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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Est a CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 COOPER B^H NAMED FOR FARM BOARD ? Chief Executive to Re-j sign Governorship When Senate Con^ firms Nomination Washington, May 11.?Governor! R. A. Cooper, of South Carolina.! was nominated by President Hard- j ing today to fill the. unexplred term j of former Representative A. F. j * Lever, on the Farm Loan Board here. Under the law creating the board, this appointment had to go to a j Democrat from the South and j there had been candidates all the ] way from Texas to Kcrth Carolina. ; One of the names most frequently ' mentioned and strongly urged was that of former Representative Wfcaley. of Charleston. Governor Cooper's appointment 'v has been greeted with nothing but i praise in Washington, and it is i taken for granted that confirma- ; tion by the Senate will be very j prompt. The influence of Senator J N. B. Dial at the White House is j regarded by political observers -as: Itaving been decisive in favor of the Governor. Senator- Dial made the following statement this afternoon -with reference to the nomination: "It is scarcely necessary for me to say that the nomination of Gov ernor Cooper will bring the mem bership of the Farm Loan Board an . executive of unusual ability; an of ficial at whose hands and under w hose administration the farm loan law should be carried out in a I ? most satisfactory way and a man of untiring devotion to duty. He is a man of varied experience. He is a farmer and a lawyer. He has been '> one of my close neighbors and is a native of Barrens. Chairman is Pleased. Washington. May 11.?Governor Robert A. Cooper of South Caro linawas nominated today by Presi dent Harding to be- a member of ? the Federal Farm Loan Board, suc ceeding Asbury F. Lever-of the same state who recently reuyjned. Chairman Yobdell of the Farm * Lean Board, oh" l???rin^^(5ffi%1>erse lection of Governor Cooper for the office said : **The selection of Governor Coop er shows that President Harding sought a man of the highest type to take the place so ably filled by Mr. Lever. That Governor Cooper should be willing to retire from the governorship to take up this work shonvs his wish for the oppor tunity of public -service which it affords. The present members ot I the board regard -the organization ! as honored by thevfcddition of Gov- I ernor Cooper." GOV. COOPER I WILL RESIGN i ? i As Soon as Nomination i&Con firmed by Senate He Will Give Up Job as Governor Columbia. May 1*.'.?Gov. Cooper will tender his resignation's chief magistrate of the state at~an early date, yet to be announced by the governor and Lieutenant Governor Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston, will become governor. Governor Harvey will fill the office of chief state executive until next Janu ary, when he will be succeeded by the new governor, elected during the coming fall: Gov. Cooper "stated this morning that he had not as yet decided when he wound resign as chief executive. He will reach a decis ion along this line within a few days, he said. He expects the United States senate to confirm his nomination by President JIurding to the federal farm loan boaTd very soon, due to the fact that there is a vacancy on the board, caused by the recent resignation of A. F. Lever, who now heads a bank in Columbia. Governor Cooper is today re ceiving numerous congratulations on bis selection by the president. any telegrams have come, and numerous callers at toe executive offices have left their word of com mendation. Governor Cooper will hardly move his family to Washington right away, even if his appointment is confirmed forthwith. Mrs. Coop er will probably remain, with the Cooper children, in this state through the summer. Governor' Cooper returned this morning to bis otlice. after a trip to Washington, where he conferred with the president and Other gov ernment officials. A late statement gives th<- date of about June 1st when Gov. troop er will announce his resignation. GOV. COOPER CONFIRMED Wshington. May 12.?Tin- nomi nation of Governor Cooper of South Carolina to b" a member of the federal farm loan board, vice As bury F. Lever, resigned, was con firmed by the senate tonight. The nomination of Henry (>. Malley ?>f Washington state to be commissioner ??f fish and fisheries, vice Huirh M. Smith, resigned, was bo eonfirnied. France must learn to devote less . nergj to rocking the boat and more to rocking the cradle. Wished April, 1S50. SSI._ TARIFF BILL WORRIES THE REPUBLICANS Glaring Defects o f "Calamity" Tariff Bill Being Ruthless ly Exposed by Dem ocratic Tariff Ex perts Bv/Richard Linthicum (Special Correspondence) Wasbingtaon. May 12.?The tariff bill with its 2.037 amendmcntr made by the Senate will probably be debated more thoroughly in all its details than any tariff bill in jnany years. The debate may extend well into the late summer and interfere "with the campaign plans of Senators and Congressmen who are candidates for re-election. That this is realized by many is shown by the fact that it is diffi cult to get a quorum in the Senate without an appeal to the Sergeant v t-Arms and an unusually large number of ? Republican congress men are'absent from the city look ing after their districts?many of them panic-stricken by the defeat in the primaries of Ira D. Copley of Illinois.