Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1930, Page 2

HOOVER CARD INDEX CHARGE IS DENIED .Shouse’s Statement Claiming Political Use Called Baseless. Denial was made at the White House today of the charge made in a state- ment Issuéd by Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic national executive committes, to the effect that President Hoover was having prepared a card index of information regarding ap- pointees to office not in the classified urposes. It was explained that as a matter of office routine a card index is kept of certain appointees to positions not under the civil service, but this system is nothing new, inasmuch as former Presi- dents, including President Wilson, kept such an index. By way of further ex- planation, it was stated that the in- formation contained in this index is for the guidance of the Executive. card contains the name and hom: address, the salary of the office, the date of appointment, confirmation and the date of the expiration of the term, if it is a term position, and the name of the appointee’s sponsor. Index Held Necessary. 1n behalf of the President it was said today, in reply to implications that this system was inaugurated by him for po- litical purposes, that there was no basis for such a suggestion. As a matter of fact such a system was necessary, it was stated, if the President is to be kept posted as to his appointments, particu- larly the background of the appointee and the date for the term of the ap- pointee to expire and the salary, etc. This card index is kept up as routine of the executive office, and according to Walter H. Newton, one of the Presi- dent's secretaries, neither the President nor he had “:e\‘;rl he':,rd o{n!::'e matter til it n the pr nnM!’. N::'m denied emphatically the charge of Chairman Shouse that the President was compiling this informa- tion for purpose of bm{ R . memiers of Congs Tecalc] mem| . Such phrases as “Democratic propa- ganda bureau” and “not an item of truth, nor basis of fact,” were mingled in the reply of the White House, New- ton said. Cards Sent Deplflne:u Fe ocratic statement sal 3 B;;?:rm sent cards to all depart- ments “to bé filled out by every em- ploye gi & full picture of the his- f hi loyment.” ‘This, he said was QmCult o explain on sins of their sponsol voting independently” of the Chief Executive’s desires. o troy club is noth- ‘'Wielding the pa Mot = The | i | AMATEUR BOXING IND. C. PROPOSED - |Representative Hartley In- troduces Bill Authorizing Commission to Supervise. By the Associated Press. A bill to prohibit professional prize fighting and to authorize amateur box- ing in the District of Columbia was in- troduced today by Representative Hart- ley, Republican, of New Jersey. The bill would provide for a District of Colum- bia Boxing Commission to be d of three members appointed RADIO PEACE TALKS TO GO ON NBC CHAIN ‘Women’s International League Is Joint Sponsor for Program to Be Broadcast Saturdays. Peace will be promoted by & group of distinguished speakers in a series of radio programs to be broadcast each Saturday night during the London Naval Conference under the joint au- spices of the Women's International lna'fllne‘llflr Peace and Freedom and the of the Supreme Court of Ohio. The lpe‘:ken will be introduced from Wi by Rosalie Jones Dill, wife of Senator Dill and chairman of the radio committee of the Women's Inter- national League. The speakers will go on the air from Washington, New York Chicago. and . The program will be held from 6:30 to 7 o'clock each Saturday night. BREWERIES ARE DENIED TAX REDUCTION PLEA Supreme Court Rules They Are Not Entitled to Compensation for Lost Good Will. ‘The Supreme Court held today that when a business is destroyed by Con- gress the owners were not entitled to ask compensation by tax reduction, in denying brewing companies the right to deduct the value of lost good will from income tax returns. ‘The right of brewing establishments, closed as a result of national prohibi- tion, to seek such compensation was raised by the Haberle Crystal Springs Brewiug Co. of Northern New York. Frederick C. Renziehausen of Pitts- burgh also falled in the Supreme Court today in an effort to have certain de- ductions made in Federal taxes from 1918 to 1921 for losses he said were suffered through Federal prohibition by the large distilling company, which he owned, and & wholesale liquor firm, in ‘which he was a partner. DISCUSSES “NEW HOPE.” Rabbi Rosenbloom Will Speak in Hadassah Program. Discussing “The New Ry Street Temple, will be the compose: by the