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SPEcuLAToRS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF ADVANCE SUPREME COURT
DECISIONS.
STATEMENT BY BURKE
HEARST SERVICE TIPS COURT
TO INFoRMATioN FOR
INVESTIGATION.
western Newspaper Union News Service

western NrNtpaprr I mon News service
Washington. Dec. l8t - Announce
ment has been made by the Depart
ment Of Justice that an investigation
was being made of reports Of alleged
''lenks" on Supreme Court decisions By
whicir spectators had attempted to
profit In stock market transactions.
Captain Burke, chief Of the Bureau OF
Insestigat on of the Department Of
Justice, dictated TO newspaper men
the following statement, which also
was taken by slenographer in Mr..
Burke's Office:
ION Nov. - Mr.. Marlin Pew. man
ager Of the International News Serv-
Ice Of New York. came to Washington
and consulted Chief Justice White OF
the Supreme Court IN regard to re-
cent alleged leaks in the Supreme
Courts decis ons
Chief Justice White then came TO
Judge Ames and asked him To investi-
gate report by Mr. Pew that n friend
had talked TO him and had said that
he had been approached by II Mr., Is.
T.. Moses, with offices In the Munsey
building, Washington, in regard to al
legged prof tcering. by tips on Supreme
Court decisions.
"AIr. Moses was said to have told
Pew's friend that he had advance In
formation on Supreme Court deci
sion, that II Pew's friend would con
meet him with financial agencies able
TO finance the proposition they would
be able TO play the market on adj
vance information on the Supreme
Court decision. and that much money
could be made rs result. AT that
time, he, Moses. was said to have men,
toned some decision that would he
handed down, as proof Of what ne
could do.
"When this was brought 10 Judge
Ames' attention, he directed the Bu-
rcau Of Investigation 10 institute Inn
meGlate inquiry.
"Moses was interrosated By William
Flynn, chief of the Bureau Of lnvesti-
CATION Of the Department OF Justice. In
New York.
"Moses denied to Flynn that lie was
getting his information from an Off
eial In the Department of Justice NJ
was claimed or that the Department
Of Justice official was getting 1t In
turn from minor attache of the Su-
preme Court. Moses admitted he had
played the markets, but denied he had
received advance information He said
he had made his deductions on the fu-
ture movement of the stock as any
lawyer might have done from the gen
eral information on the Southern Pa
cific case. He denied also that there
was leak in the Supreme Court. He
claimed that AS others were putting up
the money for him, lie had nothing to
lose"
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sounda Eneour.olno.

Bacon-I see Danish chemist. or
Copenhagen. has sold patent for
making artificial leather to a Nor
wegian concern which expects to es-
tablish factories TO manufacture 1t in
several countries.
Egbert-Wondcr. will this reduce the
cost Of the sandwiches served at rail-
road lunchrooms!
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DRY LAW CONSTITUTIONAL

Washington Wartime prohibition is
constitutional. the Supreme Court de-
cidcd. Enforcement of the act must
continue until peace Is proclaimed, the
court decreed. The decision was a
sweeping victory for the contentious Of
the prohibitionists and the government.
II means that the millions of gallons
Of int0yicants. now stored throughout
the country aud valued at about ST.
OOO.0OO,0O0 will he near total loss un-
less peace Is proclaimed before c0nsti-
tutional prohibition becomes effective.
The court held that the provision of
the wartime act, stating that the pro-
hibitlon shall end at the conclusion OF
the war can have no other legal mean
ing than the proclamation Of peace.
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WASHINGTON

