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1 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 20, 1924. is DOCKERS BRITISH Wheeler's Terrific Attack That Stung Daugherty to Governmen i 's Specia I Counsel in Probe of U. S.

Oil Land Leases BREAK THROUGH WALL GET II Old KewHall fAr btsrt Kew Gardens STRIKE MAY SOON Lost at Emerald Ball Issue Defense Statement WORTH OF CLOTHES OE ENDED RUMOR Eagle Bureau, 1 S01 Colorado Building. "Here the Congress of the United States has appropriated $1,000,000 for the detection and the prosecution of crime. We have employed the Washington. 20 Attorney Employers Ready to Nego Other Burglars Crack Ful ton St. Safe -Four Flat Burns Detective Agency, one of th Ueiiei'al Daugherty retorted today toV, following charges made by Senator Wheeler of Montana on the most renowned detective agencies in tiate, Report Liner mm vxv Onyx Cigarette Holder lost Friday, February 15.

at Waldorf Astoria, in Foyer Dining Room or about hotel. Reward, W. J. Decatur Street, Brooklyn. AN interesting ieries of booklets tells of distinctive prtmenti svsil-sble for those who desire citr convenience nd service, yet enjojr the ur-roundings nd life of a restricted Long Isltnd suburb.

Hive these booklets before you when planning for a permanent home. 4, 6 and 7 room laitcs Address Sslef Aseatt 1 Wen 54th Street. New York (ot Telephone Fo Rof 2M tne country, and we find the Depart ment of Justice, instead of trying ti floor of the Senate yesterday, charges bush Robberies. 7 Olympic Sails on Time. more sensational and shocking than detect the greatest crooks and those guilty of the greatest crime against Thieves "boring ,1 heir way through London, Feb.

20 (By the Associated any previously made in the memory the nation that has ever been per the" wall from an adjoining fen1' Press) Important development in of the oldest Capitol employee. Sen petrated, protecting them all during mem 'leaned out the; It. tailor the dockworkera' strike are expected this time: we find them protecting this afternoon, according to a Press shop, at Sunday tonight, because I am reliabl ator wneeier said: newspapers In New York-carried tie details, of how the Attorney General's former partner and friend, Mr. Felder, was collecting Informed that only last Sunday Association statement Issued shortly night. Clothes valued at nearly 1 after 1 o'clock.

It is believed, 1 1 O.flMO w-ere taken, arcordlng.to 111 Attorney General of the United States held a conference with Ed the statement, that (he employers. formation coming to The Eagle money for the purpose of selling McLean. Then what do we find? reconsidering their attitude, will hold sources other than the police. "We find the Attorney General of BOBER FIRE VICTIMS a secret meeting and that, there is When.Mike Monlano and Louis the United States going down. to Palm Peach and- there ronsulfin likelihood of the Immediate resump U'odsky.

owners, -entered the store early Monday morning they, found omces. appointments and for the dismissal of whisky cases in the City of New York. Everybody knows anything about the history of the case knows that other friends and confidential advisors of the Attorney General of the United States were with Mr. McLean when the news tion of direct negotiations between FUNERAL IN MORGUE; themselves and the dockers' union, it empty except for a few hangers papers carried the story, and when it was shown, and the newspapers again carried the story, that McLean with a favorable prospect of a settle- and fixtures. Iteady-to-wear suits and suits in the making had been ment.

ONE MORE MAY DIE was about to testify as to his connec eollectlng money and were giving Bs their reasons for collecting it that tRKen irimi the bangers and stolen There la increasing Indignation in tion and- that it would expose Mr. the Anglo-American business com A circular hole in the side wall showed where the robbers had BANDITS GET $337 FROM I. T. BOOTH Daugherty, we find Mr. Daugherty Immediately getting in touch with munity over the holding up of 5,000 conferring with New York stock brokers to cheek up on whether any Government officials speculated on Uieir knowledge of the Mr.

McLean again. bags of mall from the United States "So I say to the members of the at Plymouth, resulting in the Amer gained admittance. using what must have been a battering jam they smashed the side wall next to the hallway of the tenement house and then crawled through into the oil leases, the Senate -Lwmmuu caneu in. Alice i-omerene tlgntl and Owen J. Roberts (left) special Government counsel In the oil cats a Senate that this is only a small por ican Consulate being besieged by tion.

an extremely small portion, of IN FLATBUSH AVE. for a general discussion of develop ments. protests at the delay and inquiries iney coma use Influence with the Attorney General of the United States of America. course, it Is very difficult to trace these matters and to show by his close personal friends that- he accepted this money. "If the Attorney General has not actually got the money that has been collected in hese' various cases from one end of the country to the other, he Is a bigger fool than the people of the United States give him tailor shop.

regarding what is to be done. the testimony that will be produced before the committee showing beyond any question of doubt in my mind that the Attorney General of the United States, the highest law The Plymouth Consulate informed Despite the fact that the shop is located a half block from the coiner Three. Income Tax Plans consul General Sumner at noon to of -Myrtle ave. and Broadway, po-. day that the accumulated had Joseph Bush, the.