- one of the administra- i tion and reactionary leaders. I This panicky condition among. Republican representatives may al- i so have an important bearing on j the tariff bill when it goes to con- j ierence and cause further delay or I even a postponement of the sub- j ject. : Although the minority report of] the Democratic senators has notj been presented at this Writing, the! manner in which the minority' members are doing their work in -1 dicates that the report will be a thorough analysis of the defects of the pending measure. Senator Simmons, the ranking minority i member of the finance committee I and formerly its chairmaa. in hisi f<cent speech opening the debate) on the Democratic side, made j "Fourteen Points'' against the bill, j which have been given wide pub-1 licity, and the leading Republican ! papers are attacking the measure.! principally for the same reasons ai- j leged by Senator Simmons?that it will increase the cost of living, de stroying what is left of the foreign market and add to unemployment! by curtailing local production. Also j that tue bill is unscientifically framed, ^he theorv or principle of j protection, adopted by the Republi- j cans after their defeat resulting j from the Payne-Aidrich tariff, hav ing been ahandir.ed and the pros-1 ent rates based u..^r unstable and; constantly fluctuating values. Senator Jones of New Mexico, j who has a comprehensive knowl edge of many phases of tariff mak- | ing. has also joined in the debate against the bill, attacking the pro vision of the bill empowering the president to shift to the American valuation plan and has scored against his opponents by forcing one of the leaders. Senator Smoot (Republican. Utah), to admit that under this plan duties could be levied as high as 900 per cent. Two other Democratic senators who arc masters of the tariff sub ject. Senator Pomtrene cf Ohio and Senator Umb-vwt od of Ala bama, w.'ll also f-rvsent the Demo cratic side of the case. The Republiea?is. on the other hand, are lacking in leaders who j understand either economic princi I pies or facts, and it is expected that the burden of upholding this biil. 'already known as the Calamity (Tariff bill, and drafted, as the New j York World says, by "economic j morons", will rest up? a the should ers of Senator Smoot. who. what j ever his failings, dees not lack [ability or fairness er frankness heing '?ne of the feu men on that side willing to admt' a fact when compelled to face it. Other Vital Objections to Tariff Bill Made by Senator Simounis. The following strong points al ready made against the bili are taken here and there from Senator Simmons opening speech: A Bill For Tariff Beneficiaries and Bo u 111 y - Sec k c rs. This bill is the outcome of a frenzied outcry ?.f u i..t of tariff beneficiaries and bounty-seekers .\\h<> have been thrown Into a panic I by a purely temporary situation I and who. by magnifying and ex I aggerating the facts sought to de I ceive and mislead a part of tic public. ! Will Limit Production to Rome Consumption. j Our people are great consumers [and buyers?in fact, the greatest-? but if the American market is to be the only market for American products we must limit domestic production to domestic consump tion. j Covers Fp ICxtortionatc Profits. j The theory of tin- tariff bill is [thai however high the selling price of tii<- American article is. however, extortionate the profit covered up in that price mac be. tin- f>rice of the foreign article is to b?- raised j so as to make the two articles com j petitive. Will Result in I i i?cf i Cost of j Living. I Under such ;i bill the present ex eessivejly high i>ri<-?-s under which the people are groaning will be [maintained and inevitably greatly advanced, so that tin- people in i stead of getting a lower cost of "Be Jnst and Fear Pi SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED Chicago Police Tight ening- Net Aroundj j Criminals Who j Have Created Reign of Terror Chicago. May 13?The police net ! about the leading figures in the j recent series of bombings and beat- j ings. which culminated in the kill- j ing of two policemen has tighten- j 'cd perceptibly, the authorities said j j today, with the obtaining of partial j ; confessions from three of the ap- i i proximatcly hundred and fifty men; ! arrested and the arrest of three | j more in St. Louis Sensational de-j i velppments are expected within the j I next forty-eight