Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1921, Page 4

- JURY INDICTS 11 INBUILDING FRAUD Chicago Corporations, Con- tractors and Unions Charged With Conspiracy. By the Aseoclated Press. CHICAGO. April Indictments, charging corporations, contractors, unions and individuals with conspiracy to restrain buflding operations in Chizago, were returned today by a federzl grand jury. Collusion between building con- tractors and unions apmiounting to conspiracy in restraint of trade un- der the Sherman act was charged in the indictments. At the same time similar counts aszainst thirty-nine other corporations and individua returned by the March grand jury but suppressed until today, were re- leased. An agreement between contractors and representatives of the Amals mated Sheet Metal Workers' Alliance to keep out of the Chicago market all competitive sheet metal prudurgs was alleged in one indictment. This conspiracy was said to have been in existence three years. So effectively had this agreement functioned. 30.—Seventy-one indictments on ROY L. NEUHAUSER, Secretary. BERGDOLL ESCAPE PROBE WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK | it P e R | was charged. that for three years all sheet metal used in building con- struction in Chicago had been manu- factured within the city limits. un- der conditions where competition had been eliminated. Prices of sheet metal work had been increased, it was alleged, fully 100 per cent be- cause of this situation. Siaster Steamfitters Named. The Steam# Assocla- tion_ anc hteen corpc twen- ty of cor- yorat. ntative of | the —Sieamfi b2 tive Asso- ciati>a wers named in another in- dictracrt. Agreements in restraint of trade in steam and hor-water appar- atus, helweza rersons doing business| in Chiczgo and manufacturers with plants :3catea outside of Illinois. was charged. It also was alleged that the master cieamfitters of Chicago had combiaei among themselves and with the business agent of the union to refuse (0 trade with any manufac- turer selling his products to any other than members of the steamfit- ters' association. Furiher. the union representatives were said to have aided in this combination by refusing to furnish help to any contractors or | master steamfitters who _were not | members of the Master Steamfitters Association. Prices of heating _ap- paratus were alleged to have beem enhanced about 100 per cent through this alleged collusion. Special Investigating Committee to Call Witnesses in Draft Dodger’s Case. Examination of witnesses will be begun this week by the special com- mittee investigating the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy Philadelphia_draft dodger. The re- vort of Col. Thomas Q. Donaldson, a stant to the inspector zeneral of th Army, was put into the committee records yesterday. This report quoted a letter written by Samuel T. Ansell, former actini | judge advocate general of the Army | and counsel for the fugitive, to the of fect that Bergdoll had apprehended a family desire to control his share of the money inherited from his father and was known to have buried a large sum of money, which was later re-| covered. “He now declares that he also hid a_second large sum, the remainder of his fortune ($160,000) In a lonely spot_on the mountainside. distant about a day's Journay from hing- ton” Mr. Ansell wrote Adjutant General Harris, in asking release of | the prisoner under guard to find it:} “that he placed the gold coin in a| metallic container and took it him- self, unaccompanied. and hid it in a ¢ which he alone can identify. Wholesale dealers in plumbing and | 5P x H B heating materials also were charged | il Ciyanimme. N0 icate the truth of with conspiracy under the Shermafi ™ gorgdoll escaped during the irip act. In this case the restraint Was| . ,ion”resulted from the application said to have been practiced on sev-, WHCR, Fesuited from ihe apr ;;a.ln];nsr;uh;cturerl l’(‘mhted m"‘“““’."had #aid he would be morall Rosen opened the exercises nois because they sold thelr | sl y | Rev. G. products to mail order houscs and; SPOn&ible for return of the prisoner|; Ly (Vo e M b Church welco direct to the consumer. Tt furthee |4Nd that the thousht of Berg thee pastor on behalf of the Al was alleged that thirteen jobbing | Sodd rotestant ministers of the zn;’mull'hkr‘h Feicar? said to contrel | P Rev. Georse A. Miller welcomed e sale of plumbing and heatne ion hehalf of the churches of the -nprlln in Chicago fixed prices on a REDS JAIL AMERICAN. ‘;,."