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. I v * • The Omaha N '* irning ;ee VOL. 52—NO. 225. - iffi f! WSf W OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1923.* gSt.^V1 WZlTi TWO CENTS “ <BJT" Hotel Case Goes Under Advisement Eugene C. Eppley, Fontenelle Operator, Denies Knowledge of Booze Sales—Agent Testifies to Purchases. Sleuths Watch Hostelry Eugene C. Eppley’s apparent hon esty and frank personality In federal court yesterday afternoon seemed to overbalance the testimony of federal prohibition agents that they bought 13 bottles of gin and whisky from seven bellboys in tho Hotel Fontenelle between January 16 and 31. Mr. Epp ley operates tbe Fontencllo and sev eral other hotels. Federal Judge Wood rough, at the end of the hearing, said he would take under advisement for several days the question involved. Ho gave no en rourageement to the federal prohibi ^ lion department which is seeking an injunction to close up the big hostelry of 330 rooms on the ground that liquor was sold there. Mr. Eppley. like all the other wit nesses, stood while he testified. Judge Woodrough himself fired questions at him following the testimony of tbe prohibition agents who said they bought liquor from bellhops. Xor were the prohibition agent3 the only ones who hoped the injunction would be granted. Eppley Reveals Threat. Last December.” said Mr. Eppley, an officer of the Douglas Hotel company told me they would take ad vantage of every technicality to get me out of the hotel. Since that time I have redoubled our efforts to curb any and all lawlessness. We got up the pledge which all bellboys and por ters and so on were required to sign i hat they would refrain from boot legging. "We hired three private detectives to watch the crowd New Year's eve and they found no liquor. City De fective Palnuag lives at the hotel on ert arrangement that he is to use all his efforts to root out any persons who may slip in to bootleg or carry on pny other lawless traffic. I think we have taken more precautions in ,the Fon tenelle than have been taken in any other hotel that I know of.” "How do you account for these things going on?” asked Judge Wood rough. "I did not know they were going on,” said Mr. Eppley. "Our many resi dent guests, I am sure.. would not taM want to stay there if they thought bootlegging was being carried on.” Guest l nawmre of Booze. Gould Diet*, who lives at the hotel, testified that ho never heard of or -aw any evidences of liquor selling. Mr. Eppley's statement i-gafding he alleged threat of the Douglas Hotel company officer brought no de nial from Hairy Wolf, president of hat company, who sat near . him. Tangled litigation for possession of ihe hotel is now in the courts. The Douglas company owns the hotel property. C. C. Flansburg of Lincoln, attorney for the Interstate Hotel company, one of (ho concerns mixed up in the liti gation/ aroso In the courtroom and declared: “Mr. Eppley is a trespasser hi the Hotel Fontenelle property. He inis no legal right there.” Mr. Eppley said he wrote to L\ -S. Ilohrcr two or three times last year asking his co-operation in enforcing (Tom Ui Page Five, C•limn Four.) Prohibition Opposed by Congresswoman Washington. March 6.—Announce ment that Mrs. Mae E. Nolan, who rebently hcoame a memh»r of the louse from the Fifth California din irirt. succeeding her husband, Uie Lte John I. Nolan. hfM assured the i.eroclatlon against the prohibition amendment that she would work for (modification of the Volstead act was made tonjtrtlt by the association, which Hum In a statement that Mrs. Nolan had aunied up her stand on prohibition as follows: ' I believe In the mollification of the ™i*tead art and am for the control f t alcoholic beverages by the govern ment. This would stop traffic In im pure liquors that is now a menace to public health; would eliminate the un \merican interference with personal liberty that the present laws permit. •'It would remove disregard for laws ihat do not represent the will of the majority that la allowing danger to >ur rational life.” Motherless Kitls May Go With Father to Jail Beatrice, Neb., March H.—(Special.) Hhall the three amall children of Ben Vanrure of Wymore, Neb„ in nocent of any wrong, go to Jail? Thin la the question that confront* Sheriff Hailing. The father wa* arreeted to day on complaint of a firm at Lin coln charging him with writing a no fund cheek for about $3. His wife died February 4 and when be left Wymore In company with an officer he insisted In bringing the three motherless children with him. They may bo extended tho hospitality of the Jail where they can bo near ihelr father. They are 11, 7 and #, respectively. Vancure will be taken to Lincoln to morrow. Allies Occupy Kronberg. l<ondon, March S.