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Evening star., 1922-07-18
NEW YORK AIMING
bL0W.AT PRIMARY
Model Republican State Con-
vention Sought, to Win
Approval.
ROOT IN CHAIR AT START
Success to Be Weapon in Hands
of Opponents of Present Method
of Choosing Candidates.
BY n. O. MESSENGER.

Stah Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-Republican
leaders from all sections of New
York state are here today in attend
ance upon the meeting of the repub-
Iican state committee to fix the date
of the convention to nominate q gov
ernor and other state officers. The
convention will be called for Septem-
ber 81 and IS, to meet at Albany
That will be an epochal occasion,
being the first convention to be held
since New York amended the primary
law to provide for the nomination of
state officers by the convention sys-
tenn instead of by direct primaries.
Its proceedings will be watched with
much interest by statesmen and poll
ticians at Washington on account of
it's possible bearing upon the inn
pending fight between the supporters
of the direct primaries system and
the advocates of return to the old
convention.
Would Include President.
The convention of next September
will be in the nature of a test of the
return to the old plan. There has been
"try-out" of the primaries system,
with conflicting views among poll
ticians the country over as to its merits
and defects. The primary is not only
stanchly defended in many sections of
with nominations. but. as is well
known, there is a strong sentiment,
whose leadership rests among men,
bers of the House and Senate. favoring
extension of the primary system to
the nomination of candidates for the
presidency of the United States.
New York will take the lead in the
fight to return to the old plan and
against any possible further extension
of the primary. 1t is proposed to
much better things can be done 1t
is proposed to make 1t an impressive
affair. Elihu Root is to be Temporary
chairman and the speaker of the assem-
bly, permanent chairman.
For that matter. however whoever
should be permanent chairman. the
first aim of the powers that be will
be to carefully avoid any methods of
procedure which would give the ene-
mics of the convention system the
right to point to the New York con-
vention as an example of the defects
of the old system.
Time Held Propitious.
The time is propitious for present.
ing picture of state convention at
its best-an Embossed affair, for the
republican party of the state of New
York is bossed by no individual now.
There is no big. outstanding figure
welding autocratic power, but a
group of leaders by counties and Sec
tfons, who advise and counsel rather
than dictate.
Looking over the faces of the state
committeeman at today's meeting one
would recognize such men as Fred
erick Greiner of Erie county. Repre-
sentative Smell of St. Lawrence -coun-
ty. Elon Brown Of Jefferson. Fred
Kracke of Kings, William L. Ward Of
Westchester, 8. 8. Koenig Of New
(COntinued on PAGE q Column -
Evening star., 1922-07-18
PRESIDENT ORDERS
MINES TO RESUME:
TROOPS. WILL GUARD
SPR0UL PLEDGES AID
TO u. S. STRIKE POLICY.
BY STATE AGENCIES

