Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

ft We fl WEATHER INAL 1 EDITION Unsettled PAGES PRICE LINKED IN CHARGES GRAT DURING WAR 1 A i x' "A "7 ft ather Denies Threat ALLIED LOAN to Kill His Children i Li MR AND MRS WILLIAM MORRIS AND SON BLAIR cor go A ot his REE RIDES ON 0 Vuor MONDAY QUASHED anrt employe She night and 'Miss Humphrey LATEST WIRE LASHES It was To Issue Pentathlon 4 Sit men of the board oi Ing the alleged stolen car WOULD BE IN EXCHANGE OR DEBT RECOGNITION 1923 TO BE BOOM YEAR SAYS CHANDLER OICER was basis 28 HORSES DIE ADMIRES WIE IN TRACK IRE KILIS HUSBAND RANCE ARS PEGGY REPORT They Tell Michigan Associa tion Healthy Activity Dur ing 1922 Is Assured sot up for an orderly much tendency tn deplorable Indus rance moreover multitude of small finds herself in his on of Satisfied With Your urniture? to PAID $50 A WEEK TURNED IN $60000 STOCK SALES Thus Star Salesman Depicts Policy of Sinkula irm Charged With Swindle Woman ools Mother Steals Baby been that per 1 Says She is Court Officer Gets Boy by Trick Warrants Issued for Two CRISIS IS SEEN IN BONUS BILL I'rnmHetf out of which vast maturity Natur done Credentials Are Necessary if Girls Are to Compete for ree Press Prizes the baby and the bobbed haired woman The nirdner Mrs Morris 1740 Mlchlsan avanue zwore to two warrants Tuesday issued against William II Morris her husband charging him with desertion March 13 and the other charging Mary Doc alias O'Brian with klunaplng Blair Morris (Shortly before William' Morris ra truck driver deserted hja wife and Infant son he declared that If any trouble separated them ho would take the boy with hint the wife Continued on fnae Two Column Two llX llHCllESEXTATIt DIES Popular Bluff Mo May 9 Norman A Moseley former rep resentative died at Bloomfield today He had been In failing health tour months Mr Moseley was Congress from 1895 to 1897 representing the our teenth district NO VllLtJAHITV AT THE Refined carefully conducted 1 you want to kiss your baby gootl this part ing question a large bobbed haired woman who said she was Miss O'Brian ot the juvenile court took 18 months old Blair 31 orris from his mother's arms Tuesday May 2 and now police are looking for Owosso Man Held in Highland Park Disclaims Intention' to Hurt Babies Schenectady May 9 Stock holders of the General Electric com pany today voted to Increase the company's capital stock 53500(1000 by issuing 3500000 shares of com mon stock at 510 per share THUGS BEAT MAN ROB HIM $250 Tchitcherin Says Russia Must Have Goods or Money to Continue station The father was questioned by Chief Charles VV Seymour and the children were given into custody of the matron Mrs Carrie Gill The story Luder told the chief did not agree with the one that came from Caro 1 Luder left Caro two years ago and bought a sporting goods store in Owosso he said ive weeks ago worry over his financial situation combined with troubles made him so nervous he ays that he deemed it advisable to sell out He did so but the? relief to his nerves was not forthcoming So he went to Caro to see the children When he took them the mother he told the chief he intend ed to return them as soon as he had bought them clothes He bought the clothing however and thenvchanged his mind He decided that if he could keep them with him for a month or six weeks It would cure his nervous ness so lie brought tlwm to High? land Park Then he had another idea and bought tickets for Chicago He wasn't sure whether he would use them or not and he still had them when arrested don't believe I ever threatened to do to the children what Mrs Luder he asserted fact 1 know I The children were well dressed and said their father had given them excellent care since he had taken them from home valued at 4 BIG AUTO TRADE ISPREDICTEDBY MOTOR MAKERS GOLDSTEIN ROW GROWS HOTTER case ready for VOL: 8 7 will asserted to iiEi'iq: iit dhiiate New York May 9 Lady As 'tor in a telephone conversation tonight with the New York: Times from her homo at tho Ixinghoine estate In Albemarle county Virginia said that ahe would decline a challenge from Miss Elizabeth Marbury na tlonal Democratic chairman of the Women of the State of New York to a public debate on pro hibltlon Stuyvesant ish vice president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amend ment telegraphed the chal lenge to Lady Astor today 1 ELECTED DIBEt TOHS A St Louis' May 9 Oren Ttoof and Herbert Utter of New York today wore elected di rectors ot the Missouri Pacific at the annual meeting They succeed Cornelius Vanderbilt and Carl A do Gers dorff resigned All other di rectors were re elected Compared it with what you see in the shop windows? Think it will match up with the new stuff your neighbor purchased? Does it fit in with the general scheme of things around your place? Getting tired of it? Why not sell the whole outfit and bios isom out with something new? List what you want to dis pose of through a ree Press Want Ad and you'll have a neat pile of dollars in your pocket and the furniture gone before nightfall CALL AD TAKER MAIN 9400 or take your ad to any one of our 400 WANT Ad St one in your iicighbcThood entiles to those