hours. j living as a result of this legislation : will get a higher cost of living, j Woolen Trust Already liaises j Prices. Undoubtedly informed of these i j rates, and feeling confident that this bill will be enacted into law j many of the industries of the coun- j try arc getting ready to raise their ; prices, and some of them already ! done so. (Senator Simomns cited \ the statement that' the Woolen ; Trust had already raised its prices' from 10 to 43 cents a yard.) [ Will Limit Production of Cotton.; I Tobacco and Farm Products, j We produce in normal conditions j more than twice as much cotton as j we need or can use in this country. It we cannot sell aw'oad that parti jot our cotton production, that por ; tion of the annual production will; j become valueless, and the conges- j i tion which will follow in the Ameri- ! I can market will so reduce the price j of the half-consumed in this coun- j [try as to make it impossible, to continue its production, therefore, making it absolutely necessary for. the farmer to reduce his produc- | tion one-half or to go into bank ruptcy and ruin. The same is true , in the case of tobacco and speak ing generally it is true with ref- i erence to nearly all our staple food i ; products. We must export our enormous; surplus of food products or curtail; the production, else the surplus will i swamp the American market and. ottce below the point of profit the ; domestic price. Prosperity of Farmer Depends On: Foreign Trade. I It is evident that the prosperity: j of the farmer is dependent upon our: export trade, and it is too self-cvi- ; ! dent to requit e statements or elabo-' rations that the volume of experts j are directly dependent upon and' I largely measured by the volume of jour imports. It is a truism which j ; nobody disputes, and a truism [which even the president of the! j United States has emphasized?! I that no nation can expect to sell j j abroad, even under normal cendi-j tions. unless they are willing to buy) abroad. This is the basis upon which international trade rests. Duty on Corn Can't Affect Prict?j None Imported. N.o duty upon corn can affect thet American price of corn because! 1 i practically none is imported into! the country; and we produce more' than we need for our own con- j sumption. Xo corn to speak of is imported here. The amount im- i ported compared t<> the domestic; production would be as one ear to ja barrel, and probably not much1 j more than a cuptul to a bushel of] jcorn. Xo duty upon these trifling; importations would affect the price! I of corn. ! Farmer In $? and Out $?">. I j i It is estimated by experts, after [thorough investigation and careful) ; calculation, that for every dollar in-' crease the farmer will get as aj j result of such of these increases as; are effective he will have to pay by j reason of the higher duties on] other products at least $5?$1 in. $5 out. If that is not swapping ;d<?llars for dimes, it is swapping I dollars for quarters. j Presages Another Republican Dc- '? feat. j If the bill shall pass, the only I hope lies in an appeal from the I action of this body t othe judg ement, conscience, und patriotism of ithe American people; and that th?-ir i decision will in that event overrule and set aside the action of the Con gress. I have no doubt. I As 1 believe in an overruling! : Providence I confidently believe) that if this bill is passed and be iCom.es a law. so soon as tin people have an opportunity to d<> so theyj will express their condemnation: and the Republican party, which inj \HV1 because of it- oppressive tariff taxation was thrown ?-ni <>f pow^r. will for the sann* reason meet inj the ides of November a more dis astrous defeat even than that of a! decade ago. I La Foltclic Shows L'p Secretary, Fall as Foe of Conservation. Secretary of the Interior. Albert '.. Fall of Xcu Mexico, who leased j naval oil reserve X<?. ::. in Teanot i Dome. Wyoming, to the Mammouth <?i! Company, ;i Sinclair Corpora-1 tion. which in turn is a Standard | * ?il subsidiary, was characterized! as consistent opponent of the pol icy of conservation by Senator Robert M. LaFolIettee. (Republi can. Wisconsin) in a recent speech! dealing with this vast oil scandal.' as follow s: I "1 wa.s astounded when 1 learn-1 1 ?'ot?Let all the onus Thou Aims't a Sumter, S. C, Wednesda; What the Wile l ???????i??????mm Bathing beauties at Neptune Be summer to learn what tho wild wav doing here. v United States Called; in by Europe to shoulder Responsi-; bility of Russian Re construction Genoa. May 15 ?What the Ge-: noa. conference has failed to do to solve the Russian question it is . hoped to accomplish at. another! meeting if the United States will ? participate. The formal invitation ! to a new conference, the date of ] which is tentatively set for June 15th. for The Hague-, has been! handed to American Ambassador' Child. All eyes are now turned upon Washington, for upon