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Published Every Morning Exeunt Monclny. PRICE FIVE CENTS WIDOW OF SLAIN MAN SUES SLAYER, SEEKING $10,000 Mrs. Fay Epperson Charges Elliott, Deputy Constable, Killed Her Husband Wantonly and Maliciously. A suit asking $10,000 as damages for the death of her husband, Clarence Raymond Epperson, was filed in circuit court here yesterday morning by Mrs. Kay Epperson of Neosho against R.

Frank illllott, a deputy constable of Duenwcg. Elliott shot and killed Epperson near Epperson's farm home, a few miles south of Neosho, May 6. He contended at the time that he and a young woman friend were sitting in fi motor car at the roadside when Epperson suddenly appeared and pointed a gun at hem. The gun snapped, Elliott said," and then he drew a-revolver from a pocket of the tar and killed Epperson. Exonerated at Inquest.

A coroner's jury exonerated Elliott when the inquest was held. Relatives of the dead man say the shooting took place in a private lane, the property of the Epperson family and on the farm where he resided. They have contended that Epperson had been hunting rabbits at night, when he reached the point where Elliott and his young woman friend were in the car. Tn the petition against Elliott, it is charged that Elliott "wilfully, knowingly, maliciously, wickPdly, wantonly and wrongfully" shot! Epperson. V.

Widow Has Three Children. Mrs. Epperson says her husband was capable of earning at least $125 a month, and the besides working at farming and manual labor, invented various devices and composed music, which provided him extra revenue. Mrs. Epperson has three children.

They are: Lorena, 4 years old; Raymond. months old, and Myrtle, 4 months old. Elliott is said to own considerable MAY 30 IS DECLARED HOLIDAY BY GOVERNOR Hyde Issues Proclamation Setting Aside Day to Bo Observed as Memorial Jefferson City, May Governor Arthur M. Hyde has issued a proclamation setting aside as a holiday, May 30, to be observed as Memorial Day. The proclamation follows: "Whereas, This nation was founded our forefathers upon the universal aspirations of mankind to be free, and to worship God, as in the dictates of his own conscience, each citizen may desire and, "Whereas, Thousands of American soldiers sleep upon our own and foreign soils, having made the supreme sacrifice of their lives to preserve the civil and religious liberty, and to guarantee the per- petutlty of American institutions, "Now Therefore, Arthur M.

Hyde, governor of Missouri proclaim and set apart Monday the 3Qth of May. 1921, to be observed as Memorial day and urge my fellow citizens' to commemorate the lives and the services of the soldiers and sailors of America, and to rededicate themselves to the service of their country. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be hereto fixed the great seal of the state of Missouri. Done at office in Jefferson City on the- ISth day of May In the year of our Lord, 1921, and of the statehood of Missouri, the one hundreth. (Signed) "ARTHUR M.

HYDE, "Governor." POSSE HUNTS MAN WHO SHOT SCHOOL TEACHER AT ILLMO Engineer Seriously Injures Instructor Resented Whipping Administered Son By Superintendent. Cape Girardeau, May H. 1J Rose, of Illuio, wanted there in connection with the shooting today of J. Lelnnd Dalton, 21, a school teacher, surrendered here late tonight to Chief of Police AV. 31.

Seagravo. pronerty, 'lands. including Valuable farm C. OF C. SEEKING CHURCH PROJECT WOULD FURNISH SITE FOR METHODIST ASSEMBLY ENCAMPMENT GROUNDS.

CHILD WIFE FREED OF MURDER CHARGE Another Accusation to Be Filed Against Stepmother; 13. lit Connection With Death. Farmington, May first degree murder charges against John Parsons, 13 years old, in with the death of her 6 year old stepdaughter, Lily, was dismissed by circuit Judge Huck here today. A charge' of fourth degree manslaughter Immediately was filed against the child wife. Judge Huck explained he dismissed the charge because of the Rirl's youth.

Prosecuting Attorney Coffer had the manslaughter information prepared and it was filed as soon as the order of dismissal had entered. The child wife evidenced no emotion at the court's action. She sat before the judge and'after hearing him dismiss the charge said: didn't do It on purpose." The date trial on the manr slaughter charge has not been set. Prosecuting Attorney Coffer expressed the belief the trial would be in juvenile court. The Httle girl was shot two months ago.

