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New-York tribune., 1921-02-02

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.APressure was
high to day over virtually all sections ex-
cept the Florida peninsula and the far
Mississippi and Missouri valleys. the the north rth
ern Rocky Mountain region and the noun
tain districts OF Virginia and North Caro-
lina and rain fell in tho south Atlantic
and east Gulf states and along the north
Pacific coast
The temperature continued below nor
NAL to-day IN the Atlantic and Southern
states, above normal In northern sections
from Michigan westward and about norma!
elsewhere.
The indications are for cloudy weather
over most sections east of the Mississippi
River Wednesday, with light snow in the
region OF the Great Lakes the upper Ohio
Valley and the north Atlantic states snow
or rain in the middle Atlantic states and
rain IN South Carolina. Generally fair
weather will prevail Thursday, except in
portions OF New England and northern
New York where snow will continue.
The temperature changes will not be
important, except that colder weather Will
overspread Michigan Wednesday night
Forecasts by Distriots.-Eastern New
YorA--unsettled and slightly warmer to-
day. probably snow; tomorrow generally
fair.
Southern New England - Increasing
oloudiness. with slowly rising temperatures,
to-day, with snow in afternoon or night
Tomorrow probably snow. followed by
clearing.
Eastern Pennsyivania-snov in nor,b
and SHOW or rain in south portion ,Jo- day:
tomorrow generally fair not much change
in temperature.
New Jersey and Maryland-Raln or snow
to-day tomorrow fair: not much change
Western New Yorlr--Llght snow to-day
and probably tomorrow: not rnpoh slsanrs
In temperature.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Denies Officials Here Will
Be Indicted i'm Rum Scandal

From, The Tribune's Washington, Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-William M
Williams, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, at the Office of Prohibition
Commissioner Kramer to-day denied
reports that high city and state Off
cials of New York, said to be involved
in a prohibition scandal, were to be in
dicted. 1t was also said that Dan j
Chaplin, Prohibition Supervisor of New
York, had made no report sensational
in character.
eve have, Of course, been conducting
an investigation in New York for some
time" Commissioner Williams declared
"but at present we do not contemplate
the indictment of any one"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Government to Pult
De Coppet Bracelet
Case Before a Jury
Attorney for Woman in
Whose Baggage $1,000
Diamond Was Found De.
nies She Attempted Fraud

Earl B. Barnes, Assistant United
States Attorney, said yesterday that he
would present to the Federal grand
jury all the facts concerning the dis
covcry by customs authorities of a
$1,000 diam ond bracelet in the baggage
of Miss Juliette de Coppet. Miss de
Coppet is said to have failed to make
mention of the bracelet in her declara-
tion of property when she came off the
Aquitania Sunday,
Mr.. Barnes would not discuss the
governments case. He had q confer
ence with Harold Content, Miss de
Coppet's attorney, and referred report
crs to him.
Mr.. Content said he did not believe
his client was a smuggler or that there
was any evidence of her having en-
gagged in plot to defraud the govern
ment. She had declared all her per
sonal property, he said, and probably
did not declare the bracelet because
she had bought it as a present for q
friend The best explanation of her
act, he said, was, in his belief, that she
was ratified. He said she made no eff
fort to conceal the ornament.
Miss de Coppet is the daughter of the
late Edward j. de Coppet, broker
Shs was travelling with Nine. Marcella
Sclnbrich, the opera singer. What
aroused the suspicious of the customs
authorities was the discovery in q
waste basket in her stateroom Of an
empty jewel case bearing the name of
we'll known jewelry establishment
abroad. The bracelet was later found
in her baggage.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Bill Provides
$l,OOO,OOO to
Keep u. S. Dry
Deficiency Measure Is Cut
100000 Despite Plea
That Original Amount
Would Be insufficient
1923 Agents at Work
House Committee Slashes
$95, 100000 Provide d
for u. S. Shipping Board