tin? question of American participation tiie chance for agreement with the j Russians is believed to depend. TWO INJURED IN PISTOL DUEL! - 1 Chief and Policeman Draw Guns and Then Shoot - Greenville. May IS.?S. S. Hale.J chief of police, and Ryan Cox.! night policeman of Williaraston.! engaged in a. pistol duel at Wil-: liamston this afternoon in Spring! Park, about 7:30 o'clock, and both! are probably fatally injured as a result of their wounds. Chief Hale! sustained a serious wound in the; lower part of the abdomen, while; ('ox is wounded in both abdomen and throat. The two men were j placed in automobiles and rushed] to the city hospital at Greenville. It was stated by bystanders near I the scene that Con cursed the chief: j that Cox went for Iiis gun. but ! the chief faster. Loth, men went] down after several shots were fired ! by each, according to information, received here early tonight. WOUNDS IN DUEL PROVE FATAL Greenville. May 14. Ryan fox. night policeman of Williamston,? who was wounded in ;i pistol bat-j tie Friday afternoon with Chief of i Police S. S. Male, also of Williams- : ton. died at the city hospital here j at an early hour Sunday morning. Hale, who w as also wounded in the ' light, is resting easier. ed that the Navy Department had; turned the ad minist rat ion of these; naval oil reserves over to the In-] terior Department. It can be said] for.the present Secretary of the In-' terior that he lias always frankly j declared his position on public] questions. As a member of tin-: Senate, his attitude tow ard the J public domain generally, and the* naval oil reserves in particular, was? well understood during his service as a member of this body. Upon i every measure that involved the! conservation of natural resources] upon the public lands Senator Fall, from Mexico, was? the able oppon ent of the pole > i>'f conservation as I established under Itoosevelt and j thereafter maintained a - ;i general] policy of administration by his sue- j eessors. position. shown byi sjjeech and vote while a member j of this body, makes it very plain thai he was* opposed to strengthen-! ing and extending conservation and in favor of weakening and impair-: ing t he policy. "During the long fi^iit over the! nival oil reserves, which w;is the subject of sharp ????ntentivii from j time to time on the floor of the Senate, the present Secretary <?; j the Interior, then .1 member of the Senate, was ma conspicuous as aj iruardian ?*f naval oil reserves. II?- voted and spoke against pro visions offered to safeguard these \ a.Inable reset**, vs. t be thy Country's, Thy God's and y, May 17, 1922 ( Waves Say iach, Ca!., will use. radiophones this -es say, as Miss Marie Dcvaurok is CLEMSON AND FURMAN AT LOGGER HEADS R o w Between Stu dents at Baseball Game on R i g g s Field Greenville. .May 12.- As a result of Jivhat Furman baseball players and] members of the nthl<-ti<- coun cil considered insulting conduct by Clemson college students at the Furman-Clemson game on Riggs fi< id at Clenison Thursday after the athletic council of Fur man university held a meeting this afternoon to consider the matter of severing relations with Clemson college. A statement was received this morning from President Riggs by Dr. W. .J. McGlothlin, president of Furman university, by telephone and this was considered at the meeting this afternoon hut was not given out pending receipt of the official copy. The council tins af ternoon decided to await final ac tion of Clemson authorities relative t< the conduct of their students be* fore deciding uport^Furman's course v. ;h<- future. Dr. McGlothlin said tonight that while he could not eommil himself as i-> future athlet ic relations with Clemson, unless Furman could play with Clemson v. iih some assurance of courteous treatment he would certainly fav t severing relat ions. The trouble originated when members the Clemson student body seemed to suspect that Mc Leod. Furman's pitcher, was using "emery dust'" on the ball and the upshot of it was that Furman pitch ing ace's baseball shirt was finally i.-11:<? i: fn-ni him and spread out on the college campus where it was thoroughly examined by a large number of the student body. Anderson. .May li.?Whether re lations will be severed between the two upstate colleges. Clemson and Furman. is yet to be decided, owing to iin- actions of a few Clemson men at the "ante between these colleges Thursday afternoon. J The student bt.'dy of Clemson col lege held a mass meeting today at ? 