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OMAHA. FRIDAY. MARCH 3. 1022.
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TWO CLNTS
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Woman in
Bath Killed
by Heater
Mr. I'rancr Demcm, So
ridy Matron, Klcctrorutf!
When lilfftric Tarmer
Tumbles Into Tul. '
Society Matron Succumbs
to Electric Shock in Bath
,1
ii
If
Apparatus Fell Off Shelf
.Mm, .'ranees Dcvereux, JO, Oma
la oc!cty .natron, wile of F, L
Dcvereux, general tales manager for
the Amcrumt Telephone iecuritiei
company of New York, was found in
a hath tub in her home at 1706 ioutli
Thirty-tccoiui avrnuc yesterday af
ternoon.
She is believed to have been elec
trocuted by an electric heater which
had tumbled from its place at the
toot if the tub and lay over her
('ct. She wan found at 4.10 in the
aitcrnoon.
Aim Slightly Burned.
Only one soot on Iicr bodv showed
the efiecu of a current of electricity.
This was on the left forearm, where
a mii.iII part of the skin had been
burned.
A half hour earlier. Mr.. Dcvereux
had ordered tea and toast gent to
her by her maid. The maid brought
the tea, knocked at the bath room
door and received no response. She
called, and receiving no answer tried
to enter. The door was locked.
Maid Summons Doctor.
Realizing that something must be
wrong she looked at the lLst of doc
tors left for her in case the children
became ill, and called Dr. J. A.
Hen.ke, who peered through the
transom, saw the woman was dead
and waited for a locksmith to open
the lock.
The woman had a bath towel
about her feet. Just above this was
the heater, still glowing. The sock
et for. turning on the heater is just
over the head of the tub.
Water Heightened Voltage.
How the current ' could have
caused the death of Mrs. Dcvereux
is a mystery, even to electric light
company officials. Walter Byrne, of
the Nebraska Light and Tower com
pany, said last night that the cur
rent in- the residence district was
only 110 volts. This is not enough
to cause death, he added. The
srounding of the current in the bath
tub. which evidently took place,
would increase the effectiveness of
the voltage, he explained.
Girl Heard Noise.
The maid said she heard a crash
of some kind, shortly-, before she
went to knock at the bath room
door. This is thought to have been
ihe noise caused by the ' heater in
JVS ,tVTfreux has ' been promi
nefrr Omaja charity work, in the
V. W. C. AC Salvation Army rescue
work and t!Sv associated chanttes.
She was in emerge of the publicity
for the charity bl last fall.
Father in Washington.
Her father, F. . T Clark, a news
paper correspondent! lives at Wash
ington, D. C. She was born in Chi
cago and moved to W ashington with
her parents at an early age.
The Dcvereux family have- two
children, Frederick. 9, and Elizabrtfe,
.3. They have lived in Omaha for
twj and a half years. Until last Oc
tober Mr. Devcreux was auditor of
the telephone company. They were
making plans to move to New York
and were to leave' April IS.
Mr. Devcreux was in Milwaukee
on business when notified of the
tragedy. He is expected home this
morning.
Red Cross Will Feed
Children Below Normal
Grand Island, Neb. March 2.--(Special.)
Somewhat astounding it
was to nearly all of the seven mem
bers of a relief committee organized
some time ago, excepting Mayor
Ellsberry himself, to be requested
by Superintendent Barr of the pub
lic schools to provide, jf possible, a
pint of milk a day for 96 under
nourished children in two of the
cisht schools of the city. The re
quest was the result of an investiga
tion and examination made by the
school nurse maintained jointly by
the Red Cross and the school dis
trict. The canvass is believed to
represent about one-half of the un
. der-nourished children of the city,
notwithstanding the fact that it cov
' ers only one-fourth of the schools.
The Red Cross offered to provide
, the milk for the first three weeks,
as . an experiment, it being agreed
with the superintendent that there
should, by that time, be a complete
report as to the total of under
nourished children and as to the re
sult of supplemental feedinj.
Country Club at Aurora
Plans $7,500 Club House
Aurora. Neb.. March 2. (Special.)
The Aurora County Club associa
. tion is about ready to mak? its bow
in this community. More than 125
members have signed up and the
pressure from others who want to
get in as charter members has caused
the board of directors to contemplate
an amendment to the bylaws which
will place the membership at 175.
