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New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Senate Favors Bill for
Sis, 900, 600 for Roads
Approval Is Ordered ON Pro,
posal 10 Create a Federal
Highway Commission

WASHINGTON, June 1S.--Favorable
report was ordered by the Senate Post
OFFICES and Post Roads Committee to-
DAY on the Townsend bill to create q
Federal highway commission and to
establish an interstate system of pub
lie roads.
Three Democratic members of the
committee. Senators Watson, of
Georgla; Mcclellan, of Tennessee, and
Hetlin, of Alabama, voted against the
Dill and will file minority report,
probab bly, recommending that no change
be made in the present Federal road
law
The bill provides for commission
OF three members, instead of five as
originally proposed The members
would be appointed by the President,
with the consent of the Senate, at SAL
aries of $4,000.
The annual appropriation of $780,
100000 to aid states in building roads
would be continued, with the specifica-
ton that ALLEGATIONS must be expended
on Interstate roads.
States taking advantage of the Fed
eral aid provided in the bill are re-
CURED to match Federal funds except
IN states having to exceed per cent
OF the total area in unappropriated
public lands, in which case the propor-
ton of state funds would be decreased
IN proportion of such public lands.
Ihe bill also would appropriate s5.-
100000 for the next fiscal year and
$lO,o0o,o0o for the succeeding year for
forest roads in the states and Alaska.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
$5OO,OOO Bail
Holds Five In
Varotta DeatI,
tcortlnueG ;rom psg. one,

nitely whether the child was killed b
fore or afte, the arrest of the quintet
now in the Tombs. Assistant District
Attorney Sullivan said in court there
was evidence that the boy was drowned
before the captures were made Detc-
tives, on the other hand, are working
on the theory that the boy was drowned
subsequently.
Ten men are now in custody. In ad-
dition to the FIVE in the Tombs and the
two detained as material witnesses,
Vincenzo Battaglio, Giuseppe Palastro
and Salvatore Troia are held in $5 900
bail charged with violating the Sullivan
law. Although these arrests were made
in connection with the case, it is not
believed that all the prisoners were
actually implcatd in the kidnapping.
Mrs. Varotta was unable to go with
her husband to the District Attorneys
Office yesterday afternoon for con-
ference with the authorities regarding
the events leading up to the kidnap-
ing of Giuseppe. Verotta declared
there was no doubt about the identity
of the boy.
1t was also learned at the District
Attorneys Office that it was Mrs. A. J.
Drexel Biddle, of 1909 Fifth Avenue,
and not Miss Anne Morgan as pre-
vously said, who has befriended the
family in the past. When Adolph, the
oldest of the children, was hurt in q
truck collision, Mrs. Biddle had her
personal lawyers represent the Varot
tas' in a suit for $4,000 against Paul
Laura, of Coney Island, the owner and
driver OF the truck. The action has
not yet been settled
Police authorities are of the opinion
that this is virulent recurrence of
the active Black Hand operations of
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14

crnment, are prohibited. and offenses
against this order will be brought to
trial before a military tribunal"
statement issued to-day by the
Navy Department said:
Finding that no punishment fol-
lowed their attacks upon persons and
ofticials, Haytian orators and writer's
have grown bolder and more audacious
until denunciatioE has mounted almost
to frenzy and partsans of all parties
became so excited it was feared that
popular outbursts might occur
at is believed that the knowledge
that trial before an unprejudiced and
unintlmidated court" the statement
continued. awaits offenders against
the laws of libel and those who ad-
Yocate disorder, will prove ample
restraint to meet the situation and will
p! event repetition of the scurrilous,
slanderous and incendiary utterances
which have threatened to promote dis
turbance."
Hereafter persons accused of the Of
lenses will be arrested by the Marines
and tried before provost court
martial.
Secretary Denoy pledged the sup
port OF the marine authorities in Hayti
TO the proposal of the Federal Council
OF Churches to send committee to
Hayti with view to establishing mis-
SONS in that country. IN letter to
Dr f. .. Watson, of the council, the
Naval Secretary said that during his
recent visit to Havti he did not meet
a single missionary or church worker
from the United States, and he urged
that missionary work be taken up
there imm mediately.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
U. S. Military to
Dominate Civil
Courts LIN Hayti
Order by DENLY Made Neces-
sary by Failure of Tri.
bunals 10 Punish Agi.
tators Who Inspire Revolt
Propaganda Is Rampant
President Dariiguenave Ap.
proves Action; License
lmperils His Government,