2 o'clock, at ul.Mi time they pass | ed resolutions condemning the ac j tion of iin- students ami their dis j courtesy shown the Furman team there yesterday. The resolutions were given to ProMO'-m Riggs with [ the rep:-.c \h:il be send them to j President McGiorhlin oi* Furm ! uni ersity. j The resolution^ were an expros i sinn of regret over the occurrence ;in<i til" condemnation of the few men who were guilty ot the dis ' courtesy. An olITcial of Clemson college stated tfxlay that members ' of the Furman team handed tin shirt of Pitcher Mcl.eod to Clem son students foliowiuj; the game i:ind i: was examined and found that McLeod v as ensivly innocent of the charges that he had used cmety on the ball. SOMETHING SENSATIONAL 1 Hiblin. May I 1. The I rish sit n ation is likely to take a sensational turn. li was freeI \ rumored lo niglit thai two prominent members '?! the anti-treaty party contem plate resignation with a of fa cilitating progress toward peace. Importani developments are there fore expected at an early date; Trading Act Not Forceable Washington. May jThe su preme ?*oiirt held thai section four Of the future trading act was un enforceable but other sections could be enforced. Truth's." CRIME AS BUSINESS ! IN CHICAGO Throe Labor Leaders) Used Unions as Nu cleus for Criminal \ Purposes Chicago. .May 14.?Search today through the mass of documentary! evidence seized in a spectacular! series of raids on union labor head- ; quarters has supplied proof, accord-; ing to the police, that recent nun--1 d<vrs. bombings and lawlessness re-' suited from the efforts of a trium-! viratc of labor men to rule Chicago . i unions. The three men involved, who. the 1 police said, were among the 150 j .seized several days ago following ! the murder of two patrolmen seek ing to arrest four bombers, not onlyj were living- off the unions but were! double-crossing them, it is claim ed. Cooks, memoranda, letters.; files and other matters, it was said.; told how these men used the money collected as union dues to em-1 ploy sluggers to intimidate mem-: bers of their own unions and hold : them in line. Not content with the large sums! collected, much of which was ap propriated to their own uses, it was said, members of the triumvirate also collected money secretly from; the employers of union labor to settle strikes or under threats of ;' calling needless strikes. Playing both ends against the j i middle, dominating their own; I unions by fear, employing sluggers J I to beat up those who're fused to ac-! knowledge their authority and intimidate employers, provided such; ; lucrative business, according to! the police, that the triumvirate it-: I self was split by dissension and j jealousy. Meanwhile attorneys for the I eight men. indicted in connection with the slaying of the two police men, were preparing to go into' court tomorrow with demands for the immediate trial of their clients, who, they declared, were unjustly j h'eld. Reports that confessions had I been obtaintd involving many of j those under arrest continued, but, the police refusfe?' TO 'Supply details. Discovery that a large part of the dynamite used by the gangsters' in recent bomb outrages had been stolen from the city followed re ports that dictographs had been placed in or close to the cells of the imprisoned: men and their con-; I versations with their cell mates I recorded. I The revelations so far are said to I show the existence of a crime or ganization raised almost to the standard of efficienyc in combatting law and order as is the police de partment in combatting crime. Members of the "wrecking crews." it is said, were required to "pull a box"* at stated times of the day the same as patrolmen in reporting to headquarters. That is. at stated intervals members of the gang I were required to telephone to cer I tain attorneys. DROWNS ON HOUSE PARTY R. G. Beeson Loses Life Near Mullins Mullins. May I '?>??News reached here about I o'clock today of the drowning of R. O. Beeson. travel ing salesman for Steplien Putney Shoe company of Richmond. Ya.. .-it Sans Souci club, about five miles below Mullins. A house party had been arranged by Donnon Cray and Walton Edwards in honor of young Beeson. who usually made Mullins for the week-end; The party left ; Mullins Friday afternoon. Mr. j Beeson and several friends came to j town to get their mail and on the i et urn to camp they immediately donned bathing suits and went in 1 lithing. There is a sand bar across i the river from the camp house and i it was while swimming across the I deep and swift current that Mr. I J>eeson w as seen to go down. He [called for help one time and Mr. Soddard. a teacher in the graded I school here, and Hub Vaughan. Jr.. ! made all possible haste to reach him but just In-fore they got in ! leach the unfortunate young man j sank for the last time. Search was made for the body but it was i fully four hours before it was re I covered. Th? spot where it was j found was almost identical with ["?that where the body of Voung Car ! lisle Owen was recovered some sK i or eight years ago. The water was I about I ?"> feel deep. Mr. McMillan, who examined the body, gave as his opinion that the young man was seized with cramp. The remains were turned over to I*. CoX, a. local undertaker and it will be taken to the family ;>t Richmond Several of the young men from Mullins will accompany the body. Mr. I:??