Mrs. Parsons said the shooting was accidental. She said the gun was discharged as she "broke" It over her knee. John Parsons, 10, the slain girl's brother; testified at the Inquest that his stenmother shot the girl when she obiected having her hair combed. He since has said he does not know how the shootlng'occurred as he was excited.

PRISONER ESCAPED 29 YEARS AGO ARRESTED Salt Lake City, May Harris. 62 years old, who Is said to have escaped from a Salt Lake City jailor twenty-nine years ago, after throwing pepper In his eves was arrested here today for Denver authorities who are reported to have a charge, against him for stealing worth of diamonds from a loan broker. Smith, a local jeweler, received a circular saying that the man had" false teeth and had a habit of snapping them in and out', of his mouth. Smith told other merchants and was advised by one of them to day that Harris was in" his establish meiit. The arrest followed.

FIFTY YEAR PENALTY FOR MURDER OFPOSTAL CLERK Abilene, May 20. verdict of guilty with-penalty of fifty years in the penitentiary was returned here today in the case of state against Albert L. Rowan, tried for the murder of G. W. Street, a Dallas postal clerk.

Missouri Labor Election St. Joseph, May 20. Missouri Federation of Labor at its session here today elected these officers: R. T. Wood, Springfield, president; George It.

Patterson, St." Louis, first vice president; Herbert Morrison, St. Louis, second vice president; Rose Markhatn, Kansas City, third vice president; T. J. Callihan, St. Louis, fourth vice president; J.

A. Esser, Kansas City," fifth vice president; V. L. Wines, St. Joseph, secretary- The Chamber 'of Commerce will attempt to furnish a suitable site near Joplin for a permanent assembly encampment, to be built in southwest Missouri or northwest Arkansas by conferences of the Methodist Episcopal churcfy South, of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and The.eneampment.-t.which to be built will a permanent" for annual conferences of.

the various departments of the church. Cost Near Million. Jt is to be built at a cost of $500,000 to $1,000,000. Decision to attempt to land the project was reached yesterday after, noon at a conference of the park and real estate committees of the Chamber of Commerci. The Rev.

G. W. Beasley, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, attended the meeting and participated in the discussion with a view to assisting the committee in planning to land the assembly. sites were dis cussed ff6r recommendation to the conferences, among which was an attractive landscape in and near Witmer park. Project a Big One; The Chamber of Commerce con slders the project a big one and effort will be made to bring it here and if not, to be sure it is located within the Ozark playground region.

The various state church confer, ences decided several weeks ago to build an encampment and a permanent organization to arrange for a location and other details to the building, was perfected. The encampment will consist of a large assembly building, several other buildings and, cottages; athletic grounds; boating and fishing facilities. The Chamber of Commerce will ask a member of the four-state committee to come to Joplin near future to consider a number of sites near here. lllmo, May posse with bloodhounds is searching in the vicinity of Illnio tonight for H. L.

Rose, a railroad engineer, who today shot and serious injured J. L. Dalton, 21 years old, a local high school teacher, after his soin Joseph Rose, 12, had been whipped by Ros coe Pierce, superintendent of the schools. The shooting occurred during the graduation exercises at the school. The Rose boy does not attend the school.

He was engaged in a fight with one of the pupils this morning, it was said, and Dalton interferring, took Young Rose before the superintendent who ad the whipping. Called Teacher to Door. The authorities were informed the elder Rose came to the school this afternoon and called Dalton to the door, when the latter, anticipating the reason for the visit, -attempted to explain the trouble, the shooting took place, it was said. John Kelley, janitor attempted to stop Rose, as he ran away, police said, and the latter pointed his re volver at him and pulled the trigger but the. weapon failed to fire, Brood hounds were sent from Cape Girardeau and the posse or ganized.

Nine Suspects in Clique Of Expert Bomb Throwers Are Arrested in Chicago Alleged "Master Bomber" in Confession Implicates Men Jailed by Union Officials And I. W. W. Member There Are Three "Bombing Cost $200 to $500. LEGISLATURE MAY MEET ON JUNE 6 HYDE WOULD CALL SPUClAL SESSION TO CONSIDER ROAD BOND ISSUE.

