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States Attorney A. A. filling of New Haven went rdin knocked out traffic cop filling on and when he thought he better it. He did but he aesed He
 
 into similar R e D he I He did far and soaked get away with it.
 Gov Templeton has aspirations go Congress has m @ d that n daily M h | ambition looks F. B. due for another spis2s I S ] he Tds s s PSs:s s the knocking. the main tenor of his remarks.
 General Manager Bardo of the New Haven be that long vacation He hasn't had the o1t his ess too
 Pride geeh before fall the that what before Fall n in the Teapot Dome ing more than tempest in teapot
 Attorney General Daugherts fingers likely seorehed the burning out appea senator rises and declares he the Nice @ ts ne
 Coolidge President, and Mellon, having hey get will think otedge and Mellon
 John O. Tion, extraordinary from New Haven h M Tohs to E af 5 e o st6 for hs them I enough of him sit is,
 Co God good the sho lamb and perhaps that the taken off the New Haven road the rails would shrink
 Coal at $o ton promises the Chamber of of its proPaganda make the gub public think it's doing something Heres of kind of will in the furnaces of those who advocate burning
 But the have always with Ashes and ashes dust and dust about the quality of coal they offered
 Now the Chamber should call annual dinner pat other the back for discovering
 And this is that January 27th: Judge Jacob Panl<in, of New York City
 Municipal Court Judge of New York
 City.
 subject:-"A Social Aspect of the Day.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-26

But the have always with Ashes and ashes dust and dust about the quality of coal they offered
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-26

Now the Chamber should call to pat other the back for discovering 1t.
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CAMPAIGN
READY To
OPEN|N
WEST
Selection of William U. Hodges
as Treasurer Comes
as Surprise
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES,
BY international News Service.

CLEVELAND, June 13.-Wil-
liam M. Butler, of Massachusetts,,
personally selected by President
Coolidge as his campaign man
ager, was elected chairman of the
new Republican national commit
tee at its initial session today.
Other officers elected for the
direction Of the campaign were:
Vice chairmen-Ralph E. Will
liams, Of Oregon; Charles D.
hilles, Of New York, and Mrs.
Alvin T. Hert, of Kentucky.
Treasurer-William v. Hodges,
of Denver.
Secretary-RoV o. West, Of
Chicago.
Butler Succeeds Adams.
The new officers represent q
complete change in committee per.
sonnet. Butler succeeds John T.
Adams, Of Iowa, West succeeds
George B. Lockwood, Of Indiana
and Hodges replaces Fred w. Up.
ham, Of Illinois, who had held the
treasurer's post for many years.
The selection Of Hodges came an
Pittsburgh, a nephew Of A. w.
Mellon, had been slated for the
post. It is understood that Mellon
declined the appointment.
Hodges was known but to few
members Of the committee. He IL
q lawyer by profession, and was
formerly president of the Civic
and Commercial Association Of
Denver.
The committee also decided this
morning to seat Robert H. Tod as
committeeman from Porto Rico.
His claim has been contested by
two Porto Rican native delegates
to the convention.
Behind the Coolidge.Dawes ticket
Of solid Republican conservatism,
organization leaders laid the ground
work for tho long and arduous
campaign that will carry through
the heat of summer and into the
early frosts of November.
It will be a hectic campaign.
That much Is assured, irrespective
Of who the Democrats nominate
at New York two weeks hence.
Shadow in West.
Dawes is one of the most pic.
turesque men in public life.
And in the West there looms the
disturbing shadow Of Senator Rob.
ert M. La Toilette, whose follow.
ers here in Cleveland demonstrated
their complete lack of sympathy
with the whole G. o. p. structure.
General Dawes probably will
carry the brunt Of the Republican
attack in the West. President
Coolidge has already given Kepub.
lican leaders to understand that he
will conduct quiet campaign, so
far as he personally is concerned,
and il there is to be any stumping
of the insurgent West, II will have
to be done by others.
Mr.. Coolidge plans to stay In
Washington, radio his words from
the White House, and only coca.
sionally strike out with the weapon
of a personal appearance before
audiences.
The picture Of . thres-cornered
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Jaw Broken When He
Tries to Swallow
Forged Check