Originally, it was contemplated that
the membership should be limited to
100, but the directors could not leave
that limit and made it 125. Plans
for the new clubhouse have been
drawn and before long the contract
will be let. It is thought it will cost
about $7.500.
Union Official Indicted ;
on Charge of Grand Larceny
New York. March 2. William A.
Hogan. Mt Vernon, N. Y.. financial
secretary of local No. 3, of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, was indicted by a supreme
court grand jury yesterday for grand
larceny of union funds,
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'Probe Will
Be Taken
ilo Counties
Can the Stork Deliver the Goods?
Dr. Hubert Work
to Succeed Havs
as Postal Chief
Pueblo i Physician to Take
Over, . Duties,! Saturday
- Nomination to Be Sent to
v Senate Shortly.
Washington,' March 2. Dr. Hu
bert Work, present first assistant
postmaster general, will succeed Will
H. Hays as head of the Postofhce
department, it was learned definitely
today at the White House. i
Dr. Work, whose home is Pueblol
Colo., will take over the postoffice
portfolio Saturday, when the resigna
tion of Mr. Hays becomes effective."!
The nomination of Dr. V ork is ex
pected to be sent to the senate shortly-
:
Final announcement of the desig
nation of Dr. Work came as no sur
prise, his name having been connect
ed with the office since the prospec
tive retirement of Mr. Hayes was
announced several weeks ago..
Confers With Harding.
The elevation of the Coloradoan
to the postmaster generalship will
leave the position of first and second
assistant postmaster generals to be
filled, E. H. Shaughnessy, who was
second assistant postmaster general,
having lost his life in the Knicker
bocker theater disaster.
Dr. Work conferred with President
Harding today over the question of
the assistants, but it was indicated
that no decision had been reached.
First Physician in Cabinet.
Denver, Colo., March 2. Dr. Hu
bert Work of Pueblo, who was ap
pointed postmaster general by Pres
ident Harding, will be the second
Coloradian to hold a -place in the
cabinet. Henry M. Teller of Colo
rado was appointed secretary of the
interior by President Arthur in 1882.
Dr. Work will be the first member
(Turn to Pse Two. Colnmn Two.)
Beveridge Named Headof
Educational Organization
Chicago, March 2. J. If.- Beve
ridge, superintendent of schools of
Omaha. Neb., was elected president
of the department of superintendence
of the National Education associa
tion, it was announced today follow
ing a ballot yesterday. .
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Four-Pow er Pact
in Senate Speech
Nebraskan Declares He Will
Not Support Treaty, Fol
lowing Dinner Given by
Joseph Tumulty.
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
Omaha'' Dee I.casrd Wire.
Washington, March 2. Opposi
tion to the four-power Pacific pact
grew more formidable today, fol
lowing an important powwow- of
democratic chieftains at a dinner
given by Jeseph P. Tumulty last
right to ex-Go v. James M. Cox of
Ohio, democratic presidential nom
inee in 1920.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
ranking democratic member of the
foreign relations committee, who led
the fight in the senate in favor of
the league of nations and who par
ticipated in last night's conference,
rose in the senate this afternoon and
declared against the four-power
pac.'. i
His action created something of
a stir, because heretofore he had
been counted as one of the friends
of the treaty. In the course of the
debate, Senator Jones of New Mex
ico, democrat, also classed as a sup
porter of the pact heretofore, indi
cated that he would join the opposi
tion. With these and 1 other reported
acquisitions to their ranks, the anti
treaty forces claimed to have within
three votes of enough to defeat the
four-power pact ami they predicted
further converts. Thirty-three votes
arc necessary for rejection and the
opposition, votes now number about
30, according to anti-treaty leaders.
Half a dozen 'or more senators are
listed ai "doubtful."
Proponents Confident.
Administration leaders insist that
the democratic revolt will lose rather
than, gain in strength and maintain
there is no serious danger of rejec
tion of fhe four-power pact or any
other conference treaty.
Only four republican senators.
Borah, Johnson, LaFollette and
France, are definitely off the reser
vation and republican stalwarts are
confident that there would be no
further .deflections. This means
that Senator Underwood, the demo
cratic leader, must deliver only eight
votes to assure the ratification of
the pact. .