HOLDEN BOY DROWNS ON EVE OF GRADUATION 'Holden, May the, eve of his graduation- from grammar school, Joe 15 years old, was drowned in a small lake near here this afternoon. Playmates realized the lad was drowning too late to rescue him, they said, and he had gone under before a4ult help- arrived. Tonight the boy would have received his "diploma at commencement exercises. COWBOY KILLED WHILE GIVING EXHIBITION Parsons, May Wright, Brady, Texas, one of the cowboys exhibiting with a roundup here, died late today from Injuries sustained when he was gored by a steer which he was trying to throw before a large audience. Wright jumped from his horse and downed the steer which rolled on him, its horns piercing his middle.

He was rushed to a hospital where he died within the hour. THE WEATHER FORECAST. 9 Missouri and Kansas: Gener. ally fair and continued warm Saturday and Sunday. Arkansas: Saturday and Sun- day, fair.

Oklahoma: Saturday and Sun- day generally fair. GOMEZ PLEDGES SUPPORT OF NEW CUBAN PRESIDENT Alfredo Zayas, upon assuming the office, of president of Cuba today, was cheered by a cablegram from General Jose Miguel Gomez, his opponent in the bitterly contested election of last November extending his felicitations and promising his' cooperation. The liberal party of which General Gomez is leader, engaged in a "legisfcCtrvc- strike" following the announcement of the result of the election and it was only recently that it took part in any of the work of the congress. WOMAN EVANGELIST EDITS PAPER FOR DAY Parsons; May George L. Rose, who with her husband is conducting a union reveival in Parsons, is editing tb'j Parsons Daily Sun today.

she was given full authority to censor news and advertising and refused an advertisement for a movie, theater that announced bewitching costumes" and "dance devinei," declaring there could be. no divinity in dancing. She also rejected an advertisement portraying women in bathing suits, and ordered all card parties and dances omitted from thd society Page. STILLMAN HEARINGS AGAIN POSTPONED York, May in the divorce suit brought by James A. Stillman, New York banker, against Mrs, Anne U.

Stillman were postponed again today until June 1 and 2 at Poughlceepsie, N. Y. They had been set for May 25 and 26. The postponement' was made by agreement of counsel for hoth sides Mrs. Stillman's attorneys announced.

No reason was given for the delay. Jefferson City, May special session of the Missouri legislature to consider legislation covering the expenditure of the sixty millions in bonds voted for good roads probably will be called to meet June 6, Governor Hyde said today. The governor explained, however, that the date had not been set definitely as circumstances might cause a change. Governor Hyde indicated he would mention only road legislation in his message convening the legislature. He said other recommendations would be placed before the session after it got under way.

Hold Consultations. Consultations will be held with members of the legislature regarding the advisability of bringing up proposed changes in the revenue laws he said. "I Intend to call in the officers of the two houses and a number of the members who have been leaders in the past," the governor said, "and consult them as to the advisability of any changes in the revenue acts and I will be guided largely by their judgment. One thing is certain, however, and that is I do not intend to open the flood gates of legislation. Those who are urging me to do so and to include a multiplicity of measures in special messages to the general assembly are wasting their tme." HICAGO, May men, said by one of their number to be the organized clique of expert bombers who have been responsible for most of the terrorism tactics that have marked recent labor troubles, were under arrest tonight.

A tenth member of the alleged clique, Cornelius (Con) Shea, labor leader who headed the 1905 teamsters' strike In'Chicago in which twenty-one men were killed and 415 injured, also was being sought. Shea has served a six year term In Sing Sing for second degree murder in New York for the killing of a waitress. The arrests resulted in a confession made by a man named Kerr, it is said. Those under arrest include several union officials, an I. W.

W. member, a chauffeur and two men known to the police as professional Shea, according to Kerr, became active in the engineers' strike so he could dispose of a quantity of explosives remaining from his activities in another strike, which recently settled. The "Master Bomher." In Kerr, the police believe they have Chicago's master bomber, the self-confessed go-between for union agents, and the leader of a desperate band of criminals. He is declared to have controlled all the bombing outrages growing out of recent labor troubles in Chicago. According to Kerr's confession as given out by the police? there are three "bombing gangs" in Chicago, although amateurs furnished small competition.