—A Central New* dispatch from Berlin aaye that the Ruhr allies have occupied Remecheid and Kronberg, F** Itemstheld is in Rhenish Prussia, 1* fhiles east of liusaeldorf. It is the most important center in Germany for the manufacture of small Iron and steel wares. Krnnlierg is a Prussian town in Haaae Nassau, not fgr from Koen HeOiln German Ambassador to France Is^ead Munich, March «.—<&)—Dr. Wil helm Mayer. German ambassador to France, died here as the result of "general weakness,” it was announced J today. Dr. Mayor was recalled liy his gov ernment from Paris at the beginning of the Ruhr occupation move by France and Belgium, proceeding to Munich. Dr. Mayer, born at Knkenbach, Ba j varia, November IS. 13T4. and studied ; international law at Heidelberg. Mu nich and Wuersburg. He was admlt : ted to the bar in 1900. Through the death of his father-in-law he inherit j ed extensive farm lands In I^rraine and also industrial •properties. 1 He liad served in the rcichstag as j a member of the center party, lie was appointr. 1 charge d'affairs In j Paris late in January. 1920, and with I the resumption of full diplomatic rela I lions, later became German ambas | sador. j All Bryan Bills tp Be Put on File Without Changes Judiciary Committee Puts Ex ecutive Council Question Up to House Without Recommendation. Lincoln, March -tftpecial.)—The 45 Bryan lulls calling for creation of ! jn executive council form of govern ment and 24 bill* by Dysart and oth- . era calling for a modification of the ' present system of state government will he reported out on general file in , the lower house tomorrow morning. T. B. Dysart. chairman of the Judi ciary committee, announced today. ‘The judiciary committee, which has charge of these measures, will ' make no recommendation on elther proposal and will leave i; to the house to decide.'* Dysart >-tid. There hasn't been the crp.-aing of a ! “f iri the Bryan bills altered by the c , committee. They will appear in the lower house exactly as the governor * secretary. Jeff Uroady, wrote them and . exactly as the governor desired. The committee was lu.»e careful of the other modification measures. It I cut out the provision calling for crea tion of a department of inspections and instead made provisions for such a bureau under the department of public welfare, f*uch action, it was announced, would result In reducing , the number of bills to be printed by IT. While no definite date for considera tion of these bills has been decided upon, it seemed to be the opinion of a majority that they should be made a special order for next Monday. It I is probable their consideration will j consume a week. Co-Operative Insurance Company Is Organized Grand Island. N*el>., March 6.— i (HprciaJ.i—At a meeting of 40 citizens a movement was set foot to organize a mutual co-operative insurance com pany along lines as embodied in tin constitution of tlie Farmers Mutual j company, which lias been in existence i In this county for 20 year*. It It argued by promoters that Insurance j can be carried along co-operative lines I by a city of this size as readily and j comparatively as economically as I local building and loan associations. Took the “0” Out of “Lost” If Omaha people don't say "O-o-o-o” when they lose valuable articles any more. That never did ary good, anyhow. | If Now they say "M-lantie 1000” in their phoneW—and that helps a lot! 1f Just for example: If Mrs. S. C. Seablohi, 1724 S. 32d Ave., lost a brown leather handbag a few days ago. If It seemed pretty thoroughly lost, but that was all the more reason for the loser to call on The Omaha Bee "Want” Ad department. 1f And the bag was returned by an honest Omaha Bee reading finder! If If YOU happen to lose any thing, don't worry— | Just phone At-lantic 1000 and ask for a "Want" Ad tsker. . " Lausanne Treaty Is J Rej ected Turkish Assembly De * Draft Is Contrar tional Pact Dispp 4? London, March U.