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SEEK UNCOVERING OFMAY DAYPLOT New York Police Investigat- ing Death of Picura by Bomb He Made. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 15.—Taking the death of Peter Picura by a bomb of his own making as their cue, de- tectives of the police bomb squad t worked to uncover a possible May day bomb plot. Picura, man of mystery, always ‘well supplied with funds, yet never known to work, was described by the police as a “direct-action” an- | archist. The bomb he was assem- bling in his kitchen, while his wife was preparing supper and his baby ! - daughter was playing ,a few feet) away, was said to be almost an exact duplicate of those used by terrorists in_the past. Bill Hays is goin’ t’ find out and is described by the police as! ak tersan’ a type fitting in well with the prov!be“‘_'““,,spej‘l\ Carricrsian lettel: &ram of “intellectual” radicals, who | carriers,” said Manager Craw, o direct the deeds of violence that men ) of lesser intellect carry through. Melodeon Hall, t'day. (€opyright National Newspaper Service.) YOUNG WIDOW ALIVE bomb squad said. carry on their or- ganization work chiefly among skilled mechanics, usvally Russians or Finns. Negro Lights Saturated Clothes, But Flees—Sur- rounded in Swamp. Instilling hatred of the well-to-do By the Asspciated Press. in the heart of a recruit is an easy matter, they said, and usually is ac- complished by contrast. First he is. taken for a walk along Madison, Park and 5th avenues, and shown the beautiful homes, the fash- ionably dressed women, and the ex- pensive shops. while a fiery orator fills Ts head with tales of unbounded luxury. All this, he is told, represents WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga.,, March 15.— Believed to be hiding in the Ohoopee creck swamp about eight miles from here, a-strange negro, who yesterday slashed the clothing of a young widow, near Kite, and then poured kerosene over her body and set fire to her, is expected to be captured by posses of nearly 1,000 men, heavily armed and with dogs, who have the thicket almost the sweat of the workers. Then he is taken to the lower east completely surrounded. The negro is said to have been seen side and led through scenes of squalor. early today about a mile from the where he is told of ‘the suffering ‘women and undernourished children, and assured that they are so. because scene of the crime.. Several shots were fired at him by members of a posse, but the negro was apparently unhurt of “rich masters” who relentlessly drive them into greater poverty that and quickly disappeared Into the swamp. the *“master” may havé more of: the Track dogs from Washington and « world's goods. Emanuel counties were dispatched to Johnson county yesterday afternoon, Posses were quickly formed. This morning the county and citizens offered a reward of $200 for the capture of the negro. The young widow and her child were near the edge of the Ohoopee creek swamp when the negro appeared and demanded money. He pointed a pistol at her and is said to have grabbed her nose to prevent her from screaming. The woman had a butcher knife and slashed at the negro, inflicting a wound in his throat. The negro then produced a small bottle of kerosene and poured it on the woman's clothes, she deolared. As she plunged into a small slough of water the negro hastened away because of the presence of the woman’s brother and a negro farmhand. : —_— SHOP CRAFTS TO RESUME. Western '_Maghdd Men _Accept Wage Cut ?em‘ihk Board Action. HAGERSTOWN, Md., Marck Members of the Federated Shop Crafts of the Western Maryland Railway, at a meeting here, voted to resume work to- morrdw at the, K wage scale and hours fixed in a new contract proposed by the company pending action on it by the ratlroad labor board. Few Demonstrations Needed. One or two such demonstrations. the| detectives sald, usually would make a “'direct-action” _anarchist, ready (o turn his mechanical ability to the manufacture of bombs. While unable Yet to establish any direct connection between Picura and known ‘“intel- lectuals,” the investigators are con- vinced he was one of their most promising tools. Scores of men. botli young and old, visited the Pioura flat, talked. with him, and disappeared. They showed no outward marks of the laboring man, yet they seemed always to have money. Picura himself was well known to the police, but always managed to steer clear of conviction. He was ar- Tested once as a gun-toter, but mnot convicted. He was also suspected of automobile stealing and bootlegging, but no_case could be made against m. ARGUMENT CONTINUES - IN OBENCHAIN TRIAL | Defense Summing Up Today amd v Prosecution Expected to Fin- isk Tomorrow. Br th ssociated Press, LOS ANGELES, Calif.. March ‘15— Another