscovy, 1Sa20c;
smaller and poor. 17a1Sc; pigeons.
young. pair, 3oa35c: old, pair, 50a
35c: guinea fowl. young. Ia lbs.
and over. each. zoe; smaller. each,
40a45C; old. 35a4Oc: turkeys. young
hens. 2 lbs and over, 47a4Sc: young
gobblers. 45a46c; old, ACC; poor and
crooked breast. 35a3Sc: geese. near
by. 2sa29c; Western and Southern,
22a23c: Kent Island, 2Sa30c.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

Hogs-Receipts, sc. 200; market, s
TO 10c lower; bulk, $S.3OGS.55; top.
$3.50; heavyweight, sS.35@S.55; me-
dunn weight. sS.45@S55; light
weight. ss.45GS.6O, light lights,
sS-45 a $50; heavy packing sows.
smooth, s7.75G 500: packing sows,
rough. s7-40d 7.75; pigs. ss.O06S.4O.
Cattle-ReCeipts. 10000; market.
steady. Beef steers-Choice and
prime. s12OOd13OO; medium and
good. s9.50d11.OO; good and choice,
s12.00G13-0O; common and medium.
S7.50Q11. 90. Butcher cattle-Heif
ers. s5.0O910.OO: cows. s4.OOGS, 90:
bulls. s3.5O47 100. Gamers and cut
ters-Cows and heifers, s2.25@3.75:
canner steers, S4.0OG6.OO. Veal
calves. light and handyweight,
$4,000 11.50: feeder steers, s5.5Om
500: stocker cows and heifers, $3.50
45.50; stocker calves. s5.Oo1725.
Sheep-Receipts. 1900; market.
steady; lambs, s5 lbs. up. fat lambs.
s14506 1880; lambs. culls and COM
mon. s11.OO613.O0; yearlings. s11.O0
1880; wethers. s7.OO49.5O: ewes,
$1,000 500; ewes, culls and COM
mon. s7.5OG5.5O; feeder lambs,
s13.50G
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Eggs-Strictly fresh. selected candled.
per doz.. 50 q sac: average receipts. SOC
Southern, 4sc, cold storage. 500 acc.
Live Poultry-Roosters per ID, l4c:
turkeys. per ID. SOC: spring chickens.
per lb.. 24d 35c: keats. young, each. soc;
fowls csc.
Live Stock-Calves. choice. per ID,
12c; lambs. choice. per h.. 1sc; live
hogs, per lb.. &C.
Dressed PouItry-Fresh- killed spring
chickens. per lb.. 276 csc: hens. per lb.,
IS q 2sc; roosters, per lb.. 1sc; turkeys,
per lb.. Soq 35c: keats. young. each. roc
soc
Green Fruit-Apples. per bbl.. s1.75d
7.6o; per bu. basket, 75c q s1.o0: Cali
fornia oranges per crate. s5.ooq 500;
s3.Oo63.75: tangerines. So bo6tbo
oS p.F sssS No per sS ss
potatoes North Carolina. 7se S.isO;
kale. per bbl.. s1.o0dl.75: lettuce. 5000
2.25; peas. s3.00@7.50 per basket: celery
per doz.. s1.0O41.25: caobage. Northern
s1.75 q 200: eggplants. per crate, s4.o0 q
700: tomatoes. per box, Florida, $500 q
100: peppers. per crate. Florida, 81. SO q
400: spinach. per bbl., s3.O0@3.5o.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
Modified Reading Plan
Is Tentatively Formed

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2s.-Sub-
ject to last-minute changes and
amendments, the modified Reading
segregation plan, which will be
filed shortly, will provide substan-
TALLY as follows:
That a new company be formed,
with 100000 shares Of no par
value, which stock will be sold to
Reading Company stockholders at
81 a share, being equal to 81 a
share of Reading stock.
This new company will function
as a holding company and will use
the $5,600.00 received from Read
ing stockholders to purchase the
property of the Reading Coal Com
pany from the Reading Company.
Reading Company will devote
part of the $5,600,0O which it will
receive from the new holding COM
pany in payment for coal company
to reducing amount of outstanding
general mortgage bonds.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2s.-wheat-
No, 2 red winter. spot. s1.36k; No. 2
garlicky. spot, s1.35.
Corn-Track yellow corn. ssc; con.
tract, spot. sS&c; No. 2. spot. s5hc;
year, s2kc; January. s2kc; cob corn,
s4.00.
Oats-No. 2. white, 55c; No. g.
white, 54hc.
Rye-No. 2. western, s1.o1H.
Hay-Receipts, 33 tons: good hay
$16@20.
Straw-No. 1 tangled rye, s15@16
No. l wheat, s11@12; No. 1 oat (nomi
nab. s12@13.
Mill Feed-City Mills winter bran
ton, In 100-lb. sacks, $35; Patapsco
mill feed. ton. in 100-lb. sacks, s35
white middlings, ton, in S0-lb. cotton
sacks, s39; same in 100-lb. jute sacks
s37. These are jobbing prices.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
S13, ,462, 900 Bond Issue
In Great Northern Deal

NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-Announce-
ment is made that. in connection with
the purchase of the International
Great Northern Railway Company
by the St. Louis and San Francisco
railroad. a new issue of s13.462 900
s per cent bonds will be offered
through New York banking syndi-
cate on January 3.
The new bonds mature in thirty
years and are secured by a direct
first lien on the .159 miles of track.
of which 1.106 miles are owned in
fee. The total issue is of $4,000. 900.
OF which S3.1Ss. 900 were exchanged
for first-mortgage bonds of the old
company taken over in the reorgani-
zation. and $3.50, 900 was pledged
with the United States Director Gen
eral Of Railroads as collateral for a 6
per cent loan of s2,40O,0OO, due
March l. 1880.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
UNITED FRUIT EARNINGS.

BOSTON, Dec. 2S.-After deduct
ing dividends for the year of $40
share on the 100000 shares of
stock. the United Fruit Company
should have. roughly, S7.OOO.00O to
carry to surplus, depending upon
exchange fluctuations. In 1921 the
company earned s16.s7 share. and
in 1920. the banner year. s29.01 a
share. The six ships under con-
struction to swell the great white
fleet" are to be paid for by Elder
and Fyffes, British subsidiary.
These contracts were entered into
when the pound was quoted well
under the present mark.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-Call
money on the Stock Exchange
opened and renewed at per cent
At 1:3O O'Clock the rate advanced
to 5l2 per cent and held
The time money market continued
dull. Leading dealers quote a rate
of 4& a 5 per cent
Commercial paper is also quiet.
with the bulk of prime names NOV
ing at 4&4 per cent. Some excep-
tional names command Az per cent.
Rediscount rate on commercial paper
at the New York Federal Reserve
bank is 4 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
Twenty Struggled Aliens
Taken At Florida Port

KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. 28.-
Twenty aliens smuggled to the
United States were brought here
today by immigration Inspector
William Osterhoudt, who said he
captured them near Marathon, Fla,
where they had been landed.
The aliens said the boat on which
they had been brought to this coun.
try from Cuba Immediately returned
to the island.
The men will be held here pend
ing instructions by the Labor De-
partment at Washington.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
TERM SECURITIES.
Furnished by Redmond a