WASHINGTON, June i3.-Americar
military authorities in Hayti. it was
announced to-day. have been ordered
to take control in large measure Of
Haytrs civil courts. This action. il
was said, was forced by the failure
of Hayti's own civil courts to deal
with agitators who not only were a
menace to law and order, but who were
imperiing the existence of Havti's
own government.
the order was issued by Secretary
OF the Navy DENLY, with the approval
OF the President of Havti, and trans
1ers to the military authorities the
)urlsdlctlon of the civil courts over
persons charged with instigatine dis
orders, bloodshed or rebellion or libel
ing members of the Haytian govern
ment or the American marine force
or occupation.
lhe consistent refusal of the civil
courts TO convlct persons accused of
these ohenses and the rapid growth
recently of revolutionary propaganda.
leading to fear of nm UPRISING and
sporadic revolutionary disturbances on
the island, were given as the reasons
Tor the step.
Colonel Russell, commanding the
American marines in Hayti, took steps
toward carrying out the order to-day
by issuing a proclamation to the
haytians saying. that agitation by a
feW newspapers in the large cities and
by few persons in so-called political
speeches was "a menace to law and
order necessitating the following or
der:
"'While the freedom of the press
and of speech are practically unre-
strlcted, articles of speeches that are
Of an incendiary nature or reflect ad-
Versely upon the United States forces
in Hayti, or tend to stir up agitation
against the United States officials who
are aiding and supporting the con-
sttutional government of Hayti, or
articles of speeches attacking the
President of Hayti or the Haytian gov
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Willis to Fight Harding
Choice for Toledo Post
Senator Announces He Will
Oppose Confirmation of
Naut for Collector

r rom Inc lrtoune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. June I3.-An inter.
esting complication in Ohio politics
arose to-day when it developed that
Senator Willis, of that state. who
placed President Harding in nomina-
tion at Chicago, will fight the nomina-
tion Of Charles H. Naut for Collector
Of Internal Revenue in the Toledo
district
Naut was nominated at the instance
OF Walter F. Brown, of Toledo, old
friend of Roosevelt, who was q cand;-
date for the Senate in the primary
against Willis and who is now on the
reorganization Commission as the per
sonal representative of the President.
Senator Willis wanted Sherman Lott
named for the Toledo collectorship.
Lott was Willis's campaign manager in
Lucas County, which includes Toledo.
Senator Willis declared he was not
for Naut and would oppose his con-
timation. Friends of the Senator said
ne would fight Naut "to the limit"
Back of the matter is said to be a
disposition on the part of Senator
Willis to think that he, as the only
Republican Senator of the state, is not
getting sufficient consideration in re-
srect to patronage and that some Of
his friends should have been named
for places which have been filled by
personal friends of the Administration
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Sick Husband of Invalid
Wife Ends Life With Gas
Found Dead With Picture of
His 3-Year-Old Son Cripped
in His Hand

Charles Johnson, rhirty-five years
OLD, Of 407 West 2o5th Street, was
found dead yesterday in a room filled
with gas. In his hand was clutched the
picture of his three -year-old son. Two
letters were found, one addressed "to
whom it may concern" and one ad-
dressed to his wife, Ruth, who has
been in st. Luke's Hospital for three
weeks.
DR.. Casson, of Knickerbocker Hos
pital, said that Johnson had been dead
foc about three days. The "to whom
IL may concern" letter said that John
son was sorry to cause any one any
trouble, but that he had been i'll and
was desperate. The police would not
disclose the contents of the letter to
Mrs. Johnson, but said it advised her
of the location of property and
veluables and asked her forgiveness.
Mrs. johnson will be kept in ignor-
ance of her husbands death until she
recovers. She has two children.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Shell Bursts in Mimic
Gas Attack, 10 Injured
Iron Fragments Bombard Big
Crowd at Pennsylvania Mill.
tary College Exercises

CHESTER, Pa, June 13.-Tcn per
sons were injured, one of them Sc
Eiously when shells used in mimic
gas attack, staged in connection with
the closing exercises of the Pennsyl-
vania Military College here tonight,
exploded and sent fragments OF iron
among the spectators. Samuel Detch
Of Chester, the most seriously injured,
had his chest caved in and three ribs
fractured.
More than 100 shells had been fred
successfully when a number burst
about fifty feet in the air and showered
the spectators with iron fragments.
TIE shells were filled with phosphorus
smoke to give the appearance of a gas
attack. One of the stray shells landed
n the back yard of residence and
the terrified family sent for the police,
VINO took it away unexploded.
Colonel L. II. Hutson, U. S. A., of
tne gas research laboratory at the
Lagewood, Md, arsenal, was in charge
OF the exhibition and had a detail OF
gas service men with him.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
New Canadian Witnesses
Here to Md SfiIlmas,
More Testimony of Alleged Re.
lations Between Beauvais and
Bankers Wife Forecast

