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The New York herald., 1920-01-02

Quoted rs each Of us would conduct our
private business. where tho expenditures
are made out of ones own pocket, Negii-
gcncc, incompctency or delinquency will
not be tolerated. Wastefuiness, extraya-
gance or favorltium In the spending OF the
peoples money Is criminal and Will not be
countenanced. The remaining years OF
this administration should witness tho
eruiuon of the constructive plans SO care
fully4iald, and the experience and knowl-
edge gained should expedite their consum-
nation.
Let tho slogan Of this administration
to the people be AT your service There
are innumerable ways in which the COM
fort and convenien 10 Of the public having
business with city offices may be promot-
ed. Let the employees who come In contact
with the public be- thoughtful and obligng.
This task may be the better performed II
We constantly bear In mind that we are
the servants of the people, and not their
masters.
''In administering the affairs of your de-
partments you will inevitably receive
criticism. Just criticism will prove i'm
structive and helpful. False criticism will
not injure us. The public knows we are
only human and will be patient with or
rors or Judgment or mistakes which are
honestly made.
Let us continue TO be an administra-
ton worthy of this great city-an admin
istration OF deeds not words. Let us con-
tinue to deserve the esteem and gratitude
of our citizens by fulfilling our public
trust TO the best of our abilities and in a
manner which shall not be spectacular or
dramatic but none the less vital and sig
nificant. Let our official actions be as
an open book wherein shall be found a
reward OF honesty and zeal as public
servants"
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
Wood Alcohol
Cases Increase
New Year Revel
(Coptinued from Page Onc)

negro truck driver landed him In the
downtown district of Schenectady with
twenty-five barrels of wine. His orders
had been TO follow slightly policed route
10 q soloon a policeman stopped the
truck. and not satisfied with the driver S
explanation examined his cargo and found
that the barrels were labelled WINE less
Than four per cent alcohol with an
other label reading This wine to be used
for sacramental purposes, medicinal ana
other than beverages"
At the police garage. where the wine
was put under heavy guard during night
Of merrymaking. n chemist tested one
barrel and declared II contained ten per
cent alcohol
Dominic Ciarvo, saloon keeper. lt NO.
Gfs Cutler street. whom the truck driver
tried TO find. explained that he bought
the wine last June for 81 gallon from
r. Baneil, of No. 30 East 1lith street,
New York. Federal officers took posses
sion of the wine and held Edward Gar
land. the driver, on charge OF trans
nortinr liquor.
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
PROMISE NEW ARRESTS
HERE IN ALCOHOL CASE
Especial pEsrArcH TO THE nERAIp.l

Especial DESPATCH TO THE HERALD
HARTFORD, Conn, Thursday.-Addi-
tlonal arrests in New York city will be
made before the Hartford authorities de-
eide how many of the New York wood
alcohol band they will bring here for
trial either by regular extradition pro-
cccdings or by a illegal Kidnapping
through federal agencies. The common
law principle OF continuing crime will
govern in any extradition proceeding
against the persons who made the wood
alcohol, those who sold IL and resold II
in the successive stages until It WAS sold 10
the consumer who died from drinking II.
The fact that tho prisoners we're more
anxious about getting back their money
than warning those TO whom they had
sold the poison will be used by tho Con-
necticut prosecutors in maintaining mur-
dor charges against the men. The maxi
mum penalty for manstauehter in Con-
necticut Is fifteen years I'm prison and
81 100 fine
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
Lusk Committee Links Upstate Gar
mept strike with Communists

UTICA, y. Y. Thursday.-1n an all-day
session held despite the holiday. the Joint
Legislative Committee investigating radi-
cal activities under the direction of Sena-
tor Clayton Lusk through testimony and
documentary evidence brought out facts
indicating the following points regarding
anarchy in Utica and Central New York -
That the activities OF the Amalgamated
Textile Workers and the Amalgamated
Garment Workers. responsible for recent
prolonged strikes and two riots in Utica.
have been closely allied with the activities
Of the Communist party OF America. which
seeks to overthrow the government OF the
United States by force.
Evidence was adduced at the hearin g
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
rive Children III After Drinking Wine
Mt Dinner.