Agent at the In tcrboro station at Flat.bush and No lice on duty there all night were un officer in the nation, instead not yet been moved from the tenders Compared With Garner Plan aware of tho robbery. Neighbors at. the steamship docks, the postomce trand was held up and robbed RALSTON, DEMOCRAT, OURNEXTPRESIDENT, SAYS TOM TAGGART prosecuting crime, has been protect ing crime and criminals. salt tney saw two men about mid taking the position that the bags Garner Plan, Adopted. by three men at 12:30 o'clock thi night Sunday loading suits intt-mo credit for being.

"The evidence in this case, if It is were not yet in lis eusvswy and therefore (disclaiming responsibility for the toi-car. The police of the Clymer Mr. and 'Mrs. Benjamin Bober, both 35, and their sop Charles, 10, all victims bf the tenement firs 'at 397 Madison Manhattan, which snuffed out a total of Urea, buried at noon today from the City Morgue Chapel, foot of 26th Manhattan, according to the Orthodox Hebrew custom. The funeral was private and the cortege passed the Synagogue Libauner Wohliner, 11S Ridge of which the Bober family were member.

Rabbi Jacob Kramer officiated, assisted by several other Uabbls and Interment will bo in the United Hebrew Cemetery. Staten Island. The Barrett family, William, 36; Margaret, 35; Margaret, Catherine, and William months old, will be burled from the Morgue chapel at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. An informal service will be held at Calvary Cemetery, Queens. Mrs.

Bessie Smith. 60. will be bur morning. Two of the men drew suns and compelled him to haad over the Normal Rates Two percent taxable income less than 4 percent from $5,000 to true, would warrant one In thinking that the Attorney General of the United States of America, now oc situation. As soon as the malls are "Throughout "our entire investigation not one scintilla of evidence has been offered to the committee by all t.

station are Investigating the theft. Crack Safe on Fulton Get IJBOO day's receipts amounting to $337 placed on the docks the postolfice will cupying the highest, legal position in rush them to London, it waa gtated. Th(. bandits escaped in a Cadillac the Government, is guilty of many au'omobile. or any of Jh investigators of the Department of Justice.

Burglars last night raided the Brown Building, 262 Fulton 6 percent from JS.000 up. Surtaxes Scales of rates from 1 percent oh income between $12,000 and $14,000 to a maximum of 44 percent on Income Business Faces Big Loss. Thomas Taggart, the Democratic crimes. Meanwhile business men believe leader of Indiana, accompanied by Hubert Butler, alias Jesse Mil. Jer, alais.

Harris, a negro, was the cracKed sare and made off with $900. Kntrance was accomplished above $92,000, Joseph Kelly, 377 4th Joseph Wal only on? in the police lineup at DAUGHERTY SAYS they are losing thousands of pounds his wife and daughter, Lucy, departed in orders from America, and this f0r a cruise of the West Indies on the seems verified in part by the ma- I terlal drop In consulate invoices to MaU llner rca today' Mr' Exemptions $2,000 for un lace, 384 4th and James Lowell, by breaking the lock on a pair of large iron gales which guard the entrance. After entering the build married persons: $3,000 for of the same address, specifically charged with stealing a motorcar America, which normally average Taggart made a prediction that 8am- heads of families. Mellon Plan, Rejected. lttooklyn headciuafters today.

Butler lives at 125 Putnam ave. and told the police that he was out of a Job and had to do something- to, provide for a "new wife" he took unto from Fred K. Smith of Ave. K. WHEELER CHARGES ing tne thieves proceeded through the plant of the Fulton Laundry, where they broke the combination 260 dally.

The situation is disastrous uel L. Ralstoni U. 8. Senator from Normal Rates Three percent Peter Kapassaska. 847 Plainfleld Newark, N.

and Salvator Gl- on taxable Income up to J4.0UU; of the safe but failed to spring the to English trade, as delays may Indiana, will be nominated fop Pres-mean cancellation of American or- ident and will President Cool-ders running Into tens of thousands idge or whoever else the-Republicans 111 self last fall. 8 percent above $4,000. anti. 248 Hamilton pleaded not ARE UNFOUNDED He was arrested after an exciting door. The laundry occupies sort of--a semi-basement landing.

Going above to the first floor, the burglars ied tomorrow afternoon according to the Orthodox Jewish ritual. Interment will be in Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Flushing, L. I-.

