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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-02
.SILzER TO CARRY ROAD
FIGHT TO THE PEOPLE
CONTINUED from rage y

For some time, following the gov
errors firing OF the old State
Highway Commission, and his ap-
peal for a law authorizing a three
man board, the Republican majority
of the legislature has been holding a
series of conferences or any pros
pective action they will take on the
governors suggestion, whether they
will acquiesCe in the request by the
governor for a three-man commits
sion or whether they will pass a bill
for a f1ve-man commission.
The night the governor appeared
personally before a joint session of
the legislature and told them Of his
firing of the road board. q com
ulittee OF three senators waited
upon him in the executive ONCE to
learn of his Recommendations with
regard to the situation.
As Senate Majority Leader VIII.
lam Stevens of Monmouth, ex-
pressed it afterwards, the governor
met this committee frankly and
fairly. and both sides laid their
cards on the table" The governor
asked the committee for a three
| man road board and agreed to APP
point Republican member to the
board. He went further, and agreed
| w VI LlAO 1Ao4IAS VI tNA@ III
tive Republican member of the
hoard go the senate, before the lat
ter body was called upon to confirm
the nominations to the board, so
that 1t could be learned whether
the Republican nominee was entire
iy satisfactory to the Republicans.
Ths EZRA OF good feeling" how
| ever, must have struck a snag,, evil
IDENTIFY. because after two weeks Of
conferences by the Republican legie.
lators It seems they cannot agree es
to the falling in line with the COVER
nor on the latter's thrse-n1an road
board policy. It b said that the
House OF Assembly Republicans are
holding out for a five-man commits
sion ana that they have dragged
some OF the Republican senators in
with them. The senators who are
holding out for the governors rec.
| ommendation are understood to be
I becoming impatient at the delay in
the Republican caucus in coming to
a decision.
The aims Of the Republican party
in SO far as the highway problem Is
concerned car best be served, certain
leaders believe, by passage of a bill
| composed of Governor Silzer, state
Treasurer Read and State Comptrol-
Ter Busbee the personnel OF the
highway board. serving without adj
| ditional compensation. AS both Read
anda Bugbee are Republicans. this
| plan would give the Republicans
control of the department. This plan
Is said to have originated among Es-
sex county leaders at a conference
last Tuesday night in the ONCE OF
Jesse r, Salmon, clerk in chancery,
who is deeply concerned for the peril
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-02

-
TRENTON, Feb. 2.-Calling atten-
| ton to the fact that only thirty per
cent of the people who voted last
November expressed their opinion
on the proposition, State Senator
Alexander Simpson, Democratic
leader in the upper house, today
made a statement in defense Of his
bill introduced last week calling Tor
a suspension of the terms OF the R40.-
100000 road bond issue, re-submit-
ting it to the people next fall.
Senator Simpson further declared
that If the reports of the figures
prepared by the State Chamber of
Commerce are correct, the PROPOSE
ton will cost the taxpayers OF the
state $64, 100000 before all expenses
are covered. Reference is further
made to the fact hat the bill was
approved by a majority of only 49,
470 votes out Of a total of S02t000
cast for and against the measure
Before the state embarks upon an
"orgy of waste and extravaganza"
declares the Hudson county senator,
the people of the state should have
an opportunity of expressing the
sincere and thoughtful opinion.
'"The present program before the
governor and the legislature" the
statement continues, Shows that al
ready the sinister wolves who wish
to devour the ~$40,00O.00O are m
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-02
NOTICE

MYDpLEsEx BUS OWNERS
ASSOCIATION
New Schedule
Busses starting from Railway and
Fords 6 A. M.
One from Railway to Fords
6 A. NJ.
One from Fcrds 10 Railway
9 A. N.
x hour schedule until 3 A. n.
y hour schedule from 8 p. NJ. "a
Z r. NJ.
Every hour from p. M. to
Until taxthsr notlsAs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-02