Sluggings Cost $50 to $100. Prices for bombing varied from $200 to the size of the charge used. Sluggings were priced at from $50 to $100. The three gangs, Kerr is- alleged to have said, are responsible for bombs placed in the janitors' strike, the leather workers' strike, the junk dealers' strike, the laundry engineers' strike for blowing up the home of a former negro LAW TO COPE WITH COAL MINERS' WAR Order Affects Mingo County, West Virginia, Scene of Many Still Heard in Zone. W.

G. HARDING TALKS TO KANSASJTOCKMEN Advocates Organization of Hundred Million Corporation to Extend Credit. BURLINGTON AGENT IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT North Branch, May Frank M. Rugg, general agent of the passenger department of the Burlington Railroad, was killed today and his two daughters, Ruth and Priscilla escaped with slight injuries when their automobile plunged from the roadway and toppled into a ditch three miles north of here. Mr.

Rugg was 53 years old. His home is in St. Paul. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE GOULD IS DEAD AT WASHINGTON Washington, May Mulgrave Gould, associate justice of the district of Columbia supreme court, died suddenly today after a brief illness. Justice Gould presided at, both trials in the cases of Jules W.

Arnstein and others charged with' having brought stolen securities into the District of Columbia for disposal. Killed by Fall From Window. Philadelphia, May well dressed'man about 35 who registered at a hotel here yesterday as G. R. Hoddman, Chicago, either fell or a seventh story window, early today and died in half an hour.

His hands and the police said, we.e seared with a poison. Topeka, May of $100,000,000 finance corporation to extend long time credit offers the chief salv ation of the livestock industry of the United States, W. P. G. Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, declared here today in a conference with leading Kansas stockmen.

The proposed corporation would be under control 'of the government but independent of the Federal Reserve System. The reserve banks cannot rediscount loans of longer than six months. "I am not in favor of amending the federal reserve act so as to permit handling of paper maturing In two years which is needed to promote livestock breeding and rehabilitate the industry. This would lead to other amendments granting long time credits to various business operations and the vital elasticity of the system would be lost. "The federal reserve system is not in politics and I am not advocating any one of the several proposed bills for agriculture financing.

I believe, however, that a revolving fund to handle two year cattle loans would do a tremendous amount of good. In addition to the direct aid the psychological effeot would be to make cattle paper desired by individual banks and loan companies." FEARING MOB VIOLENCE, SPIRIT "SLAYER" AWAY Winfield, May Smith, being held in connection with the killing of Frank Fornay, a farmer Jiving near Peck, Sumner county, last nighty was spirited away from here late today by officers to an unannounced destination. Smith was arrested in an oats bin near Riverdale, this morning by Wichita officers. Fearing raob violence at Wichita, after threats had been made by citizens there that the murderer of Forney would be lynched, if caught, Smith was brought to Winfield. SAYS STEAM LINES MUST REDUCE COSTS Testifies Also Railroads Must Not Be "Tied Up So Tight" to Be on Profitable Basis.

Washington, May 20. railroads must "get their costs down," and must "not be tied up so tight," if they are to be placed on a profitable basis, President A. H. Smith of the New York Central, testified before the senate interstate commerce committee, which is investigating the transportation situation. "Labor costs, fuel costs, tax costs," should be reduced, he said, while the interstate commerce commission should give the roads "more rope." In reply to a question of Chairman Cummins directed at his statement concerning the supervision of the in- I terstate commerce commission, Mr.

Smith said regulation had tended "to go too far." "We have to come down here and have long hearings before we can do any thing except run the properties the way they are," he said. "Rates have got to be adjusted he continued; "because we have listed all of these rates by percent ages for the last three years or more and anyone knows that if you take 75 per cent of 15 cents and 75 pet- cent of 120 cents and jack thorn all up to the same, you are going to get the building pretty well out of balance, and it is going to tip over after a while. Therefore, we have got" to go back and scientifically, or prop erly at any event, readjust these rates." Mr. Smith, whose testimony will be continued when the committee meets again Monday, analyzed repair costs on his road, showing great increases in expenditures and lessening of output, which he said dated to the abolition of piecework during government control of the railroads. Reducing output was "human nature when men found they were ge- ing paid for putting in time and not for results," he said.

