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The New York herald., 1921-01-26
LOCKWOOD HALTED
IN BANK INQUIRY
Finance Committees of Both
Houses Limit Investigation
TO Housing Needs.
INSURANCE QUIZ BARRED
Senator Says Action Cripples
the Work Laid Out for
Untermyer.
Special Despatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany. Jan. %.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany, Jan. 20.
The Lockwood committee has beer
denied the authority demanded by
Samuel Untermyer TO press it's investi-
cation TO insurance companies and saw
ings banks. The Finance committees
of the Senate and Assembly reported ar
abridged resolution to-day giving the
investigators slightly enlarged powers
but stopping al just the point Mr. Inter
myer wishes TO begin.
This cripples the work Of the COM
mittec on housing" Senator Lockwood
said when he heard the resolution read
The leaders of the two houses agreed to
pull the sting from the resolution. Not
needing Mr.. Lockwood's warning that
the inquiry would be blocked and end
nowhere unless given the authority asked
for and disregarding also Mr.. Inter
myers threat to quit If denied the power.
the leaders had their way and sent out
the modified resolution.
The vote in the Senate's Finance Com
mittee stood to 6. Those who votei
for the Lockwood form of the resolu-
ton were Senators Lockwood, Carson,
Thompson and Twomey. Republicans.
and Senators Walker and Boylan. Demo-
Gratis.
Those who voted for the abridged reso-
luton were Senators Hewitt, Lush.
knight. Towner. Gibbs Robinson and
Baumes, all Republicans.
The committee does get the right 10
grant immunity. which Senator Lock-
wood has said was vital. It's authority
is extended to cover office and loft build
ngs of every character and IL may In
quire into the cost of obtaining mortga z,
loans. but all references to proposed in
vestigation OF fire companies and saw
ings banks are stricken out. That pha sc
of the subject is to be left untouched.
The New York herald., 1921-01-26
Gets Evidence Indicating
Manufacturers Made Large
Payments for Protection.
A CAPTAIN INVOLVED
He Retired When Detective
Agency Closed-Said to
Have Split Profits.
MOTOR GRAFT GROWN BIG
Special Prosecutor Finds This
Phase Exceeds in Magnitude
His Early suspicious.

81 hope TO have more definite news
In the near future" eX-Gov. Whitman
said last night at the end Of day
several hours of which he spent en-
amining witnesses before the Grand
Jury. In trying to find out whether
all members Of the Police Department
are honestly entitled to all the money
they get he had come across some
curious facts relating 20 the present
strike of the clothing makers. He has
evidence seemingly indicating that
clothing manufacturers have made
large payments to the police for the
protection Of their property and busi-
ness.
He is especially interested in trans.
actions in West Side precinct which
manded by a captain now on the re-
tired list. The blotter and other rec
ords showing how men were assigned
in this, and possibly another precinct,
are likely to be subp9naed to-day for
examination in the District Attorneys
office, where Mr.. Whitman, as a special
assistant, now has headquarters. He
said yesterday that this phase Of in
vestigation might not be fully de-
veloped before the Grand Jury before
next week.
"There has been trifling difficulty
in getting witnesses" he said.
Retired mt Same Time.
Some of the money was supposed to
have been paid by the manufacturers
directly to policemen and some to de-
tectiye agency which split its profits
with policemen. The detective agency
retired from business at about the same
time the Captain aforementioned decided
TO leave the Police Department on a
pension. Mr.. Whitman would not give
the names OF the Grand Jury witnesses.
One of those who visited the Criminal
Courts Building was Edward NJ. Hecker.
who described himself as an Industrial
consultant at 200 Fifth avenue.
He sometimes acts as arbitrator OF
disputes. 1t was also reported that the
Grand Jury witnesses denied that any
member Of the police force had ever
asked for money and that the payments
were made as a token of appreciation for
good police service. Under the law n
public officer might be indicted for mere
" receiving gratuity, but 1t is much
stronger case If it can be proved that he
asked for as we'll as received 1t. The
two police Captains indicted In the past
two weeks are charged with asking as
well as receiving.
Mr.. Whitman was asked IL suspicion
pointed to a certain retired police Cap
tain.
st wouldn't say that" he answered.
SIT is true the investigation is being
carried on in the precinct where he was
Captain"
as it true" he was then asked. that
one of your lines Of inquiry leads into
Police HeadquartersT
II would rather not answer that ques-
ton" Mr.. Whitman said.
urs
The New York herald., 1921-01-26
HOUSING NEEDS FIVE BILLIONS
Senator Calder Urges Tax Exemp-
ton on MORTGAGES.