*es?>n was very popular in Mullins. -? ? ? United States Cham ber of Commerce Washington. May 1 ."? -The United States Chamber of Commerce op ened its tenth annual meeting to day with European conditions and their effect upon American busi ness as the chief topic of discus THE TRUE SOU1 STATES CAN I GUARD THEIR PRIMARIES Question Whether Federal Control is Advisable ? New berry Case the Issue Washington. May 1 I.?Another question of the advisability of merging n state right into a federal function by constitutional amend ment is being brought to the fore j by the announced opinion of At torney General Daugherty that the decision of the supreme court in the Xewbcrry case invalidated the fed eral corrupt practices law in so far as it applied to primary elections of either senators or representatives. The opinion expressed by the at torney general was already enter tained by the great majority of lawyers, in and out of congress, and the layman who read the su preme court's decision in the New berry case could easily ascertain that the court regarded the fed eral government as having no ; ower whatsoever to regulate pri mary elections. That was the con tention ably argued before the su preme court by Mr. Hughes, now secretary of state?who. by the v ay. is and long has been a vig orous advocate of the primary sys tem, and has only recently voiced in a notable speech his opposition to the tendency in some states t<* retain to the old convention plan of nominations. Now. of course, is coming the in evitable drive to meet the situa tion by amending the constitution so that federal regulation of pri maries will be legal. As is>the case, however, with most of the proposals to change the fundamen tal law. it is a problem whether it is advisable to invite the federal government to come in and exer < ise regulatory powers over the I primary elections within the bor- j dcrs of the states. Many of the states, if not most j cf them, already have laws regu- j luting and safeguarding the con- ! duct of primaries, restricting the! expenditure therein and requiring publicity as to the sources and ob-, jects of these expenditures. It is a fact well known to those who have followed the Xewbcrry case that the Michigan senatoi was in dicted and convic'Od uniti t ie fed eral statute for the violation of the state law of Michigan limiting ?? candidate for the senate to an j outlay of $3,750. The federal act which the supreme court declared in valid (on appeal from the Ncwberry conviction) permitted the expenditure of $10.000. but speci fied that where the state law pre scribed a lower maximum, the state limitation should prevail. it is quite erroneous lc say that the decision of the supreme court with regard to Newberry leaves the senatorial primaries generally un guarded. The states now have coir - plete power and responsibility in the matter. Where their corrupt practices laws are adequate, there is no necessity for anything more than enforcement, and obviously it would be the duty, as it would be the right, of congress to deny a seat to any senator or representa tive who should be proven to have violated the state restrictions. Where the state corrupt practice laws are not adequate, they should . be reinforced and perfected, and i Those states which have no cor rupt practice laws at all should ; make haste to enact them. Some [of the Southern states are in the j latter two categories. Aside from the question of ; whether it is desirable to give the i federal government power- to regu ! late primary elections within the Slates, there is the interesting and j j: er haps important consideration i whether a blanket limitation of expenditures in Senatorial or Con |Kressional elections, which would be the method of federal control, is fair and just. Is it not reasonable to suggest that a candidate for I he Senate in the State of New York (say) can spend SlO.i't'O in his primary cam paign, as IegitimaU*I:? as a candi date for 'he Senate in Rhode Island can spend $5.000? Is it not.rea sonable to make a similar compar ison as to a candidate for the house ? u" Representatives m Chicago (say) and ;t candidate for the House in a rural district in Arkansas'.' The candidate for the Senate whose Slate h;is K.000.000 people is necessarily put to more expense to reach the voters by circular or by advertisement Cum is the candidate Whose State lass son.nee people. And the bigger tin- city, as a rub-, the higher the rate charged by the newspapers Cor advertising. These rre but hasty examples: the com parison is doubtless good in other i mi>< riant pa rl iculars. Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali s'ronia. has pending a resolution to amend the Constitution s<> as to give to the federal government the con trol over primary elections which h.M> been declared unconstitutional now. Senators Po mere no. of Ohio. .