Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 28, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 51 POPULATION 29,685 NORWIC MORSE. HIS THREE SONS AND FIGHT OTHERS INDICTED Federal Grand Jury Charges Them With “Conspiracy to De- fraud” the United States Government and the Emergen- =y Fleet Corporation—The Defendants Will Be Requir- ed to Appear in the District of Columbia Supreme Court For Arraignment When They Can Be Released Under $10,000 Bonds in Each Case—Mr. Morse Declares That . & s the Indictment is “Terribly Unjust”. Washington, Feb. 37.—Charles W. | bined, ew York shipbuilder, his three | °T: Ervin. Benjamin and Harry Morse, others alleged to have been with him in connmection with me shipping contmacts, were toda by federal grand jury on conspiracy to defraud” the United States. alleged to hav defendants “knowingly and ling and confederated and agreed fogeth- and with .divers other persons un- known to commit offenses against the Each of the offenses been committed, accord- ing to the indictments, consisted of tho wilfully, and for the purpose of cheating, swind- defrauding the fleet corpora- CABLED PARAGRAPHS Tipperary Barracks Ralded - London, Feb. 27.—(By the A. P.)— Armed men raided the police barracks at Clonmel, County Tipperary, says a Central News despatch tonight, and selzed saven motor cars, about 300 rifles, three machine gans, 300,000 rounds of ammunition for small arms and 100 revolvers. FOLIDAY IN LONDON FOR PRINCESS MAERY'S WEDDING London, Feb. 28 (By the A, P.)—Vast crowds have been pouring into Lodon to add their numbers to-the thousands who will make a holiday of Princess Mary's wedding day. Until late at night the workmen wera putting the last touches on the decorations and completing tho reviewing accommodations {n the neigh- borhood of Westminster Abbey and many peopls wers wandering about watchffig, nothwithstanding a biustery wind with occasional showers, In front of Buckingham palace those who were determined to miss nothing paraded up and down. After midnight the numbers steadily Increased at all the points of vantage, evidently pre- pared to spend the night In waiting for the morrow's ceremony. A majority of them were women and a large propor- tion obviously were provincials. Some carried stools on which, when they had chosen thefr halting place, settled for the night wrapped olosely against the rain and wind. 3 v FI A ‘Whitehall, a wide thoroughfare with e o Pmeicy et ton In which the United States 1o gu| broad sidewalks was one of the favor- Those I stockholder, making false and fraudu-| ;. yooa1ions of the sightseers, and hers s omaactek Jn addition to Morse | jent statements to the fleet DOrPOra-| pon ore passing the might with well- S B Tiviag sent | oD stocked fond baskets. There s mot a o piamEstone, former president| The names of William G. McAdoo.| ot “ion the route of the procession et ot ihe o Soon e e i | former sccretary of the treasury, and |y g its quota of enthusfasts await- : e o 0f America |dttorney Stuart G. Gibboney, were men-| jn doncentedly a chance o see tho M crestn, ety he Uniteq? | tioned”in the indictments ''as havingipriq.” either going to or returning from aarests, twpeaally the United | conveyed to shipping board officials | g% pnev. e & geactiore ‘;‘c-\ . York | Statements alleging excellent financtal| " mE™00 ok prospects are mot pro- treasarer - United | States | Condition of the Virginia Shipbullding | hiyious, A rainy type of strong south- - betation Co. i, . Statesfcorporation: Tt In not' clatmeml thatl etV r ot ket L Cwers: et " Ruper: M. Much, Augy Me. assigt- | (N°%e men. acting as attorneys {or the|pang thunder. are probable during the A r Virginte Bnimbatigias ot-| corporation, knew of the allefed fal- | day. but conditions are mot such 4 will . A sity of any representation made DbY|jiely necessitate alterations in the ar- ashington, D. C.. attor. | MOFSe or any of the others indicted. 1t| rangements, x Shipbulding corpora. | %35 Stated in he indictments that Mr. T or for United | the fleet corporation E 2 X 4 o Siatee Flaon ompatatio o o v ted | ton Payne, its chairman at that time, AYPAREL TO POOR NOBLES B, ristie. treasaver Virginis | ocument containing the statement that| o e ; i § asurer Virginia [ document contalning the statement tha'| New York, Feb. 27.—London's pawn wng ceesoration s 2 “khoid. | Prokers are competing keenly for the let- 0. White, adsistant treasurer | cOntributed by the \‘xrgln;“ {slo(,kdhol L T e Iron worke and president United | o5 and invested in sToans fond e | ndbles invited to Princess Mary's wedding States Trensportation Co.. Inc. ets; that an offer of $570, Ston by | The personal columns of London ne Two indictments were returned, both | of HHires Jessals; anSeEiommaimopiion by papers arriving here were fiied with ad- ng wentical tr: mctions and ac-|'he company, had been made S an= vertisements offering for rent everything s me persons. Ome charges a | Other statement that at least $1,400,000 defraud the United wos a conepiracy Sehbol due the company, 1o commit an| It was also asserted that some of t from rhinestone slizper buckles to swords and cocked hats. he "y know that there are ladies and gen- the United States by de- | Accused authorized Mr. Gibboney, Wh3|ijemen of noble birth who because of fin- % the United States shipping |then was eaid to have been acting as!onfial reverses ghams lons heen without attorney for the Virginia company 10 eourt apparel, and they ean rent from me United States Attorney Peyton Gordon, | State orally to the board of trustees of [in conficence. Early so'icitation is re- tated will require the defendants | the Geet corporation that the Virginia|auireq so as to give time for any neces- a7 ® District of Coumbia su- | company had spent $1,815,000 on ItS|cary ajterations.” eme for arraignment, when