Al. Co. Of Am. rs '25. .I1O3I. I103a
AL. Co. of Am. rs '33. .r105&t1O6
Am. Cot. Oil SIS, 1924. 96l.l 81
Amer. Sugar SIS, 1887. .l1O3& 1o4k
Amer. T. & T. {. "a lIOO15-16I10lIs
Amer T. & T. SIS. 1925. .i115& l116k
Ana. Copper 6's. 1929. .l101H 1OI p
Ana. Copper IS. 1929. .I1OS tiilO4 L
Anglo Am. Oil rs. 1925. lO3 I1O3k
Armour & Co. rs. 1880. 0.1o4AE105Is
Beth. Steel rs. 1923. 104k 1O4%
Can. Pacific SIS. 1924. I101 hl1o1h
Cent. Leather SIS, 1925. i 9S1hl 80
c. c. c. & st. L. SIS, 1929 l101Ik 102
Copper Exp. A SIS, 1924. l1O1b lO2
Copper Exp. A SIS, 1925 .l102 IS lO2&
DUPONT TVS, 1881. 1O7hl hl1O7N
Good. T. & r. SIS, 1881. ss% 99E
Great Nor. rs. 1896. 110Al11oIk
Hooking Valley SIS, 1e24l100it lIOOs
Humble Oil 5h's. 1882. 97Nl 9sh
Kan. C. Term. 6's, 1928. 1O0Z 101
kenn. Copper rs, 1880. los 105k
L. Men. & l.. rs, 1881. 99k 100
NJ. StP &S.SM. 6k's, '31l104K I1O4I
Morris & Co. TVS 1930tlO6S tlO6N
Penna. r. r. rs, 1880. lilo l110T
St. P. U. Dep. SIS, 1923l10O%l l1O0M
s, Roe. & Co. rs, 1928. .tlOIK i1o15
Souwest. Bell rs, 1925. .l1o2% b 02iS
st. OIL OF Calf. rs, 1881 1851 1861
Iidewater OIL 6h g, 1881 1929 103
Union Tank Car rs, 1880 1887 104
Vacuum Oil rs, 1896. t1O7a I107&
West. Union 6k's, 1895. .l11IKi1I2
West. E. & Mf. rs, 1881 107 107k
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2s-Spot cot
ton quiet. Prices easier at the Open
ing today. Sales. 1000 bales.
American middlings. fair. 1889;
good middlings, $3.50; fully mid
dlings. 1851; middling, s15.29: low
middlings, $500: good ordinary
s14.4s; ordinary. s14.l9.
Futures, quiet.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
FINANCE
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IN
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Continued from Page 81
for the interest rate. They see
to it that they get q bonus
each time they make q loan"
Will had Gov. Edwards, Of
New Jersey, on the stage the
other night, made speech about
him, and then darted off the
stage, leaving the governor
standing alone to face the audi
ence.
"Here / am, but what do you
want?" said Gov. Edwards.
81 want a drink!s shouted
Will so that everyone could
hear. This brought down the
house. But Gov. Edwards was
equal to the occasion.
"Come to Jersey and you can
get itw he cried, and won even
more applause.
Gov. Allen, of Kansas, was
another of Wills stage visi-
tors. He told the audience: 81
always enjoy Wills little i'm
pertinences. He has a unique
position in American life. He
is the only man we have who
can tell the truth about u.s."
Will came on, shook hands
with Gov. Allen, and delivered
this little address:
That's certainly nice of the
governor to say those kind
things about me. Big men usu-
ally knock me and not compli-
ment me. I'll tell you why I
am able to say the things | do,
why / am able to tell the truth.
have kept out Of politics"
/ asked Will about his stock
market experiences.
nix" he replied. "No stock
market for mine. I've been East
here eighteen years and haven't
got one share of stock-outside
of some shares Harry Sinclair
sent my kid. BY sending some
to the kid he figured he could
hook me. I'm not falling for
any oil stock. / own the range
I lived on and though oil has
been found there | won't even
lease it. Anyway, / think they've
bored holes all around my land
and stolen all the oil below It."
On prohibition: "Mr. Harding,
/ notice, gave the governors Of
most of the States a lunch
where they discussed but didn't
try prohibition. The governors
all made speeches and it was
the consensus of opinion that
there was a great deal of drink
ing in this country. They final
ly decided that if il wasn't
stopped before January. they
would hold another conference
and put away some Of that
stuff"
Will had in his pocket a con-
tract which he had Just signed
with the Edison Phonograph
people. / asked if he was going
to sing. "0h, no." he replied,
holding I'D his hands. 81 don't
claim to he a singer. / never
sing in private. I'm just good
enough to sing on the stage"
lCopyriEht Iee. hv r c FnrheaA
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
OIL STOCKS.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.
Bid Ask
The Washington herald., 1922-12-29

Anglo-Am. Oil Co.-New 17% 17M
Borne e-Scrymser Co.. 11s 1913
Buckeye Pipe Line Co. IS Sc
Cheseborough Mfg. Co. 205 215
Continental Oil Co.. LII 173
Crescent Pipe Line Co. As As
Cumberland Pipe L., New II 50
Eureka Pipe Line. ...... 80 96
Galena Sig. Oil Co.-Com 54 Sc
Gal.-Sig. OIL Co., pfd.. los 10
Illinois Pipe Line Co. 16O 1853
Indiana Pipe Line Co. 81 80
National Transit Co. 25 26
New York Trans Co. 12S 1872
Northern Pipe Line Co. 10S 112
Ohio Oil Co........... 20 "A
Prairie Oil & Gas Co. .I2OS 212
Prairie Pipe Line Co. hos 1O9
Solar Refining Co.. 10 $50
Southern Pipe Line Co. 90 95
South Penn. Oil Co. 1853 162
Souwn. Pa Pipe Line Co. 64 81
Stand. Oil Co. Qnd.) New 5s% SO
Standard Oil Co. (Kan.). 43 43h
Standard Oil Co. Ky). d. 129h 1909
Standard Oil Co. CNeb). .l1SO 100
Standard on Co. IN. " ASH 46%
Standard Oil Co. (Ohio). .l265 275
Swan & Finch Co.. "a 2S
Vacuum Oil Co.. 42Z 43
Washington Oil Co. % 26
Penna.-Mexican Fuel...- 16 Is
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-18