Daylight saving would be re.instltut-
ed under bin introduced by Repre-
sentative DallInger. Republican. Massa.
chusetis, providing for an annual
change In time on the last Saturday in
April and September respectively.
Five American aces, credited with
having brought down more than fifty
German airflancs. advocated before a
HCuSe subcommittee the creation of nm
aeronnutical department of the govern.
ment 10 coordinate all aerial actiyi-
ties
New York hotels have >l.Wo,Oy1 in
liquor stocks. and The hotels In Chicago
and other large cities have proportion
ate stocks, representing Il similar cash
outlay. all Of which win be practically
a dead loss 10 the hotelkeepers unless
wartime prohibition is repealed or de-
elared unconstitutional by the courts.
Representatives Of the hotels made this
revelation to the House agricultural
committee
Omissions in submitted estimates
for the coming fiscal year bring the
proposed expenditures Of the govern.
ment up TO S5,2i9.4T0,03l instead of
A.s6l.i00,0o0, Representative Good,
Republican, Iowa, chairman Of the ap-
preparations committee, told the
House Items omitted from the eSti.
mates, Mr.. Good said. included S5S,-
100000 for road construction, already
authorized; SlJ0.300,0o0 for redemp.
lion Of War Savings certificates. re-
serve notes and miscellaneous public
debts, proposed by Secretary Glass In
his report; S30.760OO0 10 continue the
$40 annual bonus to government
workers. S40,000,000 for salary in.
crcases of postoffice employees. So.
100000 for supplemental estimates
and S50,000,000 for deficiencies.
The total value of the eountrys i'm
portant farm crops this year aggre-
gates Si4,09a, 100000, the Department
Of Agriculture estimated In lis final re-
port That compares with 81, 600, ,;526..
900, the aggregate value of last years
crops as finally revised. The total
area planted In these principal crops is
placed at 359.i24.473 acres, compared
with $50, ,407, ,i82 last year.
Greece plans to spend SD0,000 dur
ing 1920 for road building machinery
Of the most modern design. according
TO consular reports received at Wash
|ngton.
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Liberated Americans.

Eagle Pass, 1exas.-America and
Mexican government officials here re-
ceived no details Of the release Of Fred
g. Hugo, American ranch manager.
who was liberated by yiIlistas without
payment of $4,000 ransom demanded
by Francisco villa. Huga was released
when the yillistas left Muxqulz, Con.
hula. after looting the town. and ID
now at Muzquiz. Several prominent
Mexieans held by Villa also were re-
leased without payment Of ransom.
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No Hone for Treaty.

Washngton.-The only hope of rati-
flying the peace treaty hangs now upon
the possibility Of Democratic revolt
from President Wilson's leadership
There seems to be widespread dIssatis-
faction among Democratic senator's
over the Presidents "n0-compromise"
statement just issued. but 1t remains to
be seen whether the discomfort will as
sume the proportions Of an open insur-
rection In the administration ranks.
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FOREIGN

There are 5,Ua motor cars In the EN-.
pire Of Japan. according to figures
complied by leading automobile manu-
facturers Of the United States.
The first Polish profiteer to be exc.
cuted Is NJ. Broiheim. who, found guilty
Of having stolen three truckloads OF
food intended for the Polish army, was
shot dead by a firing squad Premier
Paderewski has announced pItiless
campaign against all profiteers.
The United States government has
notified Japan that America has
adopted the hands Off policy in 81
IBERIA and will send no further assist
ance 10 the kolehak forces. according
to a Toxic cable published by the Nip
pu Jiji, Honolulu japanese news
paper.
To develop commercial aviation the
Chinese government has contracted
with British concern for number of
commercial planes The Chinese gov
ernment IL making an issue Of about
s9,VO0.UO0 in treasury notes which will
be spent solely in developing CONNER
cial aeronautics.
Fire badly damaged portions Of the
castle AT Compiegnc, France. The bed
room OF the former emperor and the
council room, both of which were un-
furnished, we're destroyed, as were a
few pieces OF arts. The library was
not damaged. The damage is estimated
at 100000 francs
Federal District Judge Hamilton Is.
sued a temporary restraining order
against Santiago Iglesias. representa-
tive OF the American Federation of La
bor. and forty-two laborers aud em.
ployes Of the American railroad of Per
10 Rico culoinlng them from carrying
out an alleged conspiracy whereby II is
charged the employees Of the railroad
We're made TO strike Dee. 3.
Capt. Ross Smith, Australian aviator,
arrived nj Port Darwin, Australia from
England, thus winning prize of fl0,-
600 sterling offered for the first ayia.
tor TO make the voyage. Under the
conditions laid down by the Australian
government when IL offered a prize for
making flight from England 10 Aus.
tralia the distance of 800 miles had
to be covered within thirty days.
The British air ministry announces
that, as an emergency measure To as
slst belated aircraft Ia locate their air
dromcs after dusk, II has been ar.
ranged for vertical searchlight beams
Ia he projected from the official air
dromes from about dusk til all service
machines have arrived. The identity
Of an air,irome IL determined by the
number and arrangement of the light
beams.
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GENERAL

