St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 5, 1921

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IC PAGE i 4, 1921. ————— ae a ai Patent Orn . by HL. C. Fishen japon w 5 AN' POP E TIME To TBIEFOR & “RUN FER (Copyright, 1921.) —— * —_" ou Boos, 1 ILLES LAST Year FALL FROM FTH FLOoR . EEerORNC degee eof Connecticut, ——— > THE EIGHT MISTAKES OF LIFE What Are They? See First Want Page Today. The Only Evening Paper in a Louis ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH With the Associated Press News _ Service IF IN All E DITION (Cemplete Market Reports.) oan Pl = ee ee ee NO. 210. EXPECTED “TO STATE VIEWS UN PEACE BEFORE CONGRESS APRIL 11 VOL. si LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 192 1—32 PAGES, PRICE THREE eS SNO W IN IMPERIAL | | | VALLEY, CALIF ORNIA, FIRST ON Parties Stalled in Southern Desert Region. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.—Snow in the Imperial Valley of California or the first time on record, and oth- er falls ranging to two feet deep in President Said tb Be Not’ Committed to Any Definite Program With Regard to Congressional Resolution to Declare an End to State of War. -—— —s - — _.. ee SEPARATE PEACE WAS SAID TO BE POLICY Former French Premier Also Told That It Is Useless to Discuss Possibility American Membership in League. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, April 5.—Presi- dent Harding is not committed t any definite program with regard to a congressional declaration clare the state of war with Germany at an end, While the President voted for the knox resolution when he was a member of the Senate and spoke favorably with regard to it in his address of acceptance, he is under- stood to feel that there is no occa- time. The President's vrews with regard to the peace program are expected to be made known at the openings session of the new Congress, which the executive may address in person. “Congress will meet April 11. Mran-| time it is known that the President and his advisers are growing mv.re and more convinced that there is ho. practical way to consider the Ver gailles covenant. Termination of the state of war by congressional resolution to be intro- duced immediately upon the conven- ~sterm which for | ern ‘night. of | follows one of the n the mountains west of that region: hail and snow at some points in the northern coast states; considerable damage to fruit crops, and winds which prevented sail shipping from entering or leaving several ports, were outstanding developments of a 24 hours has swept the Pacific Coast. Continued cold was the outlook for the whole coast region except North- California, the Weather Bureau said. Reports of automobile parties snowbound in the Southern Califor- nia desert country, where high tem- peratures are the rule, were received last night. One life is known to in the storm, that of swept overboard Smack near San, nave been lost John Q@uberlin, from a fishing Diego, Cal., Sunday by the Assoctated Pre IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. With a high wind raging. blizzard of the vear struck vesterday afternoon and tinued all night ss April 6.—- the worst here lat: has con. with unabated fury, | hours wit] This stor: iildest and war: piling the over two s,s in - streets feet of snow. | est springs on record. to de-| | ile ing of Congress had been accepted | today as the definite settled policy of the Harding administration, be- fore the White House announcement was wade. Rene Viviani, said to have been frankly last night by Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the administration purposed to effect a separate peace. The former Premier was also in- formed, it was said, by Senators present that the program of the ad- ministration does entrance of the United States into the League of Nations. Those at a dinner given by Sen- ator McCormick stated that M. Viviani had been told frankly that it was useless to discuss the, possibility of American membership in the League of Nations. Most of | the Republican members of the Sen- ate Foreign ‘Relations Committee) and Col. George Harvey York, prospective Ambassador French envoy, was informed not contemplate | 80 feet at the base. who reported the ' i i } | trate. ——_— ~~ —s -——-—- HARDING LIKELY TO DELIVER HIS MESSAGE IN PERSON Is Known to Be Favorably clined to Personal Delivery, Revived by Wilson. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, April 5. dent Harding’s message to the spe.- In- i who, took from —Presi- | cla] session of Congress probably will | be delivered by him in person. Al- though Mr. Harding he is known to be favorab!; inclined to the personal delivery. « custom of the first Presidents, which was revived by President Wilson. The message now is in prepara- tion, but is not expected by White House officials to be complete until | Monday. It to domestic Congress meets next will be devoted largely questions, although references also | Ww is underetood | sion for precipitate action at this | Hos to have reached a definite deci- will be made to the foreign situation | and the resolution for a peace with ‘Germany. separate TALLEST TREE BLOWN DOWN California Giant Was 300 Feet Tali‘ and 30 in Diametcr. By the Associated Press. STOCKTON. Cal., April 5.—The Lafayette, the tallest tree in the Cala- vera Grove of big trees, 85 miles east of here, it was reported yesterday, has been blown down, The tree was 300 feet tall and had a diameter of A forest ranger, tree said that in February the hotel at the grove was shaken as if by an earthquake, and that as soon as the snow receded he found the tree pros- Hie believed the falling tree | shook the hotel. | | LONG ——- RAILROAD ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Traffic has been opened over the ' He said it ' James had fallen,’ | Dillon. SPAN | IDENTIFIED BY DANK MESSENGER James Hogan Said to Be One of 4 Men Who Kidnaped Negro and Took Satchel Containing Money. ee eee GARDNER GRANTED : PAROLE IN 1917 Man Confessed Burglary and Was Freed on-Certificate of Dr. W. A. Dillon, a Poli- ticlan. 23 vears old, of 3035 giar who March of his James Hogan, Cass was paroled by Gardner, 28, 1917, through the efforts broth Edward J. Hogan Jr., representing the St. District in the Leg avenuc, confessed bur (;OY. er, then lourth Louis islature, as one of the four rday, kidnaped Erris Pil- a negro bank messenger, at Jef- ‘© and Wash street, and him a satchel containing $155 in nickels and pennies, a Gov- ernnient certificate of indebtedness $500 and checks aggregating $65,921.72. In September, 1915, Hogan was indicted for killing Charles L. Ly- nam at Jefferson and Cass avenues. but was discharged by Judge gen Clark at his preliminary hearing 4in the Court of Criminal Correction. Caught In a House. On June 19, 1916, he was caught in the home of Samuel W. Rawson, °"°15 Alice arenue, with a jimmy with which a window had been pried open. Another burglar who was caught with him had articles which had been stolen from the home. After his plea of guilty, but before he be- gan serving his term, Gov. Gardner paroled him on the certificate of Dr. A. Dillon, a Democratic politi- that Hogan's “morbid impulses” were due to the beating he got when Lynam was killed. Representative Hogan had been working for his brother's parole be- fore the soft drink bill came up for a vote, but had received no encour- agenfent. He voted against the bill. was because Gov. Gard- not parole his brother. dav he changed his vote bill was passed. av (7O0\ (;ardner paroled Kdward Be drink was iden- tified todays men yest low. ferson ay: for cial), ner would The next and the week later Hogan. Later Hogan Jr. was appointed soft inspector. Paroled to Doctor. Hiogan was paroled to Dr. The conditions were that he laws and let liquor alone he placed by his rela- tives in an institution for the treat- ment of moral defectives. He was not placed in such an institution, He Was arrested March 14, 1920, in company With safe blowers, but was not held, James obey the and that be ‘other times since his parole. April 5.