NEW YORK, June 13.-Frank
Langhan, thirty-four, a sales
man, was in the prison ward of
Bellevue Hospital today with a
fractured jaw inflicted by police
when Langhan sought to swal-
low a check for $10,232.17 as
he was being booked on a for
gerry charge.
Langhan is said to have been
q lieutenant colonel in the
Twelfth field artillery and well
known in Philadelphia.
Thomas F. Feeney, an ex-
ecutive of Spencer Transk, bank
ers, of rs Broad street, made
the complaint. Langhan was
arrested in the concerns offices
when he presented the check as
payment for liberty bonds, after
a bank official had announced
his signature on the check was
a forgery.
While police were questioning
Langhan he tore the check to
bits and attempted to swallow
them. Detective Fitzpatrick
then struck him on the jaw and
extracted the check, piece by
piece.
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DAWES RECORD
ON LABOR To .
Be ISSUE
G. o. p. Vice Presidential
Nominee Known as Anti
Union Leader

Br4gadie= General Charles G.
Dawes, Republican candidate for
the Vice Presidency, is one Of the
strongest ''open-shop" anti.unicn
labor leaders in the United States,
investigation developed today.
In April, 1923. he was the spokes-
man for a movement which had
for its purpose the definite COM
mitment of the Republican party to
an open.shop policy.
When former President Harding
was taking a vacation in Florida,
Dawes approached him with a
proposition that the 1924 campaign
be waged strictly upon an open.
shop, anti.labor basis. The follow.
ing newspaper dispatch from st.
Augustine, Fla. dated April 1, 1928,
tells the story:
Having a far-reaching bearing
upon the 1924 campaign Is tie
discovery Of a loosely organized,
put nevertheless strong movement
Tor the declaration by the Repub.
lican party in favor Of the noen shou
ana the shaping Of the national cam.
paign upon this and law and order
issue.
Dawes Spokesman.
"Mr. Harding has been approached
by men Of large business interests
who say he is almost convinced of
the desirability of adopting such q
platform.
"The chief spokesman Of this
movement to President Harding has
been Charles G. Dawes. The forinR
director Of the budget has declareN
frequently that he Is through with
holding office. Apparently, how,
ever, he isn't through with politics,
and 1t Is safe to say he will be heard
from In Illinois taking part in q
movement to purge Chicago Of DO
litical labor leaders and to demand
that the Herrin outrages should not
go unpublished.
Mr.. Dawes seeks the support OF
influential citizens Of Illinois in his
effort to bring about a house
cleaning in the Republican party OF
that State. Taking part in move.
ment are several men who built Jp
sentiment favorable to Mr.. EIar,
ding among Eastern bankers, man.
ufacturers and business men.
Elements opposed to organized
labor are seeking q definite stand
from the Republican party on the
open.shop question. Employers
bankers and railroad executives say
that the open shop is the clearest
issue, the one least complicated by
any consideration. and one on which
there can be no underground
| opinion"
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to impede, II not entirely to frus-
trate, the Investigations to which
in the beginning Republican leaders
assentad, but what later they re.
garded with dismay."
Direct reference was made to the
forcing Of Edwin DENLY and Harry
NJ. Daugherty out Of the Cabincl
and there were illusions, in sharp.
biting phrases, to the naval oil
leases and the Veterans Bureau liz.
quiry, involving Colonel CharlAs K.
Forbes.
Never before in the history of
the country" says the platform,
was the spectacle presented of a
department Of the Federal Govern.
ment. in conjunction with the execu.
tive officials Of a political party,
attempting through the forms of
law and by subornation of perjury
to blackmail committees Of the
United States Senate into silence
Continued on Page .. Column 81
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INCREASES
!. LEGAL, IS
Ml;ARL
VIEW
Comptroller General Sends an
Opinion to D. c. Heads Put
ting End to Problem

