The Omaha M >rning Jee_ -irrsT SO vrrt «1A litml ai 9aca«d-Claia Mattar M» ». DM. at OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUAR\ 22, 1923. * OutiliV'tlia ’atiT »a?lll*l>»ar"" ashington, Feb. 21.—The Mexican j government, according to ndviecs re- [ ceived here, is contempfating the j adoption ot a prohibition law direct ed against all alcoholic beverages within a zone 00 miles wide along the entire American border. It was said here today that an official announce ment could be cipeeted soon from Mexico City promulgating the new leg- ‘ islatlon. Frequent complaints have reached the Mexican government, it was said, regarding traffic in liquors along the border, while disorders and violations of laws are increasing. The Obregon administration has en deavored to put an end to the situa tion, It was explained, by the adop tion of special legislation concerning the consumption of alcoholic bev erages, while now the plan is under study for prohibition In the 00-milc zone. Fight on Cape Cod Bill Has Marks of Filibuster Conference Report on Army Bill Used as Vehicle to De lay Action on Measure in House. Washington, Feb. 21.—A movement having all the ear marks of a fili buster directed against tbe bill pro posing government purchase of the Cape Cod canal developed late today In the house. The vehicle used by the obstructionists was the conference re port on the army appropriation bill, which was under consideration The offer of Henry Ford for fh« Muscle Shoals, (Ala.) plant, was also understood to figure in tjie back ground of the movement, which was in full swing on both the democratic side and in gome republican delega tions from western states. Roll calls and quorum calls followed ; in rapid succession, to the concern ' of republican leaders, who said the time being given to the army bill report was endangering the legislative program for the rest of the session. The Cape Cod canal bill is due to bo taken up soon after the army bill is disposed of, while the Foul Muscle ; Shoals offer is still held in commit tee. Program Threatened. Consideration of the conference rc-1 port was concluded before adjourn ment. hut not until there had been eight quorums and roll calls, which took up about half of the se-siou of nearly Mi* bourn. Majority leaders said the t.me spent by the house in disposing of this mat ter had threatened their legislative program for the remainder of th.a session of congress. It was their plan to bring up the Capo Cod bill Thursday with a special rule, which they beltcved would stop the movement la-gun today after there had been several sharp conflicts over diaputed se» tlons of the army measure. Strong opposition to the Cape Cod bill from both tbe democratic and re publican sides was forecast, but under the rule it would ls» disposed of in a single day. It then would go to the senate and some of its opponents be lieved that there had been sufficient delay in its consideration by the house to make very Improbable sen ate action before March 4. • Kulc-i Anted Out. 1 Aside from the Cape Cod measure, the rules < ominlite has voted out rules for 10 other hilts including the farm 'credits legislation. In addition the ! British debt settlement agreement re main! to Is; acted upon. The man agers hope to tarry out their pro gram despite the two days spent on i the irmy bill, hut some night ses 1 siona arc regarded as necessary. If this ia to be done. Some of the more important meas ures which they hope to put through are the navy omnibus bill, the post office omnibus bill, the Mississippi | river flood control bill, an aVendment I to the China trade act urged by secre tary Hoover, the measure for return to I part of tlie property of enemy nllens seized during the war and a number ' of relief measures from the military j committee, as well as the resolution authorizing government purchase and ! resale to the farmers of $10,000,000 ! worth of Chilean nitrates and Atner ; ican manufactured calcium arsenic. Ba\ Slate Bank Fail?: President Is .Missing I Wan ' n. M iss.. Feb. 21.—The First National bank of Warren, with $j;i. :;00 In deposits, closed Its doors today while bank examiners and Its direr tors Investigated a shortage In us accounts reported to amount to $212,000. Frank I„ Taylor, president of the bank, who had been connected with the Institution only a few weeks, la missing and a variant for his at ; rest charging him w 1th embezzlement has been Issued. 2 Dry Agent* Arrested in L. A. oil Kxtortion ( lunges Uos Angeles, Feb. 21,—S. T. Uurch :iny foreign dip lomatic representative* h id been promulgated by the treasury and the authority under which they were t* sued. Mr. Mellon furnished copies of these regulations with the statement that in permitting free entry of liquor Importation* lie had acted in accord-I an. « with the "established principles of international law anil the statutes of the United Stales." Gold and Silver Discovered on Farm in “Show Me State Eminence, Mo . Fciv 21.—Gold and silver have Itf-t-n discovered on tlm , farm of o. 8. Johnson in Shannon ' county, near hole, it was learned to day. A JO year lease ha* been secured bv 11. \V. GrtRlth of Superior. Arl* and l,. Ktplinger of Tlntec. ftah. it | was said. Silver ort was discovered jtecently and It was said today that careful nsaay of the rock also shows I f Il l'll of gold to the ton. Foot of T,<>8 Angeles Hank Totalled More Than $200,000 I.os Angeles, Fel*. 