—— | Susitna River railroad bridge, said | the Court of St. James, were among! here. those present. Informed of Sentiment. The I'rench envoy, who was ac- companied by rand, was said to have been in-| formed that sentiment of Repub-. lican leaders was virtually unani-| mous for adoption of the Knox sep arate peace resolution, subject only | to possible amendment from its original form, early session of Congress. desetribed as appearing “reconciled” to the situation. At the same time the Senators Made it clear that the United States) would take no action which could be | in any way considered as ‘helpful’ to Germany, especially in the patter | of reparations and fulfilling other obligations involved in the peace set- tlement. In ‘discussing the proposed sep- arate peace resolution the Senators, it is understood, asserted their in- tention to introduce it immediately upon the convening of Congress and urge its prompt adoption. However, ' Ambassador Jusse- | | ' | / they added that if President Harding | & Vote this undoubtedly would be ar- Many Recent Confcrences. It is known that Peace declaration has occupied the ’ should request delay in the matter of | the subject of a. active interest of administration of- | ficigis recently, and that several al- ternate plans have been urged upon) the President. Saturday he long conference with Senator Knox, Republican, of Pennsylvania, author of the original separate peace meas- Ure. and yesterday he talked with Renator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican Senate leader, and Sen- held a | ators Watson of Indiana and Bran-} both. promi- Ment in Republican legislative man- agement. British Ambassador Sir Auckland | perature. also has called at the White | ~ Oontinwed on Page 32, Columa ~ * ‘ erected in temperatures averaging | 40 degrees below zero. The WUurricane Gulch, 354-fcot cantilever span, will be swung into pince next July. The Government railroad completed 355 miles from Fair- banks, leaving only 80 miles between | the ends of steel to be connected this is in the special, | year. M. Viviani was | ‘THUNDER SHOWERS TONIGHT, TOMORROW; MILD TEMPERATURE ithe THE ‘TEMPERATURES. 60 .| lost a wheel. Highest yesterday, lowest, 64, at 6 a. m. Official forecast | END THE for St. Louis and CROOKED VOTER vicinity: Than- Pd wep TO dershowers’ to- night and morrow ; ued mild perature. Missouri: dershowers able tonight tomorrow; tinued mild tem- Thun- prob- and con- tem- cooler in west tomore | by portion row. Illinois: Fair tonight and to- morrow; increas- ing cloudiness, probably with |} showers by after- continued mild tem- noon or night; Stage of the river at 7 a. m., 10.9 ' feet, a fall of 1.1} feet. now | of New | to be the second largest single-span | at! bridge in the world, it was announced | The span is 505 feet long and was | ‘he was never notified i Dr. Dillon today said that Hogan's parole to him was for only one year, from March, 1917, to March, 1918, and that during that period Hogan worked and behaved, as shown ‘by | Dillon's monthly reports. He said that Hogan was to be placed in an institution. He denied that he was a politician, saying that the extent of his political activity had been ‘race for Coroner. ; | ' ' i an employe of the North Co., Pillow, St. Louis Savings Trust 'North Grand avenue, as was told in Was car- | yesterday's Post-Dispatch, rying the satchel from the clearing ‘house and was Waiting for a car a. when, He looked at Hogan today | | few _ robbed. minutes after noon and said he was the man who seized him by the throat and threw a coat over his head. Ile was struck on/| , mobile. .the automobile struck a truck The four men jumped | to- | contin- | ‘notified that there haa ween a hoid- ‘up on the viaduct. perature, followed | | gusta | Hogan, he says, ‘yard and On the Compton avenue viaduct! out and stopped another truck, driv- ny ee North curtain in London Theatcr — | Seven Times for Great Actress Eighth street, pointed revolvers at} | him and drove south, taking Pillow’s but | satchel and revolver with them, leaving him there. Found in a Yard. The Laclede Avenue Station was Special Officers Powell and Mitchell commandeered an automobile and drove. there. Learning that the robbers had gone south, they following in that direc- tion. They saw four men climbing a fence into the rear yard at the home of Steve McLeod, 3306% Rut- iger street. Mitchell fired at them, and followed them. Powell went around to the front. street and lot. across the through a_ vacant fired three shots at him. We stum-| bled and fell, but ran west through an alley. He