—The Turkish na tional assembly at Angora has re jected the Lausanne treaty, according to a Constantinople dispatch to Reuter's. An official telegram from Angora, it is announced, stales that the assem bly gave Its decision this afternoon that the draft treaty of Lausanne was unacceptable as it was contrary to the national pact. The assembly disclaimed respon sibility in the event of the powers, insisting upon acceptance of tMespirit and letter of the treaty. Cmio Declares Germany Plans No Peace Offer Keenly Awaited Speech uf Chancellor Is •Devoid of Any Significant Utterance. Berlin, March C.—(49—Chancellor Cuno's awaited speech !»efore the reichst-ag today was devoid of new and significant utterances in connec tion with the Ruhr situation -beyond the statement that Germany had no., directly or Indirectly, suggested the inauguration of negotiations with the occupying powers and that all rumors to this effect were without authorita tive basis. Germany, said the chancellor, couM not negotiate, “in view of the situs-1 tion created in the Rhineland and Ruhr through the Franco-Belgian tra nsgressions." He Intimated that so long as the Invading powers continued their armed violation of German sovereign ty. and maintained, and even ex tended. their hostile occupation of 1 German territory, which was Immune by virtue of the Versailles treaty, the i German government could not be ex pected to assume the initative tn re aped to any action looking to settle ment of the present conflict, < Protests Invasion. The .chancellor In his speech took the form of a lengthy protest, in which he recapitulated in detail the situati.gi growing out of the oeclipa- 1 lion of the Ruhr from the first day. and the more recent invasion of points in Haden. He was frequently Interrupted by expre -'lions of indignation as he re cited the number of arrests, convic lions, evictions and deportations of German officials, who refused to carry out the orders of the occupation au thorities. The Franco Hclglan expe dition into the Ruhr, he said, had thus far resolved itself into a dismal eco nomic failure, the gains from which suggested a doubtful offset to the al leged German delinquencies in the payment of reparations. Terms Actions Vicious. The French actions in the Ruhr, he termed viciously inimical to the world's economic welfare In general nnd to the promotion of Duropcnn re construction In particular. Herr Cuno lauded the passive resistance with which the German populace in Ihe Ruhr and elsewhere had opposed Ihe invaders, and asserted that this ] resistance obviously was the only weapon at Germany's disposal. After nine weeks of stubborn, unarmed op position, fraught with all kinds of privations, the German nation today «as an unfaltering unit in Its deter mination to hold out against the heavy physical odds. This morning, before the relohstng convened, ihe chancellor culled In the parliamentary leaders and outlined the contents of his sjieerh, Informing them that it would contain no sensn tional announcement of revelations, as the government had none to make. I. C. C. to Hold Hearings in Went on Hail Consolidation Washington, March R.—The inter | stale commerce comnilaslon will be gin a series of hearing" in the west March }9 to give western communities ami stole authorities op|>ortunity to present views on railroad consolida tion. it was announced today. The iirst Hearing will be held at HI. Haul and others will Iwt at Helena, Mont.. March 29: Heuttle, March 2ii, Portland. Ore,, March 2R; Han Fran risen, March 91; Dos Angeles. April 7; Hall lutke City, April 11; Denver, April IS. Commissioner Hall and two exam Iners have been delegated to take evi deuce. When these hat* been com pleted the commission will take up in , Washington, May 111. its consideration of the consolidation plan Insofar as it affects eastern carriers which have n.ut been given opimrtunlty to present Views. Pope Pill* to Revive Old (lufttom of Oolden Ro«e • Rome, March 6.—(^)—Pope Pjus In - May will revive one of the oldest etis-1 tomns of the holy see which fell Into 1 dlsu** more than SO years sgo. when he sends the Golden Ross to the queen of Spain. The Golden Hose, made up of « cluster of rosea anil buda on one stem, sit of solid gold. In time gone by was given eaeh yrsr by the pope to the queen Mho, -ImlnE the year, had per formed Hit most pious deed* for the church * t A -----1 Boy, 15, Enters Cage of Lions to Get Money for Crippled Sister London, March G.