day-of argument today was ahqgd @t the court whem the trfal of Mre. Madalynne Obenchain for the murder of her sweetheart, J. Belto Kennedy. is nearing a close. Alfre ¥. Macdonald. junior defense counsel, bégan pleading the defendant’s cause to the jury late yesterday and was ready to resume when court opened this morning. He was to be followed by Judd R. Rush,>senior counsel for the defense, and sa Keyes, deputy district at- torney, W expected to make the final argufhent for the prosecution tomorrow. - Mrs. Obenchain cried softly yester- day when Mr. Macdonald addresséd the jury. declaring the state’s theory that she was “a woman scorned” had been disproved. . SPECIAL NOTICES. RIALTO GIFT SHOP, 715 9tb_BI. N Make money hand-coloring cards. We carry an attractive line of Baster and birthday cards for eoloring. - Martha Washington candy. Open evenings and Sunday. 19°_ 3. N WILHELM. “ROOFING OLD STYLE Way."! Until forther notice West 1865-J. 21° NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE snnual peeting of stockholders of the Crandal: | Theater Company will be held on Wednesday, 3 p.m., in the office of Metropolitan Thente: n.w. 15.— volve a wage reduction of approximately 33 1-3 per cent and ten hours’ work instead of eigat. SPECIAL NOTICES. 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Tolerate Free State Only 26 Cement Corporations, 48 Individuals, Indicted- Under Anti-Trust Act,_ By the Associated Press. ¥ CHICAGO, March * 15.—Twenty-six corporations manufacturing cement in the middle western states and forty- elght -individuals, officers of the com- panles, were named in an indictment charging violation of the Shétman anti-trust law, which was returned by the federal grand jury March 8, but was not made public until last night after bench wasrants had been served on the individuals. ' Charging that the law governing interstate traflic has been violated, the Indictment allegos that the twenty-six companies have onspired to regulate the cement business.in Ohlo. Indiana, Michigan, Illinols, Ken- tucky, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvanla, South Dakota, Tennes- see and Arkansas. , It further states that twenty-five million barrels of cement are made by the companies annually, which is 80 per cent of the amount manufac- tured in the middle western states and 25 per cent of the entire output of the United States. Eight Connts in Indictment. There are eight counts in the indict- ment charging -a combination in re- straint of trade, conspiracy and a vio- 1atién of the Sherman anti-trust law. Among the concerns named are: The Lehigh Portland Cement Com- pany, Aetna Portland Cement Com- pany, Alpha Portland Cement Com- pany, Atlas Portland Cement Com- pany,Cape Girardeau Portland Cement Company, Castalia Portland Cement Company, Continental Portland Ce- ment Company, Crescent Portland Cement Company, Diamond Portland Cement Company, Huron Portland Cement Company, Indiana Portland Cement Company, Kosmos Portland Cement Company, Michigan Portland Cement Company, Newaygo Poftland Cement Company, Peerless Portland Cement Company, Peninsular Port- land .Cement Company, Universal Portland Cement Company, Wol- verine Portland Cement Company, the Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company and the Wellston Iron Furnace Company and the Sandusky Portland Cement Company. Individuals Under Charge. The following individuals are named in the indictment: A. Y. Gowen and W. H. Rader of the Lehigh Company, O. J. .4 the Aetna Company, G. S. Brown. Charles A. Irvin, W. E. Vites and A. M. Fellows of the Alpha, John R. Lindeman of Morron, D, H. McFarland and 1. W, |Johnson, secretary of the labor party. | . W Lewis of the Atlas; C. L. Harrison and W. S. Fischer of the Cape Girardeau, George W. Hackett and W. E. St. Clair of the Castalia, David A. Marks and J. B. Turpin of the Continental, David M. Kirk of the Crescent. Lyman A. Reid of the Dia- mond, John W. Boardman of the Huron, Adam L. Beck of the Indiana, Charles Horner and C. M. Clark of the Kosmos, T. G. Dickinson. Wil- liam Dickinson, R. B. Dickinson and E. A. Dolen of the Marquette; M. S. Potter of the Michigan, W. M. Hatch of the Peerless, John L. Senior and A.