-?no1 McKcllar. of Tennesee. have introduced resolutions iii the Sen ate amending the rules of that body so as to deny admission to any person elected to the Senate who ha* not observed in his candidacy the provision of the act which has ';.<in declared unconstitutional in ;!;?? Xewbcrry case. There should be no need Cor Sen THRON. Established June 1. 1S6?. _VOL. LIL NO. 27 CONFERENCE AT GENOA A JA1L?RE Now Proposed to Take Recess For Month and Effort to Be Made to Bring* the United States In Genoa. May 14 (By the Associat ed Press)?The Genoa economic conference will be reconvened on June 15 at The Hague to discus? Russian questions if the plan agreed to this afternoon at a private con ference of the inviting powers be accepted by the subcommission on Russian affairs at its meeting to morrow. This decision to postpone action relative to Russia is prompted largely by the desire of the Euro pean powers to indue** the United States to participate, and appar ently it merely is a means of dis solving the Genoa conference with out admitting that the difference between France and Great * Uritain regarding the treatment of Rus sian problems can not be rceoni> eiled in (lenoa. Sir Edward Grigg announced thin afternoon that this compromise plan suggested by Premier Lloyd George had l?fcen accepted by the inviting powers and will be passed on by the subcommission on Rus sian affairs tomorrow. Only vague details are given ? as to how the proposed commission or commis sions to discuss the Russian o.yca tion will be formed at The Hague., and the entire scheme seems to be still in the twilight zone, awaiting -vmerica s decision whether she will help Europe to straighten out the tangle. Sir Edward added that all the powers attending the Genoa con ference will be asked to send rep resentatives to The Hague, wheie they will agree upon matters of the commission, who are to sit witk the Russian representatives. Present at the meeting at Mr. Lloyd George't villa, in/addition*to the British prime - minister, ^ivere M. Barthou of France. Foreign Minister Schanzer of Italy. Vis count Ishii of Japan and M. Jas-> par of Belgium. After^-Hj^-.-^Qjt^rpj^g session Mr. Lloyd George said that consider able progress had been made to- ' wards effecting a compromise on the organization of the commis sion proposed for the considera tion of Russian tinahces. At the conclusion of the after noon session it was anno&nc-d that the meeting has "satisfactorily .set tled all business submitted." It was agreed to ascertain whether the L'nited States was inclined j participate hi the commission ami that no separate agreements should be concluded with Russia pending the work Of the commission, I which must report within three j months. j A proposal for a non-aggression j truce on a reciprocal basis during j the labors of the commission also v. as adopted. Genoa. May 14 (By the Associat ed Pr^ss).?The Russian delega tion announced today that M. Chichetin has prepared a note to Slgnor Facta, president of the con ference, advising him that 'the Russians will not deal with any commission to discuss Russian fin ancial affairs upon which Russians are not oflieiaFV represented in equal terms -with the other powers. Members of the Russian delega tion said it was framed after the Russian delegates learned from the press that Mr. Lloyd George, JL j Barthou and representatives of the j other inviting powers were fram ing a compromise reply to the Rus Isians. in which it wsa planned to I have a commission excluding the i Russians. Since the suggestion was first brought to the attention of the Bolshevik delegates they have al lowed it to be known officially that they would not permit their repref sentative or representatives on any mixed commission to be humiliat ed or accorded special treatment ? which would differentiate as be tween Russia and the other pow ers. After plans for such special j treatment seemingly became defi ! nit<'. M. C niehorin and his asSQr j ciatcs decided to take official no j tice and intimated today that if j the inviting powers formally sub ! mitted such a proposition it might { result in the departure of the Rus ? si a for Moscow. ! ITALIAN EDITORS HAVE FIGHT I Prof, Mussolini Defeat Mis sionli at Milan t j Milan. May 15?Prof. Mussolini, j leader of the Fascisti. who bears a I hundred wounds received in battle. I engaged in a duel with Signor Mis ! siroli. editor of the Turin SecoTo, over differences arising over arti j cb's in their newspapers. Prof. I Mussolini won in seven assnurts. I The duellers refused reconciliation. ! I ate regulations of primary elec i lions if the States exercise theu i poWei's of regulation. All the fed eral*governni^nt need do th-n js ro ; back up the States. But if one State wishes to have a different limit of expenditure^ from another, -ind if the States generally wish to re? u.in undisturbed control over the primaries within their borders, 1 K. Foster Mut ray.