Mrs. Frances Harkawav and her guilty on the charge or having held tip and robbed the members of the Surtaxes Scale of rates from 1 percent on income between of pounds, according to Godfrey nominate. He declined to make any Cheeseman. secretary of the National further political- comment. He will chiise by Fatrolman Sylvester Shaw an alleged attempted holdup in the tailor shori of Max Mann $10,000 and $12,000, to 25 per Union of Alanufacturers.

return to New. York on March 20. Longshoremen's. Club at 70 President st. last Sunday morning.

cent on more than 100,000. The Cabinet considered the sub- The liner also carried Joseph A. Exemptions $1,000 for un i Continued From Page 1. flnences that inspired the impeach Ject of mail delays yesterday, but Brohel of Hackensack, N. manu- heim.

1(111 Broadway, Brooklyn, las; night. Butler had ordered the pro-uriftor to-hold no his hands, Mann married persons; $2,500 for broke open tho safe of the Colonial Discount Company, and extracted therefrom $D00. Morris Salzman, manager of the concern, who resides at 13til Highland Boulevard, said that the stolen money represenled lei-eipts -of yesterday's late after the Plymouth post office had re- facturer and Republican- leader of celved no new instructions up to this Bergen -County, NV J. When ques-afternoon. tioned.

regarding- the Democratic heads of families. Present Schedules. "OIL PROBE MUST heim said, but the latter, instead ment proceedings last winter are behind tha present agitation In the three children, who complete the 18 dead, will be buried on Friday morning from St. Stanlslaw'a- Hungarian Church in 7th Manhattan. Mrs.

Harkaway wag 48 years Her' children-, Felix, 12; John, 10, and Frances, 8, perished with her. A solemnhigh mass of requiem will be said at the church, after which interment will be In Calvary Cemetery. Normal Rates Four percent Probablv ihn most Imnortant. do- leader prediction. Mrs.

Brohel said shouted an alarm which brought PhuW. The notice said "the prisoner ad- noon. on taxable income up to elopment yesterday was the deel- he considered it a joke. senate. "If necessary for rae to go through this ordeal-attain, I welcome the op On the second -floor the Intnfderis 8 percent from $8,000 up.

slon of the Council of the Trade I believe-no- ticket can possibly -iniltcd two other holnps in one of Surtaxes Scale beginning at 1 Union Congress to srlve whole- heat oolldge," said the New Jer- GO ON," McADOO TELLS MISSOURIANS portunity to meet any charge against broke into steel cabinets in the offices of Charles H. Brown and of Otto advertising agents, but percent on Income between $10,000, up to 60 per administration-of the Department hearted support to the strikers. The sey Republican. "Not only is Bergen form this assistance will take has County behind President Coolidge, rot been stated and will be depen- but the. entire Siate of New Jersey dent upon the findings of the Court will be solidly in back of him.

I re- Tne oeatn list win prooasiy go to 14, aa Silvia Bober, years old. cent on more than took nothing. Patrolman Raush of the Poplar st. Doltce station di3cov. $1,000 for un whose parents and 10-year-old ot Justice.

Coolldge Under Fire. Eagle Bureau, 901 Colorado Bulldin. ered the open gates when he was married persons; $2,500 for of Inquiry established by the Gov- cently made a canvass among the rnment, but It Is foreseen that members of the Nev Jersey Manu- making his rounds on the post at o'clock this morning and Detective Kansas City, Feb. 20 (By the heads of families. 1-Year Plan, Defeated.

nancial aid likely will be one form facturers Association; in which Is en- William Kenna was dispatched to Normal rates half of present; of help, whiM in its power to cell rolled every prominent manufactur- Associated Press) Betrayal of trust by high Government" officials pre brother died in the Are, Is expected to die at any moment, according to physicians at Gouverneur Hospital. Alexander Harkway, 48 years old, whose wife and three children perished In the Are, will recover according to a statement made at the samd hospital. Washington, Feb. 20 With C'oolldge's first and major I IH III i Ii: ji i i 4 out other unions, the Congress wields I er of the State and I found they no other changes. the scene.

Amateur cracksmen are held responsible for the job. sents a greater menace to democ Longworth Plan (not yet intro which he secured $15 and a third one in which be is said to have fired a bullet through his victim's door as he departed. The police recovered a -revolver which the prisoner is said to have dropped In bis. flight. Police records show Butler rved 60 davs recently for possession of a revolver without a permit.

GOV. SliTHASK'S "MAYORS TO FIND SCHOOL REMEDY very big ttlck. were almost solidly in favor of cool- policy on tax reduction defeated In the House 6f Representatives last racy than Bolshevism', or any other Idge re-election. duced) Normal rates of Mellon plan; 25 percent reduction in Olympic Sails On Time. l-'onr FlatbtiJi Homes Itolilicd.