School teachers, policemen and
firemen of the District viii, be-
ginning July /, draw the in
creased salaries voted them by
Congress on May 81 and June 4,
but believed lost through the
elevoHth.hOuR failure of the Sec
ond deficiency bill.
Commissioners Get Ruling.
This ruling by Comptroller Gen.
.eral McCarl was today transmitted
to the District Commissioners, re-
neving the latter of a problem
which they have been wrestling
with since Congress adjourned Sat
Nrday.
Had the ruling Of Comptroller
General McCarl not been favorable
the teachers, policemen and fire
mon would have suffered a sub.
0tantial decrease in pay instead Of
the slight increase authorized by
Congress.
Under General McCarl's ruling,
however, the District Commissioners
will not be able to take on the
165 new policemen and lis new
firemen authorized in the deficiency
measure and consequently will not
be able to grant the one day off in
seven which is provided in the same
bill to all policemen and firemen
In the city.
Affects Present Employees.
It Is distinctly set forth in the
McCarl ruling that the wage in.
creases can apply only to those
now on tho payroll Of the District
Government.
1t was said today there is no doubt
but what the deficiency bill will be
passed when Congress reconvenes
before the money authorized for the
payment of teachers, firemen and
poll 5emen runs out.
This would be possible because the
increased wages call for $2,432 ,72C
more than is now appropriated.
The lump increase the teachers
will receive Is $1,148,570; firemen
$533,120, and policemen, $751;, 900.
The payment Of the increased sal
aries will be made from the So, 900,
900 lump sum appropriation voted
by Congress as it's share of payment
toward the upkeep of the District
government for the coming year.
Briefly, General McCarl takes the
view that the passage OF the new
law regarding salaries of teachers
policemen and firemen nullified the
old law and calls for a new deal
Problem Is Solved.
The decision Of Comptroller Gen
era1 McCarl definitely decides a mat
ter Of grave concern to the District
due to the failure Of Congress tc
finally enact definite appropria
ton for the increased salaries Of
the three classes Of employees.
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Senator Glass platform already
has been adopted, as it was four
years ago, by the Democratic State
Convention in Virginia with instruc.
tons to carry It before the national
convention.
Arraigns Coolidge.
The platform voices harsh con.
demnation Of not only former Re.
publican officials whose administers.
ton Of governmental affairs care
under the eye Of Senate investi-
gators, but condemned President
Coolidge for the attitude taken in
his letter to the Senate challenging
the right Of that body to continue
with it's investigation Of Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon and the Blu.
reau Of Internal Revenue.
: I'VE arraign the Republican
party" the platform declares. for
intercepting at every step the due
processes of inquiry into official
delinQuencies and for it's persistent
attempts. executive ana Legislative.
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OLD GUARD HITS
COOL|DGE'S
MACHINE
Named Dawes When Butler
Made Final Effort to Put
Hoover Over

By WILLIAM HARD.

CLEVELAND, June 13.-The
convention now is over and gone,
and the summary Of it would seem
t" be as follows:
The convention began with the
new Coolidge personal machine in
supreme and dictatorial command.
On point after point the commit
tees of the convention and the
convention itself did things which
they did not want to do and did
them simply because they knew
the Coolidge machine, headed by
William M. Butler, of Massachu-
sets, wanted them done.
Opposed Court Plan.
For instance. in the subcommittee
Of the COMMITTEES on resolutions
charged with the immediate drafting
Of the convention platform, there
was a majority against the Leagues
World Court. Nevertheless. this
subcommittee, in order to stand by
Coolidge and under pressure from
the Coolidge machine, adopted and
recommended the Leagues World
Court. =.
Numerous other illustrations OF
the prestige and power Of the Cool
idge machine during the first two
days OF the convention might be
mentioned. Then, suddenly, on the
question OF the Vice Presidency, the
Coolidge machine received a series
OF blows and humiliations which
may, perhaps, result In a con.
SIDERABLE change in the organization
OF that machine during the period
oetween now and next November.
Vice Presidential Phases.
The Vice Presidential affair went
through the following five phases
AL OF which indicate the failure OF
the Coolidge machine to be able to
control the situation:
In the first place the responsible
Coolidge managers let II be known
that Kenyon, Of Iowa, would moi
be unacceptable. The convention
moved toward taking Kenyon. Even
IN the New Jersey delegation, q
strongly conservative delegation
here was q considerable willing
ness TO go along with Kenyon and
by going along with him, to gratify
the discontinued farmers OF thu
West.
At that point, however, the aa
ministration forces here broke
within themselves.
Certain Cabinet members here
present refused to consent to the
Continued on PasO z. Column 81
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What Ruling Means
to Beneficiaries

The following figures show
what the ruling today Of Comp
trolier General McCarl means
to the District teachers. police.
men and firemen:
Former pay. including bonus:
Teachers average sal
dLlcSJ 80. 81 ,SO4.1S
Police and firemen. A. 10000
Police and firemen, B. 1,SO0.0
Police and firemen. c. 100000
New pay under ruling:
Teachers (average). :. 1,957.Ss
Police and firemen, A. 1900. 90
Police and firemen. B. 1900. 90
Police and firemen, c. 100000
Had Comptroller General Nc.
Carl not ruled in favor of the
increased salaries, the nav
would have been:
Teachers (average). $3.50
Policemen and firemen, A 1880
Policemen and firemen, B 1850
Policemen and firemen, @ 1850
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Heat Welded Door, Holding
80 Warship Victims in
Death Chamber

