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Evening star., 1925-04-02
SEVEN ARE HELD
ON GRAFT CHARGE
Deputy Collectors of Rev.
enue Indicted for Alleged
Extortion of Bribes.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK, April 2-Federal grand
jury indictments were returned today
against seven deputy collectors of in
ternal revenue on charges that they ex-
torted hush money from business
men of West Chester and Bronx coun-
ties.
The specific charge was that the dep
uties solicited and accepted bribes from
citizens under threat of obtaining
against their firms income tax assess
ments, fines and criminal prosecution.
The indictments named Charles H
Green, Albert q. Nelson, William
Snowden, Saul c. Stetnthal, Henry
Mayer, David benjamin. and Charles
fremont
Green. previously indicted with
collector of the district, pleaded guilty
and awaits sentence. He was ar
raigned with Nelson on today's in
dictment, and both wire held in
s.. 900 bail for trial. The others will
be arraigned tomorrow.
Two months of investigation, dur
ing which Assistant United States
District Attorney Millard examined
so complainants, brought forth the
seven indictments. Prosecutors sale
the amount of hush" money per vic
tim ran from $50 to $4,000.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
VIII Test Theory
That Men With Long
Legs Are Smartest
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 2.-Dr. W. II.
Sheldon, University of Chicago
psychologist, will undertake TO
answer the question whether
man with long legs and red hair
has more brains than short
legged blond man. Prof. Naccarau
OF Columbia University advanced the
theory that as a rule long-legged
men had the greatest brain capacity.
Scientific trends tend to sup
port the theory, DR.. Sheldon said
today. He will measure 400 men
at the University of Chicago, as
"anthropologica indexes" who
also will be graded for mental ca
pacity, and the physical and men
tai indices compared.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
SEES AUSTRIA AT WAR.

VIENNA, April "A sensation has
been caused by an address delivered
by Dr. Bauer, Socialist member of the
National Assembly, before a meeting
of Republican soldiers. After dis
cussing an amendment to the law ex-
tending the period of military service,
the deputy said:
The hour is approaching when
danger threatens from Hungary, and
every soldier will be needed. The hour is
also coming when reaction will again
raise its head at home unless held in
check by fear OF your bayonets."
Evening star., 1925-04-02
MACMILLAN TO SEEK
TRACE OF NORSEMEN
Arctic Expedition Hopes to Find
Evidences of First Visit of
European Explorers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April a.-Traces of the
first explorations of the Norsemen in
Greenland and Labrador will be
sought in an Arctic expedition head ed
by Comdr. Donald B. Macmillan, the
explorer, leaving this country June 1.
Accompanying Macmillan will be
Eugene F. Mcdonald, jr., president of
the National Association of Broad
casters, who will make radio expert
ments and endeavor to keep the party
in touch with the world. Short wave
lengths will be used for daylight
transmission.
The expedition will travel to
Labrador, skirt the shores of Green
land and return by way of Labrador,
where Macmillan plans to establish
a permanent scientific experiment
station
Evening star., 1925-04-02
BONES IN OLD HOUSE
TANGLE DEATH CLUES
Scotland Yard Faces New Mystery
in Strange Demise of
Inventor-Poet.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 2.-Scotland Yard
today added mystery to a strange
death story that is engaging British
crime experts. Detectives rummag-
ing in gloomy old Bloomsbury man
sion built over graveyard. in which
were found recently the bodies of
Granville Cooke. aged so, a poet and
inventor. and Selwyn Foster, aged 21,
a son of a wealthy family, found a
number of human bones.
The mansion, which Cooke used os-
tensibly in connection with engineer
ing experiments, was formerly a
school of anatomy. operated by
Cookies father, a. noted surgeon Po-
lice say that the bones found today
may have been left over from the
days of the anatomy school, but the
officers wrapped them up carefully
for expert examination by Sir Ber-
nard Spilsbury, the home office
pathologiSt.
Deaths BafHe Police.
The deaths of Cooke and Foster
have baffled police. While it seems
to establish that Cooke died of gas
poisoning, Foster apparently died sew
eral hours earlier. Cooke was known
as a brilliant engineer and inventor
He was graduated from Bonne Uni
versity, and had perfected several in
ventions which brought in good royal
ties. He also wrote a number of poems,
one of which was accepted by Queen
Alexandra. Both he and Foster, how
ever, had criminal records, and the
police had been watching Cookies
movements for some time before the
mysterious deaths occurred.
Scotland Yard agents also are in
vestigating report that Cooke
promised two girls he would teach
them stenography at his Bloomsbury
establishment, although the authori.
ties say it is known that he was ig-
pprapt of that work
Evening star., 1925-04-02
VETERANS HEAD SEEKS
TO "CLEAN OUT" BUREAU
Says Some of Forbes Ring Have
Retained Jobs Under Pres
ent Director.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press
SEATTLE, Wash, April Frank
J. Irwin of New York. national COM
mander of the Disabled Veterans Of
the World War. said in an address
before the Seattle Post of the order
last night that campaign is being
waged Ito clean out a ring in the
central office at Washington"
We do not believe that Col. Forbes
alone was responsible for conditions
found in the bureau" said Irwin.
Some of the men who served under
him are serving under Brig. Gen.
Frank Hines. The opinion through
the East is that these men should go.
Conditions in veterans hospitals
nave shown marked Improvement
There has been some improvement in
the bureau, but not as much as we
would like"
Evening star., 1925-04-02
PACIFIC SHIP SALE
UPHELD'B BY BOARD
Effort to Block Consumma-
tion of Dollar Deal Beaten
by Vote of 3 to 2.