Far Eastern affairs to have Italy in- cluded in the four-power treaty Also there was disappointment over Italy be- ing excluded from the Anglo-French treaty Still other causes for dissatis- faction were the suspension of the Banca Italiano Di Sconto and the conflict be- tween the Fascist and the communists.
 Several efforts were made by King Victor Emmanuel to have a new cabinet formed. When these proved unsuccessful 1t was announced that the king had not yet accepted the resignation of the Be- nomN ministry. Bonomi promised to ap- pear at the reassembtng of the chamber on Thursday, and did so. In a lengthy speech he reviewed the internal and for
 eign policies of the government which met with mixed reception. He referred to the Genoa conference, which brought forth stormy interruptions, the socialists and communists hurling invective at Nle
 ministers. The premier was given an ovation, however, when he spoke in ap- proyal of the Washington conference and | when he urged the formation of dura- 1 ble government He told the chamber ne had presented himself to request clear
 and explicit verdict on the question of l confidence in the cabinet.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-18
WOMAN's BODY FOUND
 FROZEN NEAR CAMDEN, \. ?

Camden, N. J., Feb. 1.-The we .ss whose body, frozen stiff. was found.S on the outskirts of Forest Hill pssS y8 identified tonight as Rose CSs ell known to the police of the f floiB districts of Philadelphia and Camden Detectives who made the Identification said that she also was known as Rose Klink and that she had been arrested several times ;n the last few years. She was about 40 years old
 The mystery surrounding her death was still unsolved late tonight.
 At the place where the body was found the tracks of an automobile and the foot prints of two men were discernible in the snow. There is possibility, however, police said. thSt the tracks had no con- nection with the case. They pointed out that the woman may have taken poison and received the cuts and bruises in face and throat by falling on the, frozen crust of the snow.
 The principal mark of violence on the | body was bruise on the left side of the face, The left leg above the ankle bore marks as though it had been crushed. Police at first were inclined to believe | that the woman had been killed in ar automobile the body brought to the place where it was found
 The woman was a cripple the righr hand and arm being smaller than tht left. The fist was closed as though i were paralyzed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-18
LETTER FROM TAYLoR's
 MISSING BUTLER SANDS

Los Angeles, Feb. 17.-Immunity for Edward F. Sands from prosecution on charge of enlbeZzleTnent preferred against him last August by William Desmond Taylor, murdered film director, was prom ised tonight by Thomas Lee Woolwine, district attorney provided Sands proves his innocence of the staying of Taylor and can ''untangle this murder mystery"
 MT. Woolwine's promise to the missing former butler-secretary to Taylor. was made in a letter he addressed "to Edward F. Sands, through the publishers In an swer to a letter he received and which pIIr- ported to have written by Sands
 The letter, whidh was. signed "E. F. Sands was dated February 14. The writer declared he was living in Los An l ed and established his innocence of the murder of Taylor, he would be freed Of the | en1l5ezzleIrent charge.
 MT. Woolwine's reply follows:
 "To. Edward F. Sands, through the pub lie press:
 T am in receipt of letter dated Feb ruary II, 1922, post marked Los Angeles. ! which, by it's language, purDorts to have l been dictated by you
 q have no present means of knowing whether or not the letter is genuine, as receive vast numbers Of bogus communi- cations, but I intend to treat it as genuine for the purpose of this communication.
 The letter states:
 I did not murder Taylor but I know who did it. and enqUires in substance that If you come forward and surrender your self and establish your innocence of this crime whether or not will set you free.
 The letter further states:
 ' If you will do this, Alr. Woolwine can untangle this murder mystery for you You may answer me in any of the Los Angeles papers,
 Tn answer to this communication wish to state that if Edward F. Sand will surrender himself to any of the DO lice authorities or to me and establish C my satisfaction his innocence and give m information as to who committed thi crime and untangle this murder nyster1 to my satisfaction as district attorney O Los Angeles county. I will move 2 disnis sal of the case of ernbezzlement peaGin. against him and set him free
 THOMAS LEE WOoI.WINE.
 District Attorney, Los Angele
 County.'
 MT. Woolwine stated that the lettc purporting to have come from Sands wa rost marked February Is, but came to hi attention only today.
 He said tllst when he realized its i'm poTtance, in case 1t proved genuine, h called a conference of police detective and his own special investigators assign ed to the case and tn unarinous conclu sion was that it would be best to aswe the letter in chance it was geuine an , might result in the solving of the mystery
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-18
ALLIED DEBT COMMISSIONERS TO BE NAMED MONDAY OR TUESDAY