21. —Uberty bonds, stocks, corporation eecuritles land other valuables totalling more i than $200,000 were in the registered I mall stolen a week ago from a i First National bank automobile by i bandits, who start ancl killed the i hatiffrur, Sum Mitiee, It was an noun’ rd las night Oppose 1'attv s Filins. Martin 1 Ferry. . Feb. 21.* l'lte Martins terry Womans c-luh has gone on record deploring the exit lb; 11lou of Fatty Arbuekle films The , tteolulion will be sent lo Will Hayf., Day’s Activities in Washington Opponent* of the shipping bill con tinued their filibuster against the measure a* 1/iuers maneuvered for a truce. Representative Anderson, repub lican. Minnesota, took issue with Secretary Mellon for criticlaing the Lenroot-Anderson farm credits bOl. Gasoline production in the I'nitss States lr*t year was placed, by tbe geological survey, at 6.202.234.1*111 gal lons. more than 1.000 O00 greater than tbs 1021 output. The house, by a ITT to 134 vote, in sisted on retention in tbe army bill of a provision prohibiting enlistment of men. und*r 21 years without written consent of parents or guardians The liouse ws* informed by Secre tary Mellon It would be lncotr.pstible with public interest for him to furnish information as to the amount of lbiuor imported into this country embas sies and legations. A rewoluti'wi which would direct the federal trade commission to invest! gate the radio industry to determine Whether the anti trust im are being violated v.<« reported l>v the fcuuso merchant marina committer. Senator Caraway, democrat. Aikan si.r. sia.I lie lmd been informed some of the 2$ bureau of engraving em ployes, dismissed nearly a year ago l>w order of President Harding, had de rided to bring suit against th« pee«i dent for defamation of char. Reiretary Weeks ordered an investi gation of charges by Major C.cneral C’ronkhite. retired, that Important of ficial document* dealing with the death of hi* son Mat A F. Cronkhtte, w ho w as killed in ISIS at Camp Lew is. Washington, had been tampered with Convicted Hank Robber Facing 75 Years in Prison Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 21.—tleorge Williams, alias Frank Wilson, was sentenced to SO years in prison here on a charge of sssault with intent to lob T. F. A. Henry, messenger for the Drovers National Uink, December 12. This is in addition to sentence of 27> years on a charge of participating in the robbery. The second .sentence will apply af ter Williams has finished the first sen tence. The juty returned Its verdict Tuesday In IS minutes. Today's jury required Just two minutes longer. Williams was the first to 1m» tried of several per'otu Indicted In connection with the robbery, wluoii is alleged to have netted $97,000. He was arrested In New- Orleans. House Returns Army Budget Bill to Conference Member* Insist on Provisions Regarding Retirement of Of ficers and Age Limit on Enlistment*. T/i*!iington. T>b 51.—Tit* araiy ap propriation IjUI was sent bark to con ferencs tonight by the house, which Instructed its conferees to Insist on two rf ft* provisions. On# cf these would densy retirement, under certain conditions, to army officers engaged in private business dealings with th# govemmsnt. The other would prohibit the enlistment in the army of boys under 51 yearn, without the consent of their parent*. In insisting on the fnc.usion of a provision relating to retirement pay, the house modified language which was *tricken cut in the senate. As oi.gir.ally drawn, it would hare denied *-ueh pay to any officer employed in any bus.nej* v-hUb sold good* to the gt vermaer.t The name of Major Gen eral llarbord. former deputy chief of staff. r.ow head of a radio corpora tion. vr.n mentioned in the debate pre cedirg it# original adoption, and Sec retary Weeks criticised the action o' the hoU'e which, he sa.d. discrim.nst ed against a faithful efficient officer. A» modified today, the bill would deny retirement pay to any one em ployed by private business as sales or contracting agent or as manager cr directing head of sales or con tra* ting deportment" for the pur pose of selling to the War depart ment. It would withhold the pay of retire-] officers employed tn any ca rs* it y by concerns "regularly or fre quently” engaged in making direct sales of "any merchandise or material to the War department " Many of those who favored the or iginal language of the bill sa!J the pay of Major General llarbord. whose corporation sold only a small amount of material to th# government last year, would rot be affected under the language as finally drawn, and Chair man Anthony of the appropriations subcommittee, which has the hill in charge, said the majority opinion •eemcd to incline to that view. He said, however, that it might require ail opinion of the comptroller of the treasury as to what constituted "regular and frequent direct sales." The fight for the 51-year-olU limit on enlistments, led by Bepresenta tlves Connelly. Jones and Blanton, democrats of Texas, occupied a large part of the day and was successful over protests that it would affect ST per cent of the annual recruiting. Foundling Left in New York Hallway (Jets Fortune From Leeds Estate MiiiSd.i N. 1 Keb SI.