An effort. to delay consummation of
the sale of the five California Orient
steamers 20 the Dollar interests
pending a ruling by the Attorney
General as to the legality of the tram
saction was blocked today at a
meeting of the Shipping Board.
BY margin of single vote-the
same majority which recently ap-
proved the sale-the board rejected
a motion by Vice Chairman Plummer
proposing that the legal questions
involved be referred to the Depart
ment of Justice.
The motion declared the service
maintained in the California Orient
line. which at present is operated for
the board by the Pacific Mail. is diff
ferent from all others under the
board, in that a part of it, between
Honolulu and the United States, is
coastwise and that the ships sold
were of a type of which the Govern
ment had an insufficient supply.
The vote was 2 to 3. Those svot-
ing against it were Chairman OCon-
nor and Commissioners Lissner and
Haney, and those supporting 1t were
Mr.. Plummer and Commissioner Ben
son. Commissioners Thompson and
Hill were absent.
Expenses Cut $I4,OOO,OOO.
President Palmer. of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation had a long talk
with President Coolidge today but de-
clared afterward that his visit to the
White House had nothing to do with
the Shipping Board row over sale of
the Orient line to the Dollar interests.
The feet corporation head added,
however, that he had gone over the
shipping situation generally. and pre-
dicted that more of the Shipping
Board vessels would be bought by
private interests as additional lines
begin to show profits.
Increased efficiency OF operation
and reduction of personnel, Mr..
Palmer said. probably would make
possible saving of $14,000,000 this
fiscal year and sS,0oo,000 for next
year. He predicted that the corpora
ton would operate at loss this year
of about s36,000,000.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
FRANCE WILL PAY,
MINISTER PLEDGES
IN SENATE SPEECH
Manner of Meeting Debts
Still in Air, CIementeI
Declares.
GRAVITY OF FINANCIAL
SITUATION is REVEALED
Statement Made in Connection
With Decision to Circulate
New Currency.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 2-After explaining
the gravity of the French financial
situation in the Senate today, Finance
Minister Clementel declared that
general liquidation of the problem
recessarily involved an arrangement
for payment of the French war debts.
France is honest" he declared. she
will pay: il remains only to determine
in what manner"
Americans know we mean to pay,
NJ ClementeI continued. We have
So assured Mr.. Hughes and Secretary
or state kellogg. We have found in
considering the matter with them
that the old fraternity of arms has
not heen forgotten and we are on
the road to a satisfactory arrange
nient."
NJ. Clementel explained that he
had merely made nominal mention OF
war debts in the inventory of
Frances resources and liabilities, be-
cause at the time it was impossible
TO fix the exact amount France would
have TO pay.
The announcement was made in
connection with the governments de-
cision to increase the currency circu-
lstion.
New Currency Announced.
He avoided mention of any figure
further than to remark that, count
ing lost bills, which have reached
enormous figures since 1914 and OF
which no account is taken in the
bank statement, together with hair
billion francs in paper money In the
Ruhr, which must be regarded as lost
,,.,Iz Ntav-a
could be an increase of 2,5OO,6OO,00o
francs without new law.
He declared that the measure in
view could not be regarded as infia-
tion, and said J. p. Morgan & Co. and
other Americans and British con-
suited by him had made the distinc-
tion between an increase in circula-
tion for commercial purposes and an
issue of paper money to pay the ex-
penses of the state.
He appealed to all parties to forget
strife on other questions and unite to
lift France out of her financial difficult
ties.
Speaker interrupted.
The announcement that circulation
would be increased, but that the gov
ernment's determination to resist all
temptation to initiate remained unabated,
brought skeptical interruptions from all
parts of the Senate, which received the
finance minister's proposals on the
whole with coolneSS.
The extreme left of the House
cheered him when he left the speak
.er's stand, but three fourths of the
senators remained silent.
NJ Clementel reviewed the whole
financial situation, going back to the
consequences of the war for the chief
cause of the present trouble. He de-
clared that the French public was
tired of government loans, and since
1920 had turned toward foreign Sc
curites that offered opportunities for
speculation through fuctuation in
exchange.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
NEW DRY SEIZURE
LAW PUT in FORCE
Allows Use of Forfeited Ve-
hicleS and Vessels in En-
forcing Statutes.