—Wie happiest, proudest boy in Loudon today is la year-old Alfred Garcia, the son of an omnibus conductor. Alfred recently was offered £50 ft he would enter a cage of circus lions witli the trainer. For two days the boy considered, the offer, his thoughts constantly turning to the 13-year-old crippled sister who would be beneflited im measurably by the operation the money would make possible. “Lions or no lions, I’ll do it,” he derided, and engaged a flrst-rato sur geon. Then he fulfilled his part of the bargain. The surgeon, however, learned of the circumstances and insisted upon giving his services without charge, whereupon. Alfred promptly turned over the £50 to his sister. Laborites in Britain Oppose Ruhr Invasion Prime Minister Ialks Out Resolution Demanding Kx planation of Intentions From France. Loiylon, March 6.—The debate in the house of commons tonight on af fair# in the Ruhr reflected the strong growing feeling which has been ob served, of late in the liberal and labor press deprecating the government's at titude of benevolent neutrality and in sisting that England take a definite stand, not necessarily withdrawing its troops from the Rhine, but informing France plainly in a formal note that England disapproved of the French policy and demand# that the French government explicitly define its inten tions toward Germany. J. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the laborites. moved a re-olution, that, with a view to securing peace. Eng land should invite the French and Belgian chamber# to appoint repre sentative committees to meet a simi lar delegation to exchange view# on the occupation of the Kuhr and the problems of security and reparations Time Not Ripe. The prime minister maintained h. previous opinion that the time was not ripe for occupation, that stich a move would be regarded as hostile to France and that the government was not prepared to assume that responsi , bliity. He appealed to the labor lead , er not to pres# the matter to a d! vision, and the resolution was talked cu4, Mr. MacDonald's plan provoked lit tle enthusiasm In the house generally. Robert Cecil. II. A. I. Fisher and Bonar Raw all agreed that it had little to recommend it, though many ot the speaker# voiced full sympathy with the iaborite's general references to the French action. Mr. MacDonald declared that France wae rewriting the treaty of Versailles ' without consulting her allies, and events w ere happening w hlrh were only too likely to lead to a new war. He feared that the nations were be coming !*>«« shamefaced in oiwiiy talking of preparations for the next war. and hB warned the house of the possibility of France signing a separ ate peace w itlj Germany and present ing the allies with the accomplished fact. He admitted that he did not Insist upon the letter of hi# resolution, but only upon Its substance and urged that England should have the coin age to give tlie moral lead to Europe and define her position ai d stand by It instead of allowing herself to be controlled by event# like a puppet. The important point was to get an international loan so a# to provide France with the immediate cash #'.» needed. Differ on (Mans. fund Robert Cecil .agreed that the government shoud make it quits clear , to the other government# Where it stood .and what it# policy was. 11. A. I.. Fisher contended that it was a.i international problem and fhat ever# effort should l>e made to get the t'nlted States in. The prime minister declared that Franco had gained nothing by licr Ruhr adventure, on the contrary slv hAd «u#talned a heavy loss and it was Impossible to propecy the outcome Ho admitted that the government bed nothing it could propose to the house and sold that perhap* the absence of a pol ey was bad, but to have a pall< y which could not succeed and which in itself was hod w ould be even wore TSon.ar Inw- argued that it was not t question of M. Toincare or his g"V eminent. Evidence Indicated that with the 1 sesent French chamlier any French government would have hem impelled to the same course. Clearly the l- refti h policy was supported bv lw>tli chambers and the French people: therefore the British government had no alternative before it Two Course* Open. There were oi ly two rourwi «. the t rime minister continued. --to ec cept the Ruhr advance With the gi<st rat amount of friendly feeling poaalhb or lo break faith and meke the two oountrlea practicallyJiowtlle. To hlrnaelf. It afemed Inevitahle that to break the entente would mean forcing will on France hy war At till* moment. France would deeply recent any attempt at Mediation The government had dissociated Itself from the French action, hut who