the shadows, barking and yappidg
for the state Highway Board to
be appointed by the legislatu Ae
with unlimited control over th's
money which belongs to and is pad
for bv the tax payers of this state.
IT have seen more lobbying
hyenas running up and down the
corridors OF the state house tn s
session since the $40,000.o00 bond
issue was adopted and the coura-
geous stand taken by the governor
to protect the expenditure OF this
money, than ever before"
Reports are being circulated here
that as a compromise measure,
steps will be taken to have the Re-
publican caucus introduce a bill
placing the administration of the
money in the hands of the State
House Commission, composed OF the
governor, state comptroller n
state treasurer. However, but little
credence is being given this thought.
Accuses Silzer of Job Barter
ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 2.-Charg-
es that Governor Si1zer was attempt
ing to barter a place in the proposed
new State Highway Commission to
obtain the senate's approval Of his
plan for a three-man commission
were made by State Senator Rich
ards Of Atlantic county. Further
the senator declared that the Repub-
lican majority IS giving the COVER
nor plenty of rope" and when they
were ready they would tell the real
story behind the governors action
in ousting the present highway COM
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-02

controlling majority Of the board.
Hammond is treasurer of the Repub-
lican State Committee and a former
assemblyman from Somerset county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17

Edsrord Burns and . NotabIs Cast
IN q Tremendously Interesting
Drama Of Cojdn HIInlon aud q
Family Of the Old Southern AIRS
MISUNDERSTANDING A elton. Glorious
Natural Settings, Bdir-Roisin9
Clinlares and Genuinely ID q
tinpuished Acting Place the Stamp
Of Greatness Upon This forei
Flm Play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17

Supported By q Precious Band Of
N0utIoay Brs0onds IN a clustering
BurlesQxe of Life Aboard q Whaf-
ino Vessel, Wherein the SnItleIess
Comic Perns4ts the Captain to Hold
bv Letting H3mself and the Entsre
Cretp In for O Bad Afternoon IN
THAT Rofbed of Strife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17
Lionel Barrymore.

MOTION picture fans find the ver-
NA satile Barrymore in new light
in Enemies of. Women" Prince Lub-
imoff, his characterization, is man
who has lived too fully. and one whose
belief is that everything has price,
but that nothing is worth what 1t
costs. ~. 49, 49,.
One moment he is the proud and
bored aristocrat; the next he is exc
cutting succession of feats that
even few of the so-called athletic
stars of pictures would essay.
The stars fight with Ivan Linow,
225-pound champion Russian wrestler.
is thought more thrilling than that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17

which he staged with Louis VOL
helm in 1.-The Face in the Fog, which
was described by critics as the most
realistic ever filmed. In one part of
his fight with Linow Barrymore
makes a startling leap from a high
balcony and lands squarely on the
burly Russian. whom he bears to the
ground. Barrymore, with Paul Ran
ger as his opponent. also stages what
Is said to be the most sense and
realistic sword fight ever filmed.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
PROTI "BONUSUM" MA
STAVBACH.

Sdruzeni stavitelskych "a
mfstnavatelu zaslalo vykon-
nym svym rIditelem w. p.
Carrollem dopisy bankam. sta
vebnlm vypomocnym spolec-
nos.em, zabyvajici Sc pujcka-
mi ma stavby kterych Sc po-
zaduje iista kontrola :::speku-
lativnich" kontraktoru, kterl
vyplaceJi zvlastni bonusy.
''Sdruzeni zamestnayatelu
ami nacelnlci uni nepovazuji
Ia nutne preplaceti stanovene
mzdy vzajemnou dohodou'
pravi Sc ' zminenych dopisech
a adavaji Sc hned priklady.
TAX mZda pro omitkare (pla-
Strovace) stanovena Jest IA
Sl.25 ia hodinu. pro zednlky
81 40. ale nektefi kontraktofi
delnictvo preplaceii a sice Y
prvnim pripade $500 a \ dru-
hem Sl.75 ia hodinu. Pfepla- :
ceni Sc dele slice dnes pry ySu-
de, ale neivice sc levi prave y
jmenovanvch dvou odborech.
Pocinanlm nekterych kon-
traktoru pax donuceni .isou o.
statni spoletnosti k naaledova-
nj, coz ZvysuJe stavebni nakla-
dv a ohroauje pry cely pru-
mysl.
Proto mali finantni ustavy
kontrolovati puicky spekulatiy
MIN podnikatelum v smeru
pokud Sc tvce placenych mezd
Pcdobne hnuti piipravovano je
tez Y New Yorku. Podobnd
ma nastati / kontrola cen ST.
veDnlho matcrialu, ktere koll-
sail den ode dne tax povlzlive
ze nemolno dncs ami upravit
stavebni fozpoCet. tax re les
podayani nabldell ma stayb,
vel;ce riskantnim.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
PROTI MAYOROVU VETU.
Patrani po Whitfieldovi
v mrtvem bodu.