Strict regulations were issued today
by the Treasury Department to all
customs and prohibition officers, plac-
ing in effect provisions of the far
reaching law passed by the last Con-
gress which allows the use of for
feited vessels and vehicles in the en-
forcement of customs and prohibition
laws.
This follows new regime at the
Treasury, in which all activities con-
corning prohibition-custom Coast
Guard and the prohibition unit-were
placed yesterday under the direction
of the new assistant secretary, Lin
coin c. Andrews, a former brigadier
general of the Army.
The regulations were drafted by Of
ficials from the various services con-
cerned some time ago, and were issued
today to the officers charged with en-
forcement of customs and prohibit
tion.
The new system of control over pro-
hibition matters. with Gen. Andrews
haring to handle only the customs
Coast Guard and prohibition units,
together with the new regulations,
which will be placed in effect as soon
as received. are expected to result in
more stringent enforcement of prohi =
bition.
Guard on Abuses.
The lines are drawn tightly. how =
ever, in the new regulations, in order
that there may be no abuse of the
system. such as was feared by those
opposed to the law. One opponent of
the law had declared it would pro-
vide every prohibition agent with a
private yacht and automobile.
The regulations provide that re-
ports must be made in detail to the
Treasury Department of such ves-
sells and vehicles as may be needed
in the enforcement of prohibition or
customs, in order that their use may
be authorized IL desired"
The regulations are so drafted that
no vessel or vehicle may be placed in
the hands of a field officer without
approval from the Treasury Depart"
menu. The name of the officer who
is to be responsible for the use OF
the conveyance is designated by the
Treasury Department itself.
Provisions also are made whereby
the Secretary of the Treasury, upon
request of the heads of the services
concerned, may transfer forfeited
to another in the same or different
credits and debts being made on the
records of the officers charged with
the custody thereof"
Definition of vessels and vehicle es
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1925-04-02
TURK TROOPS ADVANCE.
Reach Center of Kurdish Insured.
tion, Reports Saw.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2-Turk-
sh troops are reported in adyices
from the front to have pushed their
advance to the center of the territory
affected by the Kurdish insurrection.
1t Is expected that Palu (55. miles
north of Diarbekr) will fall shortly.
it is stated in the messages, which
add that the Turks have occupied a
number of important positions.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROOKHAVEN, Miss, April =
Thousands of persons are visiting
the vicinity of Union Church, a viii
lage west of here. where the earth
is cracking and sinking in an area
a quarter of a mile long and about
40 feet wide. Some of the cracks
were described as "bottomless,"
while parts of the strip have sunk
from l to Is feet. The dropping
of the earth continues at an esti-
mated rate Of foot day.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
Earth Drops Foot a Day Over area
Quarter Mile Long in Mississippi

One theory is that hundreds of
years ago aborigines inhabiting
the country dug large underground
chambers beneath the hills, the
entrances subsequently being filled
and the earth only now caving in.
Arrowheads and broken bits of
pottery have been found in large
quantities in the territory.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
Hermine Back at Doom.

BERLIN, April 2.-Princess Her
mine, wife of the former German
Emperor, has returned to Doom. She
has been undergoing treatment for
the past few months in various sani-
tariumS in Germany.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
TRA|NMEN DENIED
PAY INCREASE ON
CAPITAL TRACTION
ArbitratorS Advise Employees
to Wait Until Next Year
to Press Issue.
HAD ASKED 70 CENTS
AN HOUR FLAT, IN PLEA
w. R. E. Workers Not Involved
in Present Findings-Cut Was
Counter Proposal.

