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Subsidy Bill
Laid Aside;
in Senate;
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Leaders Agree to Take Cp Re*
ports on Array and District
of Columbia Appropria
tion Measures.
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May Renew Fight Today
Washington. Feb. 21.—(By A. P.)—
Ily agreement among senate repub
lican leaders, the administration ship
ping bill was temporarily laid aside
tonight in the senate, to allow con
sideration of conference reports on the
army and District of Columbia ap
propriation hills. Adoption of these
reports was followed by a motion to
taken up again the shipping bill and ;
this was left pending when a recess
was taken at 9 until Thursday.
The first open effort to conclude j
the session was made early in the |
.evening when Senator Heflin niovcl j
to adjourn. 'Die motion was defeated, i
! 1 to 19.
Washington, Feb. 21.—Presenting
unbroken ranks and armed with more
material for continuing their cam
paign of talk and more talk, senate
opponents of the administration ship
f p.'ng bill resumed today their fillbus
l ter with no end In sight.
Senator Heed, democrat, Missouri,
started the filibuster off for the day. |
resuming delivery of his address be- j
gun last night in support of his res- !
oiution to direct the president to en
ter into negotiations with Great Brit- j
pin and France for purchase of cer-1
tain of their Caribbean possessions,
lie had hauled forth the two big
maps with which he, with pointer
in hand in schoolmaster style, has
been illustrating his speech. Sena- :
lor Jones, republican, Washington, in I
charge of the shaping bill, met the
resumption of the filibuster with the I
i-tateraent that he was prepared to
' arry on tho fight; that he would ,
insist on another night session last
ing as long as possible and that
every possible strategy would be em
ployed to defeat the purpose of the
filibusterers.
Rccees Hast Night.
The recess taken last night at 11:38
o'clock after a If 1-2 hour session
allowed senators to get a fair night's
sleep, and those who answered to the!
opening quorum called appeared rea- j
aonably refreshed, including Benator;
Sheppard, democrat, Texas, who yield
ed the Boor at 6 o’clock last nlglit
^ ^ after having spoken continuously for
| 1 more than g hours and, in all. about
11 hours.
Tha break in the session played
Into the hands of those conducting
the filibuster in more ways than
in giving them a res*, for It afford
ed several an opportunity to gather 1
more material for their contemplated
speeches. It gave Senator Brookhart,
republican. Iowa, one of the leaders
In the talkfest, a chance to dig up
the speech of 14 hours made by Sen
ator Jones in 1913 on the ship pur
chase bill then before the senate. Sen
ator Brookhart announced he would
lead that speech "as part og my re
marks when I take the floor.’’ He
added that he had not given up the
plan of using one of the proposed
■ night sessions "as a night school for
lha education of tha old guard in
the principles of co-operative mar
keting. ’’
"Old King Tut."
Senator Heflin, democrat. Alabama,
Informed hi* colleagues that the res
pite had allowed him "to do con
siderable reading or. old King Tut
of Egypt and hi* deflation of the
* Israelite*."
Some senators conceded that nego
t a flop* were entered into la*t night
for a vote on the pending Eadd no
i on to displace the shipping bill with
the filled milk measure ar.d also on
one of tlio more Important amend
ment* to the shipping legislation but
said that for the -present all efforts
along that line had been abandoned.
Machine Gun Units
Patrol Dusseldorf
Paris. Feb. 11.—(3 A. SI.V— Patrols of
cavalry and motorized machine gun
units were re-established at Dussel
h^fcdorf last night in anticipation of
: rouble, according t*v an official re
port at midnight. There was a gen
eral strike and boycott against the
French throughout Dusseldorf today.
The postofflee and telegraph offices
were occupied yesterday afternoon,
after German employes had cut the
telegrapth line* to Paris.
Reparations Body Clears
Way for Austrian Loans
Paris. Feb. IE—(A5)—The repara
t.ons commission cleared the vay to
day for the Austrian rehabilitation
loans authorized by the league of na
tions by formally waiving for 30
-.ears all rights to Austrian property
,,r revenues under the treaty of St.
Germain.
The total which Austria is author
ized to borrow by the league 1* 650,
too,000 gold crowns.