From The Trtbunes Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Prohibition
enforcement was handed a severe set
back to-day by Congress. The first de-
ficiency appropriation bill, reported to
the House by the Committee on Appro-
priations, instead of carrying the ST.
100000 needed, according to William M.
Williams, Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, "to make a creditable showing
in prohibition" provides only $1,00O.-
600 for this purpose-a cut of more
than one-third.
In his general statement, Commits
sioner Williams set forth that on Octo-
ber 81, 1920, there we're 1923 employees
engaged in the enforcement of the Vol
stead and the Narcotic Acts and that
436 of these are in Washington.
"If the state officials and the mum
cipal. and local officials will give us the
cooperation that was contemplated un-
der the Volstead act we can make a
reasonably good showing with this
number of men," said Mr. Williams.
That 63,758 gallons of liquor had
been stolen from government bonded
warehouses between July 81, 1919, and
October 81, 1920, was admitted by Mr..
Williams. He ealso submitted a table com
pairing Withdrawals in 1920 with those
in 1919 at the non-beverage tax rate
of $2.20 a gallon, showing that in 1920
a total of 38,814,67 gallons of spirits
had been withdrawn, as against A.
445,1 gallons in 1919.
The committee was told that ass
warehouse agents, at an annual rate OF
$6S2, 500, were being maintained out of
the s1,o00,o00 appropriation for guard
ing warehouses, and that the remainder
of this fund was being used for other
work.
The construction program of the
United States Shipping Board was
brough to an abrupt halt to-day when
the House Committee on Appropriations
denied a deficiency appropriation of
$95,000,000, which the board asked to
be included in the deficiency bill. I'm
less the boards receipts show an un-
expected gain the action of the com
mittee, if confirmed by the House, will
close all shipyards working on the gov
ernment's program and throw out Of
employment many thousands of men.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Filtration Ends With
Man Held for Grand jury
Girl Charges Chance Acquaint-
ance i'm Subway Resulted
in Loss of S865

The story of subway hirtation
which ended IN loss in cash and Lib
erty bonds was told in Tombs Court
yesterday afternoon by Miss Mary
Monahan, twenty-five years old, who
said she used to live in Scranton, but
now lives at 538 Dean Street, Brooklyn.
Albert l.. Boehner, twenty-seven
years old, a public accountant living
with his wife and child at 1923 Ham.
mond Street, Ridgewood, L. l., was the
defendant in the case. Miss Monahan
testified that last November she was
on a crowded East Side subway train.
and Boehner gave her his seat and
started a conversation, later taking
her home. She says he told her his
name was Murphy and that he was
single. She said that later she gave
Boehner S565 in cash and $500 in Iib-
erty bonds for investment in stocks
and that he failed to make anv returns
Boehner said he had told the girl he
was married and had never misreure-
sented himself. He claims to have told
her that he had an opportunity to buy
some liquor and make a profit on it..
and that she gave him the money for
that purpose. He said he had used the
money to buy things for Miss Monahan,
specifying necklace, silk STOCKINGS
and dress. The plaintiff, who saws
she makes $40 week, admitted that
boehner had bought her some iewelrv
but denied all his other assertions.
Magistrate Charles E. Sims hcId
Boehner IN $4,000 bail for the grand
iurv s
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Prohibition Officials
Deny Shake-Up p in N. Y.
Director Kramer Has Not Beer,
in City for Tsoo Weeks, Says
O'Connor; No Charges Made

All the allegations contained in a
dispatch from Washington, appearing
in yesterday afternoons newspapers,
concerning an impending shake-up in
the prohibition Office here, were denied
last night by both the Supervising
Prohibition Agent and the State Di-
rector as being nothing more than
rumors and grouhdless.
John F. Kramer, prohibition director,
was said in the reports to be in New
York, bent on purging the department
of unidentified scandal, and obtaining
the prohibition Offices, as we'll as
against high officials. Charges were
said to have been made against these
persons by Daniel ]. Chapman, super
vising agent.
Charles r. O'Connor put the first
hole in these allegations by saying:
Kramer Not in New York
commissioner Kramer was not in
New York yesterday and has not been
for at least two weeks. l understand
that instead of being in New York, he
was in Pennsylvania yesterday"
Mr.. Chaplin put the second hole in
the thing by denying that he had, while
in Washington recently. made any
charges against any one.
Mr.. O'Connor issued a statement
Yesterday in which he said:
"My attention has been called to q
dry scandal alleged to have been found
by Federal Prohibition Commissioner
Kramer and to statements in afternoon
newspapers to the effect that Federal
Supervising Agent Daniel j. Chaplin had
preferred charges against and asked for
the removal of a certain official, and
LII ata1 Gai i l.I..-
his case before Joseph P. Tumulty, sec
retary to the President, but whether
Mr.. Tumulty interfered in the case was
not known, nor could be ascertained.
That as result of these charges Com
missioner Kramer had made flying
trip TO New York yesterday
When it comes to scandalous gossip,
the small country village has nothing
on New York. As a matter of fact, I
was in Washington last week and con-
ferred with my superior officers in re-
iation to conditions in New York in
matters connected with my department,
as was Mr.. Chaplin.
Denies Tumulty Backing
"Mr. Tumulty had communicated
with me in relation to a personal mat
2er in no wise connected with my de-
partment. called upon him in that
connection and did not discuss with him
my department, or any matters con-
nected Herewith in any way. AS a
matter of fact I had never had the
honor of meeting Mr.. Tumulty until
last week, when | called on him pur-
suant to his suggestion. Some of the
papers state that he WAS responsible
for my appointment, which is not true.
So far as I know he had nothing to do
with it and knew nothing about it.
az called Mr.. Chapin's attention to
the statements contained in afternoon
papers and he informs me he has pre-
ferred charges in Washington against
no one and, SO far as he knows, the
articles referred to are without founda-
tion."
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
All Distillery
Doors Closed by
New Dry Order
Extension to- Every State
of Embargo, Exempting
Druggists Only. Regarded
as Most Drastic Step Yet
Greenwich Has Defender
Magistrate Makes Victim
Tell Where He Got 1t; Jer-
sey jury Finally Convicts