Radnf w. E. Potter, aC ne
moci upoutan ma luzko, vcera
prohlasil. ze bude nalehati ma
svolani zvlaStni schuze NEST
ske radv, ma pristi ctvrtek, ma
ktere by ordinance novolujici
$4,000 iako cenu Ma dopade-
nj Whitfielda, bvla pi.iiata j
pres vcera oznamene veto ma
yora Kohlera
Schuze musi bvti svolana,
pfeje-li 81 tax aspon pet rad
Mich, coz by Sc stale velicc sna-
dno. Nedoslo-I by k schulz
mimofadne, mohla by mestska
rada ordinance znovu odhlaso-
vati teprve cd pristiho pcndell
"a tyden.
Skorem soucasne pravil rad
nj j. ID. Marshall, ze by rad v
pi.iSti pondelni schuzi videi
bezpeCnostniho riditele Mar
tince. kteremu by byla predlo-
zena otaZka, mnoho-li by sta
10 zriZeni zvlastni policejni ce-
fy, iez by Sc vyhradne veno-
vata polapeni uprchleho vraha
policisty Griffina. Cast penez
k tomuto ucelu byla liz povo-
lena okresnimi komisary.
Patrani po vrahovi octlo Sc
V mrtvem bodu, ba ami zad.
nych zprav nedoslo, jez by od-
krvly neiakou stopu. Chicaz-
ska policie spclu cleveland
skym detektivnim poruciken
Nevelem dosud profile aavait
dourata tamejsiho podsvGti
ale asistent okresniho aalobce
Williams zvlastni ZastuDct
Stantona G.. V. Kilbane vrat:
Sc dnes vecer do Clevelandu
Jedou tomtez autu typu Jor
dan, kterem Whitfield spoil
Sc svojI spolecnici Clevelan
du uprchl.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
PRATELSkA VYCHAZkA
DO PRfRODY.

kterou porada clevelandska
D6lnicka rada csl. kona Sc jiz
piisti nedale, dne 3. cervna. CT
lem jeiim je farma p. Madelo-
ckova bllze Lee rd., ma niz To-
nj hospodaril p. Kouba a kde
loni konany vylety ustf. vybo-
RI c. s. O., okresu d. T. j. a
SOkolll u Mt. Pleasant a i Far
ma naleza Sc vychodne cd Lee
I'd, asi 10 minut cesty po Lee
rd. ma pravo od Miles Ave.
Jed'te karou Broadway-Cor-
lett ma konec linie, preSednete
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
CRADUACE MA CASE
SCHOI. OF APPLIED
SCIENCE.

Ma uvedenem utelisti gra.
duovalo celkem 40 poslucha-
cu. Il nicha osm vyZnmena-
MIN, mezi temito cteme i kra-
janske jmeno J. E. Vanika,
jenz dosahl cestne graduace Y
oddeleni hornickeho inzenyr-
stvi.
Diplomy pax obdrzeli kraja-
ne Josef j. Tesai' Robert l..
Zahour V oboru elektro-inze-
nIrstvi.
Slavnost tato byla V Cove
nant kostele, kde k absolven-
tum promluvil dr.. Marion l..
Burton, president michiganske
university. A
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
MARkA v STEJNE HODNO-
TIE S RAkOUSkYMI
kORUNAMI.