already JlAIl Sf HEAM when they pass the clown at the now coliseum Then the un begins and It's a riot oX av tor Adv tEllAItl JS IIIIMIUEII Paris May Many notable persons were present at a luncheon today In honor of James Gerard former Amer ican ambassador to Germany given by Pr Marcel Knecht who for some time represented rench Interests In America Minister of Health Htrauss at tend'd in 'the name of the rench government ormer Premier Vivanl In response to a toast delivered an eloquent address euologlzlng the UnitedStates and Mr Gerard personal ly Mr Gerard Is reply express ed keen satisfaction with Vlvlanl's expressions of good will toward America McCumber Spar With Harri on Say Entire Committee Will Consider Case Detroit Vrea Press Bureau i 302 MetrooMlln Mank Bldg i Washington a Chicago Officer Alo Hurt 'in Chase After Gang HikHM io Tho ree I'rew from Chlciqro Tribune I'hii ago May Two pnllcem nwere shot to death one was wound ed a garage was bombed with a 5500(1 loss and wild chase after Hie bombers was participated In all between midnight and 1 o'clock this morning Patrolman Thomas Clark 30 years old was shot and killed In fight with bombers In front of the glazier's establishment of Sharp at midnight Within a few moments the sassins fleeing from the zoeno flred upon four West Park policemen with the result that acting Lieut Tcrri nco Lyons was shot and killed Policeman Albert Moeller was shot In the arm anti Policeman red Hlnnk and James McWilliams nsr tuv'ly escaped The shooting of Patrolman Clarke came with the third attack upon the of Sharp Hz I rldRp Several lnyK ao a bfitnb was thrown nt the place and portion of the wall demolished Since that tlm police protection han been afforded the place ARCAIHl LEADS 1Airn PLACES I big In Ihn plnco with the rnualC DANCING TONIGHT Adm i5c 20c Thoroughbreds Worth $250 000 Burned at Lexington Others Are Injured bexingtbn Kys May Twenty eight thoroughbreds least at a quarter ot a million dol lars were burned to death in a fire which desUoyed" the racing stable owned by former United States Senator Johnson Cam den and Milam prominent breeder at the Lexington race track tonight The fire is believed to have been caused by lightning The blaze had gained headway be? fore efforts to rescue the thoro breds could be started Six of the horses were rescued however by Trick Superintendent Kee gan and attaches of several nearby stables Miss Humphrey two year old Louis Adair 3 year old and three unnamed fillies were rescued Mojave which finished second in the Idle Hour stakes run here today was badly burned although the ex tent of his injuries Is not definitely known Rangoon Bettlna and Dar jeeling Aces ot the older division of the stable wore among those which met death In the fire air Agnes Golden Apple and Senator Ernst are among the best of the 2 yoar olds which were burned to deatn MninvA which were rescued were consider ed the fastest youngsters in the stable The latter had not yet started in a race Harding and Cabinet Approve Conference Attitude Toward Russia London May 5lll demand a loan of" $1000000000 either in money or in gooda" George Tchitcherin head ot the Russian delegation to the economic conference is reported to have said to the correspondent In Genoa ot the Dally Herald the Labor organ Reminded by the correspondent ot David Lloyd declaration that a government loan was impos sible Tchitcherin Is quoted as having replied: Must Have Goods "We do not care whether it comes from banks of associated govern ments or individual governments we must have something concrete In return for our recognition of something different from tlrt vague proposals of the Allies Emphasizing that the Russians are conciliatory and sincerely de sirous for a continuation of the ne gotiations Tchitcherin said that nevertheless Russia Insisted that the Allies must grant in principle right to nationalize prop erty without Indemnification and tn settle frontier questions directly with the nations concerned "Our irnntiers wm not De subjectea general i said Tchitcherin Kejily Is Conciliatory Genoa Mav The Reuter respondent here Is Informed by th'e Russian' delegation that the Rus sian reply to the Allied memorandum Is conciliatory and goes to the ut most lengths in the matter of con cessions It deals 'with the prin ciples of the two economic systems In vogue in Russia and capitalistic countries and suggests that matters of detail should be settled by al special commission I The reply proposes the exclusion of the political features introduced in the memorandum and the hope Is expressed that this will present no difficulty as the Russians have tried to build a bridge between the tw social and economic systems Must Accept Reds The Russian delegates the reply animated by the utmost desire to prevent rupture of the ne gotiations and by the wish to ar rive at a common understanding so far as possible and leave it tn evo lution and common sense to bring about a rapprochement in the course of time With respect to clause seven the Russians hold that the world will have to accustom Itself to the fact nf the existence tn Europe of a state whose life is based essentially on a system