-C. Deer of the Peninsular, S. P. Newberry, E. J. Maguire and C. B. Rogers of the Sandusky: B, F. Af- fleck and Blaine 8. Smith of the Universal, S. E. Stephenson of the Wellston Iron TFurnace Company, S. C. Jones and P. H. Sweeney and W. E. Cobean of the Wolverine. ‘The corporations and individuals are all members of the Midwest Cement Credit and Statistical Bureau, which also was named in the indictment. Result of Investigation. The indictment is the result of a na- tion-wide investigation into the activis ties of an alleged “trust.” Other inves- tigations of the same corporations are being conducted from the office of At- torney General Daugherty in Washing- ton, it was said. Charles F. Clyne, district attorney, announced tonight that he will go be- tore Judge Carpenter tomorrow and ask for a speedy arraignment and trial of the individuals. Prosecution of the in- dicted persons will be in the hands of Special _Assistant Attorney General hale and Special Assistant United States Attorney Thomas J. Howe. Federal Judge George T. Page wilt hear the case within the next few months. FRENCH WINEMAKERS: SEEK MARKET IN U. S. Horrified Delegates Tell Americans Gulp Rare Vintages and Desecrate With Water. . By the Associated Press. , PARIS, March 14.—"American day” of France's national wine week was marked by discussion over the eight- eenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the applica- tion of the law governing prohibition, All the official reports upon the wine situation in the United States and wine exports from France to that country were careful to say that there must be no interference with the internal laws of the nited States. Delegates representing the winemakers, however, in open dis- cussion, after the reports had been read, were emphatic ‘in their declara- tion that some way must be found to circumvent, plerce or jump over “the wall of prohibition surrounding the United States.” ‘Various mea; f propaganda were suggested, ranging from moving pic- tures, showing grape-picking scenes, to teaching Americans how to drink. One venerable gentleman from the Bordeaux chateau district, in" tense tones told how one American cap- tain, his guest, mixed water with chateau yquem, while 'another, with hands uplifted, related how some Americans would down in one gulp the best burgundies in his cella. Another resolution discussed was “calling upon the assoclations of war vsterans of France to get in touch with the American Leglon friends d former Cai ian and American soldiers, who learned to appreciate French ‘wines in the plains of Pic- sodas and near beer.” —_— GOES BOLDLY TO DEATH. Negro, Before Elsctrocution, Denies Knoxville Murder. y NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 15.—S8till protesting his innocente of the mur- der of Mrs. Bertie Lindsey of Knox- ville on August 30, 1919, Maurice M. Mays, negro, went boldly to the elec- tric chair shortly after 6 o'clock this £] morning. Mays maintained his innocence to the last, and ‘declared that his death came as the result of politics. He said he had been convicted by & fac- tion hostile to him, and that the gov: ernor would not grant him clemency for fear of the political result. Mays was removed from the main prison to the death house following the customary bath and head shave. He put on a black skull cap after his head was shaved, and wore it until he went to the chair. Before being removed to the death house Mays ed religion, and was-baptised African “ Methodist Church. The baptism was conducted in_the presence of his, father, “Uncle. Wil- ljam” Mays. - Begl After the death watch ‘had begun in the death housé Mays lost control of himself and.degged to have the R STAR, WASHINGTO RADICAL SPIRIT IN IRISH LABOR, D: ¢, WEDNESDAY BUT ORGANIZATION IS LACKING as Vantage Ground to Fight for Workers' Republic. BY FORREST DAVIS. Correspondence of The Star. y DUBLIN, Ireland, February 14.—La- bor in Ireland would llke to be a great, bad boy, but it dare not. Its or- ganizations are committed to. con- fiscatory policies only slightly less moderate than those of the Russian communjsts, but the policies are not made effective. Instead of swaggering about reck- lessly, Irlsh labor contents itself with thumbing its nose at capital, smash- ing an occasional window and talking loudly in public houses about the so- clal revolution. The leaders of the organized prole- tariat talk earnestly about a workers’ republic and the right of the people to take over any Idle productive agency for their own good, but they arc waiting, as is business, and as in every other Interest, to see what the morrow will bring. Once in a while during this transi- tion period radical policies emerge. In Mallow recently the workmen em- ployed In the Hallinan flour mills kid- naped Maj. Hallinan, the .manager, and appropriated the plant. They held !it for a week, then turned it back to the proprictors on order of Michgel Collins. enforced by the Irish republi- can police. Working class solidarity did not materialize to support the mill hands. Some time ago the rall- way workers in_the Cork district marched on the four stations there, assumed control for a few hours and then marched away. They didn't know what to do with the stations when they had them and their leaders didn’t tell them. Thus, while the Irish Labor Party and Trades Union Congress, em- bracing the 