While the police have been round ot the alleged evil influences, Wll- night, the Administratidji Is today Southampton, Feb. 20 The. surtaxes, iam G. McAdoo, candidate for the ing up bandits and gunmen, bur ueiiis ansa ilea irom pot ends of a White Star liner Olympic sailed at Democratic nomination for Presi SERIES OF RELIGIOUS glars have been plying their trade oon, on scheduled time, carrying PENS REALTY with renewed vigor in the Flatbush ,000 passengers. Including Sir Esme dent, declared in an address on the train platform at the Union Station section.

Four home robberiej wen- INSANE DEPORTEE SINGS Howard, the new British Ambassa here today. brought to light today by The Katie. I C0NFER1CES0PEN dor to the United States. The liner There can be no government with lso carries 6,000 bags of mall. LOVE SONGS ALL NIGHT A pretty Serbian woman, whose in spite (W the stringent policy of supression pursued by the police acr.

Ing under orders from Commissioner The mall and the passengers' lug corruption in high placiss," Mr. McAdoo said. "This is a question of MEN DECLARE FOR TAX EXEMPTION gage were loaded aboard during the IN TOKIO, JAPAN he life of the American nation. We Knrignt. ight by clerks, substituting for the mind- became, affected alnce her arrival here in 1922, was among 13 de congress in which lis majority is a vague thing depending upon insurgent good will.

The assault being made on Attorney General Harry Daugherty Is already heavily Involving the President, it is felt that some way must be found, and that at once, to get Mr. Daugherty out. His presence in the Cabinet is far more objectionable to Congress than ever was that of Edwin Denby. The President has thus far refrained from making a flat demand for his A'ttorney General's portfolio, but unless he does so in short order he will place himself in the Position Of defending must bring honesty back to govern A. robbery occurred last Sun striking stevedores.

Albany, N. Feb. 20 A request "that the state Conference of Mayors adopt a constructive program looking to a remedy of the financial situation now confronting the cities of Manchester, Feb. 20Flfty portees, three of them stowaways, sailing today on the French liner: Rochambeau for Havre, France. The day in the home of Louis Tuttnan of 704 Avenue I during the absence of the family.

Tuttnan and his family were out driving'- In their" motor- Tokio, Feb. 20 (By the Associated vessels are held up at the Manches David W. Keen-and Henry i B. The investigation must go" on, he scid, until all of the facts arc brought out, adding that he "did not. wish to see any attempt to "whitewash" any one.

"The Demorrats didn't debauch Press )-r-The influence of Christianity ter and Maliord docks through tne Dockmcn's strike, and the usuul vessel' carried 130 other passengers. All last the young woman. upon the national life of Japan is rec carj' When they returned they found Saftman, 'managing directors of the Kensal Realty Corporation which the State in the administration ot eavy traffic in cotton goods between ognized as on a parity -with that of Katherine Drazlc, 20, who Is being public School'- systems was contained Manchester and various ports has sent back by the authorities at Cam- has been conducting large building Shintolsm and Buddhism in the pro the Government. Through the eight by Governor Smith been stopped because the exporters years of woodrow Wilson admlnis nrt wish the goods to be held up of unprecedented series of meeting of the den. entertained by singing I operations in Queens, today informed Serbian love songs.

Passengers, who the gtate Commission on Housing went aboard last night said today I in a lett lo tho i mayors 1 "One on the railway sidings. i v. tratlon and in the eight years that Grover Cleveland was President there was no such corruption. Ir. The strike so far has not affected she had a wonderful voice.

"ci the situation, the the supplies of raw cotton and the religious conferences which began today, called by Premier Kiyoura to enlist the aid of religious leaders in an effort to raise popular morale from the depression into which the which is proving Among the passengers was Miss "ai tney nau toana Governor remained for tho administration spinning mills are running as usual. most embarrassing and which pre which promised the people that th the place ransacked from top to bottom. Both front doors had been left open. The loot consisted of jewelry and clothing. The same day thieves entered Jhe third floor apartment of John A.

Thake of 15 Hawthorne by way of the fire escape and a rear window. They removed clothing and Jewelry valued at. more than jro. While Harry Srhlein and his rem-ily at 716 Ave. were out of town, between Jan.

28 and Feb. 14, burglars -visited their home and removed clothing and Jewelry valued at $600. Charles Hertzig of 1013 K. 7th sents a real dilemma in many cities Thelma Ackerman of that tho Immediate benefit of the S. winner of tho prize scholarship tax exemption law was to the wage offered by Otto H.