Senator William NJ. Calder of Brook
lyn in an address last night to members
of the real estate class of the West Side
Y NJ c. A. at 3iS West Fifty-seventh
street urged support for the several
housing measures he has introduced in
Congress. He briefly outlined the hous-
ing conditions of the country and de-
clared that at present one and one
quarter million people lack proper hous-
ing accommodations He said it would
cost approximately $4,000. .000, 900 to re-
lieve this situation.
In speaking of the different housing
bills Re has introduced in Congress Sem
ator Calder placed particular stress on
the measure which II passed by Con-
gress will exempt all incomes derived
from mortgage investments to the
amount of $4,000. He declared that
such a bill would stimulate investment
in such mortgages. He declared that at
present little money is being invested In
mortgage loans because of the present
Government tax
The New York herald., 1921-01-26
STORAGE ON MAIL TO MEXICO.
Half a Cent n Day on Letters Un
delivered.

HousToN, Tex. Jan. 25.-Mexico viii
charge storage on letters left undcliverco
in that country after ten days, effective
February 1. the department at Washing
ton to-day advised the Postmaster here.
The storage will be five centavos fol-
each day In excess of ten.
The New York herald., 1921-01-26
Illegal Fighting Alleged.


The strike of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers OF America against the
Clothing Manufacturers Association has
been going on about two months. About
$4,000 workers are out. although the
union claims a much larger number.
Several weeks ago Sidney Hillman,
president of the Amalgamated. went to
District Attorney Swami and COM
plained that the manufacturers we're
fighting illegally. Mr.. Swami said he
would look into II. but the evidence on
which Mr.. Whitman Is now acting was
largely supplied by a newspaper.
Coming from the Grand Jury room at
p. nj. yesterday, Mr.. Whitman spent
the rest of the day on the automobile
graft" phase. He and all his staff ara
extremely reticent In regard to their dis
coveries, but Mr.. Whitman admitted last
evening that the thing was much bigger
than he had supposed when he started
after It He talked for long time In
his office with adjusters for five insur-
ancc companies which handle motor car
risks and with Royal II. Weller. for
norly an Assistant District Attorney,
now counsel for several insurance COM
panies.
These men produced papers, account
books, cancelled checks and stub books
supposed to cover rewards paid for sew
eral years back for the recovery OF
stolen cars. 1t has been charged In the
course of the investigation that some
members of the Police Department are
in the business OF finding these cars for
n reward and even cooperate with
thieves whose job IL Is to steal automo-
biles so that the police may find them.
Under police regulations a member OF
the force with the consent of the Com
missioner Is allowed to take a reward, OF
which his share is so per cent. 10 per
cent. going to the police pension fund
and 40 per cent to the police relief fund.
But Mr. whitman has como into the
possession of checks made out to In
dividual members OF the department OF
which no word Is 10 he found In the
records of the department.
In the collection Is also curiosity in
tho form of n check for $50 made pay
= BILE 10 "the Police Commissioner OF New
York" II is cancelled check. The
bank cashed 1. although II was indorscd
not by the Commissioner but by another
member Of tho department. Apparently
there is nothing suspicious about this
check. however. IL Is believed that the
Endorsement and payment were done by
clerical error.
Two inspectors and four captains are
on the list of men In whom Mr. Whitman
In interested Just now. One Of the in
spectors was formerly stationed In
Brooklyn. He Is said to have received
"a good sized fee for services during a
strike. II Is supposed that the records
Of the other inspector and three Of the
captains are under observation In rela-
uon 20 the stories OF automobile graft
Ing.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

long twenty thirty
goodness Columbus proposition
Wen put it over" said a prominent citizen yesterday
"The Get Acquainted Dispatch
finest have Columbus years believe they
will result in much good expect the
Pckens county Tuesday," said Mr. Richardson
X
"The spirit which your Sundays Dispatch
eveshp of the Columbus and Geenvie Railroad that
along the line with get
operation along the line people disposed
to give feel like task will
Stoyal receiver for the Columbus Greenvle railroad
haven't been Columbus years
coming here visit shall
Mr. George Howell of Reform, Alabama the Dispatch
Sunday I'VE mighty glad the coming
out to see us and a cordial welcome Come on
x
THINK the
for Columbus" said Mrs certainly going on the
trip through Pcens and all delightful
trip know all Of the Pcken my home and am looking
forward to the trip with a Of pleasure"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19