The Canadian government Is shipping
Sl0,ooO,000 In gold to New York for the
purpose Of meeting obligations and
also to check the depreciation in Mon
treal exchange.
Approximately S.0o0.0o0 autos have
been made In the United States during
the last twenty years, according 10
statistics prepared by the National Au-
tomobile Chamber of Commerce.
City officials stopped twenty-five
tons OF sand and gravel from being
sold at 20 cents II pound IN New York
The real estate was In the crops Of
5o,0O0 chickens bound for the New
York market.
The Republican National Committee
has selected Chicago, and Tuesday,
June sth, as the place and time for the
national convention ut which the
party's 1870 candidate for President
will be nominated
Furs valued at more than SiOo,UU
We're stolen from fur dressing estab-
lislment In Brooklyn, according to an
announcement made by Starobin 4 Ru-
bin, the owners. Ten thousand skins
were hauled away by thieves In trucks,
ii was said
Vincent Eisi. barber in ,,cw York
City. while shaving Harry Dresher,
was taken with vertigo and falling,
gashed Dresher's throat with the razor.
Dresher is In hospital and not ex.
pected to live. Detectives arrested
Eisi on the charge Of felonious assault.
Chicago ranks second in point Of
negro population In northern cities,
the report of the Urban league shows.
New York is the only city in the
North surprising Chicago in point of
colored residents" said 4. A. Hill, see.
retary. "sincc 1913 Chicago has added
5000 to its negro population, Detroit
and Newark have had 400 per cent In
crcascs in the last four years"
The main body of the Atlantic fleet
will leave Eastern seaports for Guam
tanamo, Cuba, Jan. sth, Secretary
Daniels announced in Washington.
The flagship Pennsylvania, flying the
fOur.starred flag of Admiral Wilson,
will lead the force. Particular atlen-
tion will be paid to main battery tar
get practice on the winter drill grounds
this year. Secretary Daniels said.
Flat refusal To give the names of the
executive committee Of the Russian So
Wet federation described by DIR. Mich
ael Mlsleg, its treasurer. as nation.
wide body actively engaged In teach
Ing Bolsheyism to the American
masses, met the Joint legislative com.
mittee's investigation into radicallsm
IN New York. Despite instruction to
answer on pain Of being in contempt.
Controlling interest Of the lndianap-
oils American Association Club has
been transferred to William e. Smith
of South Norwalk, Conn, formerly part
owner 0f The club, James q. McGill,
former president OF the clvb, an.
nonfced AZ Indianapolis W e. Smith,
Jr,. son Of the new owner. will he made
vice president Of The team.
As a result of eating pancakes in
which insect powder had been aeei.
dentally mixed. four aged inmates ~
the Kalamazoo county poor farm IN
Michigan are dead and thlrty-fivc are
seriously IN from the same cause
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~CnaA In t1se Handss

% IN acute attack OF Nasal Catarrh peDk
sons who are subject to frequent .'cold
II the head" will find that xhe NJ q
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE VIII
and render them less liable to colds.
Repeated attacks Of Acute CatarSh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE d TAX.
On internally and acts through tho Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces OF the eystsm.
$4,000 for any case OF catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE WIN net
cure.
r. J. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
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CONDENSED RECORD or TIE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. D o I'm G 8. ACHIEVE.
MENTs. suFFERINGs. HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
W s=fTiu RfNTa
WESTERN

Designer" yearling Poland China
boar, WIS purchased recently for 3d.
oJJ at Omaha This. II is declared. Is
reeordbreakIng price for hog.
Fire Of undetermined origin com
pletcly destroyed the Catholic church
In Charles City, Iowa. The loss Of the
edifice. which includes costly interior
decorations. is estimated at $4,000
Burned to death, presumably through
an explosion OF gasoline, the bodies
OF FIdel Ambrosini and Antonia Gay,
wood haulers, were found IN the cab OF
their motor truck near Tonopah, Nev.
A hundred dollar bonus is paid by
Samuel Phillipson q Co, Of Chicago 10
any employe who can show proof OF
the birth of a new baby in his family.
The idea is TO encourage marriages.
Eleven hundred American soldiers
arrived from Siberia on the transport
Sheridan a sign ON the ships side
read; Bolsheyists, beware We are
coming home to join the American
Legion.
An alrplane mail service between
San Diego and the port of Los Angeles
for men Of the Pacific fleet stationed
NJ those points hns been inaugurale1.
The flights will be made by navy arr
planes.
Los Angeles, Calf, was awarded the
next annual convention uf the Phi Del
ia Phi fraternity to be held in Decem-
ber, 1920, ut the closing session of the
sixteenth annual convention Of the fra.
ternity at Bloomington, III.
Swarms of hungry magpies are at
iaeklng balf.famished range cattle In
some sections Of Montana, according
10 reports. Hundreds of range cattle
are said to be dying from starvation
since the severe weather set In.
Jack Dempsey is willing to fight
Georges Carpenter either in Europe or
America, Jack keafns, Dempsey's man
ager, said the decision as TO the scene
Of the expected battle depending en-
tIrely on what promoter makes the best
financial offer.
Aman Identified by the police as Le-
land w. Zlerick of Seattle escaped
from a jewelry store at Los Angeles
with diamonds valued at more than
$4,000, after he had held up the mana
ger and clerk with revolver. Tue
man was caught later.
Mexican immigration officials have
been ordered 10 watch closely the bor.
ders Of that country TO prevent entry
or departure OF radicals, by AguIrrr
Berlanga. secretary Of the interior, nc
cordlng to advices received at III Paso
by Andres q. Garcia, consul general
for Mexico
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Says Railroads Would Fail.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the rail-
roads Of the country would be In the
hands Of receiver In month after
their return 10 private control unless
Congress enacts effective railroad
legislation. Senator cnmmins, Republi-
can. Iowa. told the Senate in urging II
to speed up his railroad bin.
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Eamous American.