‘,...n-’t : basis of uniformity. This increased —_— Flowers CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.—An American engincer named Kelley, ac- | cording to a M w wireless dispateh | recelved here. | sentenced h\'; i Upper: E. C. GRAHAM, Prexiden AUDE H. WOODWAHR Rev. P. M. Crosby Receiveu Rev. P. M. to the pastorship of the ) flina Avenue M. P. Church at s held Cuesduy night in the Croshy was weleg H. wore presented to PR S VALUABLE CASE FOUND. 8 beon A solid gold cigarette case studded with rose diamonds, valued at $300, i8 held at police headquarters for identification. It is initialed “W. A. 8. jr.” The case was purchased for twenty- five cents from a bov. the purchaser|was arrested in Moscow last spring appreciating its value and making|a dispatch from Riga the purchase in order that he might| would soon be tried by the cost of plumbing supplies in the Crosby. last three years approximately 160 [ per cent, it was claimed. the bolsheviki to tvo years' imprison- ment for ¢ ting false repor.s tend Ing to discredit soviet Kussia rooks an both colors No American named Ke be in the hands of the Keely, an Ame restore it to its owner. The case i8|olutionary tribunal. Tk In possession of Detectives Keck and [him was declared 1o 166 Kib siree Bradley. espionag: 8 recove [ol——alc——[a]c——[o]c——= lc—— o=t |o| ==—" Terms—$10 Down, 2! Years to Pay Balance To Approved Credit The Wonderful Piano and Player Bargains Listed Below Will Go Quickly USED PIANOS |USED PLAYERS Price Before 2 Dayw rice Before 3 Dayw FISCHER UPRIGHT @31 % | CRIPPEN PLAYER ™" @ 4 s Ebony. . . .o o ooon 175 slll Mahogany . $595 $459 STORY & CAMP UPRIGHT FOSTER PLAYER Ebony...........$125 $90 Mcshogany. . ......$619 5498 HAINES BROS. UPRIGHT 572 BEHNING PLAYER o $290 $99 Ebony...........$i25 0ak $580 “ HALLET, DAVIS & CO. CHICKERING PLAYER UPRIGHT, Walnut. .$175 Mahegany. .. .. ... $695 NELSON UPRIGHT UNCERWOOD PLAYER 2 Ok ......... ...$398 $261 D;rk Case. . .. $519 5.;98 KNABE UPRIGHT I PLAYER Mahogany . . 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DRIVEERDS, Short $20,0C0 of Goal—Fur- campaign for | structive | W ted, this view e hoy I 1 S that Germ, © must pay to the limit Contrih should f he bLility, but tha the imposi- ver. - i tan of such terme ax would prevent | el R ine 3 BRiNG YOUR FRIENDS - [ her cconombe recuperation should be | Birber. 217; Rudle, 218; Platt, t 5 iiardad inst i wel 13; Perkins, 215 and hwest. Many sul o AT . 3 ted in [ enlire: gecardy with, the ) chool officials are elated e Sicm g e sTTon, ARSI Bar o T, A ot s uig) . A. Muddiman & Co. a \l\l 7 ] day, point out t t nier Lloyd | by the cadets against the midship- itre Tty 5 L {men, despite the fact that the Wash- for Juorse 1 that |00 on boys did, not win, The high 1204 G St. 616 12th St. the meeting ireat Britain had no desire to erush | cefiool team was ched by Licut, ( {Germany Ny and that the | Richard R Day U A military == ALLIES NEAR SPLIT |Ruhr Basin. Which French In.tend to Occupy : IN SHARP TILT OVER Unless Germans Capitulate to the Allies OCCUPATIONAL PLANS | L | Continted from First Taze) | v\o [ 1.0, MAILSERVICE - NOWBESTINULS | |Eighteen Quick Collections | Daily in Business Area Give City New Record. The Wi t office to- » ’ 7 S = \ # sl GERMANY M. Theunys, Belgian minister of fin- ance. b | auestion w tallies expr: Italy's allezed tering into a tr niztionalis BLACK TROOPS MAY BE USED. after the reparations posed of some of the ed a desire to d breach of faith in en- ¥ with the Turkish was said e extended from ch h Ivania Cermans Hear Report That Afri- cans Will Police’ Ruhr. nd New York World ‘ Moy BERLIN, April The tend to occupy the Ttubr T } black it iflxur(!‘) imm | district est I plans of the It which exaept French, are concentrated at Mayence, after Marseille. [her fadagaskar nd Anamite made up of VHRORT. _(knue? . g orbed @ESSEN' wc)n.wl‘”_EN E cach da mak French in- cion with srted. Al- |l of thei| a lively in-{| in the CMUTHEIM - e S DUSSELDORF(® THE RUMR ‘ i B 8 7 ‘ . 