—Wealth— and with it an Injunction to devote herself to < heritable work among the great human family from which ahe sprang—descended upon Joy I.ouise Leeds. !h who was a foundling from an Knat Side tenement hall. •Toy Louise was bequeathed 1 'MV 000. a foitune in Jewelry, and e\en tuajiy the Income for life from an estate valued at between 11.000.000 and 1:1.000 000 by the wilt of her foster mother. Mis. Louise llartshorne Leeds, for probate today. Mrs. Leeds sister In law of Princes AnnstaMa of Greece and prominent In society and charitable woik. died In a plunge from « fifth stoi V w indow of her New Vorl, home on February 10. Mis Leeds adopted Joy Louise a> a baby from the Kell# vur hospital, after *h« had been abandoned in a tenement hallway Warner M Leed*. the child > foster father. is named guardian of her per at'n omf estate. Tie is a bivther of the late William P Leeds. "tin plate king" Who w.is l*t inorss knaatasia s first husband. To Warner Leeds Mrs Leeds left the bulk of her estate for life, pro viding that on his death the Income should be added to Joy Louise'* for tune. Mr. Ieen circulated. A nation wide hunt Is being carried rn for the capture of l.ooo members of a gang which maintained its head quarters in a basement in the Italian quarter of New York. Government operatives in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco and other large cities, with the details of the elaborate plot at their fingertips, are prepared to raid conut erfeiters" dens in the foreign quarters of their cities Police of South and Central America and western European nations ha,-e been Informed of the haunts of the foreign agents of the gigantic crime ring. riot Bared by Arrests. The plot was bared after the cap ture Tu'-sday night of three men. alleged by the authorities to be the A-aders of the organisation, and the discovery of the printing presses which turned out hundreds of thousands o' I nited States $2, $5. $10 and $20 bill*. American silver quarters, gold pieces. Austrian kronen, Italian lire, internal revenue stamps and certificates, post age stamps, watermarked prohibition papers, whisky and champagne bottle labels and bogus drug and liquor permits. Raids In Manhattan. Brooklyn, Eor.g Island City and New Jersey re •Tilted in 2S arrests in the last 24 hours and er.ded successfully an elgl." months" search for th« international gang leaders. Joseph A. Palma, chief of the special service squad of the • eternal revenue department, ai. pounced. Thirty-six prisoners had been taken in secret raids during the last i»o necks, bringing the total tp €4. Officers Find Evidence. The raided places were found, Pa; ma said, stocked with bundles of $110 • •>Xi In counterfeit American money, tens of thousands of dollars worth cf postage stamps. labels. revenue stamps and bogus coins, as well as pdes of memoranda, press moulds and die* and a number of engraving board*. Tsvnty-feur of Tuesday's roundup vicunas sere arraigned before Fed eral Commissioner Hitchcock teday and held la bail rang.ng from K.i%0 to $15,000. ^hree were sent to Newark, X. 3., for arraignment. The counterfeiter*. Palma asserted s-ere closely associated with traf fickers in drugs and Illicit rum. They bought huge quantities of drugs and liquor from smugglers and sold the contraband in American cities, whi’.s they paid th# smuggler# with th# counterfeit money. Palma declared thousands of dol lars of bogus money fonnd it way in to foreign ports, especially In Cubs and the West Indies, through mem bora of boat crew* In the rum flee~ from alien porta which sojourned off 'the New Jersey coast for nearly a month. Headquarters in New \ork. The headquarter* and manufsctui - 1 ing plant of the gang. Palma report cd. was in a basement at T9 Cornelia ! street, in the heart of Greenwich Village There were seven wholeaai* distributing agcnc.es in New Yota city and surrounding territory, th* principal one in Broome street a stone's threw from police headquar , ter*. The traffic was organ;:-ed or. ar eU borate business basis with wholesalers and their agents, retailers and tbed agents, hired gunmen and liaison of j fleer*. Kach branch of the trade ope: a ted independently, the neceeaery cenrra.da being maintained through the liaison officers. Italian and Jewish colonies weie said by the secret service agent* to have' been the particular victim* of the counterfeiter* who. with few ev I ceptions. were themselves of Italu. t and southern Kuropean ©rig.n. InvesUgstion of th# 'activities of |the gang. Palma explained, began la * in August when the Treasury depart ment decided to suppress repor'*-1 traffic in bogus money. leaders \rre»lrd I’alnu said that when the supper, sources of supply were traced to New York St was discovered that on place was guarded hy a score of f men, most of them exconvicts .tgni - ' bought bogus money at i® cent# o tlie dollar. As the rale dtntiniahed the acents knew they were approach ; It s t he source of supply. The mami fncturer. it was found, sold at fret IT to I® cents on II. When the plant in Cornelia aticet was captured the presses were four 1 dismantled and those men alleged V' he director* of the internatlorv scheme were caught. They we Parte Maioiateai and Al ton o Fol.c of Jtrcohlyn. and Vito M.g' orim (rf New- York vtaiolates :t wa» stated, was #r : resied right jcar* ago and given short sentence for havinc cour.tci j feited internal revenue stamps , The overt act char f*d again** t • : group arrested Tuesday was the,: , Kenny Sorenttno on 1 'eoemher ? gav* [to vlahriel l>ef;ore several counterfir:' hank notes Soientt-e, It was Mated ' is out on Kill on a charge of raising check* tiled ogi net him tn New di sc' Palma said he was on iv.role o. a murder charge Soramim Palma • > .0 w..s agent 'for John lu 11 ■■ "ho kept a Sr lie's vale distributing place tn hia oefT> (house on Kioome stree' near patij* I head «nai .ei*. % Ay"