Commissioners of the District. The bill provides that the boxin should be residents of the District and hold office for two years. tative Hartley said the bill u‘:; approval of the Amateur Ath- had letic Union. and of the coll and leges. universities of the District of Columbia. | bel ‘The commission would have the power togmmoke and control amateur boxing and to make whatever rules and regu- lations were deemed necessary. No person would be allowed to pro- mote & boxing bout without a permit from the commission. The bill provides that the only ones to whom such a permit may be granted are clubs, uni- versities, colleges, schools or other or- ganizations which the commission found interested in the promotion of amateur athletics. SOVIET BANS PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAWYERS Barristers to Be Under Manage- | da ment of Communistic “Col- lective” Association. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 27—A Mos- cow dispatch fo the New York Times today sald private legal practice in Russia is now a thing of the past. At a barristers’ meeting, officially convoked, it was decided to dissolve the collegium of advocates—that is to say, close down the Moscow bar—re- g it with a “collective” under mmunistic management. ‘This collective would examine all ap- plications for counsel and distribute briefs. ing private consultations will be prose- cuted for fraud. Several well known advocates have been excluded from the collective as bourgeoisie. SIX MAY BE BLIND FROM POISON ALCOHOL Minds of Three Victims Believed Affected by Doctored Concoction. By the Assoclated Press. GARY, Ind, January 27.—Six men were found groping their way along a Calumet City street last night. They had drinking “mm]'nm;lymm lice. All may be permanently L, o dec{ll’(d, and the minds of of them appeared to have been affected. ‘The one member of the group whom police found rational said men purchased the alcohol from a Ham- mond druggist, explaining they wanted it to remove varnish. Rabbi Willlam _ Rosenbloom of em?h'.\l l ker tomorrow afternoon at 2 mk ington cl T the Jewish Community Editor Accidentally Shot. MINNEAPOLIS, Janua: 27 (P — Raymond W. Horn, 33, city editor of mum% , was killed ac- . cidentally rday in his garage while cleaning a gun preparatory to & hunt- ing trip. g commissioners | ice THE, EVENING g Cross mark shows spot 90 miles east of North Cape, on the bleak coast of Siberia, where wrecked plane of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland was found. They had been missing since November 9. Lower right: Joe Crosson, who found ::!.L wreckage of plane of Eielson, lower HOPE FOR EIELSON CRUSHED IN BELIEF 2 BURIED IN PLANE (Continued From First Page.) that the men engaged in the search would be able to report their progress for some time. Only the ts of Borland, among relatives of two airmen, appeared to retain h that they may have escaped alive. Absence of skis from the plane and the {:&;fi thlt’thpe'dt'&:'l’!re repgrfi to have been equ parachut was the princi] g-.m for their hope. Provisions the plane were un- touched, a circumstance which appar- ently confirmed the belief that Borland and Eielson were killed. Eielson '14;-: &md rormhés worlkn vd'};\ aerial expl n expeditions Arctic and Antarctic. He piloted the plane of Sir Hubert Wilkins on its 1,000~ mile fiight over the of world and on his flights across the Southern cap. Flew Early Air Mail Route. Lieut. Eielson was one of the first fiyers in the United States to conduct one of the “first fiyers ilot - phnz with skiis replacing land- Wheels. use of his efforts in establishing the air mail route he was made an hon- orary life member of the Order of Plo- neers of Alaska. BORLAND’S WIFE IS 'CALM. Crosson and Harold Will Tell Her the Truth, She Declares. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, January 27 (). —The calm with which Mrs, Irene Bor- land, wife of Earl Borland, has borne the strain of the more than two and one-half months’ waiting while the Si- berian wastes held secret the fate of her husband remained unbroken yester- y. She was informed in a radio message from Pilot Harold Gillam that the plane in which Carl Ben Elelson and Borland were flying was found wrecked near North Cape, Siberia. “Crosson and Harold will give me the truth tomorrow,” she said. Mrs. Borland had lived here with her two children since her husband was employed as a for the Alaska Alrways, Inc. EIELSON'S FATHER “KNEW.” Suspense Has Been Terrible During Search, He Says. GRAND FORKS, N. Dak., January 27 (#).