Records Of the bureau show that
the last rain fell in Columbus and inn
mediate vicinity on the night of May
r. At that time 2,15 inches fell dur
ing the night
The rainfall Thursday. which was
rather general over this section saved
the crops and truck gardens from a
total failure as they were being very
much damaged on account Of the lack
Of ram.
In Pickens county rains have fallen
intermittently and crops there are in
fine shape But in the territory inn
mediately surrounding Columbus for
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19
AT THE
UNIVERSITY AIRED
Continued From Page Ore.)

Second That, during the summer
Of 1918. and on divers DINER occa-
sions, Chancellor J. n. Powers did
in the city Of Memphis. Tenn. make
an engagement with, and on divers
other occasions make engagements
with and go out with the telephone
operator Of the Chisca Hotel, then
and there for an immoral purpose.
Third That. during the summer
Of 1919, Chancellor ]. n. Powers.
while I was in Atlanta, Georgia.
working in the interest Of the Gov
eminent in the War Savings Division
Of the Sixth Federal Reserve Dis
t1ict. did attack my moral character
to my wife. by telling her that when
] was away from home 7 made re-
peated engagements with other
women. and on account Of his false
and malicious charges b. came near
breaking up my h0He. lie has also
attacked me 10 my friends over the
State. charging me with improper
conduet yet retained my confidence
-Four That Chancellor J. Il.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19

and kept me in the faculty of the
University Of Mississippi.
Powers claims degrees from institu-
tons which in fact he does not pos
sess, towit That he is an NJ. A.
and IL. d. from the University Of
Chicago, when in truth and in fact
be does not even have single credit
from that institution.
Five That he is not recognized
by the student body as a man capable
II directing the destinies of a great
institution like the University Of
Mississippi.
Six: That he induced, and over
powered, and made a tool out Of one
Of the students of the University
Of Mississippi. to-wit. one Lieutenant
r. Jones. by having him write out a
charge against a professor Of the
University Of Mississippi, which he
now seeks to obliterate. he being too
great a coward TO DO SO himself.
And other matters 10 be taken'kip
upon the final hearing Of these
charges.
tSignedl r. W. ROGERS.
Professor Of Education.
University Of Mississippi
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19

a radius Of approximately 25 miles
little rain had fallen during the past
five weeks.
Sunday little rain fell in the
Caledonia section a1d later in the
week slight slower were reported in
the Artesia ectio1. But, the ram
Thursday is believed to have been
pretty general and Of tremendous ben
eft to crops, especially corn.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19
FIRST RAIN IN
36 DAYS FELL
HERE THURS.

A rather extended drought which
lasted 36 days was broken with fine
rain in the immediate Columbus ter
ritory Thursday afternoon.
Rain began falling at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and from 3 to 6 o'clock
/ 40 inches were registered in the in
struments at the government weather
bureau, according TO Mr. Joe b. Love,
observer.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19

Mr. Edward Lindamood, who has
been attending The University of the
South at Swanee during the past SEES
sion, returned home today to spend
vacation with home folks.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19

Miss Adele Leigh, who has been
spending the winter in st. Louis with
Mr. and Mrs. e. C. Finley arrived
Friday to be the guest of her uncle,
Mr. r. E. Leigh for several weeks.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19
The Boys
First Dollar

Many man has kept the first dollar he
ever earned. He takes it out and looks at it
once in a while as matter of sentiment. The
best place in the world for the first dollar the
boy ever earns is the Bank. There it will
gather unto itself more dollars
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-06-19

Mrs. Leo Flynn has as her guest,
her sister, Miss Leila Greaves, Of
Flora, Miss. and Miss Kate Baber, Of
Thibodeaux, La
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
in THE SPRING
YOUR BLOOD
NEEDS A TONIC
winter W eakeus DIUOa, Makes taCes
faie. lake Gude > feptO-
ManBan.
1HE BEST KNOWN BLOOD TONI
u.owsy Spring rvyef Feeling Iiias
ZONES rom Sluggish DIoOd
WIN Soon Leave lou.