"I am not running my repair shops now, because we have not got the money to fill the pay car to pay the men," he exclaimed in discussing present conditions, but he expressed the opinion that "business will come back and we ought to be getting ready for winter now." JOPLIN MASONIC TEAM GIVES DEGREES AT NEOSHO Special to Tho Globe. Neosho, May team of Knight Templars from the Masonic lodge conferred degrees here tonight upon a class of twelve candidates of the local chapter. FRENCH WOMAN SCIENTIST PRESENTED WITH RADIUM Washington, May Marie Curie, eminent French scientist, received from the hand of President Harding today the me of radium purchased for her by American women in the interest of humanitarian research. The presentation ceremonies took place in the east room of the White house in the presence of a notable group of American and diplomatic officials and leaders of science and philanthrophy. Tn handing over the little phial with its precious contents, Mr.

Harding declared it represented in part the gratitude of the American nation to its distinguished guest for the years of effort which culminated in the discovery of radium. He took occasion also to reaffirm for friendship pf the American people fo- France, and for Poland, the land Madame Curie's birth, Williamson, W. May county, the scene of many shootings along the West Virginia-Kentucky border during the past eight days, was placed under martial law tonight when Major T. B. Davis, acting adjutant general of West Virginia, appeared in Williamson and posted the proclamation issued by Governor Morgan at Charleston earlier in the day.

The major was designated by the governor to take charge of the situation along the Tug river. Captain Brockus who has commanded the state troopers on duty in the Mingo region since the trouble started, declared he was prepared to surrender his authority to Major Davis. Citizens Issued Arms. Many citizens who were sworn as state policemen' to act in an emergency were issued arms during the day. The supply of rifles shipped in by the state, was expected to be exhausted when other residents of the county appeared at a "law and order" meeting tonight.

According to reports received here, the village of Merrimac, West Virginia, was fired on during the clay from the Kentucky hills. Only a few shots were directed into the town, the reports said. Called on to Strike. In a proclamation signed May 17 by C. F.

Kenney, president and other officers of the United Mine Workers of America, district 17, all non-union miners in Mingo, county, West Virginia, and Pike county, Kentucky are called upon to strike with a promise of union benefits while they are idle. The proclamation was made public here today. President Kenney's call upon the non-union miners of the Mingo fields shared with Governor Morgan's proclamation the Interest of the capital. It was an call, signed by Mr. Kenney and Secretary Fred Mooney and was said to have been printed and distributed throughout the Mingo coal district.

Promised Union Benefits. The call charges that instead of the coal operators of Mingo county pursuing a policy, which would meet with the approval of all reasonable and fair minded Americans, they have sought to settle the differences between them and their employes "by importing thousands of strikebreakers and employing hundreds of gunmen to shoot and promised them union benefits while they were idle. "Largo bodies of armed men," Governor Morgan said in his proclamation, "have assembled in the mountains of Mingo county and fired into and shot up public and other buildings and fired Into passenger trains while passing over the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Many lives have been lost and much property destroyed as a result and riot and bloodshed is still rampant and pending." Governor Morgan also declares that the county authorities were unable to "put down or control such insurrection and riot and have been and are now powerless to enforce the law," and had called upon him as governor of the state and commander-in-chief of the military forces. WHISKY PRESCRIBING LID MAYJJE TILTED New Regulations for Unlimited Number of Prescriptions Arc Prepared.

Washington, May officials announced tonight that new regulations permitting physicians prescribing whisky for medical purposes to write as many prescriptions as they consider necessary, have been prepared. The new regulations, officials said, were ready for consideration by the new commissioner of internal revenue. The nomination of David S. Blair, of Winston Salem, N. as commissioner, is awaiting confirmation by the senate.