—Ole Eielson of Hatton, N. Dak., father of Carl Ben Elelson, when noti- fled yesterday that his son’s plane had been found wrecked in the Arctic wastes, said he “knew it was going to be like that, but I think I will feel better now, for the suspense has been terrible.” Mr. Eielson appeared dazed when the news reached him and asked to have the message read to him several times. When its import dawned on him his voice faltered and he made a desperate effort to retain his composure. “Of course, I had hopes,” he said, “that Ben would be found alive and safe. “I felt all along that if any one found him dead or alive it would be his friend Joe Crosson. I knew Joe would stay in the search until the truth was known one way or the other.” ILEANA WILL MARRY PRINCE OF PLESS’ SON Official Announcement of Engage- ment to Count Alexander Is Expected Saturday. By the Assoclated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, January 27.—Official announcement of the en- gagement of Princess Ileana, daughter of Dowager Queen Marie, to Count Alexander of Hochberg, second son of the Prince of Pless, is expected next Saturday. The approaching engagement was celebrated at a family gathering at Predeal yesterday. ‘The newspaper Cubantul of Bucharest last Saturday sair that the only rea- son public announcement of the en- gagement was being held up was be- cause both concerned were seeking a the princess might re- Italy and several other members of royal families being among those mne- tioned. Count Alexander is 25, st Systematic collection and scientific AR orphans for the last 20 i the | glleys squalid STAR, WASHINGTON, BYRD IS UNWORIED BY MENACE OF Amateur Radio Station in U. S. Talks With Explorer, Who Scoffs at Alarm. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., January 27— Don Wallace, amateur operator of radio station W6AM here, said he was in touch with the Byrd expedition near j the South Pole between 1 and 2 a.m. yesterday and that the expedition is showing no concern over the possibility of being ice-bound through the Winter. Informed by Wallace of newspaper reports that there was some alarm felt for the expedition in the United States and that other nations had been asked to aid in reaching the group near the South Pole, the operator answered: “Much ado about nothing. We ex- nect to be out of cold storage soon. Evi- dently there is more worrying in_the United States than here at the Pole. We are taking all precautions. It is jtrue we are not alarmed.” Wallace sald the message sent by the operator was dictated personally by Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, in com- mand of the expedition. Reports have been circulated that the expedition may have insufficient food and supplies to last it through an- other Winter, SCOTT LEFT IN MARCH. Aide on Briton’s Expedition Belleves Ice Holding Byrd Will Break. By radio to The Star and the New York Times. LONDON, January 27.—Herbert G. Ponting, the photographic offcer of Capt. Robert F. Scott's Antarctic ex- pedition in 1910, in a letter to the London Times says that it may help to allay public_anxiety regarding the chance of the Byrd expedition's being marooned another year if it is made known that the Terra Nova, on the second voyage during the Scott Expedi- tion, did not leave the Ross Sea until March 5, 1912, After passing through the heay pack ice at the entrance of McMurdo Sound, Mr. Ponting states, the ship encountered no more pack ice during her voyage to New Zealand, nor was any new ice seen in the Ross Sea. “At this season of the year the old pack drifts northward becomes dis- integrated and finally is destroyed by the erosive action of the ocean cur- rents,” he writes. “There is, therefore, every reason to hope that things will pursue their natural course and that the belt of pack ice which is reported to be obstructing the passage of the bark City of New York will break Ilg. “Admiral Byrd himself believes that the chances are a hundred to one against his ship's being unable to force & passage, even though the ice condi- tions are unusually severe. Every one here will hope that the belated pack will now move on its northward way to ‘destruction and that we shall soon hear that the relief ship is homeward bound with all safe aboard.” HERBERT TRANSFER STIRS SENATE ROW QUIZ IS DEMANDED (Continued From First Page.) the investigator relating to Herbert and Quinn. Learns of Transfer. “I assumed, of course, the two gen- tlemen would be dismissed,” Senator Borah stated. The Idaho Senator said he was unable to tell of any later de- ly | velopments because he