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oe, FORD PLAN TO BUY” {WARD COUNSEL TO RENEW EFFORT MUSCLE SHOALS IS ASSAILED AS FRAUD (Continued from First Page.) what means he would employ. The bold claim is made, and Congress and the country must take the statement as absolute truth or be forever con- @emned by this crowd of wicked Propagandists."* Propagandists also have attracted the unemployed, the report says, add- ing that they ‘‘do not only try to thus bribe the sympathy of the farmer but try to elicit the attention of the unemployed by painting a rosy plo- ture where they promise a million men will be given employment.” The committeemen declare they are not “believers in fables'’’ nor have “faith to believe in the pranks of fairies," nor do they think “that Mr. Ford is the reincarnation of Aladdin Plus his lamp."’ The properties for which Mr. Ford Offers the Government $5,000,000, the report says, already have cost the Government $85,487,900. It declares the amount offered ‘‘seems wholly in- adequate when it is remembered that Mr. Ford could immediately dispose of the Gorgas pjant to the Alabama Power Company for $2,500,000" and thereby “‘obtain the Waco quarry, Nitrate plants No. 1 and 2, with all their railroad engines a steam freight cars, steam shovels, concrete mixers and other surplus property that could be readily sold for several additional millions."* Acceptance of the Ford offer would give away a vast amount of property and the Government would be un- able to realize a cent, the report adds. FURTHER LOSS TO GOVERN- MENT IF OFFER IS ACCEPTED. Additional appropriations totalling $50,000,000 would have to be made in the event the Ford offer was accept- ed, the report says, with the ‘result that the Government would suffer a further loss of $13,500,000 in interest, “returning to Mr. Ford in this une item of interest his $5,000,000 and $8,350,000 besides."* Under the head of “Frenzied Finance,"" the report says Mr. Ford would repay the Government in the 100 yeurs only $4,674,000 of the $50,- 000,000 to be expended by it on the dams. The offer proposes, it is e® plained, that the “Government shall aceept these semi-annual payments an) at once invest them at 4 per cent. interest, and by compounding the in- terest and principal the $4,674,000 that the company will pay in cash will aniount In 100 years to $59,071,936. “This is indeed very shrewd, if not an entirely unique way of paying a debt of $50,600,000 with the compat tively insignificant sum of $4,674,000. Men everywhere who understand this proposition condemn it in unmis- takable terms," the report continues, “The entire people will know what fraud is being attempted, and then the condemnation will be universal.” his problem ts of too great im- portance for us to allow ourselves to be persuaded by the unsound reason- ing of theorists or the wilfully talse statements of paid propagandists. We cannot allow ourselves to be influenced by threats of dire punishment, polit- ical or otherwise, provided we do not follow the lead of men who are seek- ing to control for 100 years one of the greatest waterpower sites of the East. TAXPAYERS WILL REVOLT AGAINST RAISING HUGE SUM. “Yaxpuyers ure now required tc raise billions of dollars for the run- ning expenses of the Government, and they wil! revolt aguinst raising this giguntic sum to place in the hand« of @ private corporation to carry on a private business for profit. “We want to suggest that It is ous opinion that the Government ought to continue work on Dam No. 2, and the Army Appropriation Bill now in con- ference carries an appropriation of 7,500,000 for work to be done us a Government activity on Dam No. 2 for the year commencing July 1, 1928. This appropriation ought to be au- thorized und the work go on. "The Secretary of War should be authorized to ask for further propo- sitions for Muscle Shoals. Neither Nitrate Plant No. 1 nor No, 2 should be sold. They cost the taxpayers too much, They ought to be leased. together with the hydro-electric power created by Dam No. 2, but this lease ought to be made under the Federal Water Power Act so the Gov- ernment would have absolute author- {ty and control over the leuses and their products. tm this way no ne man or set of men gould have the en- tire benefit of this great project. Then the Government could regulate the production of fertilizer. Dam No. 3 is in no sense a part of the Muscle Shoals project and there is no ¢x- cuse for its construction.” Referring to the contract executed by the Alabama Power Company when it erected the steam plant at Gorgas to supply power for the ni- trate plant, the report says the com- pany's offer of $2,500,000, which pos- sibly will be raised to $3,000,000, seems to be “‘one of the best bargaiis that the Government had been of- fered for any of its war properties.’’ Mr. Ford's proposal under which he would pay the Government $55,000 annually for maintenance and ‘rep»iré of Dams 2 and 3 is referred to as fol- lows: “If floods wash away any part or all of these dams or if fountutiéns should settle, cracking the cement, re- gardiess of how expansive. the ‘6v ernment agrees to renuild the locks and dams and repair them. (ther companies are required to build dams at their own expense and repair them at their own expense. We know that these repairs will amount to mary million dollars." The report also calls atterfion to the fact that the dams would be ex- @mpt from taxes during the 100 years. | bellevue. The youths escaped, ~FORTRAL (Continued From First Page.) so that he can be extradited from Pennsylvania. The senior Ward's associates deny he is keeping out of the State to avoid the hearing, but none of them, nor his family, appear to know when he éxpects to return, Ralph D. Ward, a son, was a witness again yesterdds before Justice Morschauser. The first time he was questioned about the blackmailing plot as related to him by his father. Yesterday he was asked about his father's absence. He said that he had made the at- rangements week: o for his father’s Present trip, and that in long distance telephone conversations his father had made it plain he was not going to re- turn until he has finished his busi- orgs. Justice Morschauser plans to hold no more hearings in the conspiracy investigation until next week. At yesterday's hearing the most interest- ing wit wad Mrs. Leland stanford Wood, sister of Walter Ward. The Woods live at No. 8 West 75th Street. Mré. Wood is an ardent horseworman and exhibited a ribbur. winner at the recent Westchester County show. é Mrs. Wood turned out to be the \ THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1922, TREATY VICTORY BY MIDDLE OF JULY) ROWS; NOW 47-26 “mysterious wom witness whom the authotities were seeking on Sat- urday, She had been with her hus- band at the.Gedney Farm Hotel. Dis- trict Attornéy Weeks hoped to gain from her the sfofy of the alleged blackmail ‘plot which, Ward's law- rs contended, was responsible for the shooting of Peters in the pisto “battle.” He had heard the version of Ralph » Ward, brother of Waiter, but sought more detail, The District ..t- \orney also Wanted to learn from Mrs, Wood whether she knew about ‘he departure of her father, George 3. Ward, from the jurisdiction of the court and State. Mrs, Wood sald that she had no knowledge of any biackmal) plot no against any of Bl knowledge of the shooting of Peters until she read of It in the newspapers, and knew nothing further about it than she had read since. She had not discussed it with her father or broth- ers, and they had not told her any- thing about’ either blackmail or the shooting, she said. Mr. Wood, who fol- lowed her as a witness, said he never had heard of any blackmail, and had not talked about the shooting with any of the Wards. Ralph Ward then was recalled and questioned about his father's trip to the Middle West. HARDING FIGHTS POLITICIAN: MADE TARIFF MEASURE (Continued From First Page.) eign flags if little or no goods are to be carried on return voyages to the United States. The President is anxious, on the one hand, to conserve American legit- imate protection and to have, on the other hand, as big a foreign trade as is possible. To determine what are just and equitable tariff rates the subject must be stripped of political privilege and special favor. The de- cisions must be judicial and based only on economic facts. Congress has refused heretofore to permit anybody to determine tariff rates for exactly that reason—as campaign contrib- utors and other influential men in a constituency have looked upon their representatives in Congress as their Particular agents in tariff matters. Both Republicans and Democrats will admit that practically every tariff bill in the past has been influenced by considerations of party politics, The