of state property Jn Russia they argue two concep tions of life individualistic and and these social and economic tendencies have both their own sphere This goes to prove that the dual system can ex ist in international relations also and still leave plenty of room for private enterprise rench Altitude Explained There Is strong feeling attitude' on the Russian memoran dum which caused Loyd George to tell AL Barthou England and rance were at the turning point of re latlons is based on more than Ivr hostility to the proposed treatment of foreign property in Russia and that it is partly outgrowth of anxiety about German reparations The Associated Proas coi respond ent is informed rance can do nothing commercially ur industrial ly in Russia until her devastated industries arc reconstituted by in demnities from Germany rance maintains she would bet ter be able to help Russia after rench industries were restored and that the world including Eng land snnws over forget trial conditions as a country of a uronertv owners stlnctlvely opposed to the regime of communism which annihilates 'the system individual ownership therefore she would reluctantly ex tend welcome to the bolshevlki be lieving they endanger social struc ture of Europe So far as reparations aro con cArned conference leaders are Din ning great hopes on the meeting at Paris which Mor gan will attend to study possibil ity of floating a loan for Germany Tills shows the vital role the United' States Is still playing tn the Genoa conference for everybody knows that the suggested loan must be taken up primarily by America Its success would not only help Ger many but would enable restoration through payment of re parations It is believed this pro Continued on Page Two Column our Two men were Injured one seri ously in railroad accidents early today Griffith Howell 1 years old no home was run down by a fast on the Wabash railroad tracks in Dearborn Hu sustained a fractured skull Charles Galen 32 years old was slightly Injured when a switch en gine hauled away a freight car un der which 'he hail been sleeping The wheels escaped his feet by only a few inches TWO MEN ARRESTED AUTO THET CHARGED BLOOM REDS DEMAND BOYS PICK JONESI ADVISED $1000000000 ft DETROIT MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY Alleged Head of Company is Arraigned Before Heston Denies Guilt I flowers aro blooming boys go out and pick i That was what Charles Jonesi accused by the state as the active I head ot Sinkula Co de iswSiuryou one Columi fix) 1 lunet "investment brokers" advis AY 12 IMOGENE 5 AND CARL LUDER 9 lied Michael Blelinskl and other A Llnl ro fnxir AtLXTQ liftfnro Two men were arrested early to day on charges of stealing an auto mobile belonging to the Robinson Storage company They are Earl Howley Wil Trenton avenue anti Avoud Nader 229fi Chestnut street Rnth were arrested by delecthea who say they noticed them drlv salesmen just a few days before the concern collapsed Biellnski told Judge William Heston in municipal court late Tuesday at examination Biellnski a baker 32 yers old native of Poland was salesman and witness for Paul Voorhies prosecuting at torney at the examination when Jonesi and Oscar Rubin another alleged head or tne Sinkula con cern were jointly arraigned On a charge of conspiracy to defraud Turned In $00000 The 'hearing was not completed Tuesday and wll be continued at 2 Wednesday when Biellnski probably will be recalled to the stand and other witnesses will be heard Blelinski testified that Jonesi whom he identified in court engag ed him as a salesman and paid him a salary of $50 a week and that he turned into the concern about $50000 in monej' from sales of stock he had made to foreign born residents of Detroit most of them Polish who are said to have been swindled out of nearly $1000000 by agents of the concern He said that he had not turned over anv of the money he received from stock purchasers to Jonesi but had paid it to nun whom he named and identified as as sistants Biellnski testified that a few days before he and other salesmen found the Sinkula offices closed and customers clamoring at the doors for the money they had had a chat with him and other salesmen and told them that "The flowers are blooming boys go out and pick A Previously Biellnski testified Jo nesl4iad explained to him that'they" meaning the Sinkula con cern could sell American Sugar company stock at $50 a share al though It was listed in market re ports of the day before at $55 be cause they "through their connec tions were able to buy it in large blocks of 500000 or 250000 shares and consequently got it at Blelinskl said be knew of no divi dends that had been paid to the Sin kula customers testimony Is regarded by the state as important because he himself was Sin kula concern and believed in it completely up to very day of the collapse and so earnestly that he had actually investee some own savings One of 75 Salesmen Biellnski told Prosecutor bits that he was one of 75 salesmen employed by the Sinkula company and that he had a crew of 10 as sistants under him Jonesi was represented at the ex amination by Attorneys William Quaine and Seth