1) 1 ] troops. is r liate occupation is not expected, manifested being French. te | { ted that black troops, by || n Daily Co is Tepo the soldiers Lt is believed nof m tory of the Germans mean all tr are actually COLOGNE RHINELAKND * {_(ALREADY OcCurIED BrALLIES ) who wintering 24,000 Tlun e, Tonki chief cont and T in tl in trom rom 5th / J / he i Moroceans i Troops Reported Preparing. l The othier troops who, it is report= | ed, are preparing for the oceu i are the 1st French Corps at Li fthe dth Cavalr Division at it is expected @ witl z o le and Sedan. 1y at they neo COBLENZ \;m two columns, one thiough 4. Elberreld Bockun ond, en, | slunin tind Hazen: th through | seems showing Ruhr river—heart of German industrial district. . t burg—World's greatest river harbor. 1 of that wxen, Muilheim and Witten—Important manufacturing cities. or not t (Note.~Heavy, broken line indicates German area already occupicd.) HIGH SCHOOL MARKSMEN GIVE NAVY TEAM TUSSLE to A of S0.000 troops. service 1 1o eves of post- al experts through- be upon the ' upon whether the Post will authorize sim- | services in other u and crs, 100 Belz in the fubr Qs expect ¢ owners their emplo k will be shorte lack ¢ 1ers rece fes account for sible ! oocupied regi ! consists im out in-j exp its Oitic i BENEFIT MINSTREL SHOW. ‘ it cities. An amateur minstrel is to next § the auditorium the engincers’ w ted States Army The performance by W. A. Mor of the cadet Stokes, rifle practi | tnstructor | Waiter R. ! structor. country nenta e Departy apid co - or Posting notic s that th e ends ect LR TR WILLIAMS. Upper: . WILCOX. Lower: performance turday night| Department of | \.iCrack Annapolis Squad Defeats be given Births Reported. Washington Cadet Corps by Mar- | at 8:15 o'clock at the red with th duty ut the Shipments A the textile assoc half of the natio 1! to you to et u Interior Leen reported te Jast twenty-fow rthe ) row Margin of 28 Points. diflict fro 5 L. Ho on and v nd Henr | Walier ava B MUDDIMAN SEE OUR DEMONSTRATION AT Doubleday & Hill Co., 715 12th St. NW. | Monday—Tuesday Wednesday COOKING BY ELECTRICITY On the Famous ESTATE ELECTRIC RANGE the defe. a narrow er. girl, Acad shi margin rif High teh 3 my am d 1zton minam Annapol e wo ry and university vouthful high ty-cight poiuts. vin clos “| Corps te nd ? lernoon a im who colle out by midship- contest team school The h ssed MEDLECTED th U. S. WAITS ON ALLIEs. ‘ S re was New Move Depends on Outcome of | fosit the high team led Navy shooters and tied th in a {other. High gun was Schecker of the { cadet corps, whose total was 231, with || { Midshipman Platt only a point be-| { hind, - | e summary was as follows: ited and In one cour Council Ses Tha next contro 5 PEovernment s I the supreme Lond ions. ther Centributions Will Be Received. Nearly $30.000 was 0000 in the ar as move reparations the Am, n will sessiohs which b 50 ica await of the n today concerned, of the council, outcome a Society to the Visiting which 0 vards, ra hipmen, ards, rapid_fire—Midshipmen, dets, 552, g, ahi on come 1 1 iments have American point trd 1o the general result of the confe tars Hughes | adw tatives of the been It was of with hores hid 994 High School [ ant rep dividual scores: Trumbull, | dleton, . Trumbull, are h school atehell, . Artois, Nethet u notn yes < inlzovernme Briefly i i future of | the recoy Collcetions by Gry oup A, directed by Mr and Mrs. G. Brown Mille group B. directed by Mr and Mrs. William ¢ e e depended upon ny industrially. rm Move May Zle Unnecessary. i e S el s i e g anelvaa | THIS GREAT OFFER WILL LAST ONLY A SHORT TIME eui AL & THIS BEAUTIFUL s and | posals are of such w character as to directed i form the basis for rencwed discus. frs. Lester Isions, it was explained that it would e Urd | not be necessary for the United States : division|to transmit the German offer to the | C 1 o ndlallicd governments, us already | homas Sw 205 Nive received copies of it dirce : {town group, dirccted by Miss e, Bectivid jeopleaipLiltidinect from 4 | Matthews, $324.50 ! Berlin | ‘/ 'The obser: ion of “Health da If the supreme council decides, how- i | 1 g L close o il cek” v f polsine uhitulons of thyweelt o ever, that the offer is unacceptable | e —— [ Washitngton yesterday Ly more {even as a basis for negotiation, it is | ‘\- e of ns (”’\'““m;;“h \\V:})\ understood that some further mo om0 irs. ohn Ne " o el TOVer N | | Bola, " ehuirman of day \‘h,\ the American gover t might | e mittee, Mrs. Newbold dire the | be expected. What officials have in I f hor comn from! view in this ev is carefully with- | 1 " headquarters, 1409 H g % i |Grsalth cay: yheadquare Iheld. Tt is suggested, however, U t | . since Germany already has indicate { Responxe Generogn Srmany ) Indidated | (Guaranteed 10 Years) | “I have never seen the people give | Semi-officially a willingness to put | { more generous response | said Mrs | between h | the | |girls senting ballo i faster than we could inf {1oons ithe day's receipts from tags puncil decide that the German pro- Eroup 1o an appeal.” We have 060 *1. V. N completely usted our supply of balioons, Do i forward modified propo it may be s0ld | that the United States will suggest such a course. | 000 and itags today and hav $10 DOWN Two and One-Half Years to Pay the Balance Not to Cloxe Door. It had been thought that a reply | i i | and a to Germany would go forward by to- | | onservative nd bal- night by reason of the expected mov. jof French troops into additional Ger- i $2.000,." v we still are § 100 short T we Lo Sald TS| man territory tomorrow. 11 1s stated, | ; B i Tosl ”‘” “ihe | howevér, that the adoption of these 4 PRICE: B e DESERICATD v 92 are full of s wtueational vatue” e | ment of the indemnics assessed “The Player-Pianos we are selling at §- T [y o1 the ‘Work th ructive | against Germany would not close the size, 88-note, genuine mahogany ‘msp- pump fully worth $5 nd the price of cer- Nurse Society t ver be-door to further negotiations. v and are first-class Player-Pianos in tuinly @ bargain. We want 1o convince you that every respect. GUARANTEE: Every one of these Player-Pianos is warranted to be first class and is fully guaranteed for the term of ten years. You are absolutely protect: ed in every way. You are sure to be pleased. TERMS: ‘ | What can be essier than $10 down and two and they will please in every respec full'and rich iful. SPECIAL EXCHANGE OFFER: As our stock of used Upright Pianos at this time is low, we will, for a short time, make you a liberal offer on your Upright Piano in exchange on & Player-Piano. In writing state make, age, case and condition. am_confident that our final | The tone is contributions will ¥+ n Roth President Harding and Scere- OVEr | tary Hughes are giving close atten- i tion to the whole situation, but it was | lindica : i | indicated today that they did not look Deaths Reporled‘ | for further development before Mo | ) | day. at_the earliest. They conferred | “h reperted to} ¢ (he White House today. but it was | ilfl:k(lt: known that th to do with other matters, indicating that there had been no de lopments } of moment since the discussion of the s b -— o following deaths have | e health department o the conference had e Casualty il ) ouse Painti the pleasures of o fine Player-Piano. MONEY BACK: | ng theast . Your money will be cheerfully refunded within l ; FREE WITH PLAYERS: oney il be cheerfulle refunded Rt stss I Desto Miterinl manship. We inchude free with every Player-Piano a beau- s represented in every way. tiful bench to match, free delivery and we guar- antee safe delivery. s Hospital, applies to out-of-town buy as well. OUT-OF-TOWN BUYERS: You need have no hesitancy in ordering by mail. Simply send the amount vou wish to pay down, stating the amount you wish to pay each month, and we will ship the Player to 3 once and will refund your money if not ¢ This is the opportunity you hare been wait- ing for—don’t put buying off another minute. As to our responsibility—we have been sell- ing Pianos for a long time and refer you to any Bank or Trust Company in the United States. OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL NINE Enabe /Warergoms, tre. J HAVlliams.Pres 1330 G St. N.W. Mail This Coupon Today! FOR FUNERALS Flowers Shipped to All Parts of United States KRAMER The Florist 916 F St. N.W. Knabe Warerooms In: Without any obligation whatever on my part, you may send me full particulars about the Player-Piano at $392. Name. Address.