Trainmen of the Capital Traction
Company lost their plea for higher
wages today when the board of arbi-
tration, which has been considering
the question, decided there would be
no change at this time in the present
pay scale.
Announcement of the arbitration
boards decision was made in the form
of statement signed by John Hays
Hammond, John J. Manning and Stan
ton c. Peelle The statement follows:
In view of the fact that wages,
hours of employment and other condi-
tions of labor are subject to modifica-
tions in March. 1926, the period at
which the present agreement expires,
the undersigned agree that wages (the
only subject now under discussion)
should continue as they are now until
the above date.
Conferences Favored.
I'm the meanwhile, there should be
frequent conferences between the
management of the Capital Traction
Co. and the representatives of their
employees, members of Division $50
of the Street Railway Employees
Union, with the object of reducing
working hours and adjusting the
wage scale to insure fair compensa-
ton to employees"
The scale of wages. which is con-
tinued in effect by this agreement,
follows: First three months. 90 cents
an hour; next nine months, Sc cents
an hour. and thereafter, So cents an
hour.
The union applied for a fiat wage
of 20 cents an hour. The company
countered with suggestion that the
present scale, instead of being in
creased, should be reduced to that
CONTINUED on Page ,, Column 50
Evening star., 1925-04-02
Run, Suspect Cre,0
ReScueS PursuerS
Wrecked by Blast
BY the Associated Press.

ITtSS.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., April 2.
The crew of an alleged rum
runner, being chased by a Federal
patrol boat last night, turned
about and rescued their pursuers
when an explosion occurred on
the latter's craft.
The three members of the dry
navy boat had been forced to leap
Tor their lives after d gas ex-
piosion In the engine room of their
craft In the midst Of the pursuit.
The Federal men were taken to
the Atlantic City Hospital, suffer
ing from burns on the face and
hands
Evening star., 1925-04-02
WINS 5-YEAR FIGHT
FOR CLARA BARTON
HOME IN GLEN ECHO
Dr.. HubbeII, Red Cross
Founders Former Secre-
tary, Awarded Decision.
CHARGED SPIRIT CLAIMS
BACK OF "ILLEGAL DEAL"
Mrs. Mabelle Mcdowell in Posses
sion of Property Since Trans
ferences in 1914.

An opinion that the Clara Barton
Home in Glen Echo, Md, was OBJ
tanned Illegally, and denying Mrs.
Mabelle Rawson Hfron Mcdowell the
right to its possession. was handed
down by Chief Judge Hammond
Urner of the Circuit Court at Rock
vile today. The suit refers TO Mrs
Mcdowell as Mrs. Hiron. that being
her name at the time it was filed.
1t was victory for Dr. Julian T.
Hubben. private secretary of the late
founder of the American Red Gross.
after five years.
Both Hubbell and Mrs. Mcdowell
live on the Barton property. He con-
Veyed deeds to her in 1914. Affecting
13S lots in Glen Echo, including the
Barton home, and 72 lots in nearby
communities, bill of sale covered
personally taxed at 81, 600 and Glen
Echo water bonds to the value of
$4,000. The lots and their improve
ments were valued at about 10000.
and $4,000 in funds are involved
Asks Deeds BE Set Aside.
In May, 1920. DR.. Hubben filed suit
TO have the deeds set aside, alleging
fraud and deceit. He said that he
property and was to have built a
great memorial to her. Believing in
spiritualism, did Miss Barton,
Hubbell said that when Mrs Mellow
ell, as Mrs. Hiron, came to him short
ly after the death of the Red Cross
founder, claiming to be a spiritualist
and interested in his project for a
memorial, he yielded to her plea for
! 2 hand in the affairs. She claimed to
IA
said, and to have owned considerable
property in Mexico, Nebraska and
other sections.
"CIaimed Rich Suitor."
He said she represented to him that
John T. Clark, son of former Senator
Clark, the Montana multimillionaire
! had asked her 10 marry him, and
/ that she was willing to take him into
| the plan for a Barton memorial that
/ would make Glen Echo to Clara Bar
| ton what Mount Vernon is to George
! Washington.
With the then Mrs. Hiron. HubbelI
! said he visited a medium in Wash
! ington, d. G. and they both accepted
] messages from the spirit world as
authentic, and she herself claimed
according to the plaintiff, that she
/ had received personal communica-
| tions from Miss Barton, approving OF
! the transactions.
The conveyanceS were made upon
| the understanding that all was to be
/ done in the interest of the Barton
! Mem orial, according to the suit filed
! five years ago. After the former Mrs
( Hiron came into possession of the
numerous Barton holdings, according
| to Hubbell. the memorial proposition
| was allowed to be forgotten and sales
were made of lots for which he had
! conveyed deeds. After failing in
numerous alleged efforts to induce
! the defendant to comply with the
Evening star., 1925-04-02
PROBE is CONTINUED.
Three More Arrested Yesterday in
Investigation of Revenue Bureau.