Judge Restrains Chicago
Police from Stopping Bout
Chicago, Feb. 21.—MP*—Circuit
Judge Ira Hyner today Issued a re
-iimlnlns order enjoining Chief of Po
lice Fltzmorrls, Sheriff Peter Hoff
man, Coroner Oscar AVolf and nil
other law officers and their deputies
from Interfering with a boxing ex
hibition to be participated In tonight
by Joe Burmin, of Chicago, and
Midget Smith, of New York,
Manslaughter Charge on
Girl Autoist at Salem
Salem. Ore . Feb, 21,—District At
1 torney John L. Carson has filed
f charge of Involuntary manslaughter
against Klla tV’olfe, 18 year old Salem
girl, whose automobile struck and
fatally injured Mrs. KUxabcth Hub
hard hers lajei Saturday
Britain's First
Air Dreadnought
to W eigh 9 1-2 Tons
Southampton, Feb. 31.—Britain's
first aerial dreadnaught, a seaplane
under ronstrurtlon here for the air
ministry'. Is designed for actual liv
ing afloat and will bo illuminated
througliout with electricity. An elec
tric capstan is to be fixed for han
dling a 130-pound anchor, to hold
the plane at rest on the water.
Two water tight transverse bulk
heads are provided as well as sleep
ing quarters for five men.
On top of the hull will be built
a superstructure divided into three
compartments, one to be used by
the commanding officer as a chart
room, another for gunners and the
third for the pilot. The total weight
of the flying ship with full crew,
fuel and two torpedoes, each weigh
ing 3,000 pounds, w ill be nearly nine
and one-half tons.
Torpedoes will be carried under
the lower wings and discharged
by means of a new type of releas
ing gear. Five machine guns will
be carried, so arranged as to leave
no “blind spot” In the craft, which
will be able to climb rapidly and
escape from the range of naval
guns after delivering an attack.
Changes in Code
Are Big Problem
of the Legislature
Judiciary Couimittee Soon
Will Begin Consideration of
Various Measures for Gov
ernmental Reform.
By P. C. POWELL.
Stwff (orr eft pendent The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Feb. 21.—(Special.) — Ne
braska legislature is approaching the
mating season. In other words, it
must soon decide whether it shall
accept the present form of state gov
ernment, modified, or select several
other styles proposed by the governor
and others.
All bills providing for changes in
governmental form, are today in the
house judiciary committee. T. B.
Dysart, chairman of the Judiciary com
mittee, announced that as soon as the
Bryan companion bills, numbering
44, are printed, this committee would
begin consideration of the various
measures for governmental reform.
Three Steps Evident.
Members can see only three steps
that may be taken. One would leave
the civil administrative code exactly as
It stands today, the other would be
to accept the Bryan plan bodily, while
the other would be to adopt the Dysart
bill drawn up for the purpose of "re
taining the good and cutting out the
bad In the code law."
The Dysa/1 bill eliminates as many
activities of state government as the
Bryan plan. It cuts out as many em
ployes, it reduces code secretaries to
three, it call* for a department «f per
mit# and inspections, similar to the
Bryan pla^ for a bureau of inspec
tion*.
However. It is expected that the
Dv'sart plan will meet opposition from
the governor and those he can rally
around him because it give* the legis
lature power to confirm gubernatorial
appointments and continues to center
responsibility in the governor.
Sole Appointive Power.
The Bryan plan would give the gov
ernor sole appointive power, while
at the same time the governor would
force all constitutional officers into
<T*rn to ri|< Two. Column T*r»e.)
Lord Robert Cecil Coming
to America in March
London. Feb. 21.—Lord Robert
Cecil plans to sail on the Ms jostle on
March 21. to \,slt New Tork and
other American cities. He said today
that his trip was to be taken upon
the invitation of American friends
and that tt was,in no way a mission.
He said, however, that if requested to
no so. ho naturally would give his
views on the league of nations and
other questions. Regarding reports
that he was about to enter Premier
Bonar Law's cabinet he said:
"The admirable gentlemen who arc
circulating the story know a great
deal more about it than I do. I have
heard nothing of it and my trip to
American bears out this statement."
Weeks Orders Inquin
Into Cronkhite Charges
Washington, Feb. 21.—An Inveatlga
I tion of charges made by Maj. Gen.
| Adalbert Cronkhite. retired, that Im
portant official documents dealing
(with the death of hi* son. Maj. A. P.