AS all growing things on ealth
shoot INTO new lie III opringtLme, 50
do the billions OF cells that make up
eacn part OF the body renew their
lvigor.
AS you open the windows, breathe
| the Spring air, and let in the sun
shine, the red corpuscles in your
blood should carry more oxygen to the
tiny cells. :.
The red corpuscles are tiny disc
shaped particles, swimming III enor-
NOUS numbers in the blood. They
carry oxygen to cells in all parts OF
the body, and they carry away worn
out waste matter. Sometimes, es-
pecially in the Spring, after the. Win
ter indoors and more or less sickness
the red corpuscles themselves need re-
building. Guides Pepto-Mangan con
tains just the ingredients to give
them greater power to absorb oxygen
and to distribute it throughout the
body.
That is why it is such good spring
tonic. 1t helps so much to bring back
color to cheeks made pale and wan by
the necessary indoor winter life. 1t
adds to the number of red corpuscles.
With fine spring days and Guides
Pepto- -Mangan you gain in vigor and
attain good health.
Don't go around drowsy thisrspring.
Il AXE that good tonic, GUIDES Pepto-
Mangan. You can get it in tablet
fc1ni or in liquid form at your drug
sisi S. Both forms have the same
lraed',. al value. In ..st upon genuine
Gude's Pepto- -Mangan. Adv.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
HARGIS-LTGHTSEY.

Mr.. Arthur C. Hargis of Houston,
Tex, and Miss Annie Laurie Light
sey, of ,Silsbee, Tex, were married at
the home of the bridss in Silsbee,
Tex, at o'clock P. NJ, March 8th.
The ceremony was pronounced by Rev.
W.. I. Hargis, father of the groom.
Mr.. Hargis was born and reared
here, and needs no word of commen-
,lation at our hands. He has been
with the Federal Land Bank, OF
T1oustoff Tex, since Mar. Q, 1919,
and has recently received honorable
and substantial promotion by this in
stitution.
Miss Lightsey, is a splendid type
of young womanhood; modest, re,
fined, popular in religious circles and
just the kind of young woman to
make good wife and good home.
Their many friends wish them a
long life of happiness and useful
ness.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
Oxford Lafayette County Miss Thursday. March 10. 1921
lion that the telephone company oe

tion that the telephone company oe
Yequired to carry out It's intention III
raising the wages OF its operatives ny
making it a part OF the order that Ak
least 9I45,UUu OF the proposed IA
crease should be actually used to in-
crease the wages OF lIs operatives.
Ihls motion was also lost.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mis-
sisslppi has furmsned higher rate Oh
return than either the staCes OF Ken
lucky or tennessee, yet strange TO
say, no application has been filed In
ellner of Jnese states for an increase
IN rates, and nothing that could be
caiiea an explanation tor this TACT
mas been oIlered to this commission.
Inc testimony also showed that
mgner rate OF depreciation was
charged il mississippi than in any OF
.iIe olner states.
AS an illustration of the absolute
lnequity OF the division OF long DIS
tance charges, the testimony showed
that on long distance call from Hat
,iespurg, Mississippi to st. Louis, for
vnree minutes the total cost OF this
.4Soos.Sc NOulu De 94.oU, anu VI IilS
amount the Cumberland receives thir-
" cents and the American Telephone
Ind Telegraph Company receives
p3.70. The Cumberland never receives
more than thirty cents if this tele-
phone charge amounts to as much as
$1,000.
1t seemed to me, in the testimony,
chat if proper depreciation charge
oe established, and reasonable con-
contracts entered into, by the Cumber-
land with the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, thdt the
present exchange rates in Mississippi
would yield to the Cumberland Com
pany a very large net return.
For these reasons and many others
which | do not give because l do not
deem it necessary t prolong this dis
senting opinion, have been constrain-
ed to hold that, il my judgment, the
increase should not be granted at this
time.
C. M. MORGAN,
Commissioner.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
Ruling Of Railroad Commissioners
With Commissioner Morgan's Rea-
son For Opposing The Increase
In Telephone Rates.

