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CHARGE MILLIONS n
BOGUS BONDS RoiIEO
cecretary Mellon Denies charnes o.
counterfsIting Of Securities
On Large Scale

Washington. - The statement was
made IN the floor Of the house Thurs
day by Representative johnson, Re.
publican. South Dakota. that 1t will
he later shown by official documents
that there are probably hundreds az
millions 1T dollars Of duplicate bonds
in the United States.
Prompt denial If the statement was
made ny high treasury officials who
declared investigation by Secretary
Mellon IF the bureau If engraving had
disclosed there was no truth in reports
Of The circulation on large scale Of
counterfeit government securities.
Challenging the Johnson statement.
Representative WingO, Arkansas.
Democratic member of the house hank
ng committee. declared it was calcu-
lated to cauSe unenSiness in the coun-
Try and that he did not believe Mr..
Johnson ought to make 1t unless he
can back 1t up as the truth" Mr.
Wingo expressed belief that m inveSt-
ga,cn would show that Secretary Mel
Ion. in DENYING "rerkless charges
about the existence Of duplicate bonds
did not lie to the people Of the coun-
try"
As basis for his charge as to al
legged circulation Of securities. Mr..
Johnson said that j. W. Macarthur. as
sis,ant registrar Of the treasury during
the Wilson administration. secured In
formation in the course of his duties
which convinced him that there had
been enormous duplication Of govern
,nrnt bonds which had been printed
by the bureau of engraving and print.
ing and had gone through the office
OF the registrar Of the treasury.
Il think Mr.. Macarthur took the right
attitude when No presented the matter
first to distinguished Democratic
senator from my state. and very prop
er'y presented the matter to the as.
sistant secretary Of the treasury. He
was very quickly informed ut that time
by the former administration that
nothing was wrong, that there should
he no investigation and that he should
keep his mouth shut or lose his 20.
sition and Mr.. Macarthur, who had de.
veloped the fact that will later he
shown by official documents that there
are probably hundreds Of millions OF
dollars ct duplicate bonds in the
United States. was discharged from
service by his administration for pre-
senting those facts to members of con.
gresS."
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BOOTLECCER RING
MOBILIZE NAVY
Former y Boat chasers Are Operated
A. Rum Runners; Officers Wear
Federal Uniform

New YOrk.--<suStOm officials Tues
day announced that they were work.
ing to smash rich boOtlegger ring
which they charged had mobilized a
fleet Of former submarine chasers to
meet creation of Americas dry navy"
The federal agents are working on
the theory that the swift craft that
once pursued German U boats and
were sold after the war. now are pos
ing as naval vessels and, commanded
by officers in the uniform of the United
States. already have succeeded in rum
ming S3.OOO.OOO worth Of rum into the
United States from Bermuda and Ha-
vana.
The announcement Of the discovery
Of the alleged smuggling scheme was
made after former submarine chaser
1O1 re-christened the Fidus. had been
nabbetl in New York harbor by police
boat and customs launch after she had
passed quarantine and was darling to-
ward pier. Customs men claimed
that they found aboard her numerous
charts which marked landings along
the Atlantic coast and Hudson river.
No liquor was found aboard her and
the crew told a hair-raising tale Of
having had their cargo plundered by
pirates off the Long Island coast.
The ex-chaser. said to bear British
registry. was tied up at the Battery.
where she was held on a technical
charge that she left Bermuda without
clearance papers. Her captain. who
gave his name as "John Kelly and his
crew Of seven were taken to the GUS
tom house for severe grilling.
Kelly claimed to have been taking
liquor to Montreal for Bermuda wine
merchant. who owned the craft. when
pirates on another chaser stole his car.
60 and manifest.
The story Of the piratical raid off
Montauk Point was the greatest thrill.
er that has been brought into port in
many days hut customs officials
! claimed to have detected points a,
| which the tale as related by different
members Of the crew. did not jibe.
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|REC0NSTRuCT|0nP[AN
$S9sI1iI6SIIJRjMR
Sub Committee viii Attempt % har.
monize Differences In
Plans