Following a conference yesterday
at the White House between Gov.
Sproul and the President. the
Pennsylvania executive issued the
following pledge of his states sup
port to the federal government in
its policies on the strike situation:
Pennsylvania pledges immediate
and continuous support to the fed
eral government. l am ready to
set in motion at instant notice all
organized agencies of the common
wealth to effectuate such measures
as the President of the United
states may determine upon in what
we all must recognize as great
national emergency.
THE foregoing is the assurance
which l came to Washington to
give to the President, and l have
just given it to him with emphasis.
Attorney General Alter accom-
panies me in order that through
conference with Attorney General
Daugherty a program can be work.
ed out of perfect cooperation be-
tween state and nation"
Evening star., 1922-07-18
MURIEL MCCORMICK,
HEIRESS TO MILLIONS,
TO BECOME MILLINER
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-A mill
linery shop will be opened in Chi
cago next fall by Miss Muriel NC
Cormick, daughter of Harold f.
Mccormick and granddaughter of
John D. Rockefeller. Miss McCor-
mick confirmed the report that she
was going to enter business, after
being told that Chicago had heard
she was going to open such an es-
tablishment here.
Although heiress to two fortunes.
Miss Mccormick, who has been a
guest Of Mrs. James S. Stillman,
said she was. going to become a
business woman because she loved
style creation. She first became
attracted to the art during the de-
signing of her costume for the
presentation of the French play
lie Passant," in Chicago. in which
she made her stage debut in the
part of the boy lover.
Miss Mccormick will return to
Chicago in a few days to perfect
her plans for the opening of her
shop.
Evening star., 1922-07-18
CHARLES R. MILLER DIES;
LONG n. Y. TIMES EDITOR
Gave Forty-Year Service-Regard-
ed as One Of Country's Ablest
Editorial Writers.
By the Associa ted Preas.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1s.-Charies r.
Miller. for forty years editor Of the New
York Times, died here today after an
illness Of several months. He was sew
enty-three years old.
MI. MiIler's entire newspaper career
was with the Times except for three
years spent on the staff of the Spring
fieid Republican, after his graduation
from Dartmouth in 1872.
He was recognised as one OF the
abiest editorial writer's In the country.
Dartmouth and Columbia and decora-
tions. from, the French and Belgian gov
eriiinerifs. He was naember OF the
Century, metropolitan and Piping Rock
c4l.k. %e9New York.
Evening star., 1922-07-18
WILSON ASSASS|NS
SENTENCED TO DIE
Dunn and 0'SuIIivan Admit
Killing of Field Marshal
Month Ago.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 1s.-Reginald Dunn
and Joseph O'Sullivan were sentenced
to death today for the murder OF Field
Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, who
was shot in front of his home on Eaton
place last month. The men were con-
victed after trial in the Old Bailey.
Elaborate precautions were taken to
see that no sympathizers with the Irish
republicans gained admission to the
court. Even the few admitted into the
public gallery were carefully scrutinized
by the police and those who obtained
seats in the public part Of the court
were we'll known to the sherins and
chief officials.
Admitted Firing shots.
Both prisoners admitted that they
shot the famous Irish soldier last
month. The judge, however, said he
would treat this statement as plea of
not guilty, as the defendants refused
to say anything further.
Thus. twenty days from the date
on which the noted soldier was MUIR
dered, the men who fred the fatal shots
were convicted and the death penalty
imposed on them. This constitutes
record in England, where murder trials
usually are completed more quickly
than In most countries.
Statement Not Public.
The attorney generals case for the
prosecution required barely half an
hour to present. Before opening the
defense, Artemas Jones of counsel for
the prisoners asked that Dunn be al
lowed to make q statement. The state
ment was handed to tie Judge, who de-
clared it to be a political manifesto,
justifying the right to kin and that he,
therefore. could not allow it to be read.
The court said Dunn could give evil
dence II he wished.
The defendants counsel tl1ereupon
asked the court for short adjourn
ment for consultation. which was
granted. When the attorneys returned
Mr.. Jones announced that the defend
ants took the view that owing to the
judges refusal to permit Dunn's state
ment to be read they no lonxer wished
to have legal representation. There
f0res Mr. Jones stated that he had no
alternative but-fo fbsis.aH the Casa
Evening star., 1922-07-18
PRESIDENT PLANS WORK.

President Harding has 'no plans
for the summer except work." it
was stated at the White House to-
day in denial Of reports that he com
templated establishing a summer
white House in suburb Of WASH
ington and expected to make trips to
New England and other sections Of
the country. ss fss ~.
rendered to the President ~. res
fdence during the summer but none
OF the offers PAS been accepted, it
Evening star., 1922-07-18
BIDS ARE OPENED
FOR NEW CONDUIT
Baltimore Corporation Ap-
pears to Have Submitted
Lowest Figures.