Removal of the. limit from the number of prescriptions for whisky, It was explained, was made necessary by the opinion of former Attorney General Palmer, holding that congress had not delegated to the prohibition authorities to fix arbitrary limits to the use of whisky for medical purposes. The only limit imposed by congress, according to Mr. Palmer's interpretation of the law, officials asserted, was that not more than one glnt could be prescribed for by any one physician within ten days. HARVEY'S LONDON SPEECH ASSAILED DISENJITCHCOCK Democratic Whip and Leader For Treaty Ratification Describes Talk as "Discreditable TO HOLD FUNERAL OF WHITE TODAY WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT SWING TO REST AS TRIBUTE TO NOTED JURIST.

HELD WITHOUT BAIL IN EXPLOSION CASE Man Identified as Driver of Wagon of Explosives "Doesn't Know Where Wall Street Is." Jersey City, N. May De Fillpis, charged with a conspiracy to destroy the United States assay office in New York In connection with the Wall street explosion lust September, today was held without bail for a hearing on May 26 by United States Commissioner Charles E. Hendrickson. Do Fillpis, who was Identified yesterday by five persons as the driver of the wagon of explosives believed to have caused the disaster, was formally given into custody of the federal authorities today by Recorder William Cain ot Bayonne. Asked by Commissioner Hendrlck.

son If he desired to make a statement De Fillpis said: "I know nothing of It. I never' heard of the explosion. I don'! know where Wall street Is." De Fillpis was taken to the Hudson county jail. STUDENT WOULD ENJOIN VACCINATION ORDER Wichita, May that the order of the city health ds- partment requiring high school pupils to Be 'vaccinated or bo suspended from school is unnecessary and tha'c It comes at an unreasonable time of the school year, Miss Bethany Witt, member-of the senior class, today filed suit In district court asking that the superintendent and principal be enjoined from enforcing the board's order. Washington, May wheels of government swung to rest in Washington to stand idle until last honors shall have been paid tomorrow to the memory of Edward Douglas White, chief justice of the United States.

Under presidential orders the executive departments were to remain closed all day; lesser courts also were at a standstill, and the senate adjourned late today until Monday, The house alone was to be in session after the funeral, driven by the urg ent requirements of public business, having already suspended for a day in honor the dead. Desired Simple Rites. While the wishes of the family were for simple, private ceremonies, the great place Justice held as head of one of the three co-ordinate branches of American govern ment forbade abandonment of all official part in the mourning. After services at St. Matthews church, the body will be carried to Oakhill cem etery in Georgetown for burial ac companled by the eight surviving members of the greatest legal tri bunal as honorary pa'll bearers, by Vice President Coolldge and a select senate committee, Speaker Gil lett and the leaders of majority and minority in the house and the full delegation of congress of the dead man's native state, Louisiana.

President Harding also was expected to attend as were cabinet members and ranking officials of all the government departments. Messages Pour In. The stream of messages attesting Justice White's high place in the legal fraternity continued today to pour Into the supreme court from meri of the law throughout the nation. Hardly an organized society of lawyers had failed to add its share to the flow of tribute and affection when the day ended. At the house, too, messages of sympathy piled up through the hours from every part of the world, but relatives of the late jurist did not make these public, perhaps out of respect to the life long modesty of the man whose virtues the messages extolled.

As last arrangements for the funeral were completed, the president's orders were filtering over the world by cable to bring to half mast for thirty days flags that fly over American diplomatic and consular missions. ASSERTS BOMB PROOF DRY LAW IMPOSSIBLE Counsel for Anti-Saloon League Snys Clerks Are neaping Fortune on Permits. Damage Suit Over Collision. A damage suit, In which the plain- 'itf, Howard Brown Realty Com- nany, is asking $500 judgment against Paul Herman and Martin for alleged damage! to a car In a collision, was filed ore yesterday with the circuit court de'rk, Washington, May It was not possible to draft a bomb proof liquor law, Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the anti-saloon league, told the house judiciary committee today that some clerks employed by district prohibtion commissioners were making more money in a week through dishonest dealing with fraudulent permits for withdrawal of alcohol than they would earn in straight salaries In two years.