SAN PEDRO, Cal, June 49,
The forty-eight men who lost
their lives in an explosion late
yesterday on the United States
battleship Mississippi which
claimed the greatest toll in the
peace-time history Of the Ameri-
can navy, excepting the sinking
of the Maine, went to their deaths
sealed in an iron room, it was
disclosed here today.
Door Welded Fast.
An inspection of the death tur.
ret" today revealed the men were
unable to escape because the intenEe
heat Of the fire after the blast had
Of the turret, leaving them trapped
behind thirteen-inch walls OF white
hot steel.
Five officers of the Pacific fleet
entered the death chamber today and
found the men did not have a chance
for their lives.
From the preliminary examination
Of the turret the officers believe
many lives would have been saved
IL the tiny trap door had not melted.
The door opened upward into the
chamber.
When a hole was cut into the tur-
ret to remove the bodies more than
twenty burned corpses vera found
on top Of the door.
Tried to Claw Way Out.
Around the trap door were found
the extended hands Of the gunnNrs
with bare fingers they had tried u
claw their way from the lethal vault.
The body of Lieutenant Thomas
e. cellars, of Long Beach, Cal,
was the first removed from the tur-
ret. It was found at the water
emergency cock Of the turrets
after end.
officers of the fleet said Cellars
last act, turning on the water,
saved the Mississippi from destruc-
ton. The lever on which his hand
rested In death controlled the loors
leading to the powder magazine, as
we'll as the flood water control.
cellars last act-pulling the pow.
der magazine doors shut-saved the
lives Of a thousand on the man.of.
war. He was the hero Of the sea
tragedy.
Other Blasts Feared.
As. tho ship was limping toward
port. a second blast in the gun
turrets rocked the battered craft.
which unloaded it's injured on the
hospital ship Mercy, then put to
sea again to guard against the in.
jury to other shipping by other
possible explosions.
The blast, accompanied by a roar
of crimson fire and black smoke;
ignited powder bag Of two guns
in the second turret of the giant
man.of.war. The gunners, many of
them stripped to the waist, were
thrown In a tangle Of flying iron
doors, heavy bolts and wreckage
Of the iron clad turret.' N
The Mississippi, accompanied by
the Tennessee, Idaho and California
comprising a battle division under
command Of Rear Admiral William
v. Pratt, was engaged in firing IN
targets towed by the California,
when the explosion occurred off
San Clements Island. more than
twenty-five miles at sea.
While a dozen gunners in the
ammunition room heroically turned
water from emergency cocks on ~
In mass Of unexploded powder near
Continued on Page .. Column -
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NEW PRESIDENT
Of FRANCE IS
DOUMERGUE
Head Of French Senate Sue.
ceeds MiIIerand-WiII
Serve Until 1927
F.. BY FRANK w. MASON.

VERSAILLES, France, Jane IL.
President CASTOR Doumergue, Of
the French Senate, this afternoon
was elected President Of the French
republic In succession to Alexandra
Millerand, resigned.
The left bloc's favorite candidate,
President Paul Painleve, Of the
Chamber of Deputies, was not able
to muster the necessary majority
of votes in the National Assembly
to elect.
President Doumergue will serve
until September 90, 1927.
Doumergue was elected on the
first ballot.
The vote was: Doumergue, 616i
Painleve, 800; Camelinat (com.
munist), 90; Peret, 4; blank, z.
Owing to the slowness in voting
the first ballot was not closed until
4 o'clock.
former president Of the Chamber
Of Deputies, despite the fact he
withdrew his candidacy Just bofore
the balloting began.
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gangs own members was shot
through the head when his fellows
mistoolx him for a belliserant mem.
Der of the train crew.
A pool Of blood marked the spot
where he lay while his companions
completed the robbery before load.
ing him onto car for the get.
away.
This pool Of blood, a bottle Of
nitroglycerine, several discarded
masks, and quantity Of dynamite
left behind by the robbers, and the
chance remark Of the leader that
he wanted a registered mail sack
consigned to Round Up, Mont, "for
my own purposes" were the clues
Continued on Page 2. Column s.)
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Guards Who Let Bandits Get
1900. 900 criIIad-Used
Piano. Is Belief