300,000 and more organ- 1zed workers in the island, solemnly declares for a modified soviet and the workers' republic, it doesn't support its words with deeds—yet. Labor would like to take advantage of the present social disorder. but labor 15 enfeebled by a lack of con- fidence in its own powers. True, there 15 a_small group of communists, led by Roderick Connolly. son of Jamea Connolly, the great labor leader who was ecxecuted for his part in the |Easter rebeilion, who wish direct ac- tion and would set up a soviet to- morrow if they could. But they are in an inconsiderable minority. Young Connolly’ * violently ‘advocated ths foreible selzure of Ireland by the workers in his paper, “the Worwekrs' Republic,” but few take him seriousiy. Leaders for Free State. The most significant leaders in the organized labor movement, Thomas and Tom Foran, president of the Transport - and General Workers' Union since 1309, are for the Froa State and are holding their program in the background momentarily until the political matters are resolved. Johnson gave me a frank outline of labor's policies when I went to see him in his efficient modern office in Lower Abbey street, near the Abbey Theater. We sat for an hour before a grate fire, with an Américan type- American filling cabinets within easy vision. I had suggested that Irish labor was being accused of red-handed designs on the security of the new stafe and that these reports must be tncorrect. 7 s “Well, hardly,” he replied. “We have certain definite principles we in- tend to strive for in the Free State. First of all, we are committed to a workers' republic, in which the labor- er will have full representation. We would lay out comstituencies accord ing to trades and ocoupations rather than according to geography. That would give every class representation according to its strength. “Then we believe, and this fis cardinal, that the' people are en- titled to the productiveness of all the sourcep of wealth in the state. That is to'say, if any productive in- strument, factory, farm, mine or whatever, were to be idle from any cause, the people would have the right to step in, set it golng and maintain it for the benefit of the people.” 3 “That means oconfiscation, not?" I inquired. “It might be preferable to buy property rights in such cases,” John- son returned. b That is the policy. Its meaninz is clear. In case of a strike or depres- sion, If a_factory is closed by its owners, the labor party considers that the people, i. e, the workers. have a right to take possession and conduct it in their interest. The point 18 that in the very few cases where isolated workers have at- tempted to execute the policy ‘the central labor authorities have failed does it How [to_lend them material aid. Johnson, as is the case with many leaders of the Irish people, is an alien. He was born in England, be- | I 4 | I | gan life as a commercial traveler, came to Ireland on business, joined the Shep Aseistants’ Union and re- mained to become the actual head of the labor movement in the country. He is a square-faced, unsmiling in- dividual, who speaks correct English, practices the amenities of polite inter- course, has graying hair, steel gray eyes and an air of constant ap- praisal. Johnson lobbled for the free State at the dail sessions of last January. The Best Compromise. “It is not the best, but it is the best compromise,” he told me, in explana- tion. “We can work for a workers’ republic as effectively under a free elate as we could under a republic, perhaps more so."” 1 heard later from a man who understands Irish labor as well as any man within its ranks that John- son is fearful that a continued strug- &le for a republic, with the martial conditfons which would accompany ll.] might 8o demoralize industrial condi- tions as to damage the organized forces from within, through lack of employment and consequent lack of revenues. The scale of pay in most industries is higher today in Ireland than in England in some instances by several shillin, a day. The union leaders are atfempting to maintain that condition and are giving whole- hearted support to the trifling strikes | against wage reductions occurring throughout the country. But _if Johnson is emphatically for the Free State, Tom Foran is not. Foran assured me that he was for neither the Free State nor the repub- lic on principle, but for a workers’ republic. “That is our platform,” simply. We were in his spacious, bare office in the headquarters of the Transport Workers in Parnell square. He is smallish, black-haired, black- mustachioed man, not forceful, with a rather shy manner, and one of the last men in Dublin you would select as the head of 100,000 transport work- ers. He talked freely, as did John- son. A woman sat by his side during the conversation, intent on every word, yet not participating. 