did not dealre to quarrel with France If It eotild possibly he avoided The K"\ ernment'e policy would not change " 1th each delinle on the situation tic Hid not believe for a moment that any French stateamun seriously contem plated forming an Futopran bloc against norland. I|« concluded liy asking what soil of reception Mr. MacDonald thought hie proposal would meet in the French and Belgian chambers. Father Time: “It’s About Time That Young Man Was on His Way!” e Three Men Are' Identified in Herrin Trial Two ^ itncfses Describe Riots and Point Out Defendants a* Members of the Mob. .Marion, III.. March fc -Two surviv or* of the Herrin riots of last June, testif; ing for the prosecution at the second trial growing out of the out break. pointed out three of the mix de fendants as having taken an active part In the disorders which resulted In the slaving of three union miners and 22 nonunion workers. The two witnesses, Otis Fawrwnc* of I.ouiavil|s, Kv.. a fireman, ard Bernard Jones of Chicago, an armed guard, substantiated dctaib of the story told on the witness stand yes terday by William Cairns, another survivor of the tragedy. All three agreed that the nonunion workers in the mine of the Southern Illinois Coal company had lien at tacked early In the afternoon of June 21. and that they had surrendered the next morning after beii!*; promised eafe conduct. l.radcr Identified After the unarmed prisoners had been marched about a mile from the pit. according to I.nwrence, a new leader appeared whom he Identified a* Otis Claik. one of the defendant*, and declared: “Let's kill then all and stop the breed ” The inarch was < ontinued. I-awrrncc and Jones testified, and some men drove up In an automobile whom they wera unable to identify, Although they heard a shout: “Here comes tho president. Here cornea Willis." "Someone then suggested that w« be killed there In the road, one by one." Lawrence asset ted, “but the man they called 'the president* de clared: '*‘Vou can't shoot them on the pub tic highway. Take them over to the woods and shoot them, or send them away in a body.’ Shot Near Fence. “Then they took ua over to a strip of woods anil lined ns up before a barbed wire fence. Someone started to run and the firing started." It was nt this point that Antonio Mulkovltrh. u veteran of the world war. was slain. The six men on trial includes Hugh Willis. The two witnesses pointed out James Brown, n negro, I'hilhp Kontn netta and Clark, as nten they hod srw n in the death march carrying guns. All of them are defendants in the present case. Free Tickets to the Gayety Theater 1 The tiamea and addresses of man}- people are seattered throughout the “Want" Ad column* of The Omaha Bee. Different ones will appear each day during this week. ? If YOUR name and address m listed there you're entitled to the host seat in the Gayety any afternoon or evening this week—Monday to Friday, inclusive. 1i Call at the "Want” Ad De partment of The Omaha Bee and you will be pro sented,with your tickot. ) Ship Crew Saved from Ice Floe Men Foodie** for Three Day*. Badly Bitten by Cold— Schooner Was Crushed. St. Johns, N, B., March S—The view of the British schooner A. B Rarteaux. resetsAj from an ice floe three days aftg. the vessel was eru*hed by the pack, were brought here today, partly frozen and ex hausted. by the Norwegian steamer Ifauk, which picked them up 10 day* ago and had been fighting the floe* rince to get the shipwrecked men to slsore. Captain Henry Jane*, with both legs frozen and in danger of amputation, said he and hi* six men quit their ship on February JO. aft-r It was crushed by S- e. They had left New Vork on February « with anthracite noa) for thia port. The ekipper said he lead harely time to call his men together and get over the side with a -mall boat when the ltartcaux went down. They managed to keep tbem seb c* safe or. a floe but had no food. There was no vessel in sight and the ice was so close they could not •sow '.lie They were mil'- from land but Itauled the boat over the !h>r*. hoping to find open water near shore. At nightfall. Captain Janes said, they huddled together in the boat for warmth and protection. With no iand in sight, they de- led to slay where they were and spent the next two fo-dloc- days there. Vessels were sighted in the distant at im> * and the men made signal.