Byvali spojenci Rakousko a
Nemecko Sc opetn6 schazejl,
aspon pokud Sc tyca znehodno-
Gene valuty. Vcera bylo na
burse zaznamenano -.0014h
marka nemecka. kdezto koru-
ma videnska -.0O14M. Ia to
ceskoslovenska koruna jew liz
30 delsi dobu jistou ustalenost
pchybuilc sc jen Y nepatrnych
zlomcich 0 2.97 do 2.9o, blizlce
sc tax ponekud kursu italskym
liram, iez stojl meme byva-
Iych spoieneckych velmoci
.nejnlze All.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01

neni "policajtem V sukni", ale
srolecen.kou pracovnici $ po-
liceini moci. Kona sice take
patrolni sluzbu, ale ieji prace
tyce sc hlayne zen, dfvek de-
Il pfi zabraiiovani zlocinum a
chran6ni tech, kdoz sc kofisti
zlocinu obycejne stavajl,' Jest
as tresti ieiiho pfesvedceGi.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
''svET''

Jak znamo, klub jest oposici
proti mayorovi, nebot' 81 pre-
ie, ably v Clevelande zfizovany
zensky policejni department
byl uradem samostatnym, fiZe-
ny aenou, kdezto mayor Zasta
va mvslenku, abv zenske odde-
leni bylo pod vedenim policei
n!ho naGelnika Graula. Proto
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
ZATCENA POSTOVNl
STRAkA.

Inspektori e. NJ. thinner
man A. p. Owen zatkli Y
zdejsi postovni ufadovne w
pomocneho klerka Rudolfa
Ianga, jenz kradl dopisy, OBJ
sahuiici penize. Deset minut
po zatceni bvl postaven pred
komisare Spojenych Statu +.
]. Hoppla, jemuz Sc k emu phi
znal. Lang, jenz bydli Y els.
1904 Treadway Ave. S. w. bvl
dopaden, kdyZ oteyreI oznace-
ne psanl S obsahem So 80
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01

as Kohler sotva "vleze do ia
my lvl' a patrne Sc omluvi.
Zmin6na fe6nice Jest povazo-
vana ia autolsitu V organisova-
nj zenskych policejnlch odde-
leni a pracuis V zenskych or
ganisacich hlavne timto sme-
rem.
"Zena v. bezpecnostni sluzbe
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01

ma karu Randall (zluta), plati
Sc SC, slezte pax na Lee Rd. a
idete pravo ma oznacene mi
sto. Clenove spolku Y Del.
rade zastoupenych, dostavte
SO V hojnem pottu. @ dobrou
zabayu, hudbu i obcerstyeni je
postalano.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
ZENSKY MESTSkY CLUB A
MAYOR KOHLER.

Mayor Fred Kohler byl po-
Evan k dnesnlmu vefejnemll
banketu V Damskam Mestskem
Clubu, ma kterem ma mluviti
Miss Virg. Murray organisa-
ci zen y policeinich sluzbach.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-27
Names of 22 More
Oil Men Indicted
inTexas Revealed
Brokers and Promoters Re-
turning Stock Subscriptions
Received Through \ /,
Pending Investigation.

Fort Worth, Tex. April 26-Pre-
Ylously withheld names OF % oil pro-
moters, indicted last week BY the fed.
eral grand jury on charges OF using
the mails to defraud. were made pub
lie today by United States District
Attorney Henry Zweiful
Zweiful admitted that mail contain
ing stocg subscriptions and addressed
to certain promoters or their brokers
was being returned to prospective oil
investors pending investigation OF Ger.
tain cases. lie would not make public
the names Of promoters or companies
who are returning stock subscriptions,
nor would he divnlge the number fol-
lowing the plan.
The plan of returning such mail IS
carried out by an agreement ON the
part OF the promoters. it was said.
a list OF indicted promoters whose
names were previously withheld FOL
lows:
sam l.. Hess. indicted In the Re-
we're and DIR. Cook cases.
William A. Aggers Of Dallas, nam
ed in the Revere case. furnished s..
GOO bond AT Dallas Wednesday.
w. +. Crowley. ii. T. Duncan and
W. j.. Fraley. Revere case.
Robert Matches. Revere case.
Thomas NJ. Milan. Revere case re.
moyal proceedings filed at Oklahoma
City.
A. A. Pastornak. Jay F. Smith and
F. II. Whsley. Revere case.
e. A. Tull OF Dallas. bond OF 5000
furnished.
Harry T.. Hicks Pilgrim on com.
pany case.
!. III. Critics. Mid American on com.
pany. furnished 50 900 bond.
James Drever. Tex .Mexia Drilling
syndicate. furnished s5.ooo bond a,
Camden. Ark.
\. l.. Dafrow and " NJ tazenhy
North American Coal and oil com
pany
T. H. Mohuron named in Or. cook
case
Edward J. Bowen. c. W. sleets
Harry w. Bleam. Ambrolse NJ. Del
eambroc and George Harvey Currier
named in the DR. Cook case.
George NJ. Lucas. named In the pil
grim case.
Joseph Ban. Tex Mexia Drilling syn
dieate.
Bonds for {. s. Woods s. c. Ham
merly and !. 5. Akin. who were in
dicted last Friday. were received 10
day from Houston John II. kirby OF
that city. one of the sureties, qualified
for 81 GOO 600 in sIanIng the bonds.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-27
Ship Abandoned;
937 Are Missing
Steamer Grounded on African
Coast Yields No Trace of
Passengers.