The following rulings will be of in
terest to our many readers, in as
much as interest has shifted from the
Insurance Muddlie to the Telephone
Middle.
From all parts of the state pro-
tests are being signed opposing the
increase in the telephone rates, many
believing as Commissioner Morgan
did thar this is no time to increase
rates or any thing.
In Oxford petition was circulat-
ed the early part of the week, which
vas signed by about 95 per cent of
the telephone users of Oxford, pro-
testing against the increased rates,
and ii il stated that many will have
their telephones cut out if the COM
pany persist in collecting the increas-
ed rate.
The recent action of the Railroad
Commission in approving the increase
in Rates of the Cumberland Telephone
Company in Mississippi will destroy
what confidence the public has IL the
merit of the commission. Three years
have passed since the termination of
the war; efforts to reduce the price OF
all public service and the cost of llv-
ing have made some headway, and
vet, with materials of every descrip-
ion on the decline, the Railroad Com
mission of the State has approved an
increase in the price of service to the
patrons of Mississippi.
The public of Mississippi has been
engaged in a long controversy with
the Telephone Company, through the
medium of the Legislature but the
Company has emerged from each
fight with it's hold unbroken. And
now the Railroad Commission has
surrendered.
That the public of the State will
not submit to the action of the Com
mission is easily foreshadowed by
suits and public protests, but it is
doubtful if the matter is permitted to
rest simply with the Courts. AS a
protection against the Railroad Com
mission, the constitutional provision
of the Initiative and Referendum will
be amended to embrace the actions of
the Commission hereafter and as an
additional precaution, the people of
the State will be called upon at the
next general election, to provide for
a recall of all public officials.
Unless the courts can suspend the
action of the Commission in the
phone increase, the general public is
without relief until the terms of the
present members of the Railroad
Commission expire. Several PROPOSE
tions have been advanced to meet the
situation but none will prove so eff
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10

lie TO continue this application for a
reasonable length of time, until con
ditions reach somewhat more stable
situation. With this in view, ! n.aae
!. motion to continue this case for SIX
ronths, which motion failed to cA'rN.
The telephone company, in its tes'
t.mony, stated that $145,OOO OF the
proposed increases in revenue wolld
IY used to increase the wages OF It's
operatives; and after a majority of
tEs commission had voted to grant tne
increase, as requested by the company
with the exception OF the farmers
line, which amounts to very little as
matter of revenue, offered mo-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10

1921, and as soon after the expiration
of each such period as such state
ments can reasonably be prepared by
it, to file statements setting out II
detail the results of its operations
and of is financial condition.
1t is further ordered that the Com
mission hereby retains jurisdiction OF
this case, holding the same upon the
docket for the purpose of making
such changes in the rates, rules and
charges OF the petitioner as the Com
mission may, upon its owa motion and
otherwise, deem necessary or proper,
and for such orders as may arise in
the premises; this order being subject
to review and revision by the Commits
sion at its pleasure.
1t is further ordered that a general
improvement in the telephone service
throughout the state of Mississippi
shall be expedited with all possible
haste, and such charges, additions and
betterments shall be made as will
with the greatest possible dispatch,
supply telephone service to all per-
sons who wish such service and that
CIlC ScINlCC SlldlI NC UIOuSHI w VIC
highest possible state of efficiency.
1t is further ordered that all rates,
schedules, tariffs and orders in con-
flict herewith are hereby cancelled
and annulled from and after this
! date.
Ordered this March End, 1921.
l, James Galcemn, Secretary of the
Mississippi Railroad Commission do
hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is true and correct copy
of an order passed by the Mississippi
Railroad Commission in cause No.
6172, as taken from the records of
this office and of which am the pro-
per custodian.
Witness my hand and seal this
March 2, 1921.
JAMES GALCEARN,
Secretary, Mississippi Railroad Com
| mission.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10

have been unable to pay their taxes,
and hundreds of plants of all kinds
have been shutdown, because of finan-
cial conditions. Not only is this true.
but all the materials which tele-
phone company uses are getting
cneaper in price every day. Copper
has now reached the price where it
was before the war. Wages are de-
'creasing all over the country, along
with the falling prices of eomnodi-
ties that go to make up the cost Of
living. In this situation, it seems t
me the perfectly proper, obvious and
list thing to do, both to the public
and to the telephone cmpany, would