- by . . ; part of an oilcoat at the end of an oar and at night set coat* afire, piece d'V piece, and signalled by flare There was liitle left of the oilskin* when rescue came with the vessel. Two of the seamen were badly -bitten l>y the cold. - -y - ■ Cavalry Joins Hunt in Swamp for Two Men FYankUnton. tji.. March 6.— Mem bera of a troop of cavalry today joined the force of more than a thousand tilCii -earthing for two deputj* sher iff*. Wiley Pirrtv a ipl Wgaley Crain, missing since la-t Friday when they went into the *wamt<« to raid a moon shine still and are believed by the authorities to ha'-e been slain in the attempt. Four more men residing in ill vicin ity of the *till ha\e been arrested, making 11 total of eight taken into custody suspected of knowing some thing about the disappearance of the two officers. The calvarymen volunteered a* iti ilRIduals The p*>»*e gathered at the courthouse till* morning. Some brought bloodhounds and others bird dog» All members were well armed. Indictment* on 126 Miner* in est Virginia Nulled 1\ rtldntn. W. Vh . March <—In dictment* charging 12< tncn with conspiracy in attack and deatroy mine property at i IIRout tile. W. V* l*»t summer. wore nolie.1 In circuit court here yealerdsv. The tie ends tit* had been at litjerty under bond for severs I month*. The charge* grew nut of the Clifton ntino fight in which Sheriff It, Duv.tll and six other* wrrs killed Third-Degree Bill Killed. liincfnlfl Mart'h K. SivedAi ' T'te house judiciary committee Killed the ceiwit* t hiiNl drgi Of* hill tonight The hiM^iitf. Ahtliidal. i>***e»I the itfntir after a hard fight. Omaha and Lin coln |toll« < offirti i r*i>|*o*rd tht hir« < ur* as did rnAnv sheriff* out in the •tv ) Hooper Attacks Strike System in Vogue in l . S. Railway Labor Board Head See* Distinct Move of Civ il izatiou Backward Toward Jungle. Springfield, 111.. March < A dis tinct movement of civilisation jn this country backward toward the jungle is manifest today. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the United States rail road labor board. declare! here to night Iwfore the Illinois Association o' Insurance Agent*. This is not the outbreak f an oc cast'-tinl individual or the sporadic up heaval of an isolated emmusit; ' i:e declared. ' It i* the systematic, organized ad vocacy and use of forte in the settle ment of industrial controversies." S^iine of the manifestations of this, he said, were strikes in essential in dustries. a railroad or coal strike brings economic pressure against the employer In theory, but in fact, the real economic pressure is brought to bear against the consuming public. ' To characterise this process as civil warfare is not an exaggeration," he said. "One reason why stiikes on rafl roads and other public utilities cannot be conducted without violence Is be cause the organizations. |n substance and effect, teach that violence is jus tifiable. This is done by the peri odicals of these organization* continu ally hammering into the minds of their readers thas no man has the right to take up the woi k which a stinker has abandoned. •'ll is a weak government which the essential industries, without per railing them to be fought out between the immediate parties. A government which stands by and permits capita to oppress labor in these great essen tial Industries ami i^rnuts labor to wage civil war for the redress of its grievances, real and imaginary, in vites and will ultimately encounter chaos District \ttorncy Vttack* New York Stock Exchange New York. Man H l'istrict At torney Hanlon, in a statement i.«su“J Mommy, attacked the New York Stock Exchange as aligning ilself "on the side ef the crowd of thieve* who hav. stolen moro than tSOO.fOO #Vt since the war/’ He cltaracten.-od a' a sarin* tit* opposition of the Stock Exchange to leg sia'len to control stock dealln-.s proposed bjr the Igtrkwood legislative committee. He declared that Inas much as banks, insurance companies and other business of high class character are under state supervision, there ts no reason why brokers should net submit to like regulation Taliinrl Minister Kc»ign». l.ondon. March ti - Sir Arthur ttvlfftth Hoses'sen. defeated in the by* elertion for the Mitcham division o' Surrey, has resigned from his post a* minister of health In the Honar Easr cabinet. The Weather Forecast. Wednesday, fair and wanner. Iloni ly Tempo attires 1 s t« a n I l>. M. , SJ t * »> »« S |k m 11 « l> ■» X\ * l> « Si • «• x« Jl » ► •». . 