they | Plant. released under $10,000 bond in Reason For Two Indictments. object of the grand jury the ase The turning ried ments and atement issued after the indict- s were returned Mr. Morse chargéd t “the indictment, which be nroven later, I ecause of person the 1 s terrioly elieve i feeling Tt of Attorney Gen- rtain present offi- States shinping attorney, Wilton J. ald that indictments against and, his associates “wouid «en returned had they heen near before the grand the defendants all will be ted as soon as the “real | = presented. s between the Emergency and Groton Iren rgimia Shipbuliding cor- defendants of assuring absolute certain government's ht to charges against the defendant mjght ba contended, he added. emergency fleet corporation the United States. Tn the second indictment the preamb) of as that was United Morse's i t authority of the shipping board to cr ate the to build ships and yards. peated the histos of the to the Morse agreement said to have been entered i ch charge: I to on March 13, 1920, between the oximate §40.000,000, | Transportation company, In was made however, in the | 1€ latter was appointed to % of the full amount which the | fieCt’s managing to » are charged with having mis. | ° as cargo carrying o Fletcher Dobyns of as had been and pecia t the attor. | completed 1 Groton d the fnvostt | and might signed overnment, declined af. | (FANSPOrt company wa ents were returned to es- all receipts and to pay to e amount of momey out of which | POration the net revenue de contracts | Stat sadl to a ~suimate act as els eraft Iron to to b it. in re- two indictments which car- the identical allegations and state- District Attorney Gordor announced, was for the purpose the prosecute the the was devoted to the establishment of the | emergency fieet corporation and It then re- companies and included an fleer | whereby the | manage and | such | Works The to account for he fleet cor- ed, it was Another advertised a ‘velvet court ssit, hat, sword and stockings; complete in tin case; fit man six feet of sligh build, perfect condition. My wite will ad- vise any Jady in doubt as how to dress for wedding.” Alongside the pawn brokers' advertise- ments appear those of the resorts where wedding celebrations will be held. One of these rollows: “Royal wedding gala dinner, ball and supper and distribution of mammotr wed- ding cake at restaurant Belgrava, Vie toria, overlooking Bl finzham, 1':§ oo, 5.30 to 2 American jazz band an‘ it 0t 2a m smartest dance of the whe™ gamat. Court dress not compulsor COURT SUSTAINS WOMAN’ SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT n- Wash'ngton, Feb. 27.—The constitu- tionality of the woman's suffrage or nine- teenth amendment was sustained today by the supreme court in a unanimous decision rendered by Jusiice Brandeis The challenge canie from the state of ryland, where Oscar Leser and others sought to prevent the megistration of two women as qualified voters in Baitimore. Leser and his associates contended that the constitution of Maryland y¥mited su frage to fien; that the legislature o3 e of s a * United States was de. | Stated. Maryland had refused to ratiTy the wom- od, b was understood the sums| Mr. Livingstone, one of those indict-|an's suffraze amendment, and that the v government allaged wers mis. | 80, I8 vice president of the American|amendment had not become a part of the amounted to several million | National bank here and for many | federal constitution. The Maryland state vears has been identified with the bus-|courts sustained the amendment. False Pretensions. mess and financial charged the defend- ally with falsely pretending to :]n::;an Railway, of which he is presi- * #hipping board and the flest corpora- g ot the BEARAH ,n,",",‘,n,:.::. Mr. Morse, on January 3, 1910, was represented would be able to erect | SoMteNced to serve 15 years In the At- interests which have controlied the Washington and Old Do- The contention that an amendment to the federal constitution relating to ad- ditions to the electorate cannot be made without the consent of the state, the court disposed of by reference to the fifteenth or equal suffrage amendment, declaring , trom their own funds ship. | 1aNta penitentiary for misappropria- | that “one cannot be valid apd the other Wants of eufficient size to en.|tON of funds of the National Bank of |invalid.” It pointed out that the validity m 1o carry out contracts given | NOTth “America, but was paroled on|Of the fiftcenth amendment had been by the flest corporation and fo pro. | JARUAry 18, 1812, by President Taft|recognized for half a century. without detay to th « The construction of ntention of the defend- was alleged, was to obtain large money from the fleet corporation representing that said sums be used for construction of vessels, ert large sums from the ship n for the erection and equip- nent of plants and housing facilities and conver: the funds to the use of the 1iding corporations and themselves and to delay ship construction: carcerated Mr. succumb to tuberculosts, Tha investigations by dictments of Chairman Lasker and General Counse to Morse's transactions with the boar © ind‘ctments further charged that | Investigations subsequently, they in- o Aefendants falsely pretended that | formed the department of fustice, war- “Se sums money were due from the | Tanted, in thelr opinion, action by the fec. corporation as progress payments, | §OVernment. %1 obtained the money when they knew| While the government was probing *## not dus. Simiar charges were | into the Morse contracts the shipbutld- made that when the defendants repre. | er sailed for Europe and a few days la- r corporations had invest. | ter ts in shipbuiMing plants, arge amov an for that reamon alleged the plants | States, were adequate security for loans and ances. they defrauded, all the time | M'ADOO REPR] N’ wing in truth and in fact the cor- SONNRATIOYS ons wonid not have invested in MADE IN GOOD FAITH i plants the ot arge sums attrib- Sold Mnsses of Material. New York, Feb. who had been advised that if longer in- Morss would probably the shipping board which resulted today \n tha in- Morse and his assoclates were begun last June when the present shipping board personnel assumed office. Schieinger had their attention brought it was sald, soon after taking office and t the direction of Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty returned to the United 27.