In 1850, on the 9th Of November. Ad-
miral Stewart. an American. who won
fame In the. battles against French
privateers and against the British in.
the war Of 1872. died. Admiral Stew
art was the grandfather Of Charles
Parnell.
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0Owu puluSN
badly that at times
] could not Be on
my feet and It did
not seem q sthoueh
] could stand Ia I
tried different
medicines without
any benelit and
several doctors
told me nothing
but m operation
would DO me any
good. Ny drug.
eist told NE Of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound ! took
it with the result
that ! am nov well
and stroM. / get
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up IN the morning at four CLOCK. Do my
housework, then 60 to factory and work
Ill day, come home and get supper and
feei good l don't know how many Of
my friends ] have told what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me."-MRs. anna MBTERiANo
IS West 10th St.. Peru, Ind.
Women who suffer from any soch ail.
ments should not fail to try this famous
root and herb remedy. Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
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WOMAN works
IS HOURS
Marvellous Story Of Woman's
Change from Weakness
to Strength BY Taking
Druggists Advice

Peru, Ind suffered from Z die,
placement with backache and draegid
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The Red Cross Christmas Seal sale VIII
take place all over the United States
from December | to 10. 1919.
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Bandits Atfack Girl
And Escape With 1864
OF .Jeweiey'S Payroll
Spccinl Coxrcspon1encs

NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 81. - Miss
Mabel Meyer, q bookkeeper for the Otto
Shanbacker Company, manufacturing
jewellers, of 80 Marshall Street, was
held up and robbed Of 1864 to-day by
two men in the hallway of the building.
She had just drawn the money from
the Union National Bank for the pay
roll.
Miss Meyer did not see the men until
they were close to her One pulled her
hat down over her eyes, while the othe.'
wrested the money BAG from her hands.
The screams of the girl brought Mr.
Shanbacker to the hall. TIE robbers
fed, and Miss Meyer and Mr.. Shan
hacker jumped into an automobile and
pursued. The chase led past the LIST
Precinct station house, and the men
we're lost in the crowd
Before the robbery two young men
answering the description of the pay
roll robbers entered the store OF
Mathew Rooney, at 292 Nineteenth Ave
nue., and asked for several bars Of soap
AS Mr.. Rooney turned to get the soap
one of the men drew blackjack and
attempted to hit him. The storekeepe1
shouted for hep and the robbers ran.
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tectives of the Parkville station in
Brooklyn yesterday and charged with
being receiver Of stolen goods. He
was held in $4,000 bail for examina-
ton Tuesday.
Chapman was taken into custody by
four detectives in garage on West
Street, near Church Avenue, where the
oolice found leather hides valued at
500 600. They say the property was
stolen from Feister & Vogel, leather
merchants, of IS Cliff Street, Manhat-
tan, February 8 last.
The police are searching for hold
up man who yesterday, with a confed-
crate robbed Rudolph Voelker, fifty,
of 60 West Seventy first Street, Of
$3.50 in cash and escaped.
Mr. Noelkcr was called to a doorway
on Seventh Avenue, near Fifty fourth
Street. Two men pushed him into q
corner and ordered him to be silent
while his pockets were searched. Many
persons were passing and the robbers
worked quickly. After obtaining the
money one of them struck Voclker on
the head and then ran.
Michael McNulty, a passerby, seeing
the men running gave rhase. Police
man Harris Of the West i-,rty- seventh
Street station, Joined in the chase and
cornered a man who gave his name
as Thomas Jordan, Of 80 East Sixty
fifth Street. He was held on charge
OF robbery and fclonious assault. The
man with the money escaped.
Overseas Veteran Held
Sergeant Ralph Price, an overseas
veteran, was held by the Brooklyn po-
lice yesterday following an alleged con-
fession that he was one Of the two men
who tried TO rob Mrs. Emily O'Brisn
the B. R. T. ticket agent at the Chest-
nut Street station Of the Fulton Street.
elevated Thursday night.
Price was arrested for attempting to
hold up and rob Dinato Prigo, coal
dealer, Of 507 Logan Street and for
shooting Nincenzo Spudiiiro, a shoe
maker, of 916 Belmont Street, who
went to Prigo's assistance. According
~ ,oo ~ zee. Price sad he was "a w.
0. L." from Camp Upton since August
23, when he returned from overseas.
Magistrate Robert Ten Eyck, in the
Tombs Court, yesterday held that the
evidence produced was not sufficient to
hold John J. O'Neill, Of 450 West Six
teenth Street. and Thomas Geary, of
% Willis Avenue, Jersey City, in con-
nection with the holdup of Michael
DouD IS. q messenger for the Burns
Brothers Coal Company. last Saturday.
Both were discharged.
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Thieves Loot
Apartment and
Take $4,000
Prove Taste by Discarding
Plate and Taking Only
Most Valuable of Silver
Jewelny and Art Objects
Police Without Z CJew
Woman SAYS House Has Been
Robbed Often; Detectives
Assert Its News to Them