The Pacific treaties came in for
considerable discussion at the Tumulty-Cox
dinner. The list of
guests included A. Mitchell Palmer,
former attorney general; , Senator
Hitchcock, Nebraska; Senator Pitt
man, Nevada; - Senator Harrison,
Mississippi; Senator Robinson, Ar
kansas; Representative Garrett,
Tennessee democratic leader in the
h o u- s e; Representative Gardner,
Texas, leading democrat member of
the ways and means committee;
Judge1 W. F. Connolly, Michigan;
Ex-Governor Folk of Missouri: C.
C. Carlin of Virginia; Daniel C. Rop
er, former internal revenue collector
and McAdoo's right hand man: Ray
mond T. Baker, director of the
mint; Arthur B. Rouse, chairman of
the democratic-, congressional com
mittee, and Angus McLean of North
-Carolina. . '
Hold General Discussion..
Mr. Cox, it was- explained, just
happened to be passing through
Washington on his way south for a
few weeks' visit. Mr. Tumulty
thought it would be just the thing
to have a little dinner in his honor.
Tur t far. Tub, Cetiuna T '
I? .'i-t Vol lvnl A i-i'ririli tl
to I.aw und Koal Invert!
gation Body Will In
fiiect Book?.
Johnson Answers Attack
Lincoln. March 2. (Special Tele
gram.) High pot in the sute and
county road and bridge probe on the
thin! duy follow:
Frank St art. asii.-tant Mate en
gineer, tendered hi rcMgnation after
!v ?5 check for work performed wai
found and a $15 receipt, on which
he collected that much money, was
t'diicovrrcd in the state auditor's of
fic. lieorge Johnson, state engineer,
snswercd two of three charges filed
jrgainst him otlicially this morning
by Representative Charles Epperson,
f Vhe third charge will be answered
tomorrow at snoii as figmcs can be
compiled in Johnson's office.
Johnson charged that the reason
for alleged unrelenting and vene
mous attacks by F.pperson against
his department for two legislative
terms is that the Clay county board
of commissioner and the state de
partment of public works decided to
run the state road directly south
from Clay Center to Nelson and re
fused to deviate eight miles out of
the direct line and take in Epper
son's home at Fairfield.
Read Questionnaires.
Attorney General Clarence A. Da
vis read answers of 50 of the 93
counties to questionnaires asking for
information as to where the $17,500,
000 spent by counties for roads had
gone and only four counties an-j
swercd the questionnaires in detail.'
Forty-three did not answer the1
questionnaires in any manner. j
The probe committee adopted a:
resolution offered by Davis, pro
viding that in April it visit certain
counties to be designated later an
endeavor to learn i
way to tnid tne amount ot money
j spent on various county road pro
t jects.
j "The deplorable condition of coun-
iy records anu ine ocnance oi me
law by county officials in refusing to
comply with a law passed in 1917,
which would have given taxpayers an
idea on how much every county road
project cost Just as state records do
on state roads, is of vital concern
to every taxpayer in the state," Da
vis said.
, Could Force Records.
"The 1917 laws demanded that the
exact amount spent on every county
road be kept by proper county offi
cials." Epperson asked Johnson if he had
n't known for sometime that such
conditions existed in counties and
whether he had done anything to
impress county officials with the ur
gency of keeping books on the $17,-
SOO.UUO expenditures.
"I couldn't force them to, but I
wrote advising them to keep such
records and at state expense sent a
uniform set of books, so the book
keeping would be uniform through
out the state, Johnson said.
One charge filed by Epperson
against Johnson was that the state
had purchased a gravel pit near Ash
land for $18,000, which had been sold
a few months before for $10,000.
"This same charge, has , been
dragged out at two previous inves
tigations, and explained to the sat
isiaction of the committees, but I'll
go through it again," Johnson said.
"Wc hadn't been building state
roads long until we learned that the
gravel companies were uniting into
a corporation in Nebraska and grav
el prices would go up. We began
looking for a gravel pit of our own
and found the one at Ashland,
which was for sale for $18,000 and
as I believed it was worth $18,000
to the state, I bought it.
Saving of $100,000.
"Since that time gravel companies
have sold us gravel cheaper than any
state in the Missouri valley is get
ting it and in the next 10 years the
fact the state has a gravel nit it can
open at anytime will keep prices on
gravet down and in my judgment
will be the means of saving the state
$100,000 in that length of time,
"When the pit was purchased for
$10,000, we didn't know of the con
templated increase, in price of gravel
and so we were not buying a pit.