learned the next day that the investigating agent had been sent somewhere else. Wheeler accompanied his demand with a declaration that prohibition en- forcement had broken down. He blamed the “politicians” and called upon the Law Enforcement Commis- sion to summon members of the Re- publican national committee before it to determine “how prohibition officers are appointed.” Dr. James M. Doran, prohibition commissioner, declined to discuss Her- bert’s case further than to say there were no charges whatever pending against him, and he was on duty in Montana. Herbert was formerly prohibition ad- ministrator for this area, including the District of Columbia, Maryland and Delaware, and maintained ~offices at Baltimore. He was transferred some time ago to the Montana post, “for the good of the service.” No other rea- son for his transfer was made at pro- hibition headquarters, and it was ex- plained that the transfer was in line with changes which are frequently made in the general course of pro- hibition administration. John J. Quinn, former deputy ad- ministrator under Herbert in Wash- ington, and later transferred to timore, was dismissed about a month ago following filing of chlm the na- ture of which was never losed. BOLD BANDITS GET 55¢. Four Hold Up Taxi Driver, Who Yields Four Bits and Nickel, CHICAGO, January 27 (#)—Crime doesn’t pay, unless 55 cents divided by four can be regarded as such. At the point of pistols four men held up Jack Mecher, a cab driver, and after D; . C. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, ,1930. DEFENDANT DES | (7w o wooms 70 + sumover | [ror o oo = o BEFORE HEARING Delay Resulting From Dis- trict Court Congestion Is Bared in-Conspiracy Case. Lengthy delays before trial of law of- fenders, resulting from congestion in the courts of Washington, came into | f the limelight today with the revelation that one of the defendants in a con- spiracy case before Justice Willlam Hitz in Criminal Division 2 had died since an indictment was reported nearly four years ago against him and four others. Fred A. Dolph, formerly a lawyer of Washington; Frederick E. Lewis, New Haven, Conn.; Edward F. Lukens of Philadelphia, Butler Kellogg of New York and Warren T. Godfrey of Louis- ville, Ky, were arrested in August, 1925, and indicted March 31, 1926, on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Dolph has died since the return of the indictment, while the slowly moving machinery of the local courts ground out its grist. The case was brougt to trial today. Assistant _ United States Attorney John W. Fihelly and his assistant, Allen J, Krouse, are representing the Government. Col. James S. Easby- Smith of Washington and Matt J. Holt ?f Louisville, Ky., appear for the de- ense. The indictment charges that the defendants or some of them sent through the mails literature, advertise- ments and circulars stating that the S, B. Thayer Son & Co., of which Lewis was saild to have been secretary- treasurer, had and éould procure large sums of money for loans, mortgage investibents and bond issues, when, it is alleged, the company did not have such sums and could not obtain the necessary money. Among the concerns alleged to have been victimized are the Superior Silica Co. of Detroit, Kentucky Lithographic Stone Co. of Louisville, Ky.; the Ham- {lton Coal & Coke Co., Northwest Pub- lic Utilities Co. of Illinols, Cambria Coal Co. of West Virginia, Spokane Silver & Lead Co. of Washington, Sunlight Smokeless Coal Co. of West Virginia, Peach Bottom Slate Products Corpora- tion of Maryland, Western Plate Glass Co. of St. Louls, Carnegie Coal Co. of Pennsylvania and the Kalba ‘Wrecking & Construction Co. of New Jersey. From these concerns, it is alleged, the Thayer Co. took and obtained advance fees as commissions and retainers for pretended services to be performed in connection with proposed loans or bond issues. The company came to Wash- ington from Wilmington, Del, it is stated, in 1923 and operated here until the arrest of Lewis and others in 1925, and the Government e: ts to prove ENGLISH TITLE WON BY AMERICAN GIRL Estates Pass to Her Father on Death of British Baronet. By the Assoclated Press. PEPPERELL, Mass,, January 27.