Additional revelations of the alleged
relations of Mrs. Anne Urquhart Potter
Stillman. wife of James A. Stilman
with Fred Beauvais, Indian guide. are
expected from new witnesses when the
hearings in the Stillman divorce case
are resumed at Poughkeepsie to-nlor-
row morning.
The new Cansd an witnesses have
been in New York for several DAYS. It
was predicted yesterday that their tes-
timony would be sensational. Their
names were not disclosed. They will
follow on the stand Hugh Russell ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Kelly. who nre
called to Identity the alleged Beauvais
letters to Mrs. Stillman.
The amended answer of Mrs. STILL
man, which was prepared at conferences
yesterday and last night by Attorneys
John F. Brennan, Abel |. Smith and
George Coggill, will name three women
and no more. it was said last night.
These women are Florence IaWlor
Leeds, Swedish girl known as Bertha
and girl known in society who is
designated in the answer as Helen"
Mrs. Stillman was in Yonkers yester-
day. where she spent the morning in
conference with Attorney John F.
brennan, who now is in charge of her
case
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Wife Seekers Defrauded
by Young Mans Letters
Wall Street Clerk Is Punished
After Minnesota Farmer Re-
ports Swindling Scheme

James j. Stewart, Wall Street
clerk, when arraigned Yesterday before
Federal Judge John C. Knox, pleaded
guilty to an indictment charging him
with using the mails 20 defraud farm
ers who advertised for wives in a
"Cupid's Column" IN a Western news
paper. Fl. W. Thompson, OF North
Branch, Mimi, was victim.
Thompson advertised for wife and
sent $3.50 to Miss Marion E. Stewart"
BOP West Fiftyfourth Street. When
Marion" failed to materialize Thomp-
son reported to postal authorities and
the clerks arrest followed.
Stewart, who is the sole support of
his aged father, promised to discon-
tinue his swindling and reimburse six
farmers he had defrauded by making
them believe they were corresponding
with a college girl"
Judge Knox, needing a mothers plea
that her son be given chance to be
honest, sentenced Stewart TO imprison.
ment for one day in Marshal Nc
Carthy's custody and to pay a fine of
$50
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Barbuti Trial Is Begun
Justice Cropsey and Accused
Mans Council Clash Often

HEMPsTEAD, L. l., June 13.-The
trial of Thomas V. Barbuti, former
criminal investigation, indicted for par
jury in connection with the Plant trial
few weeks ago, began in the Supreme
Court here late this afternoon. The
morning session of court had been
occupied iii selecting a jury.
A constant interchange of ascerbi-
ties between Justice James c. Cropsey,
who issitting, and former Justice Town
send Scudder, who is defending Bar
butt, constituted the most interesting
aspect of the session. Justice Cropsey
twice ordered former Justice Scudder
TO remain silent, when the latter at
tempted TO offer motions at the open
ing of the case before jury had been
drawn.
Judge scudder, in turn, objected to
one of the courts remarks on the
ground that it poisoned the atmos-
phere' and prejudiced his clients
case.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
(,OlllpOsltOrs
Walk Out ON
Boston Papers
Men on Morning Editions
Quit When Arbitration
CornnN;ttec Refuses TO
Grant Increase i'm Wages
Contracts Are Ignored
Publications. Are Issued on
Time, but Without the
Usual Number OF Pages