Washington, Feb. Reimbursement of the membership of the allied debt com mission, created by congress to conduct the negotiations for the refundng of the $11000 ,000, 900 owed this country by foreign nations, will be made Monday or Tuesday, it was said today at the White House.
 The commission is to be composed of five members, of which Secretary Mellon will be chairman. and 1t was indicated that It's personnel would include a mem Der of the house and senate. while high officials are understood to believe that Secretaries Hughes and Hoover will com pdete the membership
 Delay in the appointments Is under stood to have been occasioned by the necessity of determining the question of the constitutionality of naming members of congress to the commission. but it is
 now believed there is no legal bar to their service.
 Upon the organization of the commits sion, 1t was said. word to the debtor na. tions through the usual diplomatic chan | neis that the United States is prepared | to begin refunding negotiations which. ii l is believed, will be carried on in this country. unless circumstances arising in
 the future require meetings abroad,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-18
To Try Settle R. l.
 TextiIeStrikeT Today
Board of Mediation and Con ciliation is to Meet in Prov idence.

Boston, Feb. 17.-lnuerest Tn the New England textile strike situation today centered in Rhode Island. where tomor- row board of mediation and concilia- tion will meet in Providence in an en- deavor to settle a strike of 15,000 opera tives in the PawtuXet and Blackstone valleys. Today marked the end of the fourth week of the strike. which began as a protest against a 20 per cent. wage reduction.
 William H. Derrick, all organizer for the Amalgamated Textile Workers, to- day was named by the operatives as one
 or their two representatives on the
 board of five. He announced he would demand production of the mill books for
 examination, and declared the workers
 woul daccept a settlement based on what the books revealed. Judge J. Jerome
 Hahn of the Rhode Island superior court is the fifth member of the board which will assemble at 1O30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 No new move towards mediation has been made in the New Hampshire textile district
 Reports today from aGl parts of New Englnad showed that while picketing con. tinues, despite the severe cold, in all tex | tile centers affected by the strike, there | is no apparent disposition toward vio. l lence.
 | Both In Rhode Island and New Hamp, 1 shire steps have been tallI.. - the un ions and other agencies to provide foot 1 for those out of employment.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-18
MINERS VOTE AGAINST
 REINSTATEMENT OF HowAI

Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 17.-By q mar gin of less than 100 of it's ss25 votes. the delegate convention of the United Mine Workers of America here today refused to consider the appeal of Alexander How at, for reinstatement by the union c1 himself and other e1oelled Kansas miness
 While the defeat was shown only by un- official tabulatiols of the vote. NIT. How at tonight conceded he had been beaten. as also did his principal supporter. Frank ! Fsrringtoa, the leader of the Illinois min CTS.
 In effect. the vote approved the expul- sion of Howat and his followers by Pres ident John L. Lewis. who said he acted because of the refusal Of the deposed Kansas leader to direct strikers to re- turn to work as was ordered Dy the min CTS convention last fall Howat. how ever, has yet the right to appeal the ex- pulsion order to the unions executive | board, anu in event of it's refusal can | bring the question before the unions next convention, which will be held in 1924.
 Surp-ising strength was shown by Howat during the days roll call. and ths result was not determined unoficially un- til I50 of the last 200 votes were cast against him The final vote was 1859 1a 1S66, and efforts were being made tonight by ms supporters s 70 must eEenglh to overcome this despite their leaders con- cession of defeat.
 we gave them good fight" said How at, and then he added:
 T suppose now I will have to get o1t of the United States and go to Russia"
 Mir. Lewis said he was confident that the unofficial vote was conservative. and he interpreted the result as best for the well fare Of the union" Mir. Harrington said he regarded the vote as breaking Mr. Lewis strength within the union, for he declared the result means that Lewis is a dead bird now.''
 As soon as the official vote Is completed tomorrow, the union officials plan to d. rect Dhe convention towards its main oo- jective the framing of the union s wage policy. President Harrington of the Illinois miners and the anIi-sdmiuistra- tion leader. predicted tonight that the wage policy would be settled before adjourn men- tomorrow by a practically unani- nous indorSemen1 O. the wage scale com mittee report, favortng a pofcy of ac- cepting no wage reductions for soft coal miners and increases for the anthracite workers, backed up with threat of a na- tion-wide coal strike on April first Ar Lewis also predicted speedy adoption o. the committee report, but thought the con vention might continue through Monday.