Kahn nd t. best minds would rule, to betray the ho- It la charged, cannot be defended. Harry Daugherty is himself In ia chaotic state of mind. He realizes that his usefulness is ended. Yet his hard boiled" schooling in Ohio politics urges him not to quit.

Coolldge or no Coolldge. The Attorney General is telephoning hie frlendi, right and left, insisting that he won't resign. This condition of panic and this repeated insistence are both accepted as Indicating that Mr. Daugherty will actually clear out TWO BROOKLYN MEM DIE. Government." September earthquake plunged it.

Whitney Warren entitling her to 4 due to the conflicting claims on the tnunlcipt 1 exchequer, made on one hand by those responsible P.egarding the approval of a Dem tne premier, seeking to improve ary, ''because the mone.y saved, in Two men died suddenly, the an architectural course at the school taxes he fsed to pay off the second stress of the weather apparentlv ocratic tax plan by Congress, Mr. Mc Adoo said: of Fine Arts, Paris. for the various departments of mu the condition of national thought, summoned the chiefs of the principal Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines mortgage on his home." Messrs. pntributlng to their deaths. Jameu "Yesterday a new and fresh break ihlclpal government, and urged on jhe other hand by those who are re Keen arid Saltman submitted a brief Nolan, 69, of 70 Highland Boulevard, and Christian churches to consult re of cleanliness and patriotism cam! which said in was taken ill at his work.

80 Lafav garding remedies for the situation out of Congress. The Republicans, SALE OF BOURNE sponsible for the efficient, matnte nance of the public school system, iiave, no quarrel with either ette Manhattan. A fellow employe The Buddhist session was held this saw him home but he died as morning; the Shinto session this who would refuse our service men a bonus would have reduced tho miun. at any moment. Lets Public Opinion Do Work.

Assessments Increase. In 1928 the assessments on land reached there. afternoon, and the Christian meeting ESTATE ISLAND taxes on the rich and made the bur den of the poor' man harder." In Queens were Increased Frank Stelsky, 54, of S55 54th win oe ueia tomorrow morning. The Administration will continue to stagger along until that moment arrives. Tho President himself Is 080, and in 1924 these assessments were increased $97,940,690, the as GLEN COVE STORE struggling along, collapsed in front of 812 54th st.

and was dead whn a physician arrived. BOnO PHARMACISTS SIEET. sessments in 1924 being $163,048,770 YALID, COURT SAYS over tnose or isiz. Tax officials de BRITAIN WILL PAY pursuing a curious technique. He does not want to ask anybody to resign.

He wants public opinion to "To avoid great traffic crush to clare almost thla entire increase is night the Transit Commission re reports that last Sunday thieves entered his home but were scared away by his approach before they could take anything. The place was sacked. Evidently the intruders were looking for cash, as they overlooked a number of valuables. Five Indicted for Robbery. The Kings County Grand Jury today returned true bills of robbery in the first degree against five bandlls caught in the police net last.

Sunday. Judge lleuben Haskell named bail at $26,000 each and remanded the men to jail to await trial. The following three pleaded guilty: BURNS; LOSS $20,000 on the land occupied by tax exempt quests Brooklyn industries and de luicu mem out. public opinion served him well In the case of Edwin nouses. partment stores to dismiss employees The Kings County Pharmaceutical Society held its 47th annual meeting yesterday afternoon In the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Nos-ttand und Lafayette aves.

Among the speakers were three charter members: Edward A. Fayre of No Fraud Found in Dark Island Other testimony waa submitted U. S. IN DOLLARS London, Fob. 20 The British Gov early.

uenDy and the President Is waiting for public opinion to evict Mr tending to show that the Tax Ex Purchase Surrogate Pelle- (S)ircial to The Eagle.) uaugnerty. Just to heln nnl.He emption Law stimulated building. is to remain calm and self-possessed Walter Stabler, controller of the treau Upheld. (lien cove. L.

1., Feb. 20 Three ernment does not intend to approach Orange, N. and Thomas D. McEl in tms moment oi hysteria and un Metropolitan Life Insurance Com Feb. 20 The Court of opinion on its way, the- President on Monday night of this week summoned Senator Borah to the White House to tell Mr.

Daugherty to get hennie and Thomas J. France, both paralleled political excitement. But pany, which also has been conduct the United States Government with a view to an arrangement by which 'families had a narrow escape from today vhcn fire swept the 'Bernstein builAMhg In Glen gul- Appeals has just handed down a de of Brooklyn. his party lieutenants in Congress are ing building operations on a large scale in Queens, in answer to ques cision upholding' the decree of the payment of the British debt would all wrought up and there is nowhere uui. in mis most amazing of all recent White House conferences, the ting It with a loss of $20,000.

