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\VEATHER. Fair and slightly cooler tonight ; to- morrow fair; moderate northwest winds. Temperature for 24 hours p.m. today: Highest, yesterday : lowest, 74, t Full report on page 7 ended at 2 30 p.m. 5:30 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 16 No. 29,305. Intered as second cluss matter post oftice Weshington, Brc HANGING ‘WHOEVER KILLED FRANKS BOY FAVORED BY LOEB Witness Says Killer Voiced Sentiment While Murder Was Being Probed. URGED NEWSPAPER MEN TO GET ““SCOOP” ON CASE State Expects to Complete Pre- senting Testimony by Monday. B the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 25.—The weaving of flimsy threads of circumstantial evidence into the finely meshed web ‘Wwhich holds Nathan Leopold, jr.,, and . Richard Loeb guilty of the kidnaping und murder of Robert Franks. w recounted today by witnesses who | helped bring the weathly youns col- | lege students to “the mercy of the court.” Police officers, newspaper reporters &nd a friend of one of the boys were called by the State in the hearing before Judge John R. Caverly to tell of the first hint of suspicion d rected against the pair and of the de- | velopment of the chain of accusative evidence which led eventually to the _ confession and guilty pleas. Loeb EEested Scoop. Howard Maver, a and student cago with of 1 Chicago reporter | at the Universi of Chi- the two defendants, told Loeb’s efforts two days after the urder to give him a “scoop” by | gesting the probable course of the | kidnapers in collecting the ransom | money from Jacob Franks, father of the slain boy “Don’t use my name in the story,” l.oeb med to another reporter to whom he had given a “hot tip.” Leeb’s cue to him on May 23, Mayer testified. suggested that he go to the | drug store to which the ransom letter written to the elder Franks directed the parents to call for a “Mr. John- son.” who would give him instruc- for depositing of the ransom exc tions money Favored “Stringing Up™ “Whoever comygnitted that crime ghould strung up,” Loeb told Al-! vin Goldstein, reporter for the Chicago Daily News, on the day young Frank's | body was found, the latter testified. Two friends of Leopold earlier de- scribed “birding” expeditions in the | vicinity of the culvert with Leopold and other students of ornithology, which was Leopold's hobby. Hugh Byrne, police officer, told of | the finding on May 22, in the vicinity of the culvert which yielded young Franks' body, of a tan woolen sock identified Monday by the lad’s par- | £nts as that of their son. ' Another officer told of the defend- &nts leading a searching squad to Hessville, Ind., where shoes, belt, | ‘buckle and class pin, all previously t#dentified by the parents as the belong- ings of Robert, were found. urderes Testimony Isx Needed. Fourteen state witnesses were ex- tmined at the morning session, bring- ing to 61 the total called in two days | @nd a half of court procedure. i They moved so rapidly through the witness stand that luncheon recess came half an hour ahead of sched-| uled time, to permit the state to pre- Tare additional witnesses for the aft- | ernoon session. | Toeb and Leopold lingered in court | r a few minutes exchanging as- urances with relatives. Leopold spoke briefly with his aged father. Lweopold, his arm across his broth- | «r's shoulde; while the latter clasped | the defendant's waist, whispered for | €everal minutes, then nodded and pat- ted his brother on the back as he turned to submit himself again to the stody of his jail escort. i The conference held before the opening of court today was to decide on a short session, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, tomorrow. Same Crowd Present. No abatement of interest was man- | fest the third day's hearing | opened. There was the same knot of { dyed-in-the-wool court fany about the : entrance to the building, the | cager watching by early spectators who gained admission to the court- room and the same preliminary scur- rying of court attaches. The big -steel cabinet full of State exhibits was bumped noisily into the | room from the “bull pen,” where it is kept overnight. The ‘'moving of this heavy piece of furniture by a trio of the huskiest of | the bailiffs has become one of the stock acts of the drama. A return of bright sunshine out- doors was a signal for a doffing of coats. Judge Caverly, who started the hearing in the formal robes of his office, discarded them after the first day and let it be known that shirt sleeves would not be considered a slur on court dignity. when same Relatives of Boys Present. Jacob and Allen Loeb, uncle and brother of Richard, and Nathan Leo- pold, sr., and Foreman Leopold, fath- er and brother of Nathan, who have missed nothing of the proceedings since their inception, were in their seats promptly at the usual five min- utes before court operied. A conference of attorneys, called at the request of Robert E. Crowe, State's attorney, took place in cham- bers just before the hour set for re- sumption of evidence. Clarence S. Darrow and Benjamin Bachrach -at- tended for the defense. Court was called to order promptly &t 10 o'clock. Frank Blair. diver, who fished_the < (Conflnued on_Page 3, Colunhn 5.), Coolidge’s Mentor About to Plunge In Political Pool By the Associated Press. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., July 25. —James Lucy, shoemaker, stanch friend and early adviser of President Coolidge, may yield to the impor- tunity of friends to become a can- didate for the Republican nomina- tion for representative to the leg- islature. It became known today that he had agreed to do so pro- vided the names listed on his nomination papers show that he has the unquestioned support of the party locally. Tais will be his first venture In politics. i (O RAIL BOARD ORDERS UNIONS TO TESTIFY Rejects Plea of Lack of Ju- risdiction and Threatens to Invoke Court’s Aid. TO USE SUBPOENA POWER Chairman Announces Body Is Of- fering Final Opportunity to Wit- nesses to Give Testimony. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 25.—The Railway Labor Board today overruled and disallowed the plea of non-jurisdi tion by counsel for rallroad employes of Western railroads in their wage and rules dispute and ordered the taking of testimony of witnesses subpoenaed both from the carriers and the employes. Argument of the employes that the board was illegally assuming juris- diction and was without power to summon witnesses to testify invol- untarily was denied in a unanimous opinion of the board, read by Chair- man Ben W. Hooper, “whether that |power was questioned by the broth- erhood or witnesses, Following the ruling the board proceeded with the taking of testi- mony from witnesses of the carrers Opportunity for Testimony. Mr. Hooper said that the board was offering another opportunity for each witness to testify, but if he failed to do so the board would take the counsel's refusal as final and use such means as the law con- ferred upon it to obtain that testi- mony.” 5 The board cited nearly a dozen reasons why its power should be in- voked, among them the possibility of a resort to strike, if the employes’ demands were not satisfactorily met. “We cannot accept the suggestion of coundel for the employes that our | intervention in the dispute is pre- mature,” Chairman Hooper said. “We | do not believe that the carriers or| the employes can split hairs with the board as to the exact time it should assume jurisdiction. Power of Subpoena. “Our power to subpoena witnesses | 15 definitely shown in section 310 of | the transportation act, which also permits us to invoke the aid of any United States court, should the board 5o determine. Tt further specifies that any witness failing to comply faces a penalty of contempt. “The board is authorized to func- tion when there is a likely substan- tial interruption of commerce. Whether there is such a possibility has been questioned. The board be- lieves there was a substantial inter- ruption of commerce likely to exist. On several Eastern railroads in the brotherhood of which these employes are a part, strike votes have been | taken, although the dispute was set- tled without its necessity. It ap- pears to us to be a policy of these organizations to promptly resort to strike if they fail to obtain the de- sired agreement. “This hearing, which we think likely will result in an adjustment, will be pursued.” Firpo Asks “Who Argentine Battler Meets Know It Until Afterwards—Says He Is to Fight Wills September 5. Luis Firpo, the Argentine heavy- weight prize-fighter, more familiar to American fight fans as the “Wild Bull of the Pampas,” had the honor and pleasure of being received by Presi- dent Coolidge today, but he did not know it until afterward. The Argentine fighter, accompanied by two South American newspaper men, who are traveling in this coun- try with him, was ushered into the presence of the Chiet Executive, who stood at his desk, and who warmly shook the famous right hand of Firpo, and who sald something to the effect that he was glad to meet him, and that in appearance he came up to everything he read about him. Asked Who It Was. Firpo, who does not speak English, stood looking blankly during this little courtesy from the President, and a moment or so afterward, as he was walking from the office build- ing, he leaned down to ome of his newspaper companions and in Span- ish inquired innocently “Who was that fellow?” John Coolidge, the President’s son, who has the American boy's interest Shakes Coolidge’s Hand; in heavyweights, was over in the ‘White House when word was received that Firpo had arrived on the scene. He grabbeg his hat and hurried-ogexr ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, ALLES TOINVTE GERMANSHONDAY, EPECTATION O Action Forecast by Officials Despite Unbroken Deadlock on Loan Terms. AMERICAN VIEW STILL OPTIMISTIC OF RESULT Stresemann Hints Defiance by Ber- lin Unless Nation Comes to London as Equal. By the Associated Press LONDON, July 25.