1 was not introduced to her. “Irish labor is in much the position of the man who, having a burglar in his house, calls the police and an ob- jectionable constable arrives. He helps the constable subdue the thief first, then scttles his differences with the poiiceman afterward,” Foran told me. England being the burglar and the Fres State the constable. The Transport Workers' Union is the I. W. W. of Ireland. It is making effective the “one big union” idea familiar to Americans through the of “Big_Bill” Haywood and his eollcagues. Started as an off- shoot from the old trade union of transport workers in 1909, it grew rapidly under the leadership of Foran, Jim Larkin—now in jail in New York state—and James Con- nolly. Today it enrolls workers in all trades. Taker in All Labor. 'We take in the graveyard and the theater, the tarm and the hotel, the Writer clicking in the outher office and | goatite 116 (3T, Lok M e ra . ‘The transport workers’ head dis- dains any idea of compromise with capital. He 1s tenacious in the way that many Irish leaders are, and quite contrary to transatlantic con- ceptions of Irish characteristics. Most of his men are socialists, many are communists, and they are by all odds the most dangerous to the es- tablished order of any large group in Ireland. There has been a close relation- ship between labor and the repub- lican movement. The men who fought during Easter week, 1916, had been trained by Connolly and his as- sociates and came largely from the working class. During “the trouble” labor, and especially that part of it embraced in the Transport Workers’ Unlon, stood firm by the cause of the rebellion. That thought gives con- cern to employers, who fear labor will claim its reward from the new government to a degree that will be prejudicial to them. The seeds of a bitter economic struggle are present in Ireland after the political storm shall have sub- sided. A workers’ républic and con- fiscation of idle property are ideals which threaten the existing social order. But those who believe in that order take courage when they sur- vey the statistics, showing that a half million middle-class and peas- ant proprietors live on the land and are conservative, therefore, that there are at least 200,000 trading and professional people and that of the 600,000 to 700,000 proletarians in the island less than half are organized. These also take solace from the hold which religion—all religions—have on the people, and they regard the church in Ireland, as elsewhere, as a moderating influence. E CONSTITUTIONAL LEAGUE DENIES ANTI-DRY MOTIVE However, Alleged Hoax on Presi- dent and Cabinet May Be Probed. NEW YORK, March 156.—Intimations by Willlam H. Anderson, state super- intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, that President Harding, with mem- bers of his cabinet and other promi- nent men, had been hoaxed into join- ing the Constitutional League of America will be Investigated by Dis- trict Attorney Banton, if a request of the Constitutional League's executive committee is'acted upon by Mr.'Ban- ton. Mr. Anderson, in a sermon in Yonk- ers Sundey, asserted that Morgan J. O'Brien, William Manice and Jerome . A. Myers, comprising the Constitu- tional League's executive committee, were “active in the organization of a New York branch of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.” Monday he asked Mr. Banton to in- vestigate a possible oconnection be- tween the two organizations. “The league Is neither for nor against prohibition or anything else,” said Mr. Myers. “Its purpose simply is to spread knowledge about the Constitution. As to the eighteenth amendment, like any 'other. part of the Constitution, we merely tell what it is. Mr. Banton has not made known his intentions regarding the r¢quest for an investigation. . KEEP STRONG* Onebottle of pure, emulsified Norwegian cod liver oil taken may do you more good than a dozen taken a month hence. -I¥'s more economical to give your body help before . M," resistance to disease is broken down. A very little SCOTT’S EMULSION OF PURE NORWEGIAN COD-LIVER OIL ety Sl sty ey e Emlylfbn-atyour dm'gqi_at’: on your way GIRL ROBBED OF $6,600 50 FEET FROM DETECTIVE Trafic Prevents Officer Crossing Street in Time to Catch Auto Bandit Attacking Cashier. NEW YORK, March 15.