The Arundel Corporation of Balti-
more appeared today to be the low
bidder for the construction of eight
miles of conduit for Washington's
new water supply system.
A force of clerks in the office of
Mai. M. c. Tyler. engineer officer in
charge, was busily engaged today
checking and compiling the figures
submitted yesterday by number OF
contractors.
While the task is not complete,
Mai Tyler said premilinary scrutiny
of the bids indicates that the Balti-
more concern gave the lowest hsure
on the entire eight miles of work.
BID to Be Recommended.
within a week or ten days the
major will recommend to Gen. Beach.
chief Il engineers, the bid he believes
should be accepted. A contract
should be closed and work started
some time in August. -
1t is. the plan of the engineer once
to have work going on from three
points simultaneously in order 10
complete the huge water main az
rapidly as possible.
Contractors were invited to bid
either on the eight miles as a whoie
or on any third of the distance. II
is understood that the Arundel Cor
poration submitted bids on each sec
tion and on the job in Its entirety.
s2,000,0oo Contract.
The contract or contracts to be let
at this time will run well over
31.o0o.0o0.
The distance from Great Falls Is
approximately nine miles, SO that
the work about to be started will
cover practically the entire distance.
The total cost of the new water
project Is estimated at more than
"a of5o. 400 including q new filtration
piant 1T the District fine and two
new reservoirs In the northwest sec-
tion Of the city.
Evening star., 1922-07-18
HUGHES TO BE NAMED
HEAD OF U. S. MISSION
TO BE SENT TO BRAZIL

The honorary mission which will
attend the Brazilian centennial ex-
position will be named by President
Harding this week. and will be
headed by Secretary Hughes. it was
announced today at the White
House. 1t was stated that Mr..
Hughes undoubtedly would accom-
pany the mission to Rio de Janeiro.
An Outstanding" major general, an
admiral and two others will make
up. with Mr. Hughes, the member
ship of the mission.
Evening star., 1922-07-18
now impersonating the soviet pre-
mier at bathing resort.
NEARLY READY TO WORK.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 1S.--Leo Kameneff,
president of the Moscow soviet, upon
returning today from a visit to Pre-
mier Lenin. told the correspondent
that the premier was so improved
in health now that 1t was only
matter of few weeks until his
health would be fully re-established.
You would hardly know he had
been ill., said Nj. Kameneff. there
is so little difference between his
appearance now and before his ILL
ness.
receive visitors every other day.
News of his recovery has been a most
unpleasant surprise to those foreign
journals WHICH several times have
had him dead"
Evening star., 1922-07-18
GOV. RELY WINS IN
PORTO RIcAN COURT
Supreme Jurists Vote Four to One
in Executive's Favor in Con-
troversy with Unionist.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. July ls.-
The supreme court Of Porto Rico. by
e vote of four out Of i've. has sus-
.tainAd Gov. z. Mont Rely in his con-
'troyersy with the unfonist attorney
general IN the various courts OF the
Evening star., 1922-07-18
WEATHER.

Showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon or tonight; tomorrow, gen.
orally fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 Pm today: Highest. 90,
at $40 pm. yesterday; lowest, II. at
1:30 pm. today. Full report on rage Z.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
Blimp Al Returns

Hampton, Va, May II. - The
blimp Al arrived safely at Lang
ley Field about 5 o'clock this af-
ternoon, after having drifted about
over the ocean off Cape Henry for
an hour and a half with her en-
gines dead. The engine trouble oc-
CURED at $3.50 and it was some
time before repairs could be made,
the blimp meanwhile drifting to
sea before. a four-mile northwest
breeze. All hands were safe when
she. arrived.
Keeping in constant radio COM
m~unication with the disabled bal
loon. army authorities yer in
readiness to dispatch airplanes and
other blimps on a moments notice
in case of any emergency. Little
fear was expressed for the safety
of the crew. however, as the Al
would have been able to remain in
the air indefinitely although there
was no food and little water aboard.
Officers at the field refused to
make public the anne of the five
men aboard, as they felt sure they
would be able to bring the bag
safely in or make a. landing in the
ocean and be picked up by a pass
ing steamship. Lieut.. Olmstead was
at the wheel during the flight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
UNCLE SANS INCOME

The 1922 income tax collections
are conservativefy estimated at 40
per cent less than last years. One
statistician puts the loss as high
as co per cent. Personal incomes
earned last year evidently sllrank
a little less than 40 pei. cent. but
corporation incomes shrank more
than 80 per cent.
a liberal allowance for such
shrinkage of income was made in
the national budget. but so great a
loss as this was not anticipated.
The result is expected to be a $780,
100000 deficit Tor the current cal
endar year. even if Congress holds
its expenditures down to those fix
ed by the budget estimates.
If there is not to be a deficit.
therefore. or new taxes. Congress
will have to cut its appropriations
lower than that body has yet ad-
mitted to be possible. But what is
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
Petncaire and the Supreme Council