Surrogate of Suffolk County in the any prominent Republican who has be made jn. pounds sterling instead tions put. io nim Dy clarence M. a Arm grasp on this situation so full Miller, counsel of the commission. final judicial settlement of the ac president said nothing.

The President, is being advised that i Samuel J. owner of the Structure, was awakened by the cries stated that undoubtedly tax exemp of party peril. Some two-fisted gen of WHlanV Graham, Financial Secretary of tho Treasury, announced In the House of Commons he cannot defend himself on the, eralissimo Is required who can tion nao inuucea people of small of his Infant child. He noticed count of proceeding of A. K.

Bourne and George P. Vail, as executors of the estate Of Commodore Frederick means to build Homes. smoke was curling upward through plunge into this melee of broken heads and bruised political knees "These are the rieonle." Mr. this afternoon In reply to a question. When pressed as to whether some ground, that his entire Cabinet is an Inheritance In whose making he had no part.

On his own statement he is responsible for his Cabinet, to the the floor boards. He hastened to Oil Scandal May Block Ford Shoals Bid in Senate; House Sure to Pass It and line up the Administration's G. BKourne. An appeal had been I Stabler said, "who should be given arouse the other occupants of the step might not be taken in that direction because of the effect it would forces. This political battle is full taken to the Aonel ate Division from tne advantages or tax exemption.

of "rough stuff," and some good house. Broan. John Kenary and rough workers are needed to supple nave on exenange and trade, and also on the cost of living, Mr. Graham said the United States would the surrogate's findings by Majorie Tn? law had effect on one Bourneand May Bourne Stras.bur- "is ger, and by Kalph B. Strassburger.

impossible to measure the effect ot as general guardian for J. A. Peter the tax exemption law on building ment the President's dignity. 'their families were compelled to leave country. He is urged to assume an attitude of definite and affirmative leadership in saying who shall and who shall not remain In his official family.

It is felt that the President cannot wait, in Mr. Daughertv's bv the way of the windows. "Public opinion is one thing and Congress is another," was the com not entertain a request of that kind Bernstein ran a dry goods store on the first floor. He lost his entire slock, valued at. IS.

000. The fire Strassburger. legatees." in general. ment of one belligerent Republican The AiDsiiate Division sustained He aeciarea mat tne nenent of tho case, for public opinion to force him Senator today. "Public opinion was 53.0n0.000 immediale payment.

The production of about 3,000.000 tons of fertilizer a year is guaranteed by the Surrogate's decree, excepting as I exemption law did not go to the beautifully unanimous, but the Eagle 901 Colorado Building. By BILLINGS JR. Washington, Feb. 20 Henry Ford's BORO LEGIONNAIRES originated in the cellar In a rubbish Jieap. The i-aiisc has irot been determined.

Presidents tax rates were defeated to the sale or tne uarK island prop- ounaer dui. io tnose wno Duy tno out. The Attorney General has already defied lhat public opinion, and if his nerve lasts he may cling to his post until the situation has houses. erty by the executors to the appel last night tun House." lants. The amount paid for this As far as Mr.

Daugherty is con proposal to acquire the Muscle Favors Extension. "Do you think that the tax exemo- CONDEMN. SWORDS done Mr. Coolidge much harm. cerned, public opinion and Congress property, thS court held, was grossly excessive and therefore set it aside.

Shoals nitrate plants from the United tlon law should be extended?" Mr. are in strange unanimity. But the The Court of Appeals today, how Lewis asked. President still retains Harry Daugh Needs a Strong Man. The President insists that his duty ever, reverses this decision and Up- ANTI-BONUS LETTER "The law should be erty in nis caoinet.

holds Surrogate Robert L. Pelletreau I Mr. Stabler replied, "provided it is SEN. GREENE WORSE; END THOUGHT NEAR States Government for the manufacture of cheap fertilizer will be passed by the House ot Representatives as soon as that body has disposed of the question of immigration legislation. in all respects, found constitutional and limits tax A storm of criticism from the The late Commodore Bourne was exemption to houses where the ren- Ford, with profits limited to 8 percent.

Seeks 100-Year I -case. To lake a 100-year lease on the Wilson Dam and Number Three Da hi and the hydro-electric Installation, when completed, paying 6 percnt on $28,000,000, and amortizing this sum as well as the total cost or the dams during1 the term of the lease. To operate the nitrate plant as a Government stand-by for nitrate for explosives in case of war, keeping it up to date and ready for Immediate conversion in case of emergency. Th original Ford offer included the Gorgus steam plant on which the Alabama Power Company had Kings County American Legionnaires broke about the head of William Helen Beckett's Victims What will happen to the Detroit tlie president of- the Singer Sewing tal charged Is moderate." Machine Company and had a mag- Mr. Stabler said that in Queens his niflcent country estate at Oakdale.

company had erected 54 apartment Suffolk County. The estate he left houses, renting at $9 a Toom, which was worth about $45,000,000. without tax exemption could not Swords today. Swords has been magnate's scheme In the Senate is a dismissed as vce president and gen matter which has Washington guess eral manager ot the Aeolian Com The commodore's daughter, Mar- profitably rented at less than $10.25 pany because he circularized em a room. ing.