—A 16-year-old girl, whose day dreams had brought her visions of being a fine titled lady of quality—the sort of dreams all girls have—has had those dreams come true. She had always believed herself to be humble Lucy rriett Fagge, daughter of a humble choreman, who was so poor after her mother died he couldn't care for her and sent her to her grand- mother’s home in Boston. There she had gone to grammar school and last Fall had worked in a factory for a month. Yesterday she came home. For many years her father had been Johnny Harry Lee Fagge, who worked at odd jobs about town. .Word came from gland last week, however, of the death of his brother, Sir John Charles Fagge of Dover, baronet, and the rflll- Lng of the title and estates to him. ir John told Lucy yesterday of her ,_describing to her the ximately 50 contracts with | ancestry, d that lmo corporations and others were made and commissions totaling $150,000 received by the defendants or some of them. company claimed a capital of $5,000,000 and & surplus of $1,400,000, it is stated. FILIPINOS THREATEN RIOTING RETALIATION Manila Gangsters “Imperil” Amer- icans, but Police Say None Will Be Harmed. By the Associated Press. MANILA, January 27.—Anti-Filipine riots in California, which have caused widespread ‘discussion in Manfla today, had brought threats from Manila gang- ster chieftains against Americans. Au- thorities, however, gave prompt assur- ance that Americans were in no danger. Soldiers and sailors are to be the gang- sters’ special targets. Police Chief C. E. Pitts announced precautions were being taken to guard cabarets and strategic points in the city where isolated attacks were ible against individuals, but ex) confi- dence that there would be no out- breaks. Labor leaders joined in the assurance. The Philippine Herald, leading Na- tionalistic daily, reported that chiet- tains of Manila already had held several “conferences” and had decided their “vindication” to co-operate in plan. “ABC” INTERVENTION IN BOLIVIA. TALKED By the Assoclated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, January 27—Increasing talk of possible inter- vention of one or all bt the “A B C” nations—Argentina, Brazil and Chile— to prevent hostilities between Bolivia and Paraguay is being heard here. Partisans of the two countries, how- ever, have viewed the possibility with distaste and in some instances have ex- pressed themselves. The Minister from Bolivia here, Blez de Medina, said to- day, “I understand that neither Bo- livia nor Paraguay will tolerate armed intervention of their states. I believe that it would only be through ignorance that the ‘A B C’ nations would inter- fere in this matter.” He concluded his statement with remarks lauding President Yrigoyen of Argentina for his much waving of artillery compelled him to disgorge his entire capital, which was four bits and a nickel. expression that mediation in a dispute ought to be solicited before it was proffered. THOUSANDS OF BLIND LIVE IN SQUALID TURKISH VILLAGE Trachoma Destroys Sight of 6.791 of 7,000 Inhabitants, Who Grope in Darkness By the Assoclated Press. ADIYAMAN, Turkey, January 27— Now that communications have been opened partially in Turkey's long-iso- lated turbulent eastern provinces, travel- erz are bringing to the world news of the existence of a hidden and dreadful village—Adiyaman, the village of the blind. In the dusty, sandy district of His- nimansour, not far from the City of Malta, lies this village, of whose 7,000 inhabitants 6,791 are wholly or partially ightl through the ravages of lllage without sound except tap of hundreds of canes roads as the population its way through a ghostly life cup Banei s b s g and death. yaman's dung-thatched huts and dust-polluted leys d\u:y h‘nmnn beings crawl like animals without eyes. Utterly disregarded by the old regime itans, the has for cen- turies been without a school or hospital. Without solace or help, its peasant pop- ulation, stricken generation after gener- ation trachoma, has made its living through fig‘m“% o ind half blindly From Cradle to Grave. Five times a day, year after year, this derelict ulation has filled the village mosque to pray to Allah. Their prayers have not mentioned their affliction, for, according to the Moslem faith, com- plaints arouse the wrath of destiny. The prayers of even the most wretched followers of Islam thank Allah for what they have, lest worse befall. The village is utterly unlighted at night, for there are only a handful of vil Wwho could see by an: u(gx: Kij 's “City of Night” be- comes & reality in this Anatolian town where night and day are of the same d‘udfim 5 ly place A an is probably the only pl in Anatolia where Moslem women wear no vells. For the women of man, rell(tnmnu‘::y-rfi,::ve:huelnm- sary beyond the ve! universal blind- ness which hides a woman even from her father and husband and child in this sightless 3 ‘The government of Mustapha