Burglars displaying the taste OF
como sseurs broke into the apartment
Of Mrs. Katharine .. Epns in Central
Park West. near Ninety-third Street,
FRIDAY night and took more than $50
600 worth Of jewelry and silverware.
TIE police made every effort to keep
the robbery. one OF series in the
neighhorho0d, a secret. No arrests
have been made
Mrs. E3ps returned to her apartment
about 10 o'clock on Friday night and
found it n disorder. Drawers had been
pulled out and their contents strewn
about The floor while every piece Of
jewelry OF any value ard much of her
siNerware were cone The thieves had
entered and left through a window on
the rear FIRE escape
In selecting the silver thew threw the
plate to one side The robbers also
found some jewels of slight value and
left them on table.
House Robbed Frequently
"How long since the last robbery in
This nelghbo hood % Tribune reporter
asked Mrs Epps
81 do not remember but there have
been five or six in this house" she said
"It's funng we did not hear of them"
broke in deceive who was present.
"Well they were reported to the
police Mrs. Epps replied.
"Do you know anything about these
other robberies the detective was
asked?
Eve don't have much of this around
here" he said. People get scared and
call for the police when they find their
windows OPEN
Mrs. Epps said a man living over
her had suggested that the robberies
IN the house we're being committed by
some one who knew the house we'll
All the robberies have taken place
when persons have left their homes
;or The evening.
James Chapman, twenty seven, who
gave no address, was arrested by de-
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ants yesterday morning discovered that
the entire lower floor Of the mansion
had been ransacked.
District Attorney Charles r. Weeks
at once sent Charles Hanson, finger
print expert, to investigate. Finger
prints of all the employees of the place
were taken. Entrance had been gained
by prying open one OF the windows on
the front porch.
Silverware which had been gath
cred in all parts of the word by the
family, together with souvenirs, cups
won at Yale and large number of
horse shows and prizes for the blood
ed cattle were al taken The thieves
are believed to have had car.
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Syracuse Mayor Starts
War on Phone Rates

ALBANY, Sept. 27.-Mayor Stone
Of Syracuse. to-day filed complaint
with the Public Service Commission
"a District, asking for rcV'e"
and Investigation Of the rates of the
New York Telephone Company and
that they be declared unjust, excess
sive and Unreasonable and that such
reduction be ordered as NAV be deter.
mined to be reasonable, just and legal
by the commission.
The rates against which the com
plaint is directed we're established by
Postmaster General Burleson during
the period of Federal operation OF tele,
phon lines. The commission will
serve the complaint upon the telephone
company for answer within ten days
1t is the first formal complaint made
against the upstate rates of the tele-
phone company.