The order issued last Saturday by
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer for
bidding all liquor Withdrawals except
by druggists was extended yesterday
to cover all the states.
The original order affected seven
states - Pennsylvania, Maryland, Con-
necticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Rhode Island and New York.
This new order is regarded as the
mlghtiest effort in the history of the
prohibition department. to drain the
country OF liquor. The order affecting
tie seven states was calculated to re-
duce the flow of liquor in them to &
trsckle--a trickle OF five cases on a
permit. Druggists by the terms of the
order are the only persons allowed to
withdraw liquor, and they must do so
from wholesalers--not distillers.
The order now is in effect, according
TO Charles r. O'Connor, state director
of prohibition.
Reduced to q Trickle
MIR. O'Connor said yesterday:
TX NJhII NutCI SGSdIiiS CASCLANc
January IS was to the effect that no
permit was to be honored by any dis
tillery. This practically locked the
door of every distillery, so that even
though permit to purchase had been
issued by a director in any of the
states and had been duly verified and
was in the distillery, the effect of the
order nulhfed the order to purchase
unless the goods actually were in
transit, so that no more liquor will be
shipped by any distillery in the United
States until the order is revoked or
modified.
.The only liquor allowed to be
withdrawn is by retail druggists or
pharmacists possessing permits, and in
quantities not exceeding five cases"
William Maynard, proprietor of
Fisherman's Hotel, Atlantic Caty, was
found guilty yesterday in the Federal
court in Trenton, n. j., for selling
liquor. This conviction is said to be
the first found by jury in this dis
trict.
Greenwich Name Defended
Eleven alleged violations Of the Vol
stead act were arraigned yesterday in
Brooklyn. Commissioner Hitchcock, in
Manhattan, had two cases OF alleged
.agistrate William A. sweetser, in
jefferson Market Court, defended the
fair name of Greenwich Village yes
terday, during the arraignnent of
Tony Bernardo, an interpreter, of 1862
West Fourth Street, who is said to
have been found intoxicated on Grove
Street Monday night.
The magistrate said that the village
was a respectable place, and that if
some persons were selling liquor there
he wanted their names, so that he
could put a stop to their activities.
Bernardo said the liquor he drank
came from two establishments in the
village. He said that in both cases
the stuff was bad.
He was found guilty Of disorderly
conduct and sentence was suspended
Tie gave Magistrate Sweetser the ad-
dresses of the two alleged bootlegging
places.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
4l-Cent Lunch for John ID. Jr.,
But HO0Uer's Check Totals .02
o'ris Dining i'm Y. w. c. A. Cafeteria See No
tables Mincingly Juggle Trays, While All Hands
heip Fund for Europe's Starving Children