Paris, April 21.-Premier Poin-
care was quoted. before he took UP
the reins Of government, as char
acterising the conferences of the
Supreme Council as a moving pic
-ture show" He announced when
he took office that he disapproved
of this sort of travelling caravan
OF allied statesmen around Eu-
rope.
He was obviously i'll at ease on
the occasion of Prime Minister
Lloyd Georges flying stop in Par
is on the way to Genoa to find him
self cornered with Lloyd George in
the compartment Of a. sleeping car
with no curtains to shut out the
gaze of the i%ndiscreet, no way of
escape and dozens of cameras
levelled at him through the win
dow.
He gave unmistakable signs OF
relief when the train pulled out
and gave little chance-to photo
graphers or reporters. He jumped
to the platform and strobe rapidly
to his automobile.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
; AfsaE. CURES o

After the gram of radium had
bsAa presented to Nine. Curie it
rras found that there remained
about s5e,s SOC In the fund raised
fSr the purcbas of the gift That
n1dhey has now been invested in
fas-free securities, the income
from which viii go to Nine. Curie
during her life.
Every one who knows ANYTHING
ahousMme. Curie and her husband.
anddher discovery of radium. the
far-reashing usefulness of which
Isas not yet been fully disclosed.
sffoufd rejoice that this recognition
Uf her service has been shown
WITH the radSum she o owns
SIZE ean continue her research for
the benefit of mankind. and the
moderate annual income will in
sure her the necessaries of life
which are not always forthcoming
to those -Tho work for success in
science rather than for success In
worldly goods.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17

ference Of county officials and rep
resentatives at the Automobile
Club"
Such a program implies regular
road inspection amt prompt atten-
tiento minor repairs, with proper
cooperation between interested par
ties and fair division of expense.
The result should be more COM
Portable riding for the traveller,
much saving of wear and tear on
cars and trucks, minimum Of high
way expense and roads Kept open
for traffic without interruption.
When a road is allowed to de-
terioyate steadily it becomes a
menace to life and a wrecker Of
vehicles. It must De closed off for
long periods when repairs finally
are made. and the cost of these is
more than systematic maintenance
would have involved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
THE DINNER DRINKERS

District Attorney Banton of New
York is said TO have shocked the
guests at a hotel dinner given by
the Harlem Board OF Commerce
when he administered a drastic
criticism Of "f1ask foters." If so,
it was probably good for them, just
as the fonow-up shock he gave in
an interview the next day is good
for the public in general.
Pm getting sick" he says. "of
going TO public dinners and hav-
ing some poor souse hang over the
back of my chair and ~saturate me
with wAiskey fumes" This feel
ing is shared by thousands of other
americans. Along with his per-
sonal disgust is a sense of moral
outrage.
"I am a great believer" continues
the district attorney, Gin not max
ing any distinctions in the law. and
I am trying to create public senti-
ment in New York for law and or
der. Responsibility should not be a
badge of license for violation of the
law"
Commenting on this episode. a
New York minister remarks:
A lot of otherwise good Ameri-
cans do not yet realize that this
country is no longer in the hands
Of a select few who can act pretty
much as they please, and that we
have embarked ON the enterprise
of a democracy which guarantees
to every citizen an equal share in
governing and obeying."
| Here is an aspect OF the liquor
problem that certainly needs en-
phasizing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
RAILROAD RATES

Shippers and consumers-and
that means nearly everybody-have
much to hope from the conference
that President Harding is to hold
with a score of big railroad execu-
tives on May 20.
The conference is called to con-
slider a railroad policy This
/ general term is taken to mean spe@
| officially a rate policy. AS far as
the public is concerned-and evil
IDENTIFY also the administration and
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission-thc situation is ripe for
i rate reduction.
There was a reduction the first
of the year, on certain agricultural
and meat products, by agreement
between the carriers and the ad-
n,~inistration. That agreement eX-
pires the end of next month. The
law under which the carriers We're
promised rates equivalent to a 6
per cent income expired March /.
The stage therefore is set for a
new deal.
Popular pressure for decreases
all around has been great. 1t has
been felt that freight rates should
be Debated along with the freight
Itself. Many transportation au-
thorities. too, have held that a con-
siderable rate decrease could be
taken by the railroads without any
loss of income, because it would
greatly stimulate their volume Of
traffic and so increase earning
power. The roads have been max
ing money again recently, and so
rcay be in a more tractable mood.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission is said to have worked out
a lower rate schedule, but to be
doubtful about its authority to put
it into effect without the acquies-
cence Of the railroads themselves.
whe present law requires that any
rates fixed must permit a fair
return" to the carriers, and it re-
mains to decide what is fair
Perhaps that is the "po.icy" which
the president has summoned the
railroad executives to discuss. 1t
is hoped that the latter will see the
situation as the public and the
government see it and, if the deci-
sion really rests with them, will
take a broad and liberal view and
and a supporting chance on defla-
ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17