was caught in the rear vard of the home of aire. Au- Flagie, 3307 Rutger hiding behind a box. Mrs. - ee es Continued on Page 2, Colama 5. | been served to Assistant and has been arrested at' i tien | assistants work. an unsuccessful] |for unusual | ney-General’s office in head and thrown into an auto- | and | Mitchell | Pe lagle | PAROLED MAN —FIVEPERSONS, ONE RECORD Two-Foot Fall all in Places— + ison. Louis s fund of $35,000 when/— Pr” gent appropriation bill passed by the | Legislature. This fund will m-‘ce it | possible for the Attorney-General to outside counsel to conduct if his regular occupied with emplov the inquiry is other (contract Expected to Develop Alcohol. Special ta the Post-Dispatch. BURLINGTON, Colo., April 5.—!' to every 30) meaning of a signed be- H. and three .of the leading real estate firms of Bur- Mr. oldest settlers in pounds. That is the here yesterday tween V. Chanlear lington., of the this county and one of.the most successful wa- Chanlear, who is one termelon raisers in Eastern Colo- rado, has contracted to plant and care for one acre of watermelons for each farm In t? mejons mr. ¢ metkon .© middle of August, when the Will be about half crown, haniear plans to plug eac h. and to place on the CAVITY from which the plug comes a specia! yeast of his own invention. The part of the plug is then re- covered with grafting wax, whole lashed in place by strips. Mr. Chanlear says the yeast, the natural sugar melon immediately bs velop alcohol among the stimuiates the growth of the fruit to a tremendous degree. Within a wee! the place whi the melon was plugged is marked only by a brown- ish scar and within a month from date of the operation 96 out of melons will show at least and will exceed 39 ight. These three real estate men, who are A. W. Winegar. Bb. A. Swenson and T. L. Powell, are to pay Chanlear $1 each melon that equals or exceeds 10 39 pounds weight. ment=sto be made on tests of 10 aver- age melons from each acre. Chanlear estimates that there will be from 900 to 1000 melons on acre that will meet the test plans are being made for most extensive real estate campaigns ever carried on in the United States HABEAS CORPUS WRIT TO FREE BERGDOLL 1S REFUSED payne Pollock's Draft Act and Will Affect Many Cases. By the Assoclated Presa, TOPEKA, in RR. placed and the act- content of ‘gins to ad tissues and f he re the 1900 cent leoho! nounds in we . > tor and Kan., April Bergdoll, draft evader, to obtain from the army disciplinary at Leavenworth: were defeated toda, when Federal Judge Pollock of Kan- Kkan., denied Bergdoll’s ap- plication for habeas corpus. cision was filed the Federal] trict Court here this morning. Judge Pollock's the draft act. will affect many cases that hare been held in abeyance. Bergdoll’s attorneys had ed the record ‘of Bergdoll’s trial did not show he ever received persona! notice that he had been drafted. They asserted he received no notice They tried to establish further that such case he could not be a deserter, because he did not know he had been inducted into the army. Judge Pollock held that the draft board’s notice was sufficient. He held that it was up to the man draft- ed to receive his mall. Bergdoll was convicted by court- martial at Fort Jay, N. Y., last Au- gust and was sentenced to four vears His habeas corpus pro- begun two months Philadelphia his release ‘ Ta os “i aury barrach in Dis- decision contend- ceedings were ago.: a eee et DENATIONALIZATION IN RUSSIA corps of Barrett has had the building ma- | , terials anti-trust investigation under consideration for 3500! has been delayed from taking it up two months, but by the unusual amount of work in his office during the session of the Legislature. The $35,000 appropriation is the one made cach two years for prose- cutions under the anti-trust laws and expenses of the Attor- tion in which the State is a party. ‘SARAH BERNHARDT IN ‘DANIEL’ to Bow Before Applause. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. LONDON, April 5.