It took al cents to buy lunch for
John d. Rockefeller jr., but Herbert
hoover ate heartily to the extent of
W cents worth yesterday. This WAS at
the Ann Fulton cafeteria of the Young
"omen's Christian Association, where
gross receipts of the lunch hour were
contributed to the American Relief
committee for work among the starv-
ing children of Central Europe
The Junior Mr. Rockefeller and Mr..
Hoover joined the line of working girls
who balance their trays in one hand
while they count their pennies with the
other, but thanks to the coaching of
Mrs. William Fellowes Morgan and
Mrs. James S. Cushman, who are ex-
perlenced "Y" patrons, neither of the
novices spilled hiss soup down any
stenographer's neck, or even dropped
his tray.
But--even so, it was an ordeaf!
I'm exhausted-never walked so
far in my life," laughed John D. jr
,depositing his tray with a bang on a
bare table.
Girls All on Time
And the cheerful smile had waned
from the countenance of even Mr.
Hoover before he had traversed the
long room under the watchful eyes OF
WE'LL the "Y" serves twenty-five hun
dred girls daily, so you can imagine
how many were there promptly at one
o'clock in order to be able to boast
that they had chad lunch with Rookie
felier and Hoover"
The Rockefeller Al cents were squan-
dered on tomato soup, one slice OF
brown bread, cheese salad, chocolate
cake and canned peaches.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02

MIR. Hoover, however, for % cents
didn't Hooverize at all. He selected
soup, roast beef, sweet potatoes. baked
beans, egg salad and coffee.
There was muuch craning of necks on
the part of a fraction of the twenty
five hundred girls to see what the visi-
tors ate. When Mr.. Hoover passed
with his we'll filled tray there was q
sigh of delight from one table.
II always wondered if poor Mr..
Hoover got enough to eat" q voice
whispered. "What with his saving food
during the war, and taking up with
this diet of cocoa and dry bread, was
worried about him."
Mr. Hoover made brief speech in
which he thanked the Young Women's 8
Christian Association for its contribu-
tion to the fund.
Nationwide Help
"Two hundred cafeterias in all parts
of the country. are contributing their
gross receipts for the day to the chill
dren of Europe" he said. "This Is not
merely the cash they take in from
lunch checks, but they contribute the
total cost of the food and the running
expenses, making very generous do
nation. You can all help by eating as
much as you can to-day"
Those who took lunch with Mr..
Hoover and Mr.. Rockefeller were Mrs.
James S. Cushman, Mrs. Fellowes Nor
gan, Mrs. John French, Fellowes Nor
gan, John Hallowell, Mrs. G. f. Lapham
and Mrs. Coleman du Pont.
1t only remains to be recorded that
John D. jr. captured the checks for the
entire party, totaling S4,54; that hs
deposited ten-dollar bill in the milk
can for excess contributions, and that
he remarked when it was all over:
Best lunch | ever had in my life"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Bedtime Stories
Curiosity Is Busy Again
BY Thornton w. Burgess
You mag not think 1t, but tbs so;
The hardest aOord to say is "No.'
Peter Rabbit.

It is queer about that. Goodness
knows it is q short enough word. But
some people never can seem to say. 1t
Not at the right time, anyway. And
because they don't say it, old Mr.
Trouble has them in his grip much OIL
| the time.
As soon as Reddy Fox had disap-
| peared in the Old Pasture and Peter
Rabbit had made sure that no one else
| of whom ne need be afraid was In sight
he shook himself, stretched to get the
kinks out of his long hindlegs and
then decided he would run over to the
Old Orchard to see what was gong on
| there. The sensible thing to have done
| would have been to return to the dear
| Old Briar- patch. But Peter all toe
often is anything but sensible. SO he
started for the Old Orchard.
On the way he stopped at the place
where Roughleg the Hawk and Reddy
Fox had tried and failed to catch Danny
Meadow Mouse. Peter knew that some
where under the snow Danny was hid
ing. He thumped lightly two or three
times. Presently a squeaky voice said,
"Hello, Longears! l knew the instant
heard those thumps that you were
up here, and so it must be safe for me
What has become of Roughleg the
t1&Wk ana Wucie Is lbat Icu uuA-
sance, Reddy Fox? They've been giving
me a little excitement between them.
Peter turned. OFF TO one side sat
Danny Meadow Mouse close to dry
stalk of MULLEN that stood above the
snow. little hole was in the snow
beside that MULLEN stalk. Peter knew
that Danny had used that stalk to
climb up on. "Hello, Danny!" ex-
claimed Peter ~ thought l would
stop and thank you for setting me
free"
"Eh? What?" exclaimed Danny
Meadow Mouse, looking very much
puzzled.
Peter laughed. Then he told Danny
how Reddy Fox had kept him prison
er in Johnny Chuck's house and how
Reddy had seen Roughleg try to catch
Danny and then come down to try him.
self. $50 you see, you really did set
me free, though you didn't know it,
concluded Peter. "1'm glad neither of
them caught YOU" he added as an
afterthought.
"Thank you. I'm rather glad my
self" replied Danny dryly. Where are
you going from here?' %
"Up to the Old Orchard said Peter
~ haven't been up there for long
time"
81 guess you won't find it much
changed" retorted Danny Meadow
Mouse. "If you had any ssnse at all
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02