21 Fined for Rifling U. S. Mails Postal Clerks Convicted of Thefts Must Pay $300 Each Within 60 Days or Go to Jail. Fines Fixed at $1,000 Twenty one former Council Bluff* mail clerk*, out of Ti who faced th* judge in federal court In Council Bluffs yesterday* afternoon on * charge of rifling the mails, received fines of J1.000 each. Five hundred dollars of the fin* must be paid within 60 day*, "or com* mlttmcnts will iss ue sending them to county’ jail. The other %',<)<> stands merely as a judgment against them, to be collect ed in the event they ev<;. a> umulat# any property. Gets Retroactive Sentence. Another Clark. G. A. Grubb, who was unable to give l»cr.d when ar rested last October, and who has been in county jail ever sine?, was given retroactive sentence of 6u days in jail, which releases him at on'c. Still another clerk. James McCol lum, is serving a five-year term in the Iowa state penitentiary on a bigar: charge, and did not appear in court. Ills case still is pending. Those who appeared til court yeste day were part of a group of 3i clerks arrested following a sweeping invest gaiion of conditions at the Couu< I Bluffs mail terminal iast fall. 34 Plead Guilty. " Thirty-four of them pleaded guiltv. Eleven were sentenced to terms in federal prison at Leavenworth. Ka , which e.ght of them now are serving. The other three will be sent to Leavenworth shortly. Those who received sente..- -s y es terday afternoon include C. M Adi B. F. Armstrong. W. J. Rartunk. V L. Boland. C. C. Fike. Harold Ga: • land. F. K. Hattcn, Harry Jordan, II. T. Koon, A. H. Krueger. 11. H. Drug, O F. Lucera, R. L Linville, G. L. Mc Eiderry. O. 1). Meyers, H. A. Moe maw. Joy Moore. C. A. Nusbaum, It. T. Parke TV. C. Sadler and A. M. Young. Dav*s Activities m in Washington A >.all for another national rad - conference to be held at the Depar' - nent cf Commerce beginning Marcn 19 was issued by Secretary Hoover. The federal trade commiaaion was permanently enjoined by Justice Ba.lcy in : :e D.*tr, -. of Columbia supreuia court from requiring the Maynard Coal company cf Ohio ’ ■ submit reports as to production coets. Tiie Interior department, in a de e -.on .1 the case cf the Roxana Petroleum corporation, a Shell Union subsidiary, reaffirmed its contention that companies ia which aliens ha*e a controlling Interest cannot obtain leases of American oil lands. Charges of Delegate Sutherland «f Alaska, published in the Congee--mi i lleewd, that the Commerce depart ment bad “handed the ea rnon fir.1 , cries of Alaska over to the Chicago San Francisco fish trust were eh,,’* notarised by Assistant iiecretary Hons ton 'a* the most complete dam.eg.rr bunk ever put over.’’ Radio Conference Is Called by Hoover W&sk.Qgtc ’ March *.—A noth 1 conference to consider what adminis trative action may be taken to extend the field of wireless broadcasting and reduce interference was called tesla 1 by Secretary Ilooior to be held h* brginn.r.g Tuesday. March ?*. T" ■ meeting will include ouperators st broadcasting stations, ete. At the conference heid a year as recommendations were submitted fee federal bgislation on the subject but the lull in orpcrati' c these sugg-. — tier* failed cf enactment by cot gross. Since the lost conference M Hoover said, the number of brec, easting stations has increased frc.-i ,t0 to SSI and somewhere brlwe 1 11.300,*00 and I 300.'>00 receiving tions are in use. Interference be added, has Increased greatly, pa , tieularly since the sending station are restricted to the <0 to tOd m wave lengths. Hugo Liquor Sfiiurr 1* Onloretl Bark to Owner* Boston. March *.— Ten thou**" (tailors of fine wires, w sky »r " : champagnes and other liquors ser*r at Keefe * hotel a jeer axe w-r* c dered returneil to the owner* by th» federal court today. It was the larx est lot taken by prohibition enforce ment officials in New Kuala ,i Tlie court heM that the seven ment had erred in taking more than Si* gallons stipulates! in their search warrant and In failing to bring few f.'iture pioeeedings until 1* month* after the seixure. V or*t Snow Storm of U inter 1 log* Nrv \ ork. Street* Nrw York. March i.—*Tha +v*Ur* me etutnical equipment of tin* otv * *ireet cloartin* department a* well »* 1 a fore* of IS OM men. were railed or toda> to *lrm the advar 1* of n'' i »a* rtyaeinjl a* the worat niiwrtwat of the t»inter S’ ow aocompanied I" a "• *> layin fdlthfi ax>n after * ih « morn Ina and rontknued at-Mtio : i-iermp U»w until Ulo tod*' It an* -■«Kl that Ih ■ pteaettt ' e * ■ atm hi not precipitate a ne'e orwv i etui*