The Upper House may pas: it by a very narrow margin and thereby put in possession of Lured Also to Can Pool Says New Complainant roe, claimed fraud In the sale to her of the Dark Island property by Arthur K. Bourne, her brother, and ployees of that firm instructing them to take an i.ntl-bonus stund. 000.000 worth of Federal property for 100 years or it may allow the An announcement. from the Mr. Vail, for 1389,120.97, a sum greatly in excess of its appraised DIVORCES BROOKLYN whole undertaking to be smothered Aeolian Company said that Swords' action had been without the knowl- value.

She asked that the deed of in the confusion at tho end of the sale be set aside. Surrogate Pellet miss neien Beckett, 27 years Law. and to which she forged his fcdge and consent of the hoard, of name In endorsement, later (hini directors and that a meeting was session. reau declined to order this, and Miss old, the young Manhattan Beach Bv the recent action of tho House Washington. Feb.

20 The condition or Senator Frank Greene of 'Vermont was described by physicians to be "not quite so favorable" this morning. Dr. Daniel I Borden, who operated on Senator Greene Saturday afternoon and again Monday night, made the announcement after a consultation with Dr. Thomas I. in-'ville.

the Senator's family physician. present state is the result -tif an injury to the brain Itself," Dr. paid. Mrs. Greene summoned to her bedside and it was appai--ent that those in attendance bc-, lieved the end.

might be near. Shortly before noon Dr. Linville announced that "Senator Greene's i critical." Ihe check. This transaction forms held by them last week at which Bourne took an appeal to the Ap stenographer arrested yesterday Military Affairs committee in giving GIRL ON TESTIMONY OF HER MOTHER the basis of the indictment aruinut Swords resignation waa called for. pellate ijivision.

a favorable report lo ins roru charged with having furnished the brains for a stock swindling scheme proposal for Muscle Shoals, ord iier. There are numerous other mm measurably nearer nis goai. which defrauded Brooklyn and Man plainants against Miss Beckett, ac met Miss Beckett. Whether he can attain his objective an option. This company recentlv took up its option and bought back the property from the Government.

An amendment has been offered to the Ford proposal legislation in the House whereby Mr. Ford will hold to his original offer and the United States will pay over to him what it received for the Gorgas plant transaction. Two Others Entered Bids. The House Military Affairs Committee acted favorably on the Ford cfir because it contained the big-test guarantee for the manufacture ot fertilizer. Two other companies made bids tor this vast property, but cording t-o Air, hattan victims of more than is a ouestion to which an answer at c- Stewart Browne, Opposing heaviest loser, (his time would be, pure guesswork.

(Special to The Eagle.) s. Leonard, wi 000, had not merely one bogus "pool" but at least two and perhaps many more in operation at the same time. Watertown, N. Feb. 20 After ard.

an artitt with a studio at 39 May House Public 0inlon, The first possibility lo arise is that hearing the testimony of but one according to the authorities, who witness, Mrs. Llna Stam, of 1991 E. S8th who Is said (o have invested $40,000 in the "Burns Brothers pool." Other victims r.lven by Mr. Murphv rs "Mi-i public opinion, as a result of the present oil scandal, may turn gainst today are making a cartful Investigation of her past In an effort to Troy Brooklyn, mother of tho I defendant. Justice Edward N.

Smlf Special by Kuyle Staff t. He nas nad a rise in temperature which is a most unfavorable symptom," added the physician. represented the National Women's of Long Branch, N. Miss learn the full extent of her opera party. 'Fathers and mothers should I ordered an Interlocutory decree ot.

MOiOlta niirne oenevii i.ong; rjeneviie tions. Besides the But-ns Brothers they were more interested In gutting the hydroelectric power than they were in making fertiliser for the a Is over tncir cnl1- divorce in the case of Rupert rt- dren. Mrs. Whittle njilri "Tha Kin I- ppeucer, ui 11110 ciruiiisl Jf In each case iheir guaran uC -uurovea. nie 0 spencer, of Brooklyn, wh.

ii tne savings of a lifetime-Mrs. Bright and Mrs. Connors of the Great Northern Hot-d. $10,000, each, and a Mrs. Baticock of' the' Equitable Assurance Society." The American Can Company "pool." Mr.