—Willam G. McAdoo, former pecretary of the treas- ury, deciared in a statement tonight that The suggestion that several of the thirty-six states which ratified teeneth amendment had in their state constitutions which prohibited the legislatures from: ratifying could not be entertained, the court stated, because the state legislatures derived their power In such matters from the federal consti- tution, which “transcends any limitations sought to be imposed by the people of .a state. The remaining objection that the rati- fying resolutions of Tenpessee and West Virginia were inoperative, because adopt- ed in violation of legisiative procedure in those states, may have been rendered “immaterial,” the court declared, by the subsequent ratification of the amendment by Comnecticut and Vermont. The con- tention was disposed of, however, on a broader ground, the court stated, adding that the secretary of state having issued a preclamation of the ratification of the amendment by the legislatur#s of thirty- six states, the amendment, to ail intents and purposes had become 'a part of the constitution. Another attack upon woman's suffrage Wwas disposed of by the court today in an el d. opinion handed down by Justice Bran- Arze quantities of material were ob- | all representations regarding the finan- | dels. It came from hte courts of the d from the fleet corporation by tha | clal condition of the Virginia Shipbuild- | District of Columbia and was brought by sndanis for the construction of vesseis | INE corporation made by _his firm, | Charles S. Fairhild of New York iy ter. the indictments charged, the| McAdoo, Cofton and Franklin, as at- | sought to compel the withdrawal of the 75 woid great masses of the ma- | torpeys for the corporation, “were made viel and converted the proceeds of the the corporations and themselves, arged that the defendants shipping board officials to the Virginla Shipbullding mich of the vessels that be finished at the Virginia plant « United States Transportation s Tnc. such of \he vemsels ‘that were at of the Groton Iron at Groton, Comn.. under managing erating contracts whereby thess rations Were o operate the ships in state and forsign commerce, and nt to t by 'ug in good faith” was based “upon file with the shipping board.” e plant anything been calped to my true” 7| INVESTIGATING CHARGES shipping board for the ing from such operation. s time the ships vawe turned over * indictments charged, the defendaiits scted and intended to fail and refuse account for a large part of such reve- « and 1o convert a lirge part of the vestigation of several Mr. McAdoo said “that he had again examined the brief filed with the ship- ping board by his firm, which he sald information furnish- ed to us and upon earlier statements on Oft htse statements he said “nelther at that time nmor at any later time has attention which makes me doubt that they were AGAINST COTTON BROKERS New York, Feb. 27.—A John Doe in- “bucketig” charges against cotton brokerage firms will begin Thursday before Chief Mag- ratification proclamation. Justice Bran- deis stated that the case must be dis- missed because Fairchild had no standing w!’;k;h warranted him in bringing such a suit. PLANTSVILLE MAN 18 AN ALLEGED EMBEZZLER Southington, Cunh,‘ Feb. 27.—Upon the complaint of ‘Warren C, Chase, gen- tfal manager of the Rowe Calk and (:hi‘in company in Plantsville, Herman Lyring was arrested today on a charge of embezzlement, and in default of $5,- 000 " ball, is held pending a hearing in the town court tomorrow. Mr. Chase alleges that his account; are $1,050 s, short. 2 — g israte McAdoo, the district attorney’s OBITUARY. 3 0 the use of themseives and 10| office announced today. Albert N. Wildman. » : > - e District Attorney Banton sald offi- Danb: , Conn.: . — rart of the charges agatnst the vessels| cialy andl -attorneys of the American | recelved tars ey e the Seert e o e iheic oneration and to permit | Cotton Bxchange had requested that the | Angeles, Cailt, last lsme of AMind Agrey 781 - & #™M. | hearings be so conducted that ¢they| Wildman, 83, president of the 0City Na- +ch ihe fleet corporation Would have t0| might answer, in public, complaints touching the conduct of the exchange. Offenses Against United States. Additional evidence amgalnst The indictments further charged that soniinuously throughout the perfod of preme court grand jury today by A he day of the finding of the mndict- @ent, the defendants “conspired, come out announcing any indictments, stock brokerage houses was laid before a su: dme exieding from April 18, 1917, o | sistant District Attorney Simmons. The| for 38 years. grand jury adjourned for the day with- tional bank of this city. Mr. Wildman went to visit reatives, and was strick- en with apaplexy. The body will be Brandé.ce Talks On Reservations| Again Postponed Was Actuated by a Desire to|President Harding Holds For Have Position of United -States Clearly Understood. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, Feb, 27.