—Operating on a street s0 crowded as to inter- fere with the actions of a detective less than fifty feet distant, a lone bandit in daylight held up Miss Rae Abel, a girl cashier, on 3rd avenue, near 123rd street, and escaped In a taxicab with a $6,600 pay roll. ‘The girl, employed by Deutsch Brothers, Harlem furniture dealer: was returning in her employers’ car from a bank at Lenox avenue and 135th street. As she alighted the robber sprang from a taxi. in which he had been following her, seized her by the throat so- that she could make no outcry and twisted her arm to make her drop the bundle of money. g The girl struggled with her as- ssilant and, breaking the man's hold on her throat, called to’ her chauffeur for assistance. Meanwhile Detective Michael Mur- phy, standing directly across the street, tried to force his way through the traffic. Seeing the robber about to break away from the girl, he fired. The girl, thinking the shot came from the robber's confederate in the taxi, for a second released her grip and the highwayman darted into the waiting cab with the money. In a moment he was lost in the traffic. The car later was found deserted on East 149th street. On the floor was sprinkled some change. The two occupants had disappeared. 1 he said|' MARCH 15, 1922 FINDS HIS DAUGHTER - - AFTER 14 YEARS, BUT SHE DECLINES HOME HAMILTON, Ontario, March 15.— A fourte. daughter, ilam Link, London, Ontario, when hs met his baby, ‘now-grown to oung wom:inhood, at 3t. Joseph's nvent here. . She greeted him with affection, but derlined to go home with him, saying she preferred to remain with the nune, into whose faith she was baptized six years ago. They h cared for her tenderly and given her da ‘good musical education, she said, and she did not wish to leave them.. Shortly after Grace's birth, eighteen years ago, ,her mother died, on her death bed. zommfiting the 1ittle daughter to the eare of her sister, Miss Margaret Thomp- son, ~of North London, Ontario. Eventually Link remarried and when Grade was three years old he sought to recover ‘ possession of her. -But the aunt refused, to give, her up. “kidnaping’” were alleged, and Miss Thompson hid the child. Link got a court or- der requiring the aunt 0 produce Grace in court, but she refused, going to jail for a week for con- tempt of court, rather than divulge her secret. Later the aunt was sent to an institute for the Insane, still cherighing the secret of the girl hiding place. Link learned by ac- cident that she was in the convent. —_— FOSDICK SAYS PACT ISWAY TOLEAGUE Asserts Four-Power Step Is in Direction of Final 51- Power Agreement. Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 15.—Declaring that the four-power pact is a direct step toward a fifty-one-power pact, Raymond B. Fosdick, former under- secretary general of the league of na- tions, last night dgclared before the Underwriters' Association of New York that the American people will not allow the Senate to leave the work of the Washington conference “suspended in midair, like Moham- med’'s coffin.” “The rejection or fundamental modification of the treaties now pend- ing in the Senate would be a nation: calamity,” Mr. Fosdick asserted, I cannot ~ follow the logic of those friends of the league of nations who are urging such a course. “Would Lead Into League.” “I do not see how the acceptance of the pact would commit the United States to a policy hostile to the league. Rather I believe that the four-power pact would lead us in- evitably into the league. The logic of the situation is irresistible. “If with perfect propriety we can enter a four-party agresment to safe- guard the peace of the Pacific, why can we not enter a fifty-one-party agreement to safeguard the peace of the world? Have we more interests at stake in the South Sea Islan we have in western Europ there more to be gained by main- taining peace in Manchuria or Siberia than in Germany or -the Balkan peninsula Folson Gas and Submarines. “The new agreements in regard to poison gas and the use of submarines lead fIrresistibly How are tifey going to be made ap- plicable to all nations instead of to the five nations that joined in sign- ing them? What is to prevent another Germany at some future date tear- ing these laws to tatters, just as the Germany of 1914 trampled under foot the law regarding the status of un- armed 'merchantmen? “The league of nations, with its court of justice and its assembly and secretariat, represents the most com- plete machinery for stopping war and eliminating its causes that as yet has been presented. It is the goal ahead of us. America is taking the first step by means of the pending treat- ies. and she will not stop going until she goes all the way." MORE GOLD REACHES U. S. * NEW YORK, March 15—Gold val- ued at $4,500,000 has arrived here from Copenhagen on the steamship Oscar 1I. It was consigned to the Equitable Trust Company, which ex- plained that the metal was’not. of soviet origin. GERMAN DEBT GROWING. BERLIN, March 14—It was an- nounced today that the floating debt of Germany on February 28 was 217,- 320,000,000 marks. The total debt of Germany on Feb- ruary 10 amounted to 259,127.311,000 arks, which represented an increase of about 3,500,000,600 marks since February 1. i to the same goal.; ! our..people the nation over. we find OWER GOMPANY SCORED IN DEBATE Alabama'Concern Accused of Taking Advantage of U. S. During War. SureRelief FOR LN DIGESTIO INDIGESTION ) \ 'voR A ® > 6 Be fi‘v‘#é Hot water -2 2= Sure Relief = DELL-ANS 25¢ and 75¢ Packages Everywhere By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Aia, March 15.