situation to-day is un‘que. Many stanch Republicans who think! American prosperity depends upon| getting more goods sold in Europe. more cotton and agricultural prod- ucts—for the war expanded Amer- ican production facilities and left us with surplus supplies—are contend- ing that a tariff wall will ruin Amer- ican export as well as import trade They declare the world must first gut back. to. economic normalcy before a high protective tariff should be on- acted. The Repyblican national plattorm of 1920, on which Mr Harding was elected, was cautious in this connec: tion, and when the time comes for a vote on the tariff some Republicans will argue that they will be keeping the platform pledge by urging post- ponement of tariff revision, rather than by acting on It now. Here is the text of the platform pledge: “fhe uncertain and unsettled con- dition of international balances, the abnormal econdmical and trade situa- tion of the world, and the impdbsibility of forecasting accurately even the hear future, preclude the formation of a definite program to meet conditions a year hence. But the Republican Patt reaffirms its belief in the protective principle and pledges itself to a re vision of the tariff as soon as con- ditions shall make {t necessary for the preservation of the home market for American labor, agriculture and indts- try. While the Emergency Tariff Law is by no means considered a perfect bill, nevertheléss the duties in it are not so far reaching as in the bill intend- ed to be permanent which ts now be- ing deBated in the Senate. Few men on either side of the tariff debate wili admit that conditions to-day are set- tled in'thé world of trade. The fiuc- tuations which the Républican Pidt- form-Committeé had in mind in 1920 are still affecting the costs of ptd- duction and thé whole trade question .8 envéloped in dozens of uncertain. ties. Those who favor the, pending bill may find themselves a month or two after its operation wishing they could revise it. again. Can Congrésp afford to act as a per- manent tariff dommission? Mr. Har- ding thinks nét. He advocates giv- ing the Tariff Commission more power and permitting the President to ad- just rates a& circumstances make it necessary. One political person, *‘ with full responsibility, he B ould be better than 581 mem- bers * Congress with individual and sectional viewpoints, All Washington is wondering if Mr. Harding will make a fight for this provision or surrender to Congréss, His position will be disclosed soon. — BALL PLAYERS &TOVE POLICEWAS Patrolman John Edwards, twenty- seven, of No. 445 Bast 77th Street, at- tached to East 35th Street Station, sut- fered lacerations of the head last night when several youths at 24th Street and Avenue A threw stones at him after he had told them to stop playing baseball in the street because they were endan «ering pedestrians. He was attended at ESCAPED CONV, HD SHGE SUNDAY AT PRN, CALCT (Continued from First Page.) house to give the impression that he had escaped in civilian's clothes. At about 4 o’élock this morning, Greer suid, he climbed over the river front fence, entered the water and swam around the walls to the shore. The hole he punched in the roof of the cell block, he said, he did not make use of except to observe the number of guards on duty outside th: walls on Sunday afternoon. Decid- ing an attempt to escape over the roofs and through the Warden's house would be too hazardous, he returned to the cell block through the hole in the roof, walked down through the yard and secreted himself under the grandstand, Greer was supposed to have drop- ped trom the roof of the cell block to the roof of the Warden's house, which Is outside the wall, and to have walked down three flights of stairs to the front door, the luwn and lib- erty, Greer was taken back to prison and placed in solitary confinement. He now faces un additional sentence of possibly five years for Jail breaking Warden Lawes will seek an indict- ment from the Westchester Grand Jury, he said. “Where were you Sunday night when the whistle blew?" Greer was asked. The “‘whistle'’’ is the siren which announces to the surrounding countryside that a prisoner has es- caped from Sing Sing. “Under the grandstand near the baseball diamond,"’ Greer replied. “How did you feel when you heard it?" he was asked, “Oh, I got quite a thrill."’ The three men who figured In hix capture—Sharp, Rogers and Branni gan—probably will receive a reward of $50 each from the prison authori- ties. Although Greer was apparently \ungry when captured and denied any one had brought tim food during 8 hiding tor thirty-six hours in the svrandstand, prison officials believe he received food from other prison- rs during that time. The extra uni- form, it was explained, could have veen picked up by pieces at odd times around the workshops or bor- owed from other prisoners, irm,? A. F. G. fruits and vegetables of superfine | quality est, Grown in sections where they reach perfection. sweetest, cantaloupes imaginable. | Look for the A. F. G. ser- | IN IRISH ELECTION (Continued from First Page.) ° nounced as elected, the following were returned: South City—Kelly, .reaty; Carthy, treaty; Keogh, a business man and independent, and O'Brien, Labor candidate. In this division Countess Markievicz and Alderman Murphy, panel unti-treaty, were defeated Northwest City—Staines and J. Mc- Grath, panel treaty. Darrell Figgis, treaty, was elected in the county. Five treatyites were returned in County Galway, and Major Gen. McKeown, panel treaty, and Lyons, Labor candidate, were elected in Longford and West Meath. The outstanding feature of the Par Namentary elections, on the basis of the results thus far known, is the striking preponderance of the vote in favor of those candidates who favor the Anglo-Irish treaty. In Dublin the treatyites won 7 to 1; in Cork 4 to 1, and in Dublin Univer- sity 3 tol The defeat of Mrs. Tom Clark and Countess Marklevicz caused surprise. Joseph McGraw, who was at the bottom of the poll in the first prefer- ences in Mid-Dutlin, profited by transfers and just managed to defeut his Independent Laborite opponent for the last seat. In the provinces similar results were recorded. Most important ts the du cat of Liam Mell was, nartietnant in the Easter week fighting who es- caped to America cnd later became the leader of t° ncompror ‘sing Re- publicans in the Dail Eireann. Eamon De Valera not comr-- ding his ap- proval for his so-called document No. 2, the attempted compram'=- om the treaty, Me"lowes hae * * moving spirit with Rory O'Connor tn the dis- sentient section of the Irish Repub- lican Army, Hila f-"-~e tosee 3.29 election may leave him in a mer? powerful position outside the new Parliament than he held in the Dail Elroann. In Dublin County Tom Jnb=son, Lab ‘te, is also a cer*-'n winner. The loss of sixty-four ballot papers will dclay the count. Darrell Figgis, whose election is an- nounced, Is one of the picturesque characters of Ireland. Recently he was attacked by an armed band and his beard, described as luxuriant anc fiery red, was partly cut off, requir- ing that it be trimmed to a shadow of {ts former glory. It was predicted that the attack would assure his elec- tion, ae PAWNS OWN COAT AFTER TAKING GEMS french Girl, Deserted, Re s Temptation to Dis- pose of Jewelry. A youns French woman to-day ad- mitted stealing two diamond rings and a diamond pendant, but instead of trying to dispose of them pawned her coat for $5 with which to buy food After she told her story” Magistrat Dale in Gates Avenue Court, Rrook- lyn, said: “I am going to have this investi- fated and if it be found true I shall Nelp you all I can."’ He sent her to the House of the Good Shepherd until called before him next Thursday. The young woman, Germaine La- pointe, twenty-four, sald Harvey Jarvis, Chief Commissary Steward on the U. 8S. S. Arctic, told her he wa: married, but. as soon as he had th marriage annulled would marry her She went to live at No. 1227 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, with Mrs. Emma J Brown, Jarvis, she said, left her withou' money and she took Mrs. Brown's Jewelry, valued at $600. But the young woman pawned her coat later confessed the theft. and The tender- | most delicious vice mark on boxes or wraps of several brands. Cantaloupes of POPPY brands marked A.F.G. are THE SELECTED FRUIT OF EACH BRAND. AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS INC. Distributors New York Sales Office Washirgton & Duane Sts. PEERLESS | AURORA on Treland and asked the House to allow : guaranteed liquor at Him to reserve any atatement he would usual BROKER'S BUTLER : bootlegger's prices, ‘This led haye nade 0 the Commons Thursday ROBS HIS CELLAR] mr. 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