—Sarah ihardt’s reception at the ‘where she appeared with her com- pany in Louis Vernuiles’ play, *‘Dan- iel,”’ was one to be long remembered. ‘Flowers bad been .massed on the couch of the greafractress and the curtain had been raised seven times so that she might smile and bow be- fore the storm of applause, and still the enthusiasm was not satisfied For nearly ten minutes the crowded audience stood and called for a ‘speech from the artist. ran out of the front) Stone Falls and Kills Boy. MT. VERNON, Ill... Aprll 5.- Hiay ward Clark, 11 vears old, son of Morton Clark, was instantly killed at inoon todat when a stone weighing a'| ton, being put in place in an addition Franklin School, fell and struck him. The boy was on his way homeé from the school. | ization TO BEGIN WITH BRITISH WORKS | Action ‘Planned to Permit E-xplolita- tion of Industries by Foreign Concessionaires, By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 5.—The denational- of Russian industries,.to per- | ‘mit exploitation of various works by! } other litiga- | | preceding the decision to allow Bern- | Prince's Theater on-the recent opening night, | / persons were killed and others were injured at La Paq, day, , Nacion. \e2 Calf Skins Buy One Pair of Shoes. | -Paul | foreign concessionaires will begin with the British-owned properties, it is announced in a Moscow message sent out by the official soviet wireless service today. In the discussions the in soviets eign capitalists to operate in Russia, og today’s wireless dispatch, speak- lared it would otherwise be! ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED mez to re-establish the eco- omic situation. AVIATOR, , SEVEN OTHERS KILLED the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, By April 5.—Eigh: when Lieut. Baudfon, a Fre army aviator, lost control of his air- plane during an exhibition flight and plunged into a crowd. Lieut. Baud- ron was among the killed. The flight’ was hel@& in connection with the opening of the Bolivian aviation | school, says a La Paz dispatch to La By the Associated Press. i DUBUQUE, Ia., April 5.—It takes °° calf skins to buy one pair of; shoes. according to Frank Herman, | a Dubuque County farmer, who was! given six cents a pound for the skins, lwhien he brought them to town yes- terday. He bought @ pair of shoes for $22-and had $1.20 for his labors. ] i) per j per cent! Day - | Mr. | each | ’ Mrs. one of the | *;the Bo i Riel Decision Upholds | The de-' upholds| lt is said this decision’! in| for- ' ‘porting the | ganization. ‘and precinct workers of the Nonpar- 'tisan School Board Campaign Com- ‘mittee, which WHEN PLANE FALLS IN CROWD: ‘tensive campaign in the last ' tion. Bolivia, on Sun-| neh |for work at the polls. ltisan School Board Campaign Com- ithat speeches were made 'women, and that the committee ex- INDICATION VOTE WILL OTAL THREE-FIFTHS OF REGISTRATION — —@ je" KIEL MEN AIDING HINE SHOU SLATE, WOMEN SAY Pink Ballots Handed Out at Polls Contain Names of Kiel, Hiemenz, Heier, Lam- mert and Mrs. Price. His Supporters Agreed Would Not Enter School Fight if Women Did Not Wage Campaign Against Kiel. | By the Associated Presa. _.Women precinct workers of the) Board of Religious Organizations, which is advocating the election o Mrs. Rachel | Rosskopf, C. W Catherine I. Bush, ma. A, Johnson and W. ird of their S. Michael, Education, today re-)} ported to headquarters workers in the Twenty-seventh Thirteenth uting a pink sample ballot, the names of Kiel for and bearing Mayor and Charles J. Lammert, Mrs. Fatrnie Bonner Price, Henry Heijer. Stephen 5 —Eftorts| Wasne® and Frank XX! FHiemenz for the Boagd of Education. Mrs. Louis Brooks, president of the ;oard of Re ligious said the distribution of this pink Dal-| lot was in violation of promiscea made to her by Mayor Kiel and to Mrs. | Charles Scarritt by Maj, Clinton HI. Fisk, secretary of the Kiel headquar- | ters, in the didates. Kicl Promise Is Broken. “These promises were given us on the understanding that we would not nake an organized fight on Kiel and! other Republican candidates,” Mrs. Brooks explained, “but it appears now that tl agreement has been ignored by them, as their precinct workers are active for candidates running against our ticket. “Authentic information has also come to us that at a meeting of the Public School Janitors’ Mutunl Ald Association, in the Franklin Saturday night, the Kiel pink sample ballots were passed out and taken by a majority of the janitors for distri- bution. This looks like politics is al- ready being injected into the S:hool Board. Teachers at McKinley High School found these ballots in their | mail boxes today.” When told of what the women had reported, Maj. Fisk said it was true the Republican City Central Com- mittee had promised the Board of Religious Organizations to remain! neutral on school board candidates, and that if any sample ballots on school board candidates were being. distributed by Kiel workers, the. committee had no knowledge of it. ‘We have kept our promise in re- gard to neutrality on thee school board candidates,” Fisk added, “and if any Kiel workers are working for certain school board candidates they | are doing so upon their own inftla-| tive.’ 1eé 2000 Women at Polls. About 2000 church women were at the polls early this morning sup-| candidates of their or- They wore sashes bear- ing the inscription, “‘‘Keep politics out of the schools.” The women comprise the ward an in- few weeks in behalf of these candidates with a view to eliminating: political influence from the Board of Educa- Tt was stated that approx!- mately 2000 women had volunteered The Nonpar- has conducted mittee is composed of representa- tives of 95 women’s organization- and several organizations of men. Aaron Rauh is chairman. Rauh sald the campaign, which ended yesterday, had found a re- ‘sponsive enthusiasm everywhere by the pected an overwhelming majority for its candidates. Cyclonic Winds in Texas Town WHARTON, Tex., April 6.—Wind of cyclonic force swept this town Notice to Judges and Clerks of Election HE newspapers of this cit¥ T have arranged, as usual, to compile the returns of the election at the rotunda of the City Hall so the public will be furnished with the result with- out waiting for the official count. The police officers stationed at all the polling places jAave been supplied with blanks, on which the returns should be copied as soon as they are completed. These blanks should be signed by the judges and turned over to the police officers for prompt deliv- ery. JOHN B. EDWARDS, Chairman Board of Election | Commissioners. | yesterd: ay’s State election carried by ‘| reports from approximately one-half Palmer Clarkson to | that! 'for the measure and Wards were distrib-| i¢ }State offices maintained a margin of Organizations, | ia service-at-cost 'advanced |company, that the Kiel workers would not! be instructed to take any active part ‘igan soldier, ‘April 6, ishall School yesterday “women say mavor’s BONUS FOR SOLDIERS PROMISE IS BROKEN : | i CARRIES IN MICHIGAN Returns Indicate a Plurality of About 200,000 for the Proposal. DETROIT, Mich., ~The soldiers’ bonus proposal voted on at April 6.- ia majority of upwards of 200,000, ithe precincts of the State indicate to- day. Returns from 1363 of the 2783 precincts in the State gave 272,000 77,775 against The returns include figures from practically all the populous centers, In Detroit the bonus proposal re- ceived a majority of 111,900. ABOUT 120.000 BALLOTS CAST IN FRST 93-4 HOURS CANVASS SHOWS Fi igure Representing 34 Per Cent of Registration Based on Reports From One Pre- cinct in Each of 28 Wards —Politicians Cut Esti- mates. POLLS TO REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 7 P. M. Mayor Kiel, Republican, Op- posed by J. W. Byrnes on Nonpartisan Platform — $15,000 Given to G, O. P. Committeemen. At 3:45 this afternoon, 9% hours after the opening of the polls in the city election, and with 3% hours of the voting day remaining, a computation showed that about Republican candidates for minor about three to one over the Demo- cratic opponents. The complete vote in Detroit showed the overwhelming defeat of traction proposal by the privately-owned and approval of the city’s ‘plan to extend the municipal railway 120,000 votes had been cast, or 39 per cent of the registration, whic! is 307,047. This was shown by a telephone canvass of 28 precincts, one in each ward, at that hour. This rate of voting, if carried through the day, would mean a vote of about 170,000, or some 16,000 system. On the service-at-cost ‘proposal the | vote was: Yes, 653,302 Yes, 96,305; no, 49,717. The bonus plan contemplates pay-| ment of $15 a\month to every Mich- sailor, marine or nurse the service between)! and Nov. 11, 1918. that payment | every month of) 1, 1919. entered 1917, provides, however, be made for service up to Aug. who Payments would be made from ajof a fund created by a bond issue of $30, "| FORMER EMPEROR CHARLES MOVING OUT OF HUNGARY Message to Budapest From Steina- | manger Says He Renewed Pil- | grimage at 10:35 A. M. Ry the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, April §.