Murphy said, was dis Mrs. Whittle and other members has been living with Mrs. Stam. of the National Women's party also Mrs. Spencer, who is 23 years old, s-poke In favor of the bill making Is guilty of having two husbands il- men as well as women definable as legally under the evidence In the Albany, F-3b.

20 Stewart Browne, representing the New York Real Estate Board, was hissed by a score of women in the Assembly Judiciary Committee room yesterday when he appeared in opposition to the Jenks bill that would remove all distinction between legitimate and Illegitimate- children. Browne said the measure would legalize blackmail. "Women who seek feminine rights and those who ote are not nlways the best women vagrants, aucn an amendment to case. teed production was far below Ford's. As one member of the committee remarked, wants to get Muscle Shoals has to say it with fertilizer." Henry Ford said i' and Hie House heard ti'm.

His i cents have told the committee that the Detroiter will produc. farm nitrates at one-half the present cost. The Wilson Dam, the largest of its kind in the world. Is about 55 per closed today by James A. Robertson of 403 W.

123d manager of a 5th ave. department siore in Manhattan. the idea of turning over to private wners. for any reason and under tny conditions, large lots of Government property. In Ford's case It is argued that his proposal has been made in public and has been handled by Congress in the open and in competition with other bidders.

Congress has been mulling over his offer lor Muscle Shoals for two years and it has been subjected to the most searching light of opposing publicity. Yet th? publi mind may conclude i hat Shoals should be const rved by the Government for its own use and operation. In which case Mr. Ford would find his by the senate The Ford offer presented lo the House may be summarized as fot -lows: To buy from the Government outright the nitratx plants st Muscle Shoals and Sheffield, for sum of the law, it was argued, would tend On Sept. 25.

1919, she was mar, to letsen immorality. rled in Brooklyn to young Spencel The various woman's organizations and to the union a son was born present unanimously approved the abo.it three years ago. The carrier Coal stock pool the existence of still another pool in American Can Coni-puny stock was disclosed today and others are being looked for. Miss Beckett, who lives at 1612 feuore Boulevard. Manhattan Beach, obtained bail in the sum of J10.000 late last night and was released.

She will be arraigned within the next days on the forgery charge which was preferred by William Law of Palermo Hollls, L. I. aw told Assistant District Attorney Kichard Murphy that In 1922. wTtlle his son Robert Was associated in business with Miss Beckett, she induced him to turn over to her bond valued at M.00O; that she then hypothecated the bonds with Son-rhard A Receiving I return a oheck for $5,000 made out to young Robertson, according to Mr. Murphv.

lost about $300 in this pool. The police are looking lor a man known RENTED OUT HIS TRUCK; HELD FOR ROBBERY Accused of being a confederate oi William Goldstein, who on Saturday was shor and killed by Patrolman Nicholas Feasler of the E. 104tb st. station, when the patrolman sur-lilsed five burglars in the act or lobbing a slot machine salesroom at 1115 Park Manhattan. Archie 1'iven.

29. a salesman, of 862 Park mp Brooklyn, was arraigned be-. tore Magistrnte William A. Swretser Harlem Court today on a charge assault and robbery and held without ball for examination on Steinberg bill providing for women I to the action lived together until Jurors. When arked by Judiciary I Aug.

1. 1923. On Dec. 14. 1923, the Chairman Jenks they favored cap.

defendant was married by Thomas cent completed. When finished It as E. H. Jaudon. whom Miss Beckett claims to have been associated with.

He Is believed to be in Boston. itai punisnment, Mrs. K. T. Oliver, F.

Maner, Deputy city Clerk of will produce about 600.000 hvdro-e'ecti-ic horsepower, second only in According lo Mr. Murohv. Miss In a community," he declared. "The people up-Stnte will yet be the salvation of this State." Then Browne said that 60 percent of all the New Yorkers were Bolsheviks. Loud hisses greeted this remark.

Mrs. L. A. Whittle of Sytaense of the League of women Voters, I Brooklyn, to Leroy W. Cull, of 1421 replied: "Give us Jury service first I Mill that city.

The marriage and then we'll I licence issued to them was 1 pro- Beckett informed him today that she recently took out a iifo insurance capacity to Nlaeara Falls. Nobody knows Henry Ford's p.ans for the use of this power. He will have a great deal more than he needs to policy for $35,000 In tho Equitable There was a bin before, the com-1 dnccd. -The complaint cnarees Life Assurance society, and that she mtttee providing for the abolition of 1 Mrs. spencer and Cull lived togcts operate the fertilizer plants.

poke in- favor of the measure. She assigned this to her creators. Layuai puassmnenuf icr xuvi Arvy Brooklyn..

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