Cronkhite, had been tampered with,
was ordered today by Secretary
Weeks. The secretary directed Major
j General Bethel, the Judge advocate
general, to submit s full report.
Phy sicia^*
End^^‘:
Witf onot
Hastings Doctor, Said to Be ■
Crazed With Drugs, Shoots
Son-in-Law in Presence
of His Daughter.
Young Wife • Collapses
Hastings. Neb., Feb. 21.—(Special.)
—Crazed, police say, by drugs, Dr.
C. L. Egbert, for 15 years a surgeon
at Hastings, shot- and killed his son
in-law, C. R. Gordon. 30, when Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon appeared at the
doctor's home today.
When Dr. Egbert's daughter. May,
then 16, was married to Gordon two
years ago. the doctor objected violent
ly. Finally he was reconciled to the
match, and the couple was married at
his beside in a St. Joseph hospital
where he had undergone a serious op
eration.
Leare Egbert Home.
Several weeks ago, the Gordons
left the Egbert homo where they had
been living, following a fresh dis
agreement between the doctor and his
son-in-law. Gordon and his wife went
to live at a hotel.
Today they returned to obtain some
personal effects. Dr. Egbert was
alone in the house. lie met them at
the door.
"Vou can't come in," he told Gor
doh.
Shot in Heart.
After an argument. Dr. Egbert
fired one shot which is believed to
have penetrated Gordon’s heart. He
died almost instantly.
Mrs. Egbert was hysterical. She Is
now in a hospital under treatment for
a nervous collapse.
When police arrived, they found
Dr. Egbert in a raving frenzy, they
allege, and It was necessary to ad
minister an opiate to quiet him. His
condition was attributed by police to
drugs.
Doctor I'nnerved.
Dr. Egbert talked incoherently in
the jail most of the afternoon. He
was unnerved, when the authorities
arrived at the bouse. Mrs. Egbert,
who !s in a sanitarium her*, will not
be told of the shooting until relatives
arrive.
Dr. Egbert has had an extensive
surgical practice here. For a while he
operated a private hospital but for a
number of years has been practicing
in the two public hospitals.
Gordon was an insurance man and
was formerly night clork at the Clarke
hotel. He had lately formed a part
nership with W. A- Rutledge to en
gage in the oil business. HI* father,
W. A. Gordon, lives in Tupelo. Miss.
Dr. Egbert came from Olenvili.
Neb.. 15 years ago. The nearest rela
tives of the family are Janies Mitchell
| of Olenvili. half brother of Mr*. Kg*
| bert, and Dr. Pennington of Rroken
i How, a brother-in-law.
Irish Rebels Raid
Free State Offices
j Organized Attark Launched
—Attempts Made to Fire
Structures.
—
j Dublin, Feb. ill.——-An organized
attack was mail* this afternoon on
various go%-ernment offices In Dub*
' lin. An attempt also was made to
set the income tax office on fire. Na
tional troop*, guarding the local gov
ernment board offices fired and killed
one Irregular and captured three
j others.
Three government offices were
I raided almultaneosly. Rome of the at
tackers attempted to set the build
ings on fire, while othcra kept up a
rain of bullets from their positions on
1 adjoining roofs.
The motor car used by the irregu
lars attacking the central offir" was
I captured by the government forces
and was found to contain land mines.
A caretaker in a hotel was wounded
I during the fighting which lasted an
; hour.
When the attacks began many peo
ple were on their way from their of
fices and places of business to lunch,
. and the firing caused a general stain
! pedc. Tram cars were abandoned, the
streets bleared and the fire brigade
| turned out. After taking up their
positions the Irregulars maintained a
| constant fire for about an hour.
Railroad Engineer Dies.
T’asadena. Cal , Feb. 21.*—John Mils
worth Blout, 93. nationally-known rail
road construction engineer, died at the
home of a daughter here. Burial will
be in Chicago.
Smoking in Public Places Proves
Unpopular Pastime in Salt Lake
Ball Lake City, Feb. 21.—Smoking :
in public place* In Balt l,al<e City j
Isn't proving a. v ery safe pastime j
these flays, with deputy sheriffs nr
i eating violators of that section of
the state anti-cigaret law which pro
hibits smoking In any form In res
taurants, public buildings or the like.