—That Senator Brandegee, in’ presenting his first reser- vation to the four-power treaty, Was actuated by a desire to clarify the state- ment made by President Handing, n sub- mitting the treaties—that “it did not mean any alllance or commitment. or any jnvolvement’—is clearly set forth in the following interview accorded to The Bulletin correspondent by Senator Brandegee: “I would be willing,” sald Senator Brandeges to the correspondent, “to attach as a reservation the speech which President Handing made in submitting the treaties. He said it did not mean (Continued on Page 2, Column Five) RADIO TELEPHONE NOT FOR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS Washington, Feb., 27.—Use of the Ta- dio telephone for communication be- tween single individuals as in the case of the ordinary wire telephoe, ‘“is 2 perfectly hopeless motion” Secretary Hoover told the radio conference which began today at the department of com- merce to devise means of regulating the use of radio telephony in the interest of assuring the most public benefit from it. Within the past four or five months Mr. Hoover said such rapid develop- ment has been made in the art of radio telephony that today there are more than 600,000 wireless telephone Teceiv- ng sets in operation in the United . vear ago, he added, there less than 50,000, ‘We are indeed threshold of a new spread communication today means of upon, the of wide- intelligence that has the most profound importance from the point of public education and public welfare,” Mr. Hoover contin- ued, * * * Obviously if ten million telephone subseribers are eryi through the air for their mates th will never make a junction; the ether will be filled with frantic chaos with no communication of any kind possible. In other words the wircless telephone one definite fleid and that is for spread of certain predetermined mater- ial of public interest from central sta- tio This, he added, news, education, commereial portance to munity at the Primarily a question ing, “it is inconceivable,” Mr. Hoover declarcd, “that we should allow so great a possibility for service, for news. for entertainment for education and for vital commercial purposes to be drown- ed in advertising chatter, or for com- mercial purposes that can be quite as well served by, cur other means of com- munjcation. One pr ence must be limited to entertainment and purposes and matter of im- arge groups of the co same time, of broadcast- blem confronting the confer- Mr. Hoover said, will be to work out wave lengths which will permit the users in the different geographical areas, at different times of the day by tuning their instruments to receive a great variety of entertainment, informa- tion and news but “even if we use ali lie the ingenuity there possible I do mot be- are enough permutations to allow unlimited numbers of sending Anyone who wishes to, he added, should be allowed to install a receiv- ing . station, but the immediate prob- lem now was to determine who will do the broadeasting, “and what will be his purpose. Representative White of Maine, a member of the conference committee apointed by Mr. Hoover declared there was a feeling on the part of some mem- bers of congress that there should not be any legislation arbitrarily assigning wave lengths as in the present state of a rapidly developing art, rigidly of con- trol should be ‘avoided. All congrees could do, he said, would be to lay down generally rules and set up a control body with broad powers. No opposition developed at the meet- ing toward the question of control and Mr. Hoover declared that it was one of the few instances where the country was unanimous ‘in its desire for mors regulation.” Most of those represented. were sald to be in favor of legislation placing the control in the department of commerce. EIGHT STILETTO WOUNDS IN BACK OF SLAIN ITALIAN White Plains, N, Y., Feb, 27.—A bat- tered taxicab, left at a local garage ear- Iy today for repairs, is now thought by police to have carried the slayers of Paola Letto, the young Italian whoss body, with eight stiletto wounds in the back, was found last night on the Tar- rytown road, near Mount Calvary ceme- tery The driver of the cab and one pas- senger, “a strange-appearing man,” left hurriedly after ing instructions ~for the machine's repair, a garage empleye told the police. Letto's body was identified today by Antonfo Farpalla, his uncle, a resident of Elmsford. He said etto came to this country about a year ago and had worked as a day laborer, adding that the young man had no enemies, as far as he knew. FORD’S MUSCLE SHOALS OFFER SIDETEACKED ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—(By the A. P.)— The Ford offer Rfor purchase and lease of the government's war projected foroper- ties at Muscle Shoals Ala., was tempol ily sidetracked today by the house mili- tary committee after almost three weeks continuous Investigation and the way was cleared to begin consideration tomorrow of the rival proposal for the same pron- erties submitted by the Alabama Power company. At the same time, Chairman Kahn said the committee hoped to dispose by the end of the week of all rearings on of- fers before it, including those from Mr. Ford, the Alabama Power conyany and Frederick B. Engstrum and begin work next week on preparing a report for the house reciting the committee's opinions on ‘the various proposals it will have studled. The decislon to begin the examination tomorrow of the power company’s offer was reached today when Hubert Dent, of Alabama, former chairman of house mil- itary committee, acting chie:.counsel for the labama concern and Thomas W. Martin, president of the comipany con- cluded arguments in which they ngly defended the option claimed by the com- pany for exclusive right to purchase the brought to this city for burfal. Mr. ‘Wildman has been president of the bank He is survived by one son, Colonel Leonard C. Wikdman, U. . 