Kemal is struggling to combat the trachoma peril here and in all the surroundiny district. Doctors have been dispatch to the province and clinics opened. Already, within a brief , the ernment has I’Tlfl $75,000 on the ot L Sttone, c! enl Ad in 48 other B back to the Cromwellian wars. He told her that she was now Lady Lucy. TRACK FOLLOWER KILLS BOY AND SELF IN LAUREL THICKET (Continued From First Page.) State, but recently had been discharged. He had since been staying at a hotel. Youth Had Refused Tip. Evidence of the coolngs between Gordon and Montgomery was reported to the lad's s Zee his disap- pearance. They were told that Satur- day night a week ago, while working as in boy in a Laurel bowling alley, & P Gordan Ty, and when the latter finished, sent the lad a 35-cent tip, which was refused. in the alley had “set up” a game for Mont- Gordon worked again Monday night. He left about 9:30, say- ing he was ml.ng home. About half an hour later, however, he was seen con- versing with Montgomery in front of a drug store. Wallford believes the man followed his son to the alley, which to his home, then covered him with his gun, and forced him to eoln'rg:n! him to the woods. elder Wellford also said this morning he had learned that Mont- gomery had recently traded revolvers Wwith a railroad man in Laurel. The boy’s body was found face down- ward on Montgomery’s overcoat, with Montgomery close by. Police believe the shooting occurred late last Monday night. There are no houses nearby and Egoanehubem!oundwhohwflm No One Accompanied Pair. From the tracks in the snow, - trate Scott declares, it is evident it the_pair no one accompanied to the spot, which is a few &u:m feet off a beaten path through Prince Georges County Officers Reese and Brown assisted they town authori- tles in their investigation. Young Wallford was to have been graduated from the Laurel elementary school in June. He was a leader in ath- letics and a pitcher on the ball team. Mlduhhwmuhokm'&dw two brothers and two sisters. Although widely known in Laurel, Montgomery was something of a mystery to the townsfolk, and police are having difficulty in locating his f: . Mrs. Wellford said he told her that his moth- er died when he was seven years old, but never revealed where his rela- tives lived. HINDUS AND MOSLEMS CLASH IN CELEBRATION Mohammedans Declare Members of Procession Entered Mosque, Destroying the Koran. By the Assaciated Press. DACCA, Bengal, India, January 27. —Several Hindus and Mohamme- dans were injured here yesterday in s collision marking celebration of Indian independence day. . As the Hindu procession passed the mosque of the Mohammedans, the Mos- lems, incensed by shouts of “Bande Matteram!” clashed with them. ‘The district magistrate informed leaders of All-India Natlonal that the Hindus entered the mosque and destroyed the Koran and religious fur- Stray cases of assault occurred in different localities, but armed police dispersed the mobs ‘d the pight passed peacefully. by Clinic to Beautify Persons Who Seek Work Is Proposed By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 27.—A municipal beauty clinic to assist handica persons of moderate means, who should not be at the mercy of quacks. Dr. Greef has & mem- ber of his Mlnl“omd determine which is the best ital for such & clinic. o John Harry Fagge (above) was liv- ing in this modest two-room abode at Pepperell, Mass., and earning his living as a carpenter and jack of all trades when he fell upor? a sudden change of fortune the other day and inherited an English baronetcy by the death of his brother, Sir John Charles Fagge. He will leave the cottage to assume the title and estate in England. —Associated Press Photo. RELIGIOUS CENSUS PLANS OUTLINED Survey to Be Made in Feb- ruary and March Is Ex- plained to Union. Plans for a survey and religious census in Washington during February and March were outlined to the Unde- nominational Ministerial Union of the District of Columbia today at a meet- ing at the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, by Dr. A, Earl Kernahan, under whose personal direc- tion it will be conducted. Dr. Kernahan detailed to the min- isters the working plans of the survey and answered questions about various phases of such a campaign. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the itional Church, of the general committee which will conduct the campaign for the churches, presided. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, spoke on “The Underlying Re- ligious Needs for the Campaign.” Sev- :‘x;‘l ministers offered prayers for its ccess. Luncheon followed the meeting. Rev. J. R. Duffield, chairman of the vey committee, explained in detail the work necessary to make a survey of the cit; has been divided into 10 chairmen: . The city districts_ with these M Rev. | Matti, MOSES IS ACCUSED - (OF AIING GERMANS Garvan Charges Senator and Kahn With Helping Foreign Chemical Interests. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 27.—Francis P. Garvan, president of the Chemical Foundation, in a statement published today, charged that a conspiracy by German chemical interests to influence United States tariff schedules had been aided by Senator George Moses of New Hampshire, Otto H. Kahn and others. The statement was issued with coples of a deposition which he made for use in the suit brought against him as former allen property custodian, charg- ing that he and others tried to defraud the Government of $5,553,546 in the war-time disposition of assets of the Bosch Magneto Co. The suit was dis- missed in a Federal court in Bostun gllmrdly. where the de)oition s on e. Tells of Collecting Evidence, Garvan said in his ement that during 10 years he had “assembled evi- dence of the German penetration of American industry, involving cabinet officers of the Harding regime and Sen- ator Moses of New Hampshire as allies of the German interests in their at- tempt to regain control of the American situation. “The only reason I make this state~ ment is because after this case has blown up, the fight goes on today. Some of you saw the other day that Senator Moses had appointed Otto Kahn as treasurer for the election of new Sen- ators. You did not associate the fact that his friend and partner, ‘Warburg, is head and front of the American in- terest in the American Interessen Gemeinschaft in its attempt to destroy our chemical industry.” 3 and Felix Warburg are partners in Kuhn, Loeb & Co. * Charges Salary Is Illegal. The statement also named Merton E. ey, former attorney general of New York, as an American officlal a! German dye interests. Mr. Garvan that a salary of $10,000, which is be! paid Mr. Lewis as a 1 assistan of the United States Af General, was being paid in violation of the Fed- eral Iaw, as the amount was being paid from German funds held by the alien property custodian by and with the T, n e suit against him was instigated by Gaston B. Means, who later was sentenced to the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta, STOCK SALE PROFIT TAX RULE PROMISED Supreme Court Will Pass on Con- troversy of Far-Reaching Importance. By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court today consented to pass on a tax controversy of fare reaching importance, involving the right of the Federal and State governnients whxmnmdmndmuu-u. on bonds issued by the other, presented m-mmmtmumm.w ?}'m’ Y Mmm.lg a ‘municipal ds. bonds ’voum baw v Government MEXICO-SOVIET SPLIT BLAMED ON WASHINGTON Charge Prepares to Leave Russian Territory Following Breach of Relations. By the Associated Press. IOSCOW, January - | two other members . | gation and Rev. Percy ‘Thot Mitchell. CHICAGO CO-OPERATIVE STORE TO BE CLOSED chy Leiter Mércantile Establishment, With $12,000,000 Business, to Liquidate as Lease Expires. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, '"""'"m”‘b—;mm:‘énmz Bullding Stores, thougl co-operative department store in the country and one of Chicago’s lllm: mercantile establishments, will ¢! permanently March 31, it was announc- ed yesterday, because of the expiration of the lease on the buil the con- cern occuples. It is said to be the largest concern ever to go out of busi- ness in chluiv. The leasehold expired the first of the m}' and a 90-day extension was ob- ermis iquidation of siocks. Stssting to perm! n of stocks. wufle a annual business of ap- proximately $3,000,000 in 1920, it de- veloped its business to $12,000,000 a year, Giant Meteor Falls in Siberia. g‘mn. !éberh. January 2&.1{’)..—!‘&- Hicteorie, with & {hunderous Toar ahd that extended for many llnilu, Bl!ll)r'!:; fell into the ‘woods near the Mongolian border. I Heads Committee ! excuse_for that have existed since 10-YEAR IMMIGRATION BAN URGED BY DE PRIEST South American, Mexican and Ca~ nadian Nationals S8hould Be Put on Quota Basis, He Says., By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 27.—] ta~ tive Oscar D Priest, adaressing the Nax country should be -fim for a 10- come & citizen within a should RIVERA PROMISES VIEWS. Situation in Spain to Be Told by Premier Before Assembly. MADRID, Ji £y -Premier Primo_de Rivera has-iold ‘ney