Five children of Mr.. and Mrs. John Wig
lilo, OF No. i03 JasFTwenty-nin street
are in Bellevue Hospital believed TO be
suffering from the effects OF wine which
was drunk at the Nigilio home last night
at New Years dinner. Several quarts
Of the wine which remained was seized by
the police to be held for analysis.
Or. Wurzback. OF Bellevue Hospital,
who treated tho children. was unable TO
say whether or not the illness OF the
children was due to wood alcohol poison
Ing. According to the police the vigio
FAMILY bought five gallons Of wine from
store on First avenue. All the family
drank the wine at dinner and while the
mother was In another room the five
children drank considerable quantity
nsarA Mr.. and Mrs. vigilio and their eld-
cot son we're not affected BY the Wine
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
Hoync Attacks Palmer for Absence Oi
Justice Agents.

CHICAGO, Thursday.-Raids resulting
in the arrest of two hundred or more In
dustrial Workers OF the World. Conmun-
lists and other radicals were carried out to-
day under the direction Of States Attorney
Maclay TIoyne, who tonight IN a statement
attacked General Palmer for the failure
of Department OF Justice agents TO cor
operate. Agents of the military inteli-
gence branch of the Central Department
Of the Army aided the prosecutor.
Mr.. Hoyne said the raids had been timed
for four o'clock in the afternoon OF New
Years Day. lie said he recently had gone
TO Washington to confer with government
officials. At noon today. after receipt OF
personal letter from Attorney General
Palmer asking him not TO proceed with
the plan, federal Department of Justice
agents Withdrew, Mr.. Hoyne declared
Apparently Attorney General Palmer or
some of his friends are playing petty pol
itcs with the situation and are pursuing
pussyfoot policy" asserted the States
Attorney. Expressing my opinion as a
citizen and Democrat, DO not believe Nero
or any other fiddler can be elected Presi-
dent ot the United States"
The New York herald., 1920-01-02

Fifth avenue and attempted to enter
churches, carrying placards and banners
urging the release OF political prisoners.
The promoters OF the Washington parade
say they will have several thousand
pickets. They said they would have two
thousand in the Christmas parade and only
about two hundred walked up the avenue.
The New York herald., 1920-01-02

White House and the homes of officials
to get their support in obtaining the re-
lease Of political prisoners" The DEM
onstration will take place whether Presi-
dent Wilson has recovered from his i'll
ness or not. The paraders and picket
parties will be made up of the marchers
who on Christmas morning walked up
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
Lusk Committee Not Out OF Existence
Says Senator Walters.

SYRACUSE. N. Y. Thursday.-"The
Lusk committee does not go out OF exist
enee on the opening day of the legislative
session." il was declared tonight by Sena-
tor ]. Henry Walters. member of the COM
mittee. president pro TEN of the Senate
and author OF the resolution creating the
COMMITTEE
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
(Continued from Page one.)

at the Maxwell street sta
ton.
Seventy-nine prisoners were placed in
cells at the Des p LANES street station
They took their arrests philosophically and
spent the night singing Red songs and in
muttering threats.
The biggest haul or the raiders was
made In the I. w. w. headquarters, at
Madison and Morgan streets. Five wagon
loads of prisoners were taken 10 the Des
PLANES street station. When the raiders
entered the printers were printing pamph-
lets IN Greek. These AMI other documents
were seized.
Three wagonloads of prisoners were
taken to the Stockyards station. The
raids IN this section We're in charge OF
Assistant States Attorney Stanton.
The New York herald., 1920-01-02
Amnesty Pickets in Washington.

The Amnesty Committee Of the Peoples
Freedom Union announced that it's MEM
,ers will invade Washington on Lincoln's
Birthday. February 12, and picket the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
Secretary Daniels Says it Would be Blunder
for Few Nations to Agree Upon Holi-
day in Building.
THREE YEAR PROGRAM RECOMMENDED.
House Committee Canvas Shows Members Will
Refuse to Grant Request of Secretary
of the Navy.

exact opposite Of Daniels view, cit
ing the recent declaration OF the
Japanese delegation of the league of
nations assembly that Japan cannot
reduce armaments until this country
does.
The naval building programs of
thesee three great powers would be
reduced annually for the next five
years by fifty per cent OF the estimate,
under BOrah's resolution.
Request Will Be Refused.
[By Herbert w. Walker, United Press
Staff Correspondent 1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE re-
quest OF Secretary Daniels that con-
gress authorize three year naval
building program if the United States
does not enter a league of nations,
will be refused by the house naval
affairs committee. canvas of commit
tee members today showed. Il
The committee is virtually unani-
nous against the suggestion OF Dan
iels, who appeared before it today to
outline the reasons for his request for
a construction program calling Tor
eighty-eight ships. The 1916 program,
according to Chairman Butler anG
other committee men upon its compile
tition which probably will be by Jan
uary /, 1924, will make the United
States the greatest naval power in the
world, even allowing for some uncon-
templated additional construction by
Great Britain.
"The completion of the present
building program will give the United
States a supremacy of thirty-one per
cent over Great Britain in first line
fighting hips-dreadnaughts and bat
tie cruisers" said Representative Brit
ten, Illinois, member of the COM
mittee.
Daniels said navy recruiting is in
creasing the enlisted strength. gong
from 100, 900 to 10000 during the last
year.
He recommended the removal of the
naval war college from Newport, *.
|. to Washington, so that it can be IN
close touch with naval operations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
TBy Herbert w. Walker, United Press

[By Herbert w. Walker, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-For the
United States to agree with TWO o.,
three other nations for a holiday
in naval construction would be a
"blunder worse than crime, Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels told the
house naval affairs committee today.
The United States can agree 10
such a suspension of new construc-
ton only when all the nations Oh the
world agree to do likewise, Danlels
asserted. He strongly recommended
the prompt completion Of the huge
three-year building program or 1910,
and asked. for the authorization OF
another program calling Tor the pallo
ing of eighty-eight vessels.
In support of the belief that tne
United States could not agree with
Great Britain and Japan to stop the
building of armament, the secretary
allowed Admiral Koontz, chlef OIL
naval operations, to quote figures
showing the relative first line
strength of the three nations. =,
'If the three nations could stop all
construction now, the United states
would have first line strength OF
46S, 900 tons; Great Britain, S64,ooo
tons, and Japan 326,O0O," said koontz.
Daniels referred to the fact that
an alliance exists between Hrea'
Britain and Japan.
While Daniels was testifying, Sena
tor Borah Idaho. introduced IN the
senate resolution requesting the
president to enter into agreements
with Great Britain and Japan TO re-
duce naval armaments.
Completion Of the present bullo'hs
program, with the addition or 1e"
vessels to round out the fleet, Will
make the United States supreme, la l.
iels said, unless a vast amount ol
construction is undertaken by other
nations. =,
81 proclaim myself a pacifist," said
Daniels, "and l make these recon-
mendations regretfully. But until a
world agreement on disarmament
comes and has been in operation long
enough to assure los establishment l.
we must continue our building
"Unless we enter into an agreem7nt
with all the nations OF the world we
must be prepared to protect our great
coast line and all our island posses
SiOnS by preponoertuhCe vi na'"
strength" continued Daniels.
Daniels said President-elect Hard
ing in a speech at Norfolk shared this
view.
Il think it is rather fortunate that
his mind runs along with mine,' the
secretary said.
Daniels said that he does not pro
pose any Immediate appropriations
for the new building program because
incomplete state of the present pro
gram and fact Of condition of treas
ury prohibits any appropriations for a
new program.
To round out the present building
program Daniels recommended con
stluction of two huge submarine
cruisers five mine laying submarines,
one air plane carrier, five cruisers
and two gunbOats
Borah in his resolution took the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
MEAT PRODUCERS
ASSOCIATION
Annual Meeting Attended by More
Than 200 Delegates Who Plan to
Form Cooperative Market
ing Society.

limited Press Leased Wire SerVlce1
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 14.-The
Corn Belt Meat Producers association
opened it's seventh annual meeting
here today with more than two hun
dred delegates in attendance.
Plans for organizing cooperative
livestock marketing association were
to be discussed by the convention late
today. following presentation of the
report of a special committee ap-
pointed to inquire into this subject
The report of A. Skyles, Ida Grove,
president of the association, was read
this morning At a banquet tonight,
+. B. Wilson, Des MoineS banker, and
F. Montgomery, f the United States
department of agriculture, were schcd-
uled to deliver the principal address
es
The convention will close Wednes-
day
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
League of Nations Crowded
Into Background by Other
Matters Under Dis
cussion.
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT
Colonel Harvcy's Proposition Said to
be Best Plan Yet Proposed to
Perpetuate Peace Of
World.
by Raymond Clapper. United Press
Staff Correspondent

by Raymond Clapper United Press
STAFF Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Dec. 14.-Practical
politics crowded the league of nations
into the back ground today as Presi-
Gent-elect Harding turned his atten-
Ition to list of political callers.
Harding was also considering SER
'iously the proposal of Colonel George
Harvey for an association of nations
in which members would be pledged to
abstain from offensive warfare with
out referendum of their peoples.
Although Harding refused to dis
cuss the proposal, an official state-
ment describing Colonel Harvey's
plan was issued through Harding
headquarters.
This statement described the idea
as zone which Gwarfs all previous
propositions designed to perpetuate
peace and to democratize the world
The fact that the Harvey plan was
sprung Immediately after Elihu Root,
a league friend, had talked to Har-
ding, led some to view it as step
to counteract the effect of the visits
,of Hughes, Hoover and Root, three
league advocates.
The suggestion includes the idea Of
an association of nations which Har-
ding put forth during the campaign,
but the plan for popular referendum
on war is an entirely new feature.
Ex-President William H. Taft will
be the next chief justice of the su-
preme court, in the opinion OF Har-
ding's closest advisers today.
Chief Justice White is understood
ito be planning to retire from the
bench shortly after the new admins
tration comes in. The second va
cancy under the Harding administra-
,tion Will be filled by ex-senator George
Sutherland, of Utah, it is believed.
Bishop William f. Anderson, OF On
cinnati, conferred briefly with Har-
ding regarding the league OF nations.
He suggested reservations covering
article 10, Shantung and proposed that
membership be open to all nations
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
Special Committee on Reconstruction and
Production Makes Recommendations on
Menace of Housing Shortage.
PROSECUTE EMPLOYERS AND LABOR
Revision of Present Tax System to Encourage
Investment in Home and Establish
Trade Schools.

growing scarcity of homes may even
tually force upon the government an
undesirable participation in the hous.
ing business"
Dealing with the coal situation,
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, a member
of the committee, said that 'if this
continuous plundering of the Ameri-
can people is to go on, l shall favor
taking over the mines and 1t could
be done, in my Judgment, constitu-
tionally.'
The committees report states that
as last resort it may be necessary
to enact some form of federal licens-
ing" of the coal industry The COM
mittee at the present time made the
following recommendations govern
ing the coal industry and its relation
to the housing situation:
'"That all coal operators, whole
salers, jobbers and retailers will be
compelled by statute to file at regu-
lar and frequent periods with some
federal agency reports on the total
tonnage produced or handled. the
size and quality thereof, the amount
of tonnage contracted for, the amount
sold on contract and at spot sale, to
whom, together with the prices made
or received under such contracts or
sales and producers and distributors
to make regular reports sufficient to
determine their costs and profits, and
the corporate inter-relations or the
communities of interest between
companies producing and distributing
coal"
This information is to be held for
possible use by the department of
justice.
Coal profteering has continued un-
checked by the department of JUS
tice and is a national disgrace, the
report stated Goal speculation has
been permitted to monopolize the
Transportation facilities for the
country, retarding construction and
increasing the basic cost of manu-
facture and distribution in general.
II has bled the home owners, public
utilities and the industries. Private
interests are actually unable to pre-
vent the present deplorable situa-
ton, and it is the duty Of the gov
ernment to take such steps as it may
to remedy the evil
The report said rentals had in
creased 25 to $50 percent; that con-
StruCIlOu Ill Tie ldoL ioul sSdio "St'
equal only to one normal year, and
that a workman's house formerly
costing $4,000 now costs $4,000.
Would Prosecute Frauds.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Fifteen
prosecuting attorneys and five trial
lawyers should be employed by the
government to prosecute shipping
board frauds, Martin J. Gillen, form
er executive assistant on the board
to-day recommended in written re-
port to the Walsh investigating COM
mittee.
Gillen did not appear today in per-
son.
Edward Denman first board chair
man continued to testify concerning
loss he said American shipping suf-
fered because his successors did not
carry out his Diesel engine project.
Gillen recommended all officers OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
rBy A. L. Bradford, United Pr
Staff Correspondent

EfBy A. L. Bradford, United Press
VA Staff Correspondent
# WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Whole.
bale prosecutions Of employers and
labor leaders guilty of conspiring to
Increase prices in the building trades
and government supervision Of the
Coal industry were urged upon con-
gress today.
s# The recommendations were made
in report to the senate by Senator
calder. New York, chairman of the
Special committee on reconstruction
Fend production, which has been in
%estigation the housing situation for
sahe past several months.
III The housing shortage is menaclns
industrial growth, public health and
!4morals, the report said, and makes
Mthese recommendations for its cor.
Erection:
q /. Amendment of the transporta-
Stion act to check issuance of Eek
#parte" orders by the interstate COM
4merce commission, on the ground
Sthat priority orders so issued bring
3irregularitie in delivery of building
materials. cause building stagnation
and open opportunities for profiteer-
ing.
g Abolition of the cost-plus con-
tract system and establishment by
states and cities of trade schools for
building apprentices.
8. Creation of a federal bureau to
serve as a clearing house for the
best knowledge and practices in con.
struction work.
T. Revision of the present tax sys-
tenn to encourage investment in
homes and construction, and to grant
for limited period tax exemption to
real estate mortgages.
5. Broadening of the home loan
bank bill and consolidation of all
federal thrift activities under the
postal savings branch Of the post
office department.
The committee has this to say on
the New York building expose and
it's recommendation for prosecu-
tions:
"The misdirection and exploitation
Of some groups of orsani :ed labor,
through grating leadership. has
been revealed in New York City and
is reported in some of the olher large
cities. This has spread to combina-
tons of employers who, working TO-
gether, with such grating labor
leaders, have combined to free un-
duly high prices.
These conditions are calleL to the
attention of the department If Jus
tice and that department is urged to
pros ecute the wrong doers whenever
they are found to have violated the
federal statutes"
Senator Calder announced that the
committee is preparing legislation to
embody in it's recommendations; that
these measures will soon be intro
duced in the senate and early favor
able action urged.
The committee asks authority os
the senate to continue its investiga-
tions, stating that unless the federal
government continues to stimulate
cooperation of those engaged in
tabor, transportation, finance and
fuel production with those engaged
in general construction, that the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
WILDERNESS
is DESCRIPTION OF CORK

In the fighting yesterday, the Irish
Office today reported one policeman
was killed. Seven police and soldiers
were wounded. Three Sim Feiners
were killed, an unknown number
wounded and sixteen captured.
Cork. according to dispatches to-
day, has become a Staggering will
derness.' Comparisons were made
with the war ruins in France, the
piles OF masonry and steel being
spread out over five blocks in an
apparently inextricable mass
Reports today said incendiaries,
after firing the buildings, raced
through the brightly Illuminated
streets, shooting rifles and revolyers.
There was considerable looting.
.taese reports said
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
ACCUSED OF BEING CLEVER
SHOPLIFTER AND PICkPOCkET
CONTINUED on page 2.)

and pickpockets that ever operated in
the west.
These gems were in addition to
iewelry, clothing and other articles,
valued at about $4,000, which were
seized when detectives raided the pa
latial Matthews home. Mrs. Matthews
is the wife of prominent theater
manager. Both are in Jail.
81 have been a fool. My husband
is innocent" is all Mrs. Matthews
would say.
my wife is to blame,7 declared
Matthews.
Mrs. Matthews is declared by po-
lice here to be we'll known in New
York and New Jersey. Her mother,
Mrs. Katie Musbach, lives in New
Jersey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
Selection Of Jury.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 14.-The
work of selecting a jury to try Wolff
Teitel. Kansas City; Sam Lanswick.
and Garry Haines, former officers of
the Associated Finance company, for
alleged conspiracy to defraud in con-
nection with the sale Of stock Of the
Associated Packing company, was re-
sumed in district court here today.
Court officials believed a jury would
be chosen by night
The trial is expected to last about
two weeks.