8. A, (retired), now living in Chicago. Warrior steam plant, contained in the contract signed with war department, by wihich power was supplied by the jplant during the war for operations of the ni- trate plants at Muscle Shoals. NN., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1922 Soldier Bonus Bill Sales Tax — MacNider to Call at White House Today. Washington, Feb. 27.—Postponement of house action on the saldler bonus bill for a while longer was suggested to- day by Representative Mondell, Wyom- Ing, the republican leader, after he and Chairman Fordney, of the ways and means committee, had conferred With President Harding at the White House. Emphasizing that the suggestion was his own, Mr.,Mondell sald it was well known that the house intended to pass 2 bonus measure at this session and that a little delay might serve “to clear the skies” Ha explained that within a short time there would probably be more defilnite information as to expected sav- ings in expenditures for the next fiscal year; returns from the foreign debt and Whiteher business conditions could be ex- pected to improve to the extent of in- suring additional federal revenues. Mr. Mondell and Mr. Fordney were understood to have apprised the pres- ident farmally of the action of the spe- cial house sub-committee in rejecting the executive'’s proposal that the bonus he financed by a sales tax and approv-- ing instead a bill without any defiinite means of raising the revenue. They would not indicate what views the execu- tive had expressed, but Representative Longworth of Ohlo, a member of the committee dealing with the bonus ques- tion, said tonizht after a visit to the White House that Mar Harding stili was of the opinion that the legislation either should be financed by a sales tax or postponed. Barlier in the day Mr. TLongworth had expressed the opinion that the majority members of the waye and means com- mittee, at their meeting tomorrow to conslder the report of the special sub- ommittee, would approve a honus bill without delay any revenue Drovision. He added that it was his belief that if con- grezs passed such a measure the press fdent would veto it. Hanford MacNider. national command- er of the American Legion, and John Thomas Tavlor, vice chalrman of the Legion’s legislative commitiee, called to- day at the White Fouse, but as they had made no apmointment and the pres- ident's list of callers was filled for the day, were unabje to see the president. They were given an engagement for to- morrow and Indicated that it was thelr purpose to urge that there be no further delay in encament of the legislation. They emphasized their desire in this con- nection today in a talk with Chatrman Fordney whom they met at ‘the execu- tive offices. The bonus bill got Into house discus- sion late in the day, Representative Hill, repubican, Marvland, cpening the de- bate by reading a letter he had written to Mr. Fardnev, suzgesting elmination of all of the “five way” plans except the cash feature. Ha told the house that e had fatrly accurate information that 95 per cent. of the service men In Bal- timore, Md., would take the cash fea- ture and that he belleved a very large percentaze of the men elsewhere would do Mkewlse Quesioned as to how he would rafse the $1,500,000.000 necessary to pay all of the men cash, Mr Hiil said the money could be obtained by a tax on light wines and heer “That's no hasis for estimate, smagination”™ said Renresentatly republican, Tilinols, amid laushter BOSTON PRESBYTERY EXPELS A CHURCH IN BROOKLINE that's. Mann, Poston, Feb. At a stormy meeting of the Boston Presbytery. the ruling body of the Pres erian demomination for Greater Boston. today the First Presby- terian church of Brookkne was removed from the denomination and Edwin Cur- s was removed as supoly pastor and denied admission to the Presbyterian church as a minister. The many charges against the pastor included allegations that he had on several occasions said grace frivolously and in one instance baptized a dog immediately after o clat- ing at a funeral. The case had been the subject of sev- eral hearings before the Presbytery, and he fact that sevtral hundred members of the Brookline church upheld the pas- tor led to the church itself being removed from the Presbyterian denomination mt today’s session. 'Officials of the church said tonight that further steps would be taken, possibly in the ciyil courts.. . = To support the charges that Mr. Curtls said grace in a fnivolous manner, affi- davits were presented from people who lived at the same boarding house as the pastor. On one occasion, it was alleged, Mr. Curtis said: = - , Lord, we thank thee for the salad.” On’ another he said: “Lord, we thank thee for the French fried potatoes.” A deposition by two women church mmebers declared that after returning with them from a funeral Mr. Curtis be- came interested In a dog at their home. He took a glass of water, the deposition stated, and sprinkled some of the water on the dog’s head, saving: “Buster Porter. I baptize thee a full- fledged Presbyterian.” FUGITIVE BROKER LINDSAY ARRESTED IN OVERBROOK, PA. New York, Feb. 27—Alfred D. Lindsay, former stock broker, wanted here for mulcing soclsty women of mors than a million_dollars, was arrested tonight in Overhrook, Pa., accor#ng to an an- nouncement from police headquarters. An indictment charging the fugitive with grand larceny was voted by the grand jury today following a dramatie hearing in the course of which Mrs. Dor- othy Atwood, New York soclety woman, became hysterical and temporarily hak- ed the proceedings. Mrs. Lillign Duke, divorced wifs of the “Tobacch King" testified that Lind- say had obtained her entire fortune, more than $375,000 through his prom- ises to make a vast fortune for her through stock market traneactiens. Witnesses declared that Lindsay won their confidence by convincing them of his close _business connection ~ with Jeaders of finance, with whom he claim- ed to have nightly meetings at