When the hard surfaced road
way is finished on the. M~ayesyifie
public road there will DE a hiatus,
so to speak between the city pay
ing and the country hard surfaced
highway. The city paving ends on
Liberty street just beyond the to-
bacco warehouse, while the county
paving will begin at the city limits.
beyond the Turkey Creek bridge.
This section of the Mayesville road
has never been anything to brag
about, and if this gap of more
than a quarter of a mile Of. bad
road is left between the city as
phalt and the county hard surfaced
highway the general effect viii be
extremely unsatisfactory. What is
going to be done about it? Is the
city financially able at the present
time to extend the paving to the
city limits? This same condition
viii exist or the Bishopville road.
The city paving on Main street ends
at the corner of Live Oak street,
while the city limit is at Mile
Branch. On Manning Avenue, West
Liberty and Broad street the pay
ing extends to the city limits and
there will be no section of unpaFed
roadway between the city paving
and the county hard-surfaced high
ways leading toward Manning.
Wedgefeld, Pinewood and Cam
den-Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
AID TO RADIO
Cracking and Buzzing Elimi-
mated by Invention

Chicago, May illumination
Of the cracking and buzzing ac-
companying radio signals which
have proved one of the greatest
Obstacles in the development Of
that science has been accomplish
ing by United States army experts,
it was announced today. The in
vention, which separates al! static
noises from the radio signal was
perfected by Major J.. O. Maui
borgne. signal officer of the Sixth
Corps Area, and DR.. Louis Cohen.
of George Washington University,
consulting engineer of the war de-
partment after more than two
years experimentation.
The separation of signals from
static noises caused by the cleo
trical charges in the atmosphere is
accomplished by a drain coil OF
wire, the length Of which varie:
with the distance from which Sig
mails are received.
The strength Of the signal is not
affected by the draining process,
according 70 DR.. Cohen, and the
signals may even be amplitied.
Another recent invention is a re-
sonance wave coil by which u "a
do receiving set may be plugged
into an ordinary electric light
socket and radio signals received
as we'll as with an aerial. This in
vention. on which a dozen patents
are pending. was perfected by Ma
ior Gen. George O. Suuier, chief
signal officer Of the army.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17

MORALLY INSANE

A prisoner, accused of murder.
|, sets UP a plea Of moral insanity.
He is all right mentally, his law
yers explain, but at the time the
| crime was committed he was moral
" unbalanced and therefore ire
sponsible.
They may get away with it.
Many a clever lawyer has saved
his client from punishment in SIM
lar circumstances by the plea of
.sbrainstorm" or some other verbal
equivalent.
The defense of men and women
accused of murder seems to be de-
veFopfng into a matter Of term
;nelegy, a question of what words
shall be used to stand for the deed
rather than an inquiry into the real
nature of the deed itself. It is the
old mistake, SO frequent in law,
philosophy and theology, of treat
irg mere words and phrases as if
they were facts.
Morally insane? Very likely.
Killing a human being issuch a
mighty serious business that it is
hardly thinkabfe that anyone could
do it if he had not. for the time
being, lost his moral balance. But
what OF that?
All sins and crimes involve a loss
of moral balance and to the extent
Of their seriousness, an outbreak
Of moral insanity, or a departure
from the morally normal. Minor
flapses are punished; shall the major
lapses not bes Or if punishment
is the wrong thing, shall the offend
FER at least not be placed perma-
nentiy where his moral instability
can no longer endanger the COM
munity?