R0sToN, June 13.-Compositors on
PnSton daily newspapers walked out
to.night after learning of the decision
II an arbitration board reaffirming for
tbe balance OF the period of the union
contract with the publishers the same
wages and working hours heretofore
obsaining.
The walk-oht affected all the morn
ing newspapers except The Christian
Science Monitor. First editions Of the
ether morning papers, Herald, Globe.
Pest and Advertiser, came out Virtu-
ally on time, but reduced as to the
number Of pages. All tho papers re-
ported that some OF the men had re-
NAMED st work
Members of the committee represent
ine the men who quit work said that
employees of the afternoon newspapers
would be out tomorrow. 1t was un-
dsrstood that preparations had been
nade by the newspapers TO meet such
an emergency should It arise.
The committee presented report to
mass meeting of the men who walked
out, held in hall in Washington
Street The contents were not made
public, Members of the committee re-
fused 20 discuss the charge OF the en-
uloyeys that the strike was INSANE
toned
Members OF the committee admitted
tsst the action of the men in walking
out was taken on individual initiative
and that in the mass meeting they
were gathering also as individuals and
no. as a union. They replied in the
negative when asked If they intended
te apply for a sanction to strike.
On behalf OF the publishers, Charles
Il. Taylor jr., of The Boston Globe,
made the following statement:
"The Boston newspaper publishers
have with the international Typo
graphical Union an arbitration agree
ment which provides that there shall
be neither strikes nor lock-outs under
any considerations whatsoever.
s. The Boston compositors had asked
for an increase in wages. After COM
plete consideration. the arbitration
.VG4u AldSs QHClSlon Whtcn reaTnfmed
for the balance of the contract period
the same wages and working hours
heretofore obtaining.
The compositors, upon hearing Of
this decision, in defiance Of the con-
tract and arbitration agreemen and
without sanction from the officers of
the international Typographical Union
or from the officers of the local union,
vent on strike and left the Offices"
PORTSMOUTH, n. H, June 1S-The
Portsmouth Herald and The Ports
mouth Times, evening papers, did not
print. to-day, and The Chronicle, a
morning paper, announced that it
would not print tomorrow because Of
strike of compositors.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14


been gathered together ON the deck
OF O.. the Cunarder Aquitania, when that
hner docSed last Friday. The bag was
not with the same baggage set out
on the pier few minutes later for
Inspection by the customs officers. Mr..
Mann has said that he saw the recep.
tacle with, the other luggage Of his
.wife and daughter on the deck Of the
liner, but that when he sought it on
the pier, it was missing.
The bag was in n hlacs .,o+h ..,
and was fitted with silver toilet se,
valued at $500. The insured articles
OF jewelry which it contained were
valued at about $4,000. In addition,
teere We're several other articles OF
lewelry, including earrings. rings and
orooches, valued at from $500 to SaoC
az see, which were not insured
poilce, Insurance and private detec.
yves have instituted a search for the
Dag and Mrs. Mann has offered re-
ward of $4,000 for it's return.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14

years ago. There have been prac-
tically no cases of this KIND in New
York since the ring was broken when
Captain Thomas T. Tunney and Cap
tain William Jones obtained aggregate
sentences cf geo years in two kid
naplng cases, which thoroughly fright
ened the ring.
Funeral services viii be held for
Giuseppe Varotta in the Roman Cath
olic Church of Mary, Help of the
Christians, 436 East Twelfth Street. at
2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Former.
playmates of Giuseppe will form a
guard Of honor and escort the BODY
from the Varotta home to the church.
lntermcut will be in Calvary Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Woman's $4,000 Bag
Is Lost as She Lands
Mrs. Isaac T. Mann's Jewel Re.
ceptacle Last Seen With
Baggage on Anuifania

A sn1alb black leather handbag,
bearing the initials 'V. NJ" contain
ing jewelry valued at $4,000 and
more than 5000 in francs and personal
D., nnre,longings, the property of Mrs. Isaac
thomas Mann, wife of one of the
foremost coal operators in America,
was lost in the vicinity Of Per Sd,
North River, on June 10. it became
known yesterday.
According to the police, the bag dis
appeared after the Mann baggage had
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14

eH SPECIAL seraiee far
the d,ide! IN appoint ].
ment made by telephone
viii OR G0vu Depart
ment xiii PIT in readi-
ness a charming display
Of model Wedding gowns.
The model she selects
will be made especially
for her.
THIRD FLOOR
New-York tribune., 1921-04-08
Fourth Largest Winter
Wheat Crop Predicted

WASHINGTON, April IA winter
wheat crop fourth largest in the coun-
try's history was forecast to-day by the
Department of Agriculture, with total
production OF 621 100000 bushels. This
is 100000 bushels more than har-
vested last year
The condition Of the crop improved
81 per cent from last December j,
the April 1 condition being 91.0 per
cent of 4 normal. The crop of 1919
was the largest of winter wheat ever
grown with 729 9,O00,000 bushels.
The area soWn last fall was 4O,605,-
GOO acres, and it is believed the aban-
donment has been small. The 1920
crop was sown on 41,7570 900 acres, of
which 37,773 900 acres were harvested,
while the record crop of 1919 was
harvested from 49,105, 900 acres
Production of rye was forecast as &C.,
$4,000 bushels from a condition of
903 per cent of a normal.
Winter wheat condition April ! last
year was 756 per ceAa of normal and
production 577, ,763 go bushels; on April
|, 1919, it was 99S per cent and pro-
duction 729 9,503,0 600 bushels, while the
ten-year average condition is 83.6 per
New-York tribune., 1921-04-08
Seeks to Bring Reading
Disagreement to Court