you would go straight back to the dear
Old Briar-patch, where you belong
and would be safe"
Peter chuckled. Just being safe gets
terribly tiresome sometimes" said he.
We'll, so long, Danny; Pm on my way ~
When he reached the Old Orchard he
hoped over the old stone wall down in
the far corner, and there right in front
of him was hole between the roots
of an apple tree. 1t was Johnny Chuck
old house, the house that Jimmy and
Mrs. Skunk had lived in all summer.
Peter hadn't thought of them until that
minute.
Il wonder if they are still living
here he muttered, as he peeped in.
There are no tracks on the doorstep.
I wonder If they have moved away or
if they are in there asleep. I haven't
seen either of them for a long time.
That is a very good house. / haven't
been in it since the Skunks moved in,
but it used to be good house. Iwonder
if they changed it much inside. would
like to see. | wonder if they have
nice beds Of grass like Johnny and
Polly Chuck"
Curiosity was busy again, veyy busy.
The longer Peter sat there the more
he wanted to see the inside of that
house.
Copyright. 1921, by 7. W. Burgess)
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Some new
Lingerie arrives
from France

Drawer combinations,
NightgoWns,
Chemises, bodice tops,
Of the fine nainsook
made from Egyptian cot
ton, which the French use.
Each piece at the very
moderate price of $3.50.
The workmanship is ex-
quisite. Real laces are used
to trim some of the lingerie.
We are told that the drawer
combinations cannot be secured
any other place in town.
They will he especially ap-
preciated by large women.
A new idea is the Grecian
neckline and sleevelessness of
lone of the nightgowns.
Third Floor, Old Bldg.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
The Room Of Ships

The Bridge between the Old
and New Buildings has been
transformed into this glamor-
Gus room with its walls lined
with the old Eighteenth Cen
tury Regatta pictures, ship
models and maps and globes,
vivid with the romance of old
seafaring Venice.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
A Little Powder Room

in stucco is reproduced from d
tiny gem of a room in the Pal
azzo, where the hair of pow
dered and brocaded ladies re-
ceived its final dusting Of scent
ed powder before they entered
the great Salons under the
sparkle Of wax candles.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
The Room of the Harp

is hung with five important
landscapes by Zais. In other
rooms will be hung the portraits
of Longhis-Pietro and Alessan-
dro, and the glass. paintings of
Canaletto and Guardi and the
prints that form so interesting
a part of the collection.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
$4,000 in Liberty Bonds Stolen

BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. THE
Bank Of Slaughter, about twenty miles
north of Baton Rouge, was robbed last
night of $4,000 in Liberty bonds. The
robbers blew off the door of the safety
deposit vault, but did not get any cash.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
The Theatre Room

with its three marionette thea
tres and its troupe of some one
hundred-and-thirty seven ma
rionettes and burattini, masked
harlequins, columbines, ladies
of the court, quaint animals,
wonderful in their suggestion Of
the gaiety and charm of the
period.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02

Local Forecast.--Unsettled and eigbt,,
warmer, probably with snow. to-day; gen
orally fair tomorrow: fresh northeast
WINDS shifting to northwest by Tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
In this collection from the Palazzo Carz,na lost CHAPTER
of the Eighteenth Century Venetian Romance lies before you

Twenty years ago in Venice
the Counts of the Carminati
sold their Palace and everything
that was in it. The furniture
and the personal belongings
were scattered far and wide.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
Weather Report

Sun rises. 7:o6 a,m.Isun sets. 5:14p.rn
Moon rises. 2:56 am Moon sets.12:6S p.rn.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-02

Local Official Record.-The following Of
nc hclal record from the Weather Burean
SHOWS sll temperatures during the last TWEEN
ty-four hours, in comparison with the cor
date of last Near: