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DEVELOPMENTS BY SPECIAL
GRAND JURY EXPECTED TO
FOLLOW RAPIDLY.
COLLISION is CHARGED
AUDITOR SAYS BALANCE DUE
GOVERNMENT OF $1,s54,o76
NEVER PAID.


Washington.-With the second week
Of the investigation by the special
grand jury of the so-called wal frauds
getting under way developments may
be expected to follow rapidly, accord
Ing to meager reports that come from
behind the heavy vail of secrecy which
has shrouded proceedings in the grand
jury room.
Considerable progress has zee made
in presenting evidence in the lumber
case, the first to be undertaken by the
lnquisitorial body %impaneled under a
special body impaneled under a special
act of Congress, it was generally I'M
derstood.
The lumber cases were among those
referred to by Representative Wood
ruff, Republican, Michigan, in a speech
in the House last April during which
he read an official memorandum from
Ernest c. Steward in charge of the con-
tract audit section of the army's fl
nance department to his superior Of
ficer, setting forth the basis for his be-
lief the sale of surplus lumber should
pc investigated by the Department of
Justice.
The army's surplus lumber was sold
under contract with the government by
a firm, Mr.. Steward charged, which
had been appointed by representatives
Of lumber interests to act as their
agent for the ostansible purpose of so
regulating the disposal of surplus
stocks of lumber then held by the gov
eminent, as not to disrupt or injure the
transactions of the commercial trade
Facts developed by the army's au-
dit, Mr.. Steward asserted, warranted
the assumption of gross fraud and
collusion. The value of the lumber
sold, the audit disclosed, he reported.
was S4,697 III, of which the govern
ment received S~2,S43,O95, leaving a
balance due the government of 1884,
0I6, which, he said, has V been
paid.
Although 10000 contracts were in
vestigated and audited by the audit
section, Mr.. Steward stated, 1T can be
said beyond argument that the con-
tract in question is one which for
criminal ingenuity is surpassed by
none"
A warrant has been issued by Unit
ed States Commissioner Hit for the
arrest of J.. l.. Phillips. chairman OF
the Republican state committee for
Georgia, charging fraud In the execu-
ton of war contracts. Beyond con
firming reports that the warrant had
been issued, Commissioner Hit re
fused to discuss the case.
, 1922-06-08
What She Wanted.

A customer one Of the sales
women at the linen counter for a GER
tain style handkerchief. The always
pleasant. ever-obliging assistant opened
box after box. looked over the stock iD
the showcase with great care, and then
brought forth "A reserve stock and
looked painstakingly through this-but
without finding what she wanted.
Then from n remote corner of one of
the shelves she took down another box.
When 1t was opened the customer
exclaimed, That's 1t :" and holding up
a lace-trimmed handkerchief she asked,
How much is it?"
When told the price she replied, ~
didn't want to buy any Of them, but a
friend gave me one for n present, and
| wanted TO find out how much she
paid for it,"
, 1922-06-08
America Presents Medal to v.rdun.

Verdun.-In the name of the Ameri-
can Congress and the American peo-
pie. Myron II. Herrick, the ambassa-
dor, presented to the city OF Verdun
the first and only medal eyer given by
the United States government to any
community in the world. The ambassa-
dor and Premier Poincare together
visited the ground where are buried
many thousands of French. whose
valor the medal commentaries, and
both spoke under the emotion aroused
by the thought of the dead and the
sight Of the "red zone" so devasted
that 1t may v be fit for human
habitatlon.
, 1922-06-08
SWAMP ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys. liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be.
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles Of two sizes. medi-
um and large.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer q Co., B~inghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Advertisement.
, 1922-06-08
Doctor smuQale. Done Into prI.on.

Atlantn, Gn-Federal %anti-narcotic
agents staged n raid" in the Atlanta
federal p%enitentiary recently under a
special executive order from President
Harding and. after searching many OF
the two thousand prisoners and ex.
aiming their cells. arrested Or. II. E
Carrick. assistant physician Mt the
prison, and Alex Aboof. proprietor OF
a downtown cigar stand. on charges
OF conspiracy TO smuggle drugs to tn,
inmates.
, 1922-06-08
Mexican Agents Seize Ammunition.

FL Pas0.-Two boxes billed as farm
Ing implements We're seized at the ex-
press office in .Juarez when customs
agents discovered that they contained
$4,000 rounds of ammunition in secret
compartments. The shipment was ad-
dressed to an implement house in
Zacatecas. Officials expressed the be
lief that the ammunition was for pri-
vate use and not for revolutionary
purposes.
, 1922-06-08
Mexican Soldiers Rout Rebel Army

FL Paso.-Mayor Antonio Wade was
executed ms a rebel sympathizer, seven
rebels were killed. five wounded and
fcur taken prisoners when II band Of
fifty followers of Gen. Carlos Green,
insurrection leader. attacked Jalapa de
Mendez. Tnbasco, several days ago,
according to press dispatches received
at Juarez. The rebel army was led by
Ramon Mnreno.
, 1922-06-08
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union Nsr. s,rrIos.l
WESTERN

WESTERN
Half of Pineville's (Ore.) business
section was wiped out by a fire which
caused damage estimated at 100000
before 1t was checked by dynamiting.
Otto Steinen, pioneer, trapper and
later civilian scout for the army in
campaigns in Arizona and New Mex
leo, died at his home in Los Angeles.
Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at
torney of Los Angeles county, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor of
California.
The ownership of the Los Angeles
Evening Express has passed from the
Edwin Il. Earl estate to K. A. Dickson
and f. W. Kellogg, according to an an
nouncement they authorized.
Forest fires are threatening the
Northwest in many places. From cen
trail Oregon, southern Washington and
British Columbia come reports of de-
vastation by the red menace.
The flappers have got a union Out
on the Pacific coast 1.-The Flappers
Protective Association, Chapter No. 1"
has just been organized for fighting
the propaganda against the modes and
habits of the 'flapper" throughout the
country.
Lucille Erfle, IS years old. was none
the worse despite her encounter with
a locomotive on n railroad trestle near
Spokane, Wash. The engine knocked
the girl into the Spokane river. The
crew stopped and fished her out. She
lost her pocketbook.
Donald Il. Stevenson, railway brake
man. confessed ut Everett, Wash, ac-
cording to the police, that he killed A.
A. Amour, Seattle salesman, whose
body was found in a patch of woods
near %Stanwood, Wash. According to
the police, Stevenson says he killed
Amour with a club during n fight over
the question whether or not they
would rob a farmer in the vicinity to
procure funds to buy "moonshine."
Members of the Ku Klux Khan in
Los Angeles will support klansmen In
volved in the Inglewood night riding
fatal party of April %, regardless of
action by imperial officers of the or
ganization in Atlanta, Ga, Paul E.
D'Orr, attorney for the raiders, as
serted. He said he had been assured
of financial support for defense of
the night riders to the extent of $780,
600. regardless of the imperial khan
officers Withdrawal of moral and fl
nancial support.
, 1922-06-08
Ere.hen a Heavy Skin

With the a~ntlseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcum Powder. an exquisitely
scented. economical face. skin. baby
and busting powder and perfume.
Renders other perfumes su%perfuous.
One Of the CutIcura Toilet Trio (Soap,
Ointment. Talcuml Advertisement
, 1922-06-08
Bobby Wants to Know.

Little Bobby Cat the beach)-what
is hydrophobia, ma?
Bobby's Ma-Fear or dread Of wa
ter, my son.
Bobby (after thinking II over)-
Have all those pretty girls in bathing
suits over yonder got hydrophobla.
map
, 1922-06-08
GENERAL

- rt
"@a "u ANo"n
s. iea'ule "I,ter' was
r , ue"u III lis ROOM at Hiehr!e'ta'
~
Five seamen were Injured recently
no n.s,Ha thn 80, "a ~
ZEE W. Ce-a.e ""s III pa.lo' uuty
- 9 ~ ~ OS H
Johh DuVal Dodge OIL Detroit lost
Si~'ooo IN Il uice game IN : accord
ing 10 the complaint IN n SUIT u
IN circuit court at Detroit by Al Day
boxing bout referee. Day seeks to
that amount
fiehry nominee ior fresi-
oehe OF the united states on II Ma
.iohal feopies Chrlstan party ticket
IN iolz ana candldate Tor Republican
ana party for
prorsn 40, OIL :"
Inc thirteen men lhuicted by the re-
cent speclal grand jury, twelve or
'hem Tor alieeed irregularities In CON
nectoh with the affairs OF the defunct
ScanoihaVlah-AInerlcan Bank OF Far
so-"re scheuuled TO appear in the
next jury term OF County District
Nourt IN NoNehper, IL mas been an
iouheeu'
Word is being awaited by county
"uthoii'les from LOS Ahseies ana chi
Gag ponce IN reply TO photographs
~ iinser prints OF FRANK Doran OF
C"ic"so' winch nave oeen forwarded
'nehh 10 ue'ermihe whether Doran had
NY WIN uhe shooung OF
"in"h ~ i"ylor' mouon picture d.
iee'or'
announcement of n 10 per cent wage
Increase in factory departments Aas
been made at the offices of the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company,
Akron ONO. A shortage of skilled
tire workers was responsible for the
increase, IL was said.
Though two men Indicted with her
for consplracy 10 defraud Ilovds In
surance agency. bv an alleged ..fok,v
dinner party hold.up and Of
| her iewelry. insured nj s52 OOo had
pleaded puiltv and testified for tho
prosecution M the outset ~ tho ,,i.t
Mrs. Sarah l.. Robertson. wealthy reol
estate owner Of DenI. n I yas ac.
quilted bv n iury which had been hear.
ing testimony in her case for over !,
week
, 1922-06-08

Mr.. North-No. sir. | don't want any
Insurance. / have no dependents and
am burning my bridges behind mel
Insurance Salesman Ait How
nbout fire Insurance for the bridges?
, 1922-06-08
Clcvcri

A fascinating Chicago widow had
her ex-husband in for dinner and he
presented her with n check for ali
mony due her. She took it, laughingly
saying: This Is tayation without rep.
resentation.'
, 1922-06-08
FOREIGN

rhA folornt - Nfowf.u
has issued a decree which permits the
c%onfiscation of cotton infected with
boil weevil.
Premier How'd Ceorca raoartIy :.
| tertained Mr. and Mrs ,yyiliam pon.
doInh Hearst of o. Nc orfi.
cioi ros,daroa In Dourntnn -, -
don.
The United States transport Hender.
son, with Secretary of the NAVY Den.
by n members of the naval academy
class of 1881 on board. has sailed from
Panama on its wav TO .Jonan
Tho f1onsh,n urro, ,bo p,t
~
parted for Chinese waters. where they
will remain for several month il has
been announced at HEADQUARTERS of
the Asiatic squadron at Manila.
n pri,,s,
,nsrnart - - N
.ha 49, ~ "'
-
ried NJ. .Jessenin. the Ukrainian poet.
She is having a hard time getting an
American wise.
,
- nS.i",S $50
~, -, Ss.'1Nn
80. - ~, ~
10, Me- d,ana,.h 80 Saan
N' S"S N''P"'eh iio" c"peh""se"
, 1922-06-08
Music Hath Charms.

How do you like your muster"
Both rare and well done."-Phn-
adelphin Evening Bulletin.
, 1922-06-08
WASHINGTON

The resignation of Alvin HoNey-
King of New York as commercial at
tache at Mexico City has been an
nounced by the Commerce Depart
ment. Mr.. King was forced to give up
his post because of i'll health.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft
of the Supreme Court will leave this
country about the middle of June for
England, where he will spend several
weeks in Il survey of the English
courts, it was announced. The our
will be unofficial, Taft said. This is
the firstt line that a chief justice has
made such a trip during his term of
office.
Jennie p. Musser Of Salt Lake City
has been nominated to be collector of
customs for District No. As, with head
quarters at Salt Lake City.
The House bill authorizing a loan of
S5,O00,0O0 to Liberia MS urged by the
administrator was reported favorably
by the Senate finance committee.
A new bill for regulation of future
trading on grain exchanges, designed
10 meet the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court holding the present trad
ing act imperative in part, was intro
ducd in the Senate by Senator Capper,
Republican, Kansas, chairman of the
unofficial Senate agricultural bloc and
author of the original act.
Cyanide was placed on the free list
recently after a long battle on the tar
iff schedules in the Senate. The com
nittee amendment placing a duty Of
10 per cent ad valorem was stricken
out on n motion offered by Senator
Oddie Of Nevada and adopted 40 to ID.
The restoration OF cyanide to the free
last is vitality Important to the mining
industry OF the west and to the citrus
industry Of California. where the
chemical Is used as a fumlgant against
destructive Insects.
Lower passenger fares on the rail-
roads Will follow the cut in freight
rates, high government officials de-
clarcd in Washington. A strong senfi-
ment OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission maintains that lower pas
senger fares are essential to lnrger
revenues from the travelling public.
President Harding tool action af.
f~eeting more than 10000 postal clerks
and carriers throughout the country
when he approved n recommendation
Of the Postoffice Department for the
establishment of a strict elght-hour
basis for postal employees.
, 1922-06-08
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western Newspaper Union News scr,ice.l

pleted for the 1922 joint Lincoln and
Sweetwater teachers institute, to be
'eiu III o"stoh Natiohal park'
aug. % 10 81.
Craftsmen who blew he safe OF the
Shoshoni State Bank recently escaped
WIN S3,ooo IN cash n DIS or small
denomination, and left no trail for Of
Ulcers TO follow.
one hundred ana thirty thousand
pouhds OF wool sofa at casper recent
~ Tor 3iR n 90 cents a pound at
the first auction sale by the sealed
ma lhethod' Inc SAFE was held by
wooigrowers OF Natrona county.
Louis g. Phelps, 63, of Pitchfork,
Wyo, nationally known as II hnancier
anu r"rh county ihuiViuuai
'"nuoMher anu ."Ap"Sel' uroppeu ueau
recently "niie ,ranctihs business III
t"e oiiiee y" tne eoun's surveyor at
Oou!'
a meeting was held IN burlington
recently winch was ATTENDED py the
OF mat section OF the Grey
w. 80 Nv "
~ az
~" ~ o"iu " oi"he" ine UP
'' ~
flahs are now under way FOR cele-
pfatlng the flftieth anniversary OF
louhdlhg Yellowstone National park
TINS summer according to Stanley Ed
"a Seeie.",S Vi tne noehs Naouh-
az, his"""S wiz" oliiees
III
Inc Laramie local or the lnterna-
tlohal Typographical Union voted
unanimously Tor the election OF David
W. BAIRD OF New YORK for a embe
OF the Doafd OF AUDITORS OF II inter
national Iypographlcal Union. Baird,
= Wv VI .'i"'' ie"i"eu " SCI
~ 'A'' NHS'
H. H. Stapletoh' reporter Ior the Gas
per Dally tribune, hes IN Il critical
condition at a hospital in Casper from
Il bullet wound received IN an accident
al shooting when Il gun slipped from a
holster whlch was being removed by
deputy Sherlf1 FRANK Deviln, n was
discharged on striking the floor.
Plans are now under way for the
establishment OF Il reserve OFFICERS
training camp unit IN Casper TO be
located Mt the high school and under
the supervision OF the high school au-
thorlties. A regular army OFFICER
would be IN charge and the govern
ment would furnish all h equipment.
During the past few days there has
been a revival of rumors that the
Union Pacific is to build its south ex-
tension from Yoder to Cheyenne, and
that construction will be started this
year one ruihor says oirt VIII De
LYNX "luiih ninety uays. Engineer
"oouwor'h at "erihs uehieu kho"i-
euse Oh ne" CONSTRUCTION aetVi'ies'
A new high price for wool in Natro-
IA soun's sinoe u eonapse VI tne
n'lnAel wv s.uis : vas eeeapiisneu
At oasper III .ne sane VI 'o'ooo pouhus
W '"e 'ieeanu oneep oonhpans ior ~
Cai. a punt 'noiiah sun VI
o"e"so maui 'ne purehase anu aiso
'ooA ioo'oV" pouhus from the same
oohpunS at prices ransihs from 90 10
% cents
In the realization that his W sit
uation was hopeless and that he must
perish in the worst late spring bliz-
~ ~ '".Pt "Sonns III
- -. T'' ""i'u war 'et-
- tpn no
,htn 49,, -. .nno own
'hn ,ns",na,a - ~" W.
~. D 49,. 'cS, a.
iaa, saoun 80 -
-. Isa ~ ~
80 wv" ""' e''
Wyomings largest high school grad
uatlon class is the claim to distinction
made by the class OF lo22, which grad
unted ninety-eight embers recently In
~
with the bodies of tWO-ycur-Old
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
Dodge Rolls Golden Dice for
S12,5OO Loss, but Stops Checks

each time. After losing an additional
$4,000 | quit"
Dodge charges the game was
Framed for tie purpose OF "shakinc
him down He says that Day knew
he would stop payment on the $4,000
cneck and so was in a hurry TO pass it
off on someone else"
Robert NJ. Toms, Assistant Prosecu+-
ing Attorney, said criminal proceedings
could not be started against DODGE. rs
the check was written for debts in
CURED IN game of chance
PROVIDENCE, z. l., May Hold
ing tnat the courts are not required TO
SIT as the arbiters Of the gambling
table or to determine the issue in everT
losing gamblers case, whether the
play was fair or foul. United States
District Judge Arthur L. Brown TO-DAY
sustained the demurrers Of the defend
ants IN the suits brought by Edward r
Bannon, New Bedford lawyer. against
Frank l.. Murray and James +. Moran.
both OF last Greenwich, R. l., and John
+. hennessey, Of East Providence. r. I.
bannon sought 100000 damages
rom Murray and Hennessey and SIS.
goo from Moran, charging that he lost
great sums of money on roulette wheels
SAID to have been mechanically con
trolied by the defendants to the point
where 1t was impossible for him to win.
Murray, Hennessey and Moran, through
thelr counsel, demurred on the grounds
mat gambling debts could not be col
lected.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
Five on Trial Accused of
Fur Frauds Against Z. S.

ne first Of several cases in which
raud against ttc government, bv max
ing false returns Of sales Of manu-
1actured furs and by the forging Of In
'ctnal revenue receipts for taxes. is
charged, was begun yesterday in tho
United States Court before judge An
gustus n. Hand.
The defendants in the case are Nor
ternal Revenue Collector: Harman
Schuss, Melville G. Newmark. Benia-
min Weiss, William Sherman and
JOSEPH Schuss.
In the indictment it is CHARGED that
the method Of operation was for Rosen-
bloon, after resignng as a deputy col
'ector. to meet fur manufacturers who
we're introduced to him by Newmark.
ne would represent to them, it is al
Ieged, that III his official capacity he
could save the furriers 80 per cent ~
their sales taxes if they would deal WITH
him, and quite a number of manu-
facturers assented to this proposition,
paying the remaining 70 per cent oF
taxes due TO Hosenbloom and his con.
federates, Who gave forged collectors
receipts Tor it. and, according to the
indictment. pocketed the money.
AS the furriers were required to re
port gross sales monthly, and pay taxes
thereon, the amounts thus lost the gov
ernmert are said to run into hundr rods
OF thousands Of dollars.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
II. E. Stanley Conuicted
Of Stock Deal Larceny
Broker Liable to IO-Ycnr Term
in Prison; Rerenis Sentence
in 1921 in Giriug Record

After celebrating two hours jury
before Judge Johnstone returned a
verdict OF guilty Of grand larceny in
the first degree yesterday against How
ard Z. Stanley, broker, formerly 4
member Of the firm Of Mnitcr. Norden
e. Co.. Of 20 Broad Street. He will be
sentenced on June /. The maximum
is ten years imprisonment.
Joseph Keiser, chemical tnanufac-
turer Of Newark, was the complainant
He testified that in September, 1921. he
opened an account with Miniter. Nor
den L. Co. and put up 800 in cash and
81 500 in Liberty bonds. On October
2G, 1921, Keiscr said, he decided to
close out his account, and vent to col
lect his profit and get his collateral.
Stanley gave him check for 81 800
and promised to make good the bal
ance. A few days lator the check
Icy admitted. Kciser testified, that he
had lost the money spccuIating i1
stocks
When Stanley gave his pedigree in
court yesterday it was discovered thai
lie was convicted carly in 1921 OF re
ceVing stolen property and sentenced
20 six months IN the penitcntiary.
During the trial 1t developed that
hinlter, the senior member of the firm
had started in business on May ], 1871
with a capital Of $500 He was about
10 go out OF business when Stanley
offered to bring in additional custom
ers and was taken in as partner
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
Husband Friendly With
Evelyn Nesbit, Wife Says

Mrs Evelyn Schneider, OF 33S South
First street. Brooklyn, filed papers
with Judge l'awcett IN Supreme Court
yesterday. asking for almony and
counsel fees, pending the outcome Of
her divorce action against Harry
Schneider. who, she alleges. was friend
~ with Evelyn Nesbit. She charges
that her husband. who is a chauffeur,
frequently parks his car near the for
mer actresses apartment in West Fifty
second Street, near Broadway, that
Hary's failure 20 appear at home for
three days las: January had hecn eX-
planned to her by another chauffeur
as ocoasioned by sojourn in Evelyn's
rooms and that OF April % Harry
asked her for money to SO 10 Atlantic
City to visit Evelyn.
The plaintiff refuscd,' the papers
continue. CAS- result the defendant
punched :he. plantiN in the face and
struck her n the arm and used vile
Language and left the house and has
failed to return since
Morris Rosner, Mrs Schneider's
brother, flied al affidavit III the case
yesterday stating that Harry had
boasted to him of having been ir
Evelyn Nesbit's apartment.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23

nm nm. untiJ his death. in 1913. At thst
nhe u ne was presldent OF the ward
baA.hg CempanE' in bfoohllIn, one of
INC IsfGest cohcefhS OF ITS KIND IN tHe
World @nd was prominentiy Interested
IN heaTly a dozen other bread factories
N the EAST and middle " est.
hobefo ioyd W NaFd dId not llmlt his
actlNltles TO bakeries, IN l@14, eight
cen months before his death, he sud-
qen'y plunged INTO baseball and, with
Harry Sinclair, the oil magnate. be
came one of the most important figures
III the Sederal League during its brief
struggle against the older circuits In
tnis venture he was again associated
with his two brothers and also with
his nephew. Waiter, who became treas
urer Of The Brooklyn Club. known as