PHILADELPHIA, April IA move
to bring before the court the "confict
ing views OF stockholders" of the
Reading Railroad in the matter of div
idends from accumulated surplus was
instituted here to-day by the road in
connection with the case OF the segre-
cation of its properties, as decreed by
the United States Supreme Court
The railroad, in brief presented to
the Federal Circuit judges, asks that
If the motion of any stockholder to in
tervene in the question of dividends be
granted the petitions of all be treated
likewise. 1t also asks that the segre-
cation plan, as originally filed, be
adopted
One modification recommended bv
several intervening petitioners relat-
ing to the payment of 10 per cent
premium to the Reading general mort
gage bondholders for signing a release
of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company under mortgage is
practically accepted. 1t says that if
the court viii agree to leave coal stock
alone this 10 per cent payment need
not be made.
In effect the brief says that no cx-
traordinary dividend has been or will
be declared by the Reading Company
and that the common stockholders can
not force a dividend nor can the sale
be treated as if dividend had been
declared
New-York tribune., 1921-04-08
U. S. Rubber Co. Report
Shows Decrease in Cash

The final figures for the United
States Rubber Company for 1920 are
little different from the preliminary
figures given out in February. There
was $16,002,2 265 surplus available for
dividends on the common stock, as
shown by the annual report which was
made public yesterday. This equals
S19.72 d share. In 1919 the surplus on
the common was S17.59 share.
At the end OF 1920 there was Sl4.534.-
SAG cash on hand and at the end of
1919 20,037s SAG. In 1920 the company
divided its manufactured goods and
materials which were carried at lump
sum in 1919 of $S7, ,633 600 into two
tens, finished goods at S77,353922 and
materials and supplies, including goods
in process, at SAC, l09. A large in
crease is shown in the valuation Of
plants, investments and rubber planta-
tlons. In 1920 these fixed assets are
carried at S177.227,137 In 1919 they
acre carried at S14S,610,52O
In 1920 total current liabilities
amounted to S67,373,547; this compares
with $21,332, 719 in 1919. Included in
these figures are S49, ,405,0OO notes and
loans payable at the end Of 1920 and
only 81 430 600 at the end of 1919.
Directors yesterday declared the reg
rlar quarterly dividend of So share
on the common stock, payable April so
tc stockholders of record April Is. The
regular quarterly dividend Of 81 a
share on the first preferred stock was
also declared, payable the same date.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-08
Cotton Is Quiet
As Traders Await
Result in Britain
Market Reflects Unwilling
ness TO Undertake Com
mitments on Uncertainty
of Mine Strike Outcome

The cotton market was quiet again
Yesterday, with traders evidently wait
ing for the outcome Of the British
labor troubles. A feeling that any inn
provement In that direction would be
followed by an expansion Of trade in
Manchester and increased exports was
expressed in various quarters around
the ring, however. and after an early
decline prices rallied, with the close
steady. net points lower to points
higher.
The failure OF Southern hedge selling to
show itself here on any important scale
appeared TO be attracting good deal or
attention. Indicating that unfavora bic
roraitions abroad had not caused any
weakening OF Southern spot holders. and
,his was attributed partly to hope that
result In frcer outward movement OF
eotton Late advices from London. hold
lng out a little more hope OF a strike set
.iertout also promoted covering. and July
contracts sold up from l2.1e TO l2S 80. clos
ing at lc.SS, compared with 1887 at the
lose of h. previous day.
\ possibility that ways may be found of
SHIPPING cotton to Europe on consignment
and refnancing # ~ believed to have CON
-ributed largely 20 the steadiuess Of The
market in the face OF the unsettiing news
The textile industry OF Central Europe
,nd germany Is said to be in good physical
condition and with an arrangement where
nv cotton can he sold on terms By which
nsvn,ert is made when il Is CONVEX ed into
anished goods and marketed the staple
should move moro freely than II has in
the past.
norted were unchanged to 10 points lower.
generally unchanged
The local market for spot cotton was
cpiet and points lower at 12c for mid
dl4ng No sales reported.
nl,a OF uriccs.