There always is a first time to know
a thing and the first we knew we
wanted a sandpit was when it was
for sale for $18,000."
Another charge was that in Keith
county the first contract for a 13
mile stretch of road was let by the
Keith county commissioners in the
presence of the state engineer for 36
cents a cubic yard and it was later j
sublet for 19 cents a yard.
"There is no telling how much of
L'J;".', Victims of Ber
Potash Deal Tell
of Profit Lure
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Yanks May
Raise Cash
Bon us
Former
apolis
Minister, of Intlian
Says McWhorter
Promised Him "Fairy
Tale"' Returns.
Men and women who bore the
brunt of the losses when the Berg
Potash company struck the rocks
were put on the stand in federal court
yesterday by A. W. Lane, assistant
prosecutor for the government.
Alfred A. Hoffman, former min
ister, made the trip from Indian
apolis for a scant 15 minutes' testi
mony. He lost $1,200. He identi
fied a letter received by him from
McWhorter November 30, 1918, in
which the defendant McWhorter told
him "potash profits read like a fairy
tale. Being a minister of the gospel
I hate to tell you how much. A
$5,000 investment brought one man
in Omaha $60,000 a year."
Stock Sold Above Par.
McWhorter also wrote Hoffman
that there was no Berg stock for sale,
but he would do what he could to
procure some. Subsequently he sold
Hoffman stock at $200 per share, par
value $100.
Miss S. Jennie Booknau of Wcst
crville. Neb., said to be the heaviest
individual loser, testified she paid
$15,000 and gave additional notes in
payment of stock. As a result, she
lost her home in Broken Bow, Neb.,
and had to put a $6,000 mortgage on
her farm at Westerville.
Tells of Slacker Threat.
Her testimony that the agents
who sold her the stock told her she
"would be a slacker if she didn't,
and that Uncle Sam needed the
potash for ammunition for the war,"
was stricken out of the records on
objections by counsel for the defense.
Miss Booknau, who is past 60, told
the court she raised six orphan chil
dren during her life.
H. A. O'Hara, accountant, testi
fied with respect to stock issued -to
the four defendants, W. A. Mc
Whorter, W. G. Chipley, Charles
Vohlbet and Jacob Masse, in con
sideration for leases on potash lakes.
No cash was paid. McWhorter re
ceived 583 and the others 389 shares
each. j
Read Directors Minutes.
That the promoters sold stock at
inflated prices even after February
10. 1919. the nay McWhorter ad
mitted to Walter Hopewell of
Tekamah that "the company had
Westerville W oman
Loses All in Stocks
Jennie Bnol.nau.
the state machinery was used in gone flooey'' is a fact the prosccu
making this price possible on that
two-mile stretch." Johnson said. "S.
C. Peterson, one of the county com
missioners, had charge of the con
tract and the subletting must have
been satisfactory to the board."
, Turning to Epperson, Johnson re
ferred to repeated charges by Ep
person that many statt road con
tracts had been sublet three and four
times. He said:
.''These reports from the counties
show how useless to try to make
a" comparison between county and
state road-building when such condi
tions exist Surely this body would
nct advise turning over the state road
building funds to people who paid
no more attention to law than docs
the county road-building boards."
,' Morrill county residents living on
the north side of the North Platte
river appeared to complain against
the- placing of a state highway on the
south side of the river, because it
was five miles longer than the north
side route would have been.
Johnson replied that the county
(Turn te race Tne, Column On '
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tion expects to prove, Lane, told the
judge. Missing papers also were
mentioned in the testimony.
Minutes of directors' meetings, at
one of which the price of stock was
raised from $100 to $200 per share,
were introduced as exhibits. More
stock purchasers will be put on the
sand today.
Cotner Debating Team Wins
From Grand Island College
Grand Island, Neb., March 2.
(Special.) The debate on the ques
tion: "Resolved, that the principle
of the closed shop is justifiable," be
tween Cotner university and Grand
Island college resulted in a victory
for Cotner. the judges being Presi
dent Carroll of the Nebraska Central
college, Judge E. J. Patterson of
Central City and Superintendent J.
A. Dorcmus of Aurora. The Cotner
debating team consisted of Lloyd
l-eavitt. Lawrence Berry and Dick
McCann. while Grand Island colleg;
was represented by Harry Powers,
Sylvester Scott and Hale Cole
r
Drug and Food Men
Draw Up Model Law
A model food and drug law was
prepared yesterday by the standardi
zation committee of the dairy, food,
drug and feed officials of the north
central states, in convention at Ho
tel Rome.
The model has been prepared with
the view of standardizing drug and
food laws in all rtatcs, members of
the committee stated. The work of
the committee will be submitted to
the national organization for en
dorsement. If adopted, every legisla
ture will be sent copies.
R. N. Perkins, consulting chem
ist and bacteriologist of Omaha, de
livered an illustrated lecture on vi
tamins at the morning session.
Robbers Run Ropeline
Block to Steal Silks
New York, March 2. A rope line
stretching from the 16th floor of a
West Twenty-first street loft build
ing to the seventh floor of a struc
ture a block away was employed by
burglars in a $25,000 silk robbery
last night, This was announced by
detectives who last night "arrested
three men in a left adjoining the
seventh floor establishment, the "re
ceiving" end of the belt line. They
were charged with burglary.
Police held as evidence several
score of burlap bags stuffed with
silks.
"No Mining Link," Sa
Savant , Hitting at Darwin
London, March 2. This is. bad
news for the cirens and , sideshow
men.
Dr. A. T. Schoficld, a British
Scientist, declares that there is no
such thing as a "missing link."
"Life Can only produce life after
its own kind," declared Dr. Scho
field. Grass cannot produce a tree
and it would be impossible for one
human being to produce a human
being of another type.
Embargo Put on Grain.
Calgary, Alia., March 2. An em
bargo has been placed on all ship
ments ot grain to the Faeific coast.
This has been necessitated by the
l.-.rge accumulation of wheat that has
been in transit for a long time and
is causing congestion at Vancouver.
I
National-Wheat
. Marketing Pool
Oil
'( frlifie;tte (lover Total AI
j jti-lnl (!niiH'Mutioit I'dv at
i Rate of $1 D,i) in l!. S..
$!.-." OuTM'a.
(Bill Provides for Loans
Wellington. M.inli .V-l'tunl
nimu Kircim'iit Ut rlimiruie thr
cj!i feature vt the nldirr' hoim
rmrpt in the cae of mm whoe ad
jiuted wrvue pav would not rucrcd
S?tl a reported today by the pf
cial ulioomiuitte of republican
niruiWr of the liouf wayi ani
mean committee, to which the whol
bonus (iietion a reietreel yester
day. In lieu of fHi.li for the cx-fric
men it wa agreed to add a new pro
vision to the bomi bill under which
the men accenting adjusted service.
j certificate could borrow immediate
ly mi these certificates fiom bankf
j a Mint equal to 50 per cent of tin
I total adjusted service pay, computed
at the rate of $1 a dav for domestic
hcrvice and $l..5 a day for foreign
service.
Official Statement.
This official statement , of tin
agreement of the subcommittee was
issued by Chairman Fordney:
"The subcommittee consisting of
Chairman Fordney, Messrs Green,
Longworth, Hawley, Treadway and
Copley have tentatively agreed upon
and prepared a proviMon to be sub
mitted which in substance is as fol
lows :
"The elimination of the cash lea
ture of the bonus bill where the vet
I erans arc entitled to more than $:0
i adjusted service pay, but adding a
! new loan provision to the adjusted
J service certificate title which will en
: able holders of such certificates to
i borrow from any national bank or
j bank or trust company incorporated
hinder the laws of any state SO per
j cent of the sum of the adjusted serv
ice pay prior to September 30, 1925.
i This date was fixed because after that
time the bill as originally drafted by
the comprovits for a larger per-'
jeentage of loan by the government
iand has not been changed by the
y-. r r-4- r aa! ! subcommittee
I UIClol ill TlCtl Mav Obtain Cash,
Committee Instructed to Make
Preliminary Arrangements
for Launching' New
T ' Organization.
'v Denver, Colo., March 2. A na
tional federation of wheat marketing
associations operating on the 100 per
rent oool basis is forecast in a deci-
'sion made here by a conference of
state associations covering practical
ly the entire wheat producing terri
tory of the United States.
The conference unanimously ap
pointed a committee instructed to
make preliminary arrangements for
the national organization which is to
be put in effect as soon as the state
societies of the middle west have ac
tively entered the field of co-operative
marketing.
At the present time the Northwest
Wheat Growers, Associated, selling
ing agency for co-operative wheat
marketing organizations of Washing
ton, Oregon and Idaho, is the only
establishment now actually selling
wheat Other states which have or
ganization work under' way or plan
immediate action toward organiza
tion are North Dakota, Kansas, Tex
as, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colo
rado.
The committee appointed to plan
the tentative organization consists of
George C. Jewett, general manager
of the Northwest Wheat Growers,
Associated, Portland, Ore.; V. K.
Kansdon, national organizer. Farm
ers' union, Salina, Kan., and D. G.
Murley, president of tlie Oklahoma
Wheat Growers' association. The
first meeting of the committee will
be held in Kansas City, March 9.
Mary Pickford Wins
Suit on Salary Raise
New York, March !. Mary Tick-
ford docs not have to pay Mrs. Cora
C. Wilkenning anv part of the $108,-
000 which Mrs. Wilkenning claims
was due her as commission for get
ting the film star a raise of $10,000
a week. This was the verdict of a
federal jury returned last night and
unsealed today before Federal Judge
Mack.
Neither Mary nor her husband,
Douglas Fairbanks, were in court
when the verdict was announced. Her
counsel rushed to the telephone to
acquaint her with the news at her
hotel.
Counsel for Mrs. Wilkenning filed
notice of an appeal.
Woman Shot by Mate Dies
Miami. Fla.. March 2. Mrs. Ed
gar C. Frady of Chicago, sister of
John R. Thompson, Chicago res
taurant magnate, who was shot here
Sunday by her husband, who later
attempted suicide, died today.
Chairman Fordney said this plan'
was expected to meet with general
approval since it enabled the soldiers
who may be in need to obtain cash
immediately after the issuance of the
j certificates; would relieve the treas
ury -ot any large casn payment cur
ing the enormous refunding opera
tions which must be carried out in
the nest two years, and would place
no additional tax burden upon the
public.
Governor Harding of the federal
reserve board was before the sub
committee foday discussing the jn
tcrest and other questions. It was
suggested that the interest rate
should exceed a figure greater than
2 per cent above the rediscount rate
of the regional reserve banks.
Under another tentative provision
being considered the title to the ccr- -tificates
could not be disposed of by
the service men, the jdea being, Mr.
Fordney explained, to prevent the.
certificates falling into the hands of
loan sharks.
It was explained that the $50 cash
payment was retained in the bill
because the men entitled to only this
amount undoubtedly would prefer
the cash to a 20-year certificate.
Veterans' Head Urges
Bonus Bill Passage
Washington, March 2. The hop
that "the administration will net
continue to procrastinate very much
longer and will fulfill the promise
made in the last national election,
and pass the veterans' adjusted com
pensation bill without further delay"
is expressed by Edwin S. Bettclheim
cr, jr., chairman of the national exec
utive committee of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, in a letter to Presi
dent Harding, made public today.
Mr. Bettelheimer said that he wis
just in receipt of a report showing
that 12.000 of the .10,000 former serv
ice men in Cuyahoga county. Ohio,
who applied for the adjusted com.
pensation voted by the state of Ohio,
were unemployed.
"If this is indicative of the condi
tion existing throughout the coun
try," the letter said, "it would mean
that approximately 2,000,000 of the
ex-service men are out of employ
ment. How many of these are in des
titute circumstances would be hard
to tell."
The Weather
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Man Convicted. Girl Freed.
in $1,000,000 Rum Swindle
New York, March 2. Edward
Donegan was found guilty today and
Miss Regina Sassone not guilty of
conspiring to defraud the covcrn-
jmcnt on a big scale by trafficking in
stolen jiquor withdrawal .permits.
Donesan was remanded for sentence.
The government charged that Done
gan had made more than $1,000,000
through liquor frauds anu character
izing the girl, formerly a clerk in the
state prohibition director's office, as
"an unfortunate instrument and tool.-'
pointed out that the jurors could
recommend mercy in her case.
Lloyd George Mav Resign
London, March 2. (By A. I'.)
Either an early election or the
resignation of Prime Minister
Lloyd George will be the upshot of
the present political crisis, it is gen
erally believed.
The apparently widening breach in
the conservative party, together with
the consistent gain in strength of the
liberals tinder former Premier
Asquiih and the lahorites, as evi
denced in the recent bye-elections,
have forced thcc alternatives t:pon
the premier.