Approximately gallons had been withdrawn In the last year, or considerably more than a. quart for every man and child and woman In the country, Mr. Wheeler said, in urging a more drastic law to correct the situation. Hls'was the concluding agreement on the Volstead bill to tighten up the Volstead law and prevent sale of beer to the sick. Mr.

Wheeler contended that of the .15,000,000 gallons, fully 80 per cent was used for' beverage purposes, and that the percentage of fraud and graft could be reduced to a minimum by amending the law so that none of It could be removed, until by medicating and denaturing it had been rendered unfit for drinking. Takes Wichita Job June 1. Wichita, May B. C. Elliott, newly appointed city manager, will take over the affairs of ho city June 1, he announced today.

-j Washington, May Harvey's pilgrim's dinner address yesterday in London was described today by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, leader in the fight for the ratification of the treaty of Versailles in the senate as a "discreditable performance." "Colonel Harvey evidently forgot that he was speaking as the ambassador for the United States," said Senator Hitchcock in a formal statement. Improprieties Cited. "His address was filled with improprieties. His attempt to commit Harding's administration to his own narrow and extreme views on the league of nations may succeed. I shall be very much surprised, however, if President Harding gave him the authority to do so.

Neither tfie ambassador to Great Britain nor the ambassador to any other country is the one to announce the foreign policy of the United States." Senator Hitchcock went on to say that "Colonel Harvey's flings at for- mei President Wilson were indecent" and that "Colonel Harvey's analysis of the motives which led the United States to enter the war is a discreditable performance." Lowest Possible Iievel. "The analysis," he said, 5 "puts the United States on the lowest possible level and seeks to becloud, if not besmirch the great record made this nation in that crisis of the 'world's history." "Colonel Harvey's description of an Anglo-American alliance in the vision Brltainia and Columbia hand in hand for mutual benefit hardly expresses the aspirations of the American people;" PROBE PROPAGANDA MSD U. S. INTO. WORLD WAR Washington, May by a special house committee to charges that'propaganda was circulated to get the United States in the world war is proposed in a resolution Introduced today by Representative Michaelson, republican, Illinois.

The resolution was referred to a comnm- tee In the usual course. Mr. Michaelson, who is a new pmember of the house, asked specifically for inquiry into the reference made on the floor of the house in February, 1917, by former Representative Callaway, democrat, Texas, to the alleged unneutral activities of J. P. Morgan before the United States entered the war and also into statements which he said were made by M.

Gabriel Hanoteaux, former French foreign minister, in his history of the war, and by Sir Gilbert Parker, identified by Mr. Michaelson as in charge of- the circulation of British propaganda during the war, that a campaign was waged on a broad scale to bring America into the conflict. Michaelson charges in his resolution that M. Hanoteaux said France was' 1 ready, to make peace late in 1914 but was dissuaded by the late Robert Bacon, a representative of the Morgan interests, and Myron. T.

Herrick and William G. Sharp, former ambassadors to France, who, according to Mr. Mlchaelson's interpretation of Hanoteaux's charges, agreed to originate propaganda designated to put the United States on the side of the allies. ALLEGED 'CRITICISM DELAYS CONFIRMATION Major R. C.

Peck. Named for Said to Have Made Remarks Concerning 35th. Washington, May alleged' to have been made in France against the 35th (Kansas National guard) division by Major Robert C. Peck, the senate military committee to postpone today action on his nomination to be lieutenant colonel. Senators Curtis and Capper, republicans, Kansas, were reported have objected to Major Peck's confirmation until an inquiry was made.

At a recent reunion of the 35th division resolutions were adopted charging Major Peck with making 'scurrllious and scandalous report" regarding the division, stating that it had "all the earmarks of a national guard outfit which it is." This the resolution recited was an Insult to every man and officer in the division and was the snap judgment of a West Point miniortette fresh, from his limousine, his boots well polished and without tho knowledge of what a gun fired in anger meant." TALLEST MAN IN WORLD DIES AT SIOUX CITY, IOWA Sioux City, May Coyne, 24, said to be the tallest man in the world, died today at Otox county, his home. Coyne was known as the "youthful giant" his height measuring 8 feet one inch. He weighed 300 pounds. He wore size 24 ihoes. hat been iU for Kveral.