—Former: Emperor Charles left Stelnamanger | on his way out of Hungary at 10:35 o’clock this morning, according to word recelved here late this fore-' noon. ’ Physician Says Charles Has Temper- | ature and Hard Cough. By the Associated Press, VIENNA, April i.—-Dr. Fitzwil- liams, the English physician who | visited former Emperor Charles, returned to Vienna today.’ He told the Associated Press Charles | iad a temperature and a hard’ cough, and he thought it would be)! ‘unwise for the former monarch to. attempt to travel until his condition} jihad improved. a HUGHES REFUSES TO DISCUSS REPORT OF NEW NOTE TO JAPAN By the Associated Press. ; WASHINGTON, April 5.—Secre- tary Hughes refused today to discuss published yeports that the American Gevernment had sent a second note to Japan on the subject of the Island of Yap in particular and mandates in general. In a note sent some months ago the United States re- fused to recognize the Japanese mandate over Yap and other for- mer German island possessions north of the equator. Japan is understood to have re- plied to this note insisting on its right to the mandate over Yap by reason of its grant from the allied Supreme Council and offering to per- mit the United States to control the Guam end of the Guam-Jap cable. , ; no, 91,490. | election of School Board e if-|}On-the municipal extension proposal | ‘it stood: It! Merchants’ | ' holiday ‘in getting out the vote. | workers are serving without pay on more than was cast in the primary Political workers expected a heavier vote In the last three hours of the voting day, but it was not believe that the total would be much ove) three-fifths of the registration, 180,000. The polls opened in all the pre- cincts at 6 a. m. and will close at 7 Pp. m, Today's election is for the choice Mayor, Comptroller, 14 mem. bers of the Board of Aldermen an five members of the Board of Educa- ‘tion. Voters of all wards vote on th: candidates for Aldermen for the 1. odd-numbered wards. The flremen’s eight-hour day, an tinitlative propo- sal, is also being voted on. Women are voting today for the first time in a purely municipal elec- pt tion ‘here. City offices, courts, banks, . the Exchange and the Stock Exchange are closed, this being a by city ordinance. Federa! courts and offices are open. I-xpenses Money Allotted. Both the Republican and Demo. cratic Committeemen have rece ly @! money for ward and precinet§ ex. -penses. The allotment to the Repub- lican Committeemen was $25 for each precinct in thelr wards, maki: « a total of $15,000 thus distributed. The Democratic workers received about $10 a precinct, a total of about $6000. The money is to bé@ spent, at the discretion of the ward commit. teemen, for lunches for election of- ficials, automobiles for invalids. aed or dilatory voters, and for hel» Voluntee: both sides, many of the Republican workers being city employes. Neither side has made its cam- paign receipts public, though both a appear in sworn statements aft- ,the election. The Republicans ro received large sums in the “‘vo!- untary” contributions of city eme ployes, from whom any direct soliri- tation Is forbidden by the charter. The Byrnes-for-Mayor Nonpartisan Committe “as had no such re- sources to draw upon, and. its fund has been collected mostly within the last week. Interest in Contest. Mayoralty The Nonpartisan Committee has I ee ee ee ~ oe = ~~ ee eee - - — = = eee ~~. ——. st IE crt nr hate EE eat tp wee OES EE eer . 7 Sr ager wee erg ee we ny ee CP eee oe - - aE es - a ‘ meee nel Sx, aint ae oo LORIE LORE AO ey eo wees * LE LOLOL LAL I LE LOL COLELLO IE ttn iis “iat <li. tte tlle il Ni a tpn ete ety ge Bae a ee a NN RE RS EN POR Re lh in a SGT, RD Oy ARI Sie ee