— Charging that the Alabama Power Company took adfantage of the gov- ernment in time &f peril in the con- tract executed fer construction of additional units fer furnishing power to the government during the war, Representative W. B. Oliver, in a de- bate before the League of Woman Voters here, bitterly assailed the power company's offer for Muscle Shoals and enthusiastically indorsed Henry Ford as the logical man for the development of the great indus-: trial project. W. Logan Martin, general counsel for the Alabama Power Company, opened the defense of the Gorgas, power contract, and in open debate | with the representative declared that the company which he represents has committed not one single act which strips the contract of a single virtue. Mr. Martin challenged his adversary to point to one single act of his com- | pany which was not in due form.| “without repeating what he had heard | trom the many critics of the power | company,” but the cold facts in the! case. “That challenge is reclprucal,"I shouted Mr. Oliver. in reply. Power Cost Cut. Mr. Martin reviewed the history ofi the government contract and told his hearers that from the beginninz of the operations of the power plant horsepower in the state was distribut- | ed to consumers at $72 per year in| 1907, and after the company had been | in the market for three years this cost was reduced to $21, and asked his hearers if this was what could be construed as an effort of the com- plany to create and maintain a monop- oly. During the war, Mr. Martin charged, Henry Ford. who was his chi:f cen- ter of attack, entered into a contrast, with the government to construct Eagle subchasers, where his profits on each was more than $20,000, and the government aporopriated £2,570.000, which, he charge, was used chiefly to improve Ford's swampland properties, which otherwise would have been worthlesa.” In answer to Mr. Martin's remarks | concerning the government contract, Mr. Oliver characterized them as “a rather remarkable presentation of wonderful accomplishments” on_the part of the company to keep faith; with the government. “In 1916 it was rather dangerus for the Alabama Power Compan ame to even be mentioned in c: with the development of the Tennes- see river,” Mr. Oliv:r stated. “W2, knew then and we know now just| what position the Alabama Power Company takes in the development of the waterway rights of this section. and Tll say right at this juncture that not only here in Alahama but all over the country where the com- pany is known by °‘its has the hand of authority been 3 ng turned against any activities which they have undertaken to control waterways rights. Broadens His Attack. Mr. Oliver declared that the offer of the Alabama Power Company would never materialize in Congress. The bid of the power company for the Muscle Shoals properties, Mr. Oliver maintained, is “merely an ex cuse of having something to offe “It might serve as an excuse” he declared, “but it will never serve a purpose, for it shall never be.” Referring to Secretary Weeks, Mr. Oliver said: “Let me assure you that he comes from that section of the country, where monopoly knows no bounds, and while the matter of the Muscle Shoals offer was cngaging the attention of him in New York abusing members of Congress in matters of leglslullon' which are of no importance to him or to_the nation.” | Here the representative ranged his attack on Col. Joyes, who negotiated the government contract with the power company in the Gorgas steam plant construction. *“We find that somebody in the ordnance depart- ment of the Army is either grossl ignorant or has been overreached, he said. —_— LOSES OPERA SUIT. Judge Hand Has No Jurisdiction in Mme. Tauscher’'s $100,000 Action. NEW_ YORK. March 15.—Federal Judge Learned Hand has dismissed the $100,000 libel suit brought by Mme. Johana Gadski Tauscher against | the Chicago Opera Association, Incor- porated. 3 The action was based on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction inasmuch as the plaintiff is not a citi- zen of the United States and the de- fendant is a Virginia corporation without principal offices in this dis- trict under the statute. i New Delight Awaits You Rosemary Candies at 60c and $1.00 Lb. A Little Better for a Littls Less. Post Bervice. ROSEMARY CANDY SHOP 1403 H t. Next the Flower Store. 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