The intelligence unit, Internal Rev
enue Bureau, headed by Elmer l.
Trey, continues to make progress in
its campaign against persons sus-
pected of income tax Irregularities of
various kinds.
Three men were arrested in two
new cases yesterday and two more
Evening star., 1925-04-02
''FrOnn Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1925-04-02

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Evening star., 1925-04-02

CONTINUED on Page .. Column s.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
WEATHER.

(U s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomor-
row; slowly rising temperature to-
morrow.
Temperatures-High So at pm.
yesterday; lowest, 80, at am today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1925-04-02

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Evening star., 1925-04-02

CONTINUED on Page 4, Column s.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-27
Water Conservation.

The discussion Of water ~cOnserva-
ton and flood control, for instance,
an issue Of vital Importance to the
entire West, is commanding the inter-
est of many state engineers. Profess
sor Frank Adams, head Of irrigation,
investigation and practice a. the Uni
versity of California, will have charge
of the discussion of this subject which
is scheduled for the morning of the
second day.
The water conservation and con-
troll problem, as it effects all west
ern states, will figure in the discus
sion. The points to be covered in
clude: (1) the significance of water
conservation and control, ~ the
measure Of water conservation and
control now in effect, (3) present
state and national policies, (4) public
and private agencies concerned, 81
generally accepted d~esideratum, CO
scope of steps necessary to accom-
plish this.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-27
MONTANA TO Be
REPRESENTED AT
COAST MEETING
C.. S. Heidel, Helena, Will Attend
National Chamber of Com
merce Session in Seattle

SAN FRANCISCO-The western
mid-year meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, to be
held in Seattle, December z and 8,
will have much more of an official
character than the two preceding
meetings through the participation of
many state and federal officials. The
meeting will be attended by repre-
~sentatives from eleven western states
and acceptances received to date indi-
cate that each of these states will be
represented by one or mOr officials.
C. S. Heidel, state engineer, of Hell
ena, will represent the Treasure state
at the sessions.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-27
BUILDING FOR
BELGRADE BRANCH

To provide suitable quarters for an
enlarged business, the Oliver Stout
Implement company Of this city has
purchased a building, formerly occu-
pied by a restaurant, on Northern Pa
cifid avenue in Belgrade, and will
remodel it before putting in a full
line Of farm machinery and hard
ware, says the Belgrade Journal.
The large warehouse heretofore
owned by the Oliver Stout company
will be moved up and joined to the
rear Of the building just purchased.
Roy Gilmer, who has managed the
Oliver Stout branch in Belgrade for
some years, will have charge Of the
new store. Workmen have already
begun making the necessary altera-
tons and improvements on the struc-
ture.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-27
B. F. SHERMAN DIES
At LOCAL HOSPITAL

Funeral services for Benjamin F.
Sherman Of White Sulphur Springs,
who died at the Deaccness hospital
Monday afternoon, were held from the
West chapel at $3.50 p. m. Tuesday
Wednesday morning the body was
taken to White Sulphur Springs for
burial.
Mr.. Sherman's death followed an
operation to which he submitted sew
eral days ago. He had lived in this
city for about two years, having been
employed as a truck driver by Mon
tana State college. He was an over
seas veteran Of the World War and
a member Of the 163rd Regimental
band.
Benjamin F. Sherman was born at
Castle, Mont, January II, 1894. He
is survived by his father, w. T. Sher-
man of this city; his mother, Mrs,
Mary E. Sherman of White Sulphur
Springs; two brothers, Roy o. Sher-
man Of Two Dot, Mont, and Grant w.
Sherman of San Diego, Cal, and a
sister, Miss Alice Sherman Of Platts-
burg, N. Y.