Deputy SherlfT Michael .Mauss, one
of the lender* In the present clean
up eampslgn, is president of the No j
Tobacco League of Utah.
The grill room of the Hotel Utah
was raided by deputies at noon and
four men. Including J. E. Jones, man
ager for the Western Newspaper
Union, were taken Into custody.
Other deputies were active at the
state capltol where five arrests were
made.
John E. Holden, often character
Uert ns Utah's most outstanding^
doughboy hero of the world war, was!
at the stste house wh*il the depu
ties arrived end Is said to have es
caped arrest only when he succefflcd j
In extinguishing a lighted cigar As the
officers were after another smoker.
Tuesday four of Salt Lake's most
prominent citizens, A. N. McKay,
Ernest Bamberger, Edgar Newhouse
and John C. Lynch, were arrested for
smoking.
Bamberger, a prominent mining
man and republican candidate fur
United States senator In the Novem
ber election; Lynch, capitalist nnd re
publican politician and Edgar New
house, mining man, were tnken Into
custody as they were having their af
ter dinner smoke In Oeorge W. Mor
gan's restaurant on Main etreet. Mo
Kay, general rftanager of the ftalt
Lake Tribune, wa* served iatet- In the
day on the ground that lie had light
til a cigar before leaving the restau
rant dining mom.
Tho Tribune'* general malinger wa*
before Judge Noel Pratt In city court
this morning nnd n not guilty plea
whs entered. Hi* trie I was aet (or
J eUuaty St.
Obregon Plans “Dry” j
Zone Along Border
,> 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
:in<l I If. Miller, prohibition enforce
incnt agents working out of the Son
Frnnclreo office of the sere Ice. were
taken Into custody by loc.il enforce
ment officers here today on charges
of extortion and n* cept.mce of bribes.
Iloth were reported to be well known
In the east.
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J. Pluvius: “I Thought I Had a Job rorever
Mellon Refuses
to Furnish Data
on Embassy Rum
Secretary of Treasury Balks
at Request to Give House
information on Im
portations.
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Wu hington. Feb. 21.— Secretary
Mellon declined to furnish to the
house of representatives information
as to the amounts of intoxicating
liquors imported by foreign embassies
and legations in Washington since
the prohibition amendment became
effect.ve on January 20. 1D20.
The information was requested by
the houae last Friday after the sr< -
retary had refuted to give similar j
data to the house judiciary’ commit
tee. The resolution was Introduced
by Representative frantton. republi
can. Michigan, a "dry" leader.
"In view of the principle* applic
able to International Intercourse, said
Mr. Mellon s letter to Speaker Gtl- j
lett. "and the existing immunity to
which diplomatic representatives of
fore.gn governments are entitled un
der International law and other
statute*. 1 am no* in a position to1
transmit this information to the
house of representatives for the rea
son that U would be Incompatible
with the public intereu to furnish
it.”
Mr Mellon * letter, .under dale of ,
Tuesday, was written after lie had
communicated with the State depart
ment. Mr. Cramton said he had no
comment to make on the letter at
this time.
Sjieciflcally the Cramton i esolution
asked the secretary for the name and
office of the consignee of each diplo
matle liquor Importation; to country
to which he was accredited; the kind
and quantity of liquor In the ship
ment; the place from which it wan
shipped: to whom It was d’llevered.
ami the date of delivery.
The resolution also asked what
rule* and regulations governing the
Importations of liquor l>y 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. I<eests receives a flM.tKHt
legacy outright, togeiher with the
Leeds home, automobiles and furnish
logs.
Tito t -tional t-oard of You ; \V
men's ChHaltan association lit wicth
Mr# Leeds had been keenly inteiested.
receive* a Icjau of fjO.OOt}
Leaders ot
Counterfeit
Ring Taken
Natiou-Wide Hunt on for
Members of Bogus Money
Gang With Headquar
ters in New York.
1,000 Arrests Expected
New York, Feb. 21— I**)—Secret
service operatives rounded up •*
counterfeiters Involved In a plot of
International s ope through which be
tween $1,000,000 and $10,000,000 In
spurious money has l>een 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*.
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