—Germany's par- ticipation in the Interallied Repara- | tion Conference here will be discussed at the next plenary session Monday afternoon, and officials believe the delegates will decide to invite Berlin | to send representatives to London immediately. The bankers and the financial ex- perts of the conference are still dead- locked over the question of security for the proposed German loan, but official and unoffic negotiations on the subject were being continued to- day. A British spokesman said there wa “restrained confidence” that a formula for adjudging defaults and applying penalties under the Dawes plan which would be acceptable to the bankers and to Premier Herriot | would be found during the week end. Will See Naval Review. The delegates to the conference will attend the British naval review at Spithead tomorrow. Premier Herriot'’s position at home has much to do with the present im- passe. That his government might not survive his surrender to the financiers’ arguments is known. Cer- tain concessions, it is said, on the part of the French premier must be made before the views of the oppos- | ing forces can be brought together. While attacks certainly would await the premier upon his return to Paris in the event that concessions were | made, it is believed that he could defend his course on the ground that he acted to save France from politi- cal isolation and to save her from the rapid fall which is \ertain if the conference fails. American Is Hopeful. While there is a certain deadlock, there is no reason for pessimism in the present circumstances, according to an American commentator who sought to view the situation with de- tachment. He emphasized that the Dawes re- port now was Europe's hope no less than it was a week ago. He predict- | ed that the realization of the forces of cconomic and political disorder which would be released from control if the Dawes plan were rejected would yet reconcile the opposing in- | terests and reunite the conference in launching the experts’ scheme on re- parations. BERLIN GROWS “TOUCHY.” Form of Invitation May Offend Teutons and Wreck Ministry. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1024, BERLIN, July 25.—The form which the invitation to Germany to partici- pate in the London conference takes | may determine whether the present | government will hold or whether the Reichstag will dissolve and new elec- tions be held. The snub of being asked to sign on the dotted line a finished protocal, or of being invited as a mere formal- ity to participate in discussions when there is no longer a chance to in-| Huence the decisions, will not ‘be sus- tained by Foreign Minister Strese- mann, according to persons close to him, who say that in such eventuality he probably will resign. His attitude (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Was That Fellow?”| President, But Doesn’t to the executive office and in an obe scure corner of the )ugby ‘watched the big foreigner as he walked slowly from the building. Firpo arrived in Washington today and spent the morning admiring the beauties of public buildings and parks during a sight-seeing visit. He first visited the Argentine em- bassy where he was received by Dr. Honorio Pueyrredon, the Ambassador, and was given Dr. Pueyrredon’s ma- chine for a tour of the city. He next went to the Pan-American Union, where Director General Rowe received him, and then to Arlington for a visit to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. At the embassy an interpreter said that Luis had made known that he would fight Harry Wills in New Jer- sey September 5, and then would take a trip to Europe. ‘Wil Fight September 5. “This immense man, Firpo”—said the interpreter—'‘two meters, he stands, have you seen him? He will quarrel with 'Arry Wills in New Jersey September 5. He then will make the trip to England, it is thought, but his plans are not completed. He has been WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1924 -TWENTY-SIX PAGES. CAPTAL 5 CHOS ASPOLTIALGH.0. Strategy of All Parties’ Elec- tioneering Armies to Be Di- rected From Washington. BY ROBERT T. Washington is to political headquarters dential campaign. Nominally the Republicans are to call Chicago their headquarters, but President Coolidge, the candidate and chief asset of the party, will remain in Washington until election time and will naturally be the central fig- ure in constant political consulta- tions. The Democrats are to establish their headquarters here, with branches| in New York and Chicago, and pos- sibly in Denver and San Francisco. The Democrats have just contracted for 25 rooms in one of the newest office buildings in the Capital. This is the most pretentious “headquarter- ing” the followers of Juckson and Jefferson have attempted in many a long year and indicates the pros- perity they expect to hover around the old war chest these next few months. The La Follette-Wheeler outfit which has not yet selected an official name for itself, will also make head- quarters in Washington. Its cam- paign executive committee has been selected and will function as the na- tional committees do in the older parties. The La Follette followers are being franker about the necessity of raising a big campaign fund than either of the older partics, and have engaged an expert in money raising to take the helm. Independents Need Name. Thus far the campalgn committee of the independents is known only as a joint committee representing the Conference for Progressive Political Action and the La Follette-for-Presi- dent committee. That is as near as the independents have come to a name as yet, but of course it is too long to wear through a strenuous and somewhat heated campaign. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) ATTACKED BY ALLIGATOR. Jump Saves Man Who Steps on “Log.” MARKSVILLE, La, July 25— Thomas Briggs of Little River, near here, was recovering today from an attack yesterday of a 16-foot alli- gator he encountered while picking moss in the swamps near here. In crossing a ditch containing about 4 feet of water, Briggs stepped on something he though was a log. The “log” proved to be an alligator, which caught Briggs just above the knee, cracking the bone of his leg. After a struggle, the alligator let go and made a vicious attempt to catch Briggs' body. Briggs, however, leaped in time to prevent the animal getting a firm hold. BEACH YIELDS WHISKY. NEW YORK, July 25.—About 1,800 cases of imported, whisky, deposited on Rockaway Beach during the night, assumably by bootleggers from rum row, were appropriated and carried off yesterday by bungalow dwellers along the beach. The police reserves, called by a patrolman who had noticed the liquor placed in even piles along half a mile of beach, arrived too late to seize more than 200 cases, though they arrested two men. AT 4 ARMED MEN ABDUCT GIRL. Father Forced Out of Auto and Trio Speeds Away. MONTREAL, July 25.—The police are searching the city for three armed men, who earlv this morning held up MAL be the of the grand presi- overlooking—or what is it—looking over a place for training camp, but the expenses seem very high.” At 1 o'clock Luis Angel lunched ued on Page-Z, > ). the automobile In which Rene Bruneau and his daughter were rid- ing, forced Bruneau to leave the car and then, jumping into It, sped away 'Wl,-‘ the girk TPHE ROVEERS Northwest Breeze To Chase Southern Humidity From D.C. Washington's famous breeze will give place to north- west breezes tonight, the change in direction being expected to cool off the sweltering city materially. This was today's promise from the Weather Bureau. It was stated that fair and cooler weather would prevail tonight, with moderate temperature tomorrow. X The change in wind direction brings dry air from the Northwest to replace the humid breezes from the South. Slight rains may fall this after- noon, but a thunderstorm is not expected. - SHENANDOAH FLIES ABOUTIN STORM Big Aircraft Unable to Make Hangar After Test Trip; Remains in Air. southern LAKEHURST, July —The dirigible Shenandoah, unable to enter her hangar here because of heavy cross-winds after a test flight to Binghamton, N. Y., azain took the air today at 11:20 o'clock. Comdr. l-’lns»i downe said the ship would circle in | this vicinity and probably stay up until evening. Plans to moor her at her mast here were abandoned because of fear of electric storms Naval air station officers said to- day that the drifting balloon which | was reported as having gone out to sea at Scituate, Mass., doubtless was the observation craft which broke away from here early today while unoccupied. The craft was trailing about 1,500 feet of rope when it dropped into the darkness, and bore the identification “U. S. Navy." The offictals said the craft was 150 feet long and valued at about $30.000. Bag Drifting Eastward. BROCKTON, Mass., July 25.—At an altitude of about 2,500 feet an ele- phant or sausage observation balloon drifted over this city today and dis- appeared in the haze to the eastward It is presumed to be the blloon which broke from its moorings at Lake- hurst, N. J,, this morning. No one was aboard. Flies Out to Sea. SCITUATE, Mass., July 25.—A bal- loon believed to be the one which broke away from the Lakehurst, N. J., air station early today passed over this town this morning and went out to sea. It was marked “U. S. Navy.” ARREST OF POLICE ASKED. Federal Dry Agents Say Chicago Officers Are Hostile. CHICAGO, July 25.—Warrants for the arrest of a police captain and three of his policemen will be asked by C. W. Vursell, chief prohibition enforcement agent, following the ar- rest yesterday by city officers of three prohibition agents returning to Chicago with a truckload of beer. The officers said that they thought the agents were beer runners with bogus badges, and released them after other agents had been sent to the scene. Chief Vursell said he would ask Chief of Police Collins for a definite statement on the attitude of the police toward the prohibition department, despite recent assurances of co-operation. Denies Receivership Sought. CHICAGO, July 25.—Frank O. Wet- more, head of the bankers’ committee in charge of the arrangements for handling the financial obligations of Wilson & Co., packers, today denied published statements that a receiver- ship was planned when the auditors’ |of a character that report was' completed several weeks hence. Radio Programs—Page 1. LONG FIGHT SEEN 10 CRUSH REBELS Fighting in Brazil Along Lines of French Warfare in World War. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, July pression is growing stronger daily that the Brazilian federal forces besieging Sao Paulo are meet- ing such formidable resistance tha the capture of the city is far from being an event of the immediate fu- ture. 25.—The im- It is becoming clear from scraps of | information reaching here from one source and anotker that the fighting between the federal troops and the rebels has resoived itself into trench warfare similar to that on the west- ern front during the European con- flict. The advances made by the fed- eral troops are reported in official communication to have been rela- tively small in regard to distance. This is believed to signify at most the capture of first-line trenches only. Foreign Officers Help. The rebels’ main ported to have defenses are re- been constructed un- der th® direction of former TItalian and German officers who served in the European war and who have been residing at Sao Paulo. These defenses | are described as most formidable and would require the heaviest artillery to shatter. “The rebels are intrenched, and well intrenched.” the Brazilian federal gen- eral, Tito Lobo, is quoted as saying in the course of an interview cabled here from Rio, in which he declared that the government forces did not dare to accept an open combat. and that the federal advance was “being | effected little by little, methodically | and regularly Indications are that the federal troops east and north are a consider- able distance from Sao Paulo, but in the south have taken some suburbs here | Fhearings will + | |committee led to a public admonition | and are well within bombarding dis- | tance of the city. to have been used freely in the past several days, and it is feared that the city must have euffered heavily des- Artillery appears | pite the announced purpose of the | federal commander to do everything possible to avoid exceesive damage. Report 70 Killed. Reports that more than 70 persons were killed in the Apollo Theater in Sao Paulo confirm rumors that the death list in Sao Paulo is rising, and indicate that shells have been fall- ing in the center of the city, where the theater is located. Up until Thursday the rebels had free access to the region west and northwest of the city by two rail- roads which they had been using for provisioning purposes. It is an- nounced that the occupation by fed- eral forces of Sorocaba, which lies 45 miles west of the besieged capi- tal, blocks the railroad in that direc- tion. The troops at this point evi- dently were brought up from South- ern Brazil. ADVANCE IS CLAIMED. Federals Take Many Prisoners, Of- ficial Report Says. SANTOS, Brazil, July 25.—An offi- clal government communique issued last evening say: 5 “Since yesterday our left wing has made an appreciable advance, taking many prisoners. Advantageous posi- tions at Villa Mariana and Paraiso have been occupied. Our artillery, preparing for infantry action, dis- lodger redoubts of the rebels, who are losing ground.” SECOND PLANE DOWNED. Embassy Gets Beport of Federal Progress in Brazil. The Brasilian Embassy here today re- ceived the following official commu- niques: Communique, noon, Wednesday: *Our observations have confirmed n! on jumn 7.) as fast as t! * Bobbed Hair Leads To Strike Threat By Barbers’ Union By the Assoclated Pres: CHICAGO, July 25.—Bobbed hair is given as the cause of wage-in- crease demands being made by the Journeyman Barbers’ Union, which threatens to take a strike vote next week if an agreement is not reached. With bobs ranging in price from $1 to §1.50, with the pros- pect of curling, marcelling and shampooing, with the barber hav- Ing to go to school to learn how to do it, we want more money W. 8. Leidig, union president, s The present scale is $26 weekly with 60 per cent of all checks over a total of §35. The demand is for $38 salary and the same per- centage of all over $50. INTERNAL REVENUE PROBE IS REVIVED Watson Quits Committee When Vote Is Taken to Resume Inquiry. COUZENS IS RESPONSIBLE Sides With Democrats in Move for Hearings—May Start in August. Over the protest of the chairman, Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, a majority of the Senate committee named to investigate the Internal Revenue Bureau decided today to resume its mer recess. Senator Watson resigned the chair- manship as soon as the decision was reached, and Senator Couzens, Repub- lican, Michigan, was selected in his stead It joining member: ones of ance of avor ings. was Senator Couzens who, by with the two Democratic Senators King of Utah and ew Mexico, threw the bal- power in the committee in of a resumption of the hear- May Start in August. present prospect is that be reopened late in August, but the precise scope of the inquiry has not been determined defi- nitely. Some of the majority coali- tion of Senators favor extending the investigation into all phases of pro- hibition enforcement, which is ad- ministered under the Revenue Bureau An attorney is to be employed, but ations are that Francis J. Heney, former connections with the The in, whose from President Coolidge, will not be selected. In its hearings during the last ses- sion the committee touched only on tax questions in the bureau. Its ses- | sions were brought to an end for the session by the illness of Senator Couzens, under whose resolution the committee was sitting, and it had been the general belief among Sen- ate leaders that no move would be made to reopen the investigation dur- ing the congreSsional recess. Unfavorable to Frobe. Today, however, Senators Couzens, King and Jones, after a conference. called on Chairman Watson and took up with him the question of a re- sumption of hearings. The Indiana Senator declared he had no intention of calling the committee together, and felt that no good would be ac complished by further delving into the affairs of the bureau. His three callers stood together for reopening the committee sessions, however, and his resignation fol- lowed. Senator Ernst, Republican, Kentucky, the fifth member of the committee, now is in the West, and is understood to hold views similar to those of the retiring chairman. Sees No Benefit. Senator Watson remains a member of the committee, but he told his col- leagues frankly that he felt fhe coun- try was tired of investigations, that he was convinced no further good could come from this one, and that he would not be charged with any re- sponsibility for reopening the sub- ject. e SOVIEi" USES $32,000,000 T0 COPE WITH FAMINE | By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 25.—The Soviet gov- ernment has appropriated $32,000,000 for the purpose of coping with the threatened famine in Russia, accord- ing to an announcement just made by the central committee of the Com- munist party. Of this amount $15,000,000 will be used for seed and the rest for the di- rect assistance of the peasants in the worst affected areas. The central committee's announce- ment says that this year's shortage of grain will be 150,000,000 poods. (A pood represents 36.113 pounds.) It says that only seven or eight million per- sons will be affected by this year's crop- failure, while in 1921, 30,000,000 were affected. The committee insists that crop fail_ ures will apply only to certain limited areas, and in these the government is taking every precaution to meet the needs of the population. Volcano Blast Kills Two. By the Associated Press. MANILA, July 25—The volcano Babuyan Claro, on the Island of Ba- buyan, erupted again July 1, killing two natives, according to informa- tion brought here yesterday by the Coast Guard vessel Pathfinder. Yesterday': the | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Wishington homes he papers are printed. s Circulation, 92,828 TWO CENTS. 3 LOGAL DEPUTIES, 4 POLICE INDICTED INHUGE RUM PLOT Pullman Employes Also Are Named in Bill Accusing 36, Returned in Florida. CHARGES OUTGROWTH OF RECENT CASE HERE Involved Sending Liquor From Florida by Pullman Cars to Northern Cities. By the Associated Press TAMPA, Fla, July A Federal grand jury today returned an indictment involving 36 persons, from Jacksonville to Washington, in connection with an alieged liquor ring which was said to include railroad officials, police officers and Government officials at the Capital. A capias for the arrest of each of the 36 named In the indictment has been issued and arrests are follow im- mediately. According to William Gober, Uni- ted States district attorney, the in- dictment breaks up a well-organized gang that had “carried on” many months and had been responsible for |a large portion of Washington's { liquor supply. The liquor, it is said, was landed on the east coast of Florida and | taken to Jacksonville. There it was shipped into Washington in small case lots and was said to have enjoyed full protection from railroad, police and | Government officials until arrival at | destination, ARRESTS DUE SOON. to inquiry during the Sum- | | Accused to Be Taken on Papers From Florida. | A gigantic liquor conspiracy running qlls tentacles out of Jacksonville, Fla., {to the offshore islands through trans- ]DDr(almn channels to St. Augustine, Fla.; Washington, D. C., and New York City was revealed today at the |office of Elmer L. Irey, chief, special | intelligence unit, Treasury Depart- ment, who confirmed a report that 38 persons, including 10 or 15 Washingto- nians, had been indicted Wednesday by | a Federal grand jury sitting in Tampa. | The names of those indicted are being vm‘llhhflld temporarily, Three deputy United States marshals and four policemen of Washington, | Pullman conductors, Pullman porters, and liquor dealers in several cities are on the list of those indicted. Ar- rests are expected to follow shortly, as { soon as necessary papers can be dis- patched from Florida. { Those indicted are charged with | conspiracy to violate section 37 of the | eriminal code and will be tried in Florida before United States Judge Lake Jones, sitting in Jacksonville, Tampa or Miami. United States Dis- i trict Attorney Gober will presecute | the cases Outgrowth of Case Here, The conspiracy charge is an out- growth, or rather a further develop ment of a somewhat similar case against some of the same individuals here several months ago. When they were brought to trial in courts here, the cases were quashed on motion of the Government in order that more complete charges might bLe laid against the alleged conspirators and the matter tried out in Florida courts. | The tiny unraveled thread from which was the far-reaching plot | which the Governiment charges | against more than 30 persons in sev- eral States was plucked off the ceve, as it were, of another rela- tively unimportant case here in Washington by special agents of the special intelligence unit of the Treas- | ury Department. | That was several months ago, when Ralph MacColloch, a sergeant of marines, was arrested for stealing | goods from a Government commissary | here and selling them to outsiders. At that time there was taken into | custody John J. Hickey, charged with purchage of some of the stolen goods. Hickey, it developed, was also engaged in liquor traffic, and | when pressed by special agents of the | Government revealed his part in the conspiracy which led to further in- vestigation and finally culminated in the developments today. Hickey, upon further questioning, proved so invaluable a witness in the case that he was used by the Govern- ment before the grand jury sitting in Florida, and under section 30 of the Volstead act has been given immunity from prosecution. Scheme of Wide Scope. The general operation of the alleged conspiracy, it was learned, started in the islands off the Florida shores, where the liquor was obtained by agents of certain wholesale dealers located in Florida. In boats owneq and operated by the wholesale dealers and their agents the liquor was smuggled ashore and through alleged bribery, connivance and trickery was taken through Florida cities and by way of some of the most luxurious Pullman trains operating north from Florida, and deposited in Washington and New York, in suit cases and satchels, to be dispensed through bootleggers. At one of the Florida railroad sta- tions, the government charges, liquor was permitted to go aboard the train by bribery of a certaln special agent of the railroad company. One Pull- man conductor indicted, according to the government's charges, had been taking a comparatively smali sum from the runners from northern cities to Florida for the privilege (Continued on Page 2, Column 38.)