Genoa. Two historic documents
dealing with the reconstruction Of Rus.
sia have been submitted by France and
Great Britain to the economic confer.
ence and are in the hands Of the
special drafting committee appointed
by the subcommittee on Russian AZ.
fairs. which will endeavor to harmon.
ize the differences in them.
The special drafting committee will
report to the full subcommittee and the
subcommittee after approval II given
the report, will submit 1t to the soviet
delegation. The French document
sketches at length means for restoring
RusSia's agricultural and Industrial
activities. while that Of Great Britain
levoteS more attention to credit for
Russia.
France insists on the full payment
Of Russia'S war debts and the rpstora.
ton of provisional property to- for.
eignerS: Great Britain favOrS n reduc-
ton in Russia's war debt and Is vii.
ling to he satisfied if Russia grants
former foreign owners the nsp Of their
property instead of return of actual
ownership.
Demands Agreement
The adoption If fhe IL articles in
the agreement with Russia. which reg
ulate the disposal If the Russian dent
is favored by France. She demands
thu, the soviet conclude before Decpn,-
her Fl an agreement with representa-
tives Of owners Of Russian state bonds
in order to provide for the payment of
interest.
If an agreement is impossible. go
carding to the French contention. the
soviet must promise to accept the de
cision Of n mixed arbitration commits
sion. the president Of which will he
appointed by the chief Justice Of the
United States ar nv the leagne Of ma
tons or by the president of the court
Of international Justice.
The French draft demands in case
private property cannot he restored
that Russia shall pay indemnities.
These indemnties would he provided
for by an issue Of new Russian 5 per
cent bonds. The mixed arbitration
tribunal Of three memhers--one mem.
her for Russia. one for an interested
government and the third. who would
he president. to he designated by the
chief justice Of the supreme court Of
the United States--would decide die.
puted points.
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Fruit Growers Organize

Chicago. The Federated Fruit
atively market the country's fruit crop.
was formed here Saturday. Formation
Of the national agency is the result If
the work Of the producers national
fruit marketing committee. appointed
by the American Farm Bureau fedora
ton to develop an improved marketing
system for the fruit growers.
National standardization of fruit
grades and campaign to increase the
consumption Of all kinds Of frui, will
be two of the tasks undertaken. il was
stated,
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Newly Named TempIar Head

New Orleans. La. - LeonidaS p.
Newly of Knightstown, Ind. was
Thursday elected most excellent grand
master of the Knights Templar order
in the United States at the thir'y-third
conclave here.
Seattle was awarded the thirty sixth
triennial convention of the grand en-.
campment of Knights T'emplar Of the
United States in 1925, winning after
a spirited contest with indianapolis.
Chicago Communicates won four of the
five prizes for the best drilled teams
In the exhibition drills.
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Belgium Increases Army Of Occupation

Belgium Increases Army Of Occupation
Rrussels.-Belgian soldiers on fur
Tough have been recalled to the colors
with the object Of strengthening the
occupation troops in Germany. which.
in view Of the recent incidents. are
considered to be of insufficient
strength. New arrangements are to
he, made in concert with the French.
There was another attack on Bel
gian soldier at Aix-La-Chapelle. and
Belgian public opinion is growing res
tive over what are considered intOler-
able daily Outrages and In demanding
protection Cor the OccupatiOnal troops.
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Asks Million in Flood Relief

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of ST.
nOO.OOO for relief of flood sufferers in
Missouri. Illinois, Arkansas. Louisiana
and Mississippi is provided for in a
resolution introduced Saturday by
Representative Rhodes. Republican, Of
Missouri.
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4 Sworn in to Try Small

Waukegan. Ill.-FOur jurors were
selected and sworn in Thursday for the
trial of Governor Len Small. charged
with conspiracy to embezzle state in
terest money while he was state treas
urer in 1917 and 1913. Three native
Americans and native of Porto Rico
compose the first panel.
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Review Mercer Of Railroads

Reconsideration Of the
plan for consolidation Of all major rail-
roads of the United States into 10
great systems was inaugurated Tues
day by the interstate colpmerce COM
mission. The hearings are expected to
continue several months,
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Chinese Faction. Meet in Clash

Peking.-Fighting began Saturday
morning between the troops Of Gen.
Chang Tso-Lin. governor of Man.
churia. and Gen. Wu-Pei-Fu, COM
mander of the forces Of central China.
at Changsintien. IL miles southwest
Of here. Both armies are equipped
with airplaneS and artillery.
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Russians Release $500 Prisoners

Moscow.-More than 800 political
prisoners have been released in various
parts of Russia since the announce
ment in February that the cheka had
been abolished and state political de-
partment created in its place.
Last January there were 1,84S no.
litical prisoners in soviet jails, accord.
ing to statement by NJ. Kursky, com.
missioner Of Justice, but all have been
liberated with the exception of SO7,
and many Of these are expected to re-
ceive their freedom within the next
few weeks.
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Ship New Plane to Eixers

Lisbon.-The Portuguese government
will ship on the steamer Ba.o another
seaplane for Captain Coutinho and
Sacadura. whose craft was wrecked
recently in landing AT the ST. Paul's
Rock on flight from the Cape Verde
Islands :.
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Great Western Boosts Price

Denver.-The Great Western Sugar
company Thursday announced 10
per cent per 100 pounds advance on
sugar. the new price being S6.37,
Denver
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knights Given Bio Reception

New Orleans.-A reception by the
grand commandery Of Louisiana was
Tuesday given to $4,000 knights Tenn
plars who are here for the thirty-fifth
sonclave of the order.
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British Ship Strike Settled

LOndon.-Both sides to the shin
yards workers dispute. which involves
about 100000 men. who are now on
strike, nave agreed to terms Of set
Element Of the controversy.
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$4,000 Coast Fire

Spokane. Wash.-Fire Wednesday
destroyed the flour mill. elevator and
warehouse Of the Superior Milling
company at Winona, Wash. The loss
is estimated at over $4,000.
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TWENTY.TNRGg eATAlI1Ig&
TOLL or TORNADO AND
HIGH WArERs
II DROWN At FORT WORTH
Olame Unknown peroens for Explosion
Which Lets Watoro Into Town;
will Ask Grand Jury In.
veetioation

Dallas.-Twenty-three deaths had
been reported Wednesday as a result
Of floods. together with a tornado
which swept over north central and
southwest Texas Tuesday. Seventeen
deaths were reported at Fort Worth
where the Trinity river inundated
lower sections Of the city: a negro was
drowned at Waco; two negroes were
drowned Mt Palmer; Mexican was re-
ported drowned mt Sonora; woman
was drowned when she was swept off
a bridge near Bolton, and a man was
reported killed in a tornado which
struck Mountain Creek. five miles
north Of Venus. The Red Cross took
charge of the relief work.
Millions Of acres in Texas farm
lands, particularly cotton lands. are
under water and cannot be plowed be-
fore 30 days, John =. Orr, president.
Of the Texas Farm Loan federation
said.
Fort Worth. Texas.-John J. Mccain,
Fort Worth. chairman Of the levee
board. issued a statement in which he
declared the levees around the rivers.
which broke Tuesday and flooded the
iowlands If this city, were dynamited
by unknown parties and that an inves-
tigation by. grand jury would be de-
mandetl Immediately.
ut is our opinion that the levee did
not break Of its own accord, hut was
dynamited and, as soon as the situa-
ton is relieved. we are going to place
the facts before grand jury and de-
mand an investigation" Mccain de-
clared.
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Grand Jury to Probe Khan

Los Angeles.-A grand jury was EN-.
panelled Saturday to investigate activi-
ties of the ku Klux Khan.
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MRS. WOODWARD SAYS
SHE KILLED PEPPERMAN
Continued from page 1

The confession. the police say. came
after detectives had confronted her
with alleged witnesses OF tho murder,
Robert Van Aiken OF 2812 Cross street
said he saw Pcppcrman killed. Ac-
cordlng to Van Aiken. Mrs. Woodward
shot Pcpperman after tho latter had
told her no was going to leave tho
city and shc would never geo him
again. Nicholas Gales, who was In the
house at the time. told the police
that Mrs. Woodward was intoxica ted.
From an investigation made by
Lieutenant Bclshaw before tho capture
OF the woman II was found Mrs. Wood
ward comes of good family. From
newspaper clippings tho Detectives
learned that the woman had lived In
Como. n, j., and had been married In
Easton. Pa. to Harold Woodward I'm
June. 1917. The clipping referred To
woodward as n graduate OF Lafayette
College In tho class OF 1915 and n
member of the varsity football team.
Pepperman. who was 81 years old
was employed by baking concern OF
Brooklyn. lie was demonstrating his
firms products In n Philadelphia store
| His wifo returned TO their homo IN
New York about ten days ago. tnklng
the two children with her. According
TO Mrs, Louis Moldave. at whose HON.
on cambridge street Peppermint
boarded. Mrs Woodward had been :
frequent caller at the house durlnG
this period. and on each Wait Pep
pcrman always left the house In hc1
company.
Mrs Woodward was a, ono tim, -
tho stage. II IN said.
Van Aiken. who said he saw Pepper
man killed. asserted Mrs Wood WI r
shot hun after Pcppermsn told her n
would never see her again Just be
fore : o'clock" Van Aiken said. Pen
porman said. We're through. T.,
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going to catch tho o'clock train for
New York
"'You'il leave me, will you.' Mrs
Woodward said. after spent all my
money on you and lost all my friends
through you? You've wrecked my life
You haven't got the nerve to CO.
Lieutenant Belshaw said Mrs
Woodward had been mt tho Ninth
street house only few month";. NOV
Ing there from rooming house she
conducted on Spring Garden street
between Sixth and Eleventh. streets
ghc formerly conducted roominE hous-
es In wilmington and Trenton, Boz
shaw said.
According 10 Mr6. Louis Modave. nj
whose home on cambridge street
peppcrman boarded. Mrs. Woodward
had called Mt her home frequently In
tho last two weeks TO no Pepperman
aho said Mrs. Woodward called on
Pcppernnn last on Tuesday. fIe went
outside and talked to her. Sho said she
heard the woman plead. Wont you
como with mon" and Pepperman re-
piled no was going back 20 New York
and was through with you"
According TO Mrw. Modave. Pepper.
man came TO this country from Bel.
gium about twenty years ago. Iiif
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FINANCIAL NOTES.

Operating results Of the entire Penn
sylvAnia system for February, With gross
earnings Sas. 5e2 900, or about 5000 900
produced net railway operating income
OF SASH 900, to compare with . deficit
OF - .eSs.oo0 in February. 1921 For
WAS net operating income OF sil,esO 900,
against n deficit OF 35.372 900 for the
same period last year.
The better business which is being
done. says Automotive Industries, is
due IN part 90 the Debated inventories
Of motor vehicle builders. but not ali Of
II. by any means. can be attributed TO
this cause. 1t demonstrates conclusively
being sold In much greater volume than
81 the same time last year Neither
branch OF the ,o inapSstry Is bnildins up
makers are holding their schedules APP
oroNinat-ly TO actual retail sales
Al old story was revived in New York
tha, Inc baldwin Locomotive Works
would retire It's preferred stock either
by ooins sone financing, or with the
psooe'.ds from TIE sale It's main plant
sircis. In phlAdeiphis. The preferred stock
10 ca.lao.e 81 l25. = figure which would
represent = heavy premium. samuel NJ
vsuclsin. president has repeatedly denied
be disposed OF In the near future and
the works concentrated at Eddystone
he New Ork stock exchange has voted
70 close 20 business April IA. which is
I,ood Friday As that day Is q legal holi-
day IN Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia
stock exchange will be closed without
SPECIAL action by the governors
Increased operations at several steel
works were announced chief Steel
Corporation subsidiary and several inde-
pend.nts yesterday advanced the price
Tor wire rods - d ton. which is expected
70 be followed by 40 equaliKins advance
IN wire and nails
The Baltimore & Ohio earnings report
for February indicates that II the tic
for that month can be ma Ia ned through
out the rems inder OF the year more than
per cent will be shown for the common
stock A well-known professional was the
largest buyer at 40, which was a new
high record for --re present movement
An interesting sideight on the liQuida
ton OF agricultural loans In the Middl,
West is given by d banker who has re
turned from business mission C
Chicago. He says that loans TO low.
correspondents OF Chicago banks are nov
40 per cent less than they were at thii
time last year Iowa banks have re
duced their obligations at the Fedora
Reserve Bank OF that district 10 a leve
approximately 80 Ia per cent lower thar
they were at this time d year ago.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-31
STOCK PRICES BOOM,
SHARESAT NEW MARKS
Studebaker, Chandler, Bald
win and Bethlehem at High
est Point for Year.
N Annotated Pre-. to Every Ev.nirg.

~ Associated Fress to Every EvAnirK.
New York. March I.-(WRll Street
1870 a. m.)-The short interest in
the ~tock market was again driven to
cover at the opening OF todays SEES
sion. Various specialties such as
Famous Players. American Ice. Corn
Products and American Sugar. made
one point gains with Chandler Motors
and New York Central. Studebaker.
Yesterdays strongest and most active
issue. had wide" opening, but
gradually reacted 10 a fraction under
the final quotations OF the previous
day.
American Car, Sumatra Tobacco.
United Fruit and Homestake Mining
also strengthened. Coppers were IN
responsive to the coming resumption
OF operations by the Porphry Com
psnies.
Noon-Pressure against Mexican
and Pan American Petroleum, and
DAWSON Chemical caused temporary
unsettlement OF prices in the first
hour. The market rallied later on NOR,
extensive buying Of Studebaker
Chandler. Baldwin and Bethlehem
these scoring new high records for tn,
year. Pressed Steel Car. Lima Loco
motive. New York Air Brake. Westing
house and Mullins Body were strong
the latter rising 81 points.
Preferred shares OF the ST. Paul
Ann Arbor. st. Louis and San Fran
c!sco. Pere Marquette. Chicago and Al
ton. Toledo. St. Louis and Western
and Rutland Roads were 10 . point.
higher.
Call money opened at AZ per cent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-31

wife. Mrs. Marie Pepperrnan. resides
In w. Forty seventh street, New York.
The children arc Veronica. twelve. and
Joseph, fourteen.
Following tho arrest OF Mrs. Wood
ward, Federal prohibition aGenN raid
cd her house yesterday afternoon. In
tho rear OF the suite. tho police say.
the agents found ten gallon still. flve
gallons OF moonshine and dozen bot
ties Of real beer. together with hydrom-
eters and gauges used In tho manu-
facturc OF whisky. Several bottles Of
homemade gin and ten-pound bag
OF juniper berries wcre also confiscat
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PRODUCE
MARKET QUOTATIONS
At NOON TODAY
Special Dispatch by Associated Press 4
Every Evening.


Every Evening.
Philadelphia, March S1.--wheat--
No. 2 red winter. 1.32@137; DO. gar
licky. 1.27@1s2.
Corn--No. 2. for export. ss@ss: do.
No. 3, 6706s; do. No. 4, 65ls @8sh;
car lots for local trade. No. 2, yellow,
7i@72; do. No. 8. yellow. 7o@71.
Oats-No. 2 white. %s@+eh; No. 3.
white. Ah@4b.
Butter-Western creamery, extra,
SO: nearby prints and fancy. 43G4e
Eggs--Nearby extra frsts. 26ta do,
flrsts. PSF; western extra nrsts, 2gh !:
do. lrsts. %: fresh selected. pack ed
fancy. 1.6o@2.25.
Cheese-New York whole milk fancy
flats. held 20ls@21: do. fresh. 20.
fresh to good. 1920: longhorn. 22is a
23is single daisies. %; do. fresh. Ella
AN.
1.-Two poultry--fowls, not leghorns,
2s@S2; spring chickens. not leghorns
3lQs5: young roostcrs. 26G2s, old
ROSTERS. 2o@2l; turkeys. 5000;
ducks. white Pekin. s2@3b; do. mixed
colors. S<@3s; muscovy, 2<G2s;
geese. 1890.
Dressed poultry-Spring turkeys
fancy dry packed. 4s@6o; do. western
fancy. 4bG4s: fair 20 good. 4o@+3. ole
toms. Ao@4s: fowls. fresh killed
choice 10 fancy. ss0s&; do. small
sizes. 20@32; roasting chickens, near
by. erase; do. western. 2i@36; broil
ing chickens, nearby. 2a@3s do. west
ern, 22@S4: old rooeters. 22@2t
ducks. so@3s: geese. fancy. s30s5
fair 10 good. 1920.
Potatoes -- White. hundredweight
fancy. i.7592l5.
Flour-Soft winter. straight western
e.50@6.75; do. nearby. 6.25@6.b0: har
winter, straight. 7.25@7.7b: do. shor
patent. 7.7SGs25; spring. first eleal
|, 6.25a6.7S: DO. patent, 7.90Gs15: d.
short patent. s.5bGss5; fancy sprin
!. and city mills. patent. family bran,
s.o0Gl0.oo.
Hay-Timothy, No. 2. 22ooa23 o
per ton, do. No. 3. 2oo0@si 90
sample. Ie.00GIs 90: no grade. 1900
1900; clover mixed hay. light mixed
2l5oG22. 90; No, l mixed. 20 oOGgi %
Bran--Soft winter in 100 poun
sacks. Ss.0OGs&oo per ton; do. spriu,
80 0O4SS.0O
Tallow-Prime city loose. bAs; d
: special loose. GU; prime country. IA
edible, In tierces, sh.
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

quarterly 81 psr cent payahie Msrrh "a
Commonwealth Edison Co Quarteri,
Of q per cent. payable April 10.
Delaware, l.ackawanna 4 Western Rail
road Co, quarterly OF 3 per cent pay
able April 20
International Paper Co. quarterly of
" per cent on preferred. payable April Is
Lima locomotive MoTAs quarterly OF
New Jersey Zinc Co. quarterly OF .
per cent. payable May Ia.
Philips-Jones Corporation. quarterly OF
IA, per cent on preferred payable May I
rittshurg 4 West Virginia Railway
Co. quarterly OF ~, per cent on preferred
payable April ~.
Western Power Corporation. quarterly
April -
Sew York Chicago & St Louis Rail
road Co. quarterly of u. per cent or
s~cond preferred. payable April 20.