London. April ga Reuters dis
patch from Capetown says that the
Portuguese mail steamer Mossamedes,
which grounded several days ago at
Cane Frio, southwest Africa, has been
found abandoned. with no trace of the
s31 passengers she carried. Thus Tar,
the dispatch adds. no boats have been
picked up and there is no indication
of the fate of passengers and crew.
The Mossamedes. vessel OF 4,s15
tons. left Capetovn last Friday for
the west coast. Just when she went
ashore is unknown, hut she sent out
an s o s call for help. THE British
steamer. Port Victor. which was go
miles away. raced to her assistance,
arriving about midnight on Tuesday.
The Port Victor found the Mossa'
medes abandoned.
The British steamer, the dispatch
says, Is still searching for the boats.
II necessary. the German steamer
Erandi, which is coaling at WaiFis.
will assist I'm the search.
Owing to the fact that there are no
landing places in the neighborhood OF
Cape Frio and that a heavy sea is
running today. grave anxiety is felt
for the safety of the boats. The Mos
samedes passengers included -
women and % children. Two OF them
were British and the rest Portuguese.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-27
Explosive Inventor
Does Some Exploding
on Arriuai III Omaha
Denies Made T. N. T.

DIR. Chain Weixinann. heraIded
by high class publicity men as the
inventor Of TINT, the Ligh ex-
pIosive. did little exploding "ou
his own hook" yesterday on his
arrival here to spread the gospel Of
Zionism.
He threw bomb In the pub.
liclty mems camp by declaring that
he did not invent TINT.
II discovered an ingredient to
keep high explosive powder in or
der" said DIR. Weixnmnn. II did
not invent the powder called
T.N.T."
DIR. Weiymann said that his in
yeniion followed a suggestion from
the British admiralty that some
thing he discovered 10 keep in good
condition the powder carried on
ships His discovery followed, he
said
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-27
Utilities Ce1,,,ay.!. .,,os SOS
C,a.,.,u A"s psl

Kansas eMo, April 26.-The
proposed consolidation Of railroads in
TO a few great systems will "unduly
restrict competition. disturb traffic
routes and weaken the primary mar.
kets of the west" says a statement
filed by Clyde NJ Reed. chairman of
the Kansas public utilities commits.
sion, at the opening of the Interstate
Commerce commission's hearing on
the proposed rail merger.
The petition further states that No
economies will be effected by the con-
solidation.' 1t urges that the COM
mission investigate thoroughly the
financial benefits which it claimed
would be derived and their effect upon
rates to the public by the common
carriers.
~"The proposed plan is extremely
theoretical and is not supported by
popular foundation. the statement
says. mo tangible evidence CON
clusively proving that the plan will
be beneficial has been produced.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-27
Elihu Root
Supports
Court Plan
Noted Jurist Says United
States Would Pledge Moth
ing in Joining Interna-
tional Tribunal.
Urges War Be Oudawed

Washington. April 26.-Supportinf
President Harding IN his contention
that the United States should PARTED
pate in the permanent court Of inter
national justice. Elihu Root tonight
told the American Society Of Inter
national Law that the question pre-
sented by the presidents message te
the senate was really only question
Of moral support.
THE amount Of contribution 10
wards the support Of the court 10 h
determined By our own congress
would be negligible asserted Hr
Root I'VE undertake 10 do nothing
and to give nobody authority or
power to do anything to us. The
question is merely whether We shall
give our moral approval to the IS
tablishment of the same kind Of court
which our government has been urg.
ing for generation
In addressing the society. OF which
he Is president. at lis 18th annual .
meeting. Mr.. Root described at length
the genesis and nature Of the world
court. his reasons for believing il ~.
perior to the old Hague tribunal. the
clear distinction which he said should
he made between The league OF ma
tons. the development of interna-
fIonal law despite the world war and
what he held TO be the faiiacy in
reasons advanced why this country
should not support the court.
Agrees With Borah.
Then. in closing his address. he
said.
I wish to express my warm agree
ment with what Senator Borah has
recently said about outlawry of war
To that end I sincerely hope that ths
approval Of the United States may be
given 10 this international court
which represents the highest point
yet reached by agreement Of the IA
tons in affording the same substitutes
for war by judicial decision Of inter-
national cases that has been so effec-
tive in doing away with private war
among individuals.
I hope also that following upon
that approval. ths influence Of the
United States VII be employed Il
bring about a new conference OF al
the nations entitled 70 take part in
the making Of international law. 70
formulate and agree apen the sineae
rnents and addifinrs which Thousd
soN he made 10 reeoll0ile divergent
.ews and TO extend the law 10 sui
gecls not now adequately regulated.
but as TO which the interests Of inter
national justice require that rules o.
law shall be declared and accepted.
Urges Universal Law.
I look forward With confidence =
the time when the rules so formulated
and accepted a. universal law. vii
declare all wars OF aggression 10 bs
criminal violations Of the law II ns=
tons I~look forward TO the time
when the refusal q any nation pro
posing war. 10 submit % an impartial
Turn tn Page THREE. toiumn one-A
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-27
Hastings
Measure Is
Advanced
State Senate Divides on Party
Lines Over Bill Revising
State Actiyities-Demo-
Gratis Solidly Opposed.
Fulfills Party Pledges
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.

Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. April 26.-Passage of the
Reed Hastings plan of revision of
state activities was insured in the up
per branch of the legislature. when
the senate advanced it to third read
ing over A determined opposition
waged by the solid democratic min
ority.
The Hastings committee on miscel-
laneous subjects dug the Reed Hast.
ings bill up last evening, and placed
it on general file. Under the Reed
Hastings bill. the governor is given
the choice of appointing secretaries or
of having the departments under cleo
tive constitutional officers. The bill
takes away appointlve power from the
governor for employees in the various
departments and places it in the de
partment heads.
Charge Waste OF Time.
The democratic opposition first
made its fight on the ground that
the lower house would not accept the
Reed Hastings plan of revision. and
then rang in Governor Bryan. II was
a waste Of the legislatures time TO
be playing with it. they said.
After a motion To kill had been de-
feated, with straight party lineup
of 20 to II. Senator Larkin alone vot-
ing with the democratic minority, the
democrats opened Up a barrage of
amendments, intended to keep the bill
in the committee of the whole until
the tune for final adjournment ar
rived.
This bill can serve no other pur-
pose than to stir up political strife.
Senator Banning. minority leader, de-
clared.
Can Fulfill Pledge.
Saunders. Wiltse and others of the
majority. answering him, declared
that the bill permitted the democrats
TO. fulfill party pledges by transfer
ring the activities 70 elective eonsti-
tutional officers. Senator Hastings,
one Of its authors. declased that it
was precisely what Governor Bryan
had promised the taxpayers.
On the vote 10 advance the bill TO
third reading, two republicans lined
I'D with the 10 democrats, Senators
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Probe of Graft Charges
on Dry Agents on by L. s.

Washington, April 26.-An inYestis
cation into the many charges that
graft is being practiced on or among
federal prohibition agents has been
begun by the internal revenue bureau.
under which tho prohibition unit
operates. Treasury officials said To-
day that considerable data had been
laid before Commissioner Blair. but
thus far the inquiry had disclosed no
losses 10 the government.