which stock exchange operations were “fixed up,” between games of dominoes. Descriptions of the missing broker had been broadcasted through the coun- try. * The report of the arrist reached po- Tice headquarteas by teleptone. Detective Sergeant Willam A. Roddy, attached to the staft of Inspector John B. Coughlin, cammanding the deteotive division of the Dolice department got his chief by long distandp, ammounced he had camtured the runaway, and asked further instruc- tiome. . Inspector Conghlin Indicated that im- ‘mediate steps would be taken to bring ahout Lindsay's extradition. % - BRIEF TELEGRAMS During 1021 Framce issued 16,171,362, 000 francs in new securitles compared with 55,848,516,000 in 1820. The fire In the North Block on w; ter street, Augusta, Me., caused damaj estimated at $65,000. The Fred Simond, property at North Andover, Mass, built more than 250 years ago, was destroyed by fire. John F. A. Merill, democrat, will re- tire on July 1 as federal disirict attorney for Maine. 7 s President Harding yesterday mm: ed honorary presidency of the Boys Club Federation. Hog prices tonched & mew high mark for the season at Sioux City, Ia., yester- day—$1.65—the highest price since Au- gust, 1920. An unidentified man about 26 years ol was stabbed to death mear Elmsford, N. Y., and his body thrown on the motor highway. Great Britain's steel exports of 1921 were 31 per cent. of 1913 tonnage. Ex- ports of December, 1921 were "46 per cent. of exports of December, 1913. President Harding will address the National Merchant Marine association at the opening of its convention in Wash- ington next Friday. The seviet government's decree con- fiscating church treasures for the bene- fit of famine sufferers was published yes- terday. A row and fistfight developed at the investigation into school history books whihe 15 beig conducted by Commissioner of Accounts Hirshfield in New York. The Great Northern rallway reports approhimately 12,000,000 to 15.000,000 bushels of grain will be moved shortly out of northwestern territory., Deacendants of Pincus Friedman, who lived in Poland in 1790, left New York for their respective homes after gather- ing there for their annual dinner. Mrs. Frances Treat, widow of Charles H. Treat, who was United States treas- urer under President Roosevelt, died at her home in Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. Rose Carabedian, & mill opera- tive, leaving work in the Arlington mille at Lawrence, Mass.,, was stabbed several times by a man, Fifteen cars of west-bounnd freight train on the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine Railroad were derailed early near East Deerfeld, Mass, due to the breaking of a car wheel. Thomas Cox, 36, of Binghamton, N. Y., was drowned while attempting to re- cover the bodies of the three women drowned when thelr automokile plunged into the Chenango river. “Veroniea’s Veil,” a passion play pat- terned after (he one enacted by the vil- lagers at Oherammergau, opened its ii;lsm annual season in West Hoboken, Robbers held up a drug stere on Sec- ond avenus, New York, rified the cash register and the pockets of Louis Ghuck- man, the clerk, then bound and gagged their victim. The combined gold holdings of the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan on Jan. 31, 1922, amounted to 2.030.000,000 yen, compared with 2,17 000,000 yen a year previous. Pope Pius yesterday recelved in fare- well audience Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, and the Very Rev. Jjoseph A. Whitaker, chancellor of the arch- dioce of Phiadelphia. Forty-seven boys escaped by Iadders from the fifth floor of St. John's Indus- irial Hame at Eim Grove, at Wheeling, W. Ba., a suburb, when fire destroyed the building with an estimated loss of $50,000, Transfer of the tariff commission to the department of commerce and inaug- uration of a new tariff plan to protect American manufacturers were proposed in g bill introduced by Semator Freling- ‘huysen. Amateur weather prophets of New York and New Jersey were out yestarday with claims of an early Spring, reporting it on the authority of what they odnsid- ered infallible “signs.” - Fatalitles at coal mines during Janu- ary declined about 26 per cent. from January a yvear ago, according to an an- nouncement today by the bureau of mines. Captain Thomas J. Bannigan, of Hart- ford has beed appointed sub-district manager af the United States Veterans' Bureau in Connectiout, according to an announcement made last night. Escorted to the cemetery by a troop of national guard cavalry. the body of Sergeant Edward Schumacher, one of the ;rloum ;t the Roma disaster at Norfolk ast week, was buried with milit: - ors at Redbank, N. J, e 2o mem whe a fert Miss Jennie Jarvey .of her pooket. book returned yesterday to the office where she is employed and maltreated her s0 severely that she was taken to a hospital. night ago” rob- The Black Bear, long an ontlaw with a price on his head, will becoms a re- spectable resident of the Malne woods, if the Maine Sportsmen’s Fish and Game association succeeds in its movement to extend to him the protection now accord- ed other fur-bearing animals. — The Massach: Commission on Necessaries of iife issued a statement on the coal situation to city and town of- ficials quoting Secretary of Commerce Hoover as saying: “The stage is well set for a coal strike on April 1 A painting by John Singer Sargent in the Boston Public Library became an object of protest when oitlzens of Jew- ish extraction in the city appeared be- fore the legislative joint judiclary com- mittee to favor abill for Its removtl. The plcture Is entiled “The Symagogue.” e The preposal from American Legion that the G. A. R. in the future honor the memory of General Robert E. Lee by celebrating his birthday, January 19, has been turned down by George H. Ward post, G. A. R, of Worcester, Mass. National Bisonit Compan¥ at Springfield, Who was arrested recently in Edmond- ton, Alberta, dhanged with larceny of $5,000 of the company's funds, pleaded not guilty. PRICE TWO CEN T AUTHORITY OF THELC.C.S UPHELDBY SUPREME COURT Passenger Fare to Remove Unjust Discriminatiort 3 Against Interstate Commerce—Court Holds That “Com« merce is a Unit and Does Not Regard State Lines”— - Commission Acted Under Transportation Act of 1920, ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—Declaring that “commerce is a unit and does not regard State lines,” the supreme court today through Chief Justice Taft and -with- out dissent handed down a decision holding the authority of the interstate commerce commission under the trans- portation act of 1920 to fix state rail- road passenger fare when necessary to remove ‘undue, unreasonable and un- Just discrimination against. interstate commerce."” Two cases were presented to the court. One was brought by the railroad commission of Wisconsin and others against the Chicago, DBurliegen and Quincy railroad seeking an injunction to prevent the railroads of the state from putting into effect on state pas- senger traffic the rate of 3.6 cents per mile allowed by the government on in- terstate travel. The other was brought by the state of New York against the federal government, the interstate com- merce commission and certain railroads of that state on the ground that the 3 cent fare fixed by the New York state public utility commission produced rea- sonable returns to the railroads upon their state trafic. In ®oth states freight rates had been advanced to the interstate level without objection from the states. “Congress in its control of its state commerce system is secking in the transportation act to make the system adequate to the needs of the country by securing for it a reasonable compensa- tory return for all the work it dos chief justice stated in the opini states are seeking to use that tem for intrastate traffic. That entails large duties and expenditures.on the in- terstate commerce system Wwhich may burden it unless compensation is re- ceived for the intrastate business rea- sonably proportionate to that for the interstate business. Congress -as the dominant controller of interstate com- merce may therefore restrain undue limitation of the earning power of the interstate commerce system in dolng state work, * * * * “It can impose any reasonable condition on a state’s use of interstate carriers for intrastate com- merce it deems necessary or desirabla This Is because of the supremacy of the national power in this field.” Referring to the suggestion that the conclusion of the court would give the interstate commerce commission “uni- fied control of interstate and intrastats commerce” the court declared that such control was unified only to.the-“extent of maintaining efficient regulation of in- terstate commerce under the paramount power of congress.” The decision of the court “does not involve general resula- tion “of Intrastate commerce,” it added. It suggested that “the actlon of the interstate commerce commission In this regard should be directed to substantal disparity which operates as a Yeal dis- ter- BILL CALLS FOR $32,000,000 SHIP SUBSIDY ANNTUALLY Wadqhington, Feb. 27.—A shi sidy of about $32,000,000 annu an American merchant marine to be Paid by the diversion of ten per cent. of the nation's customs receipts to that pu ‘pose is provided in a bill to be duced with the approval of the shipping board In both houses of congress after a message urging a ship subsidy plan has been delivered by President Hard- ing. The ,president, it was sald at the White_House today will personally ad- dress a joint session of congress to- morrow and it was s=aid will endorse the subsidy plan proposed by the ship- ping board. Details of the bill which will bs intro- Guced by Chairman Jones of the cor imerce committee in the senate and by Chairman Green of the house merchant marine committee were made known un- officially tonieht. The $32,000,000 subsidy based on ten Per cent. of the customs receipts, it was explained, is to encourage foreign trade in American bottoms as was firs at- sub- tempted in recent tarfiff bills by means of a rebate to vessels fiying the Amerl- can flag. At the time such a course was found impossible becausa of existing trade treaties with other na and the provisions were not reta The subsldy, It is understood, will un- der the bill range upward from a ba ic rate of one-half cent per gross ton Der 100 miles regardless of speel for Amertcan v of 1,500 gross tons reg- Ister or more. Additlonal allowances wil he provided for smeed ranging from 13 to 23 nautical miles or greater or from two tenths of one cent to a fraction more than two cents. A retalner is to be provided for of- ficers and men of the merchant marine to attract them to an orzanized naval reserve power equal to one month's pay out of every year's pay on enlistment in such reserve, The coastwise dhipping laws would under the Hill be extended to the Phil- ippines and rallroads womld be per- mitted to operats ships except in the coastwise trade but thie provision would not apply to ships operated by rafiroads to the Philippines. 1 STAMFORD TOWN COUNCIL DISCHARGED TOWN MANAGER Stamford, Conn., Feb. 27.—The town council by a vote of 7 to 2 tonight dis- charged Town Manager R. H. Hunter, his term of office to expire tomorrow. This town adopted the town manager plan last fall and Mr. Hunter was later engaged as town manager. The meeting in the town hall tonight was attended by several hundred towns- people. There was some disturbance and Dolice were needed to preserve order. There was hissing and cat calling while the proceedings were on and eight dep- uty sheriffs and the police force were kept busy trying to check the noise. The councilmen were in & roped off space. After the vote was taken the crowd became boisterous and several of the counciimen were taken home by the po- lice in automobiles. The councli adjourn- ed until March 1 when an effort will be made to elect a successol to Hunter. A istter wag read to the council which %ad been signed by many taxpayers ask- ing it to retain Hunter. Charges were made in the town coun- ol that the town manager had usad his office to make. certaln purchases, '.-mwn( securing permission of the coun- criminafoon against and obstructicn interstate commerce and must leave ‘apd propriate discretion to the state &ue thorities to deal with intrastate rates af between themselves on the general leve el which the interstats commerce eom« mission has found to be falr to imter state commerce.” Discussing the possible effect of blany ket increases in rates in particular loc calities where by discouraging patrond ame, earnings may be decreased, Chief Justice Taft asserted that should suci results follow the interstate commers( commission would be avilable for ape propriate actlon. The court declared thers was room for discussion” on the question o the constitutionality of the transportas tion act, stating that it “had no dowbt in_the cases The court stated the cases presemtsq two questions, one as to Whether “intra< stats passenger fares work undue prew judice against persons in interstai commerce, such as to justify a horizon« tal increase of them, It announced Y could not sustain “the sweep” of x:l commission’s order “on the showigg discriminations against persons : places alone” It was in disposing the second question as to Whether statq fares in the Ywo cases were undeu disd criminations against interstats coms merce as a Whole which the commis< sion is bound by duty to remove, thal the court made its findings. The transd portation aet, the court stated, author« ized the commission for the first tim “to deal directly with Intrastate n'i where the vare unduly discriminating against interstate commerce,” a powes which the commission formerly had ag to persons and localities. “Intrastate rates and the Income them must play a most important pas Ithe court added, “In maintaining ag adequate national rallway system, Solicitor General Beck, commenting on the decisions sald “the government naturally is gratified at this signal ving dication of the underlying theory of the transportation law of 1920, . “This notable decision.” the solicitod declared, “is a grest step forward if solving the great problem of transporg tation TRUNE LINES TO TEST NEW HAVEN ROAD AWARN New York, Fab 27.—{Executives of trunk line railorads decided at a meeting here today to seek a court test of the in< terstate commerce dommission’s decision awarding tre New York, New Haven and’ Hartford rallroad and assoclated lines a. 15 per cent. increase in their share of ratey on intercharged freight. A resolution was adopted instructing counsel immedi' atevly to prepare papers in a suit te ens join the commission’ from emtoreing itd order. { i JAPAN IN POSSESSION ' OF GERMAN SECEETS Berlin, Fsb 27.—German military and naval seccrets of much importance have come ito the hands of Japanése govern« ment agents, according to informatiom which has reached authoritative circleg in Berlin. Among these are processes for the manufacture of star ghells, the form< ula for a contact fuse which the Ger- mans used advatageously {dr rang-finde ing when time-exploding fuhes were un= satisfactory. and “certain submarine plans and paval secrets which have beexy betraved to the detriment of the Gere man empire™ For the theft of these submarine plans and other secrets, which took place seva eral months ago in Kiel. at least seveny Germans have been tried for high trea< son secretly before the Leipsic court, and four of them received sentences of from seven months to one and a half vears® mprisomment. Four of the convicted men were former German officers, the others were employas of & well known German matufacturing firm which fi¥e 24 huge war orders. ) The trials, which were held lasf Ded csmber, Eare nd indication thit the Japanese government was concerned, bu{ reports in the hands of responsile dipe lomatic officials in erlin say: “The ds< fendants attempted with some succesd to dimpose of their information to the Japaness embassy in Berlin” It wag added that for the good of the German emplire it was necessary that the tré shouid be secret. i Complaint is heard im German Induse trlal quarters that with the secrsts ale ready in the hands of the Japanesd through the seizure o fmany Germax patents during the war, the Germans are greatly handicapped commercially. Warning to the Japanese that they musy have “care for German rights” has been issued from what is described as “an important Industrial circles” DECISION SUSTAINS THE ; WILL OF AMOS ¥. ENG ot New York, Feb. 27—a decision sets ting aside the verdict of the jury im the Tecent contest over the will of Amos Fy Eno, aged multi-millionaire, whom the jury decided was insane at the time hig will was made, was handed down latq today by Surrogate James A. Foley. The instrument, which twice had Geclared invalid by juries, disposed off an estate valued at $13.000,000, larges ly to Columbla University and othes public " institutions here. In setting aside the last verdict, rene dered February 16, Surrogate Foley held that it was against the q;:;n: and contrary to the law, and the point that whers a will or & testle mony is matched against documentary | evidence, the latter must prevail. Among Eno's relatives who fought persistently to break the were his sister Mary P. Eno of Simsy bury, Conn., and Henry L. Eno Princeton, X. J. Mr. Eno was 78 when he died in 191§, ha MAY WHEAT AT HIGHEST PRICE SINCE MAY 26, l-* ‘Minneapolis, Minn., 21. wheat came with