WAUKEGAN,9 Ill, June 49,
Belief was expressed here today
that an airplane was used by the
train robbers who held up a Chi.
cagO, Milwaukee and St. Paul mail
train last night to, carry their loot.
An unidentified plane was seen to
land near the scene of the robbery
about 10 O'clock this morning.
Two men worked rapidly about the
machine and it was seen to arise
and fly away about five minutes
later.
A check Of North Shore hangers
showed no planes out today.
CHICAGO, June 13.-Every
man of the seventy who manned
the fast Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul mail train which was
held up and looted last night of
mail the value of which may
reach $500, 900, was taken into
custody by Federal operatives to-
day for questioning. A. M. Ger
mer, chief postoffice Inspector, in
charge Of investigation into the
robbery, declared the robbery to
have been an "inside job"
United States Postoffice Inspector
Germer announced this morning
that a hurried investigation re-
vealed the bandits obtained at least
$4,000 in cash. which had been
shipped from the Chicago Federal
Reserve Bank, and bonds and stocks
Of value not yet determined.
1T Is one of the biggest losses
we ever have experienced" said
Germer. It was recalled that the
robbery Of the Union Station here
several years ago Melted bandits
$500, 900.
A single instance Of bloodshed
marked the robbery. One Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
Issues Planks
I For Democrats
By n. K. REYNOLDS,
International Newn Sarxica.

The first definite indications what the Democratic
platform this year will contain giving today when
Senator Carter Glass Of Virginia whose personally written
platform adopted by the Democrats in 1920 made public
draft of the resolution which he will present to the forth
coming Democratic national convention in New York
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-07-17
Way TO Make GOoch Happy

Treasurer Charles f. G00ch
Of the Chapel Hill Post Of the
American Legion would be made
happy, he says, if the members
would send in their 1924 dues
($5) right away. Having to
mail out notices over and over
again takes time that he can
i'll spare from his other pastime
feeding the public--and, be-
sides, the Post needs the money.
1t is constantly called upon to
help veterans and their depen-
dents-sometimes to get them
to hospitals, sometimes to con-
duct funerals, sometimes to
make loans in urgent cases of
want.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-07-17
NevilIes Come Back
HAmuel C. and Ernest Revisit Their
Old Home Town

David Neville was visited Inst
week by his brother, Samuel G..
Neville, who lives in Ripley,
Tennessee, and his son, Ernest
Neville, superintendent Of
schools in Monroe, Louisiana.
His other son, Robert Neville,
who lives here and is the mail
carrier on Route 3, put in most
Of his spare time showing tie
visitors about. They were
much impressed by the changes
the village had undergone.
Samuel G. Neville, who grad
uated from the University just
10 years ago, had not been
back here for l3 years. This
time he came by from New
York, where he was an alter
nate delegate in the Democrat
ic convention. While here he
revived his old enthusiasm for
ne checkers and played against
ltIVh Andrews, Edward
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Lectures by SavilIe

Thorndike SaviIIe, of the
univcrsity's engineering fac
uIty, will deliver two illustrated
lectures in Phillips Hall Tuesday
and Wednesday Of next week.
Ills general topic will be "Thc
Conservation of Water Re
sources in North Carolina" 4"
The first lecture will be about
power production, and the Soc
)nd about the use Of water re-
iotrccs for water supply, fish
production, and transportation.
On each evening a half hour of
occurring will be followed by
about half an hour Of lantern
slides with Il running discus
sion.
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Big MEETING OF
EX-SERVICE MEN
Legion Post Will Get Them
Together and Help Fill
Out Blanks
NO CHARGE FOR THE HELP
Meeting of Soldiers

The Chapel Hill Post OF the
American Legion is planning to
hold big meeting of ex-service
men in order to help them all
fill out their applications for the
adjusted compensation provided
by Congress. The meeting will
probably take place at one of the
country churches not far from
town.
There will be no charge for
the aid in filling out the blanks.
The Legion advises all ex-ser-
vice men not to go to the un-
necessary expense of paying
anybody for it, since the Legion
officers are prepared to give all
the advice and information that
may be needed. They have
been asked by the Government
to do this.
The Posts executive commit
tee and other Legion members
met last week, and there will
be another meeting tomorrow
(Friday) night in the room over
the Chapel Hill Hardware store.
All Legion members are well
come.
From now On for several
months the chief activity Of the
Legion will be to get the ex-
service mems applications
through to Washington in
proper form and as rapidly as
possible.