Wicker Antonio Entenza also Is of his counsel while McKay Skillman assistant rosecutlng attorney is aiding rosecutor Voorhies in the arraign ment Jonesi wos brought back from San rancisco Cal where was arrested and Rubin from Philadel phia Pa Both deny the charge of conspiracy Insisting that they were nnt in Michigan when the Sinkula offices closed and that they had nothing to do with the collapse Business to Make Up for Slack Buying Period Hawkins Sounds Warning Three hundred automobile deal ers representing the Michigan Automotive Trade association as sembled in Detroit for' their first annual convention Tuesday Morn ing and afternoon sessions devot ed to talks on trade questions were followed by a banquet at the Tuller Hotel ia the evening at which tho guests of honor were Captain "Eddie" Rjckenbacker vice presi dent of the Rlckenbacker Motor company and George Graham vice president of the Chandler Motor Car company Cleveland Analyzing the business outloolt Captain Klckcnbacker told the Mich igan mon that healthy activity for tho entire year of 1922 was assured because he calculated it will take until July to replace in full the shortage of motor cars resulting 1 from the deferred buying ot the past two years' In the metropolitan anas "In normal times" Blckenbacker said "the great farming areas of the United States west or the Mis sissippi ind south of the Mason and Dixon Hfie have absorbed 65 per rent of the automobile output Dur ing the past tour months only 25 per cent of the output ot the fac tories has gone Into that territory Later in the summer the buying wave now being felt in the Indus trial sections will be felt to an in creasing extent from the agricul tural George Graham the Chandler executive who Is noted as the auto motive Industry's most eloquent speaker was also outspoken in his declaration tnat ousiness the way to a substantial prosperity "Nineteen twenty two ihrnneh a ood he "and 1922 will be a boom year The world always has to make up for every Interruption to' its buying period 't Put House In Order A At tho afternoon session Norval A Hawkins head ot the sales ad vi tUaJng and service jdyjsJonQCJ'c General Motors advisory start ad dressed the delegates 'Heterring to need Improvements In service selling and advertising methods Hawkins said motor cars in the fu ture would be sold from the back door of the shop rather than from the sales floors or across mahogany tables "Those of US who expect to survive keen competition in a buy er's market must put our house in Other speakers at tho day ses sions were: A Vane general manager of tho National Automobile Dealers' association St Louis Guy Garber president ot the Michi gan association and James Mc Gregor St Louis If Louis Luder of Owosso really did threaten to do to his children 'Besse did to his plane were foiled Tuesday rffter noon when Highland Park police arrested him and took charge ot the children ay aged 12 Carl aged 9 and Imogene a demure little miss of 5 Luder is 40 The family was taken Into cus tody after the sheriff of Tuscola county had telephoned from Caro to Highland Park that he had a fugl tuve warrant tor tho father and that he and the children were be lieved to be at 65 East Buene Vis ta avenue Luder he sald had been 1 separated from his wife for some time Saturday he went to her home to take the chil dren out to buy them some clothes He did not come back but she re ceived a note she told tho sheriff that contained a threat A non support warrant' and the arrest fol lowed The four were found at the ad dress given and taken to the police 1 0 1 9 2 2 Jump on Victim as He Passes Downtown Alley Joseph Brown 648 Third street was held up at ort anil Wayne streets early today by two men who robbed him of 1250 Brown told police he was on bh way home when tho thugs leaped at him from an alley lie wax thrown to the street with such violence that he sustained severe brulsee Ho as taken to Receiv ing hospital Police were unable to locate the thugs I WPlG tlKLlHOOM Cope Harvey himself presents hl famous all star Chicago Dance Or ehestra starting tomorrow evening and nightly except Mondays Ne floor charge free Adv Preparation werq practically completed in the health education department Tuesday for Issuing group card to public school girls who will compete In the pentathlon for the trophy medals and special prizes awarded by Tho Detroit ree Press at Codd athletic field Hazel wood and Byron avenues Saturday cards will be Issued to the schools Thursday and without these ciedentlals no girl will be allowed to participate regardless of wheth er she has qualified In the official trials Participate Miss Esther Sherman who Is di recting the pentathlon games says 86a girls will participate thia year This Is an Increase of 250 contest ants ovet 1921 when 500 Vied for the coveted pentathlon awards Codd field will be prepare! for the girls' athletic carnival riday oy lanscape riiucarion Additional Oklahoma Youth Turn on Student Who Insisted He Apologize Stillwater Okfa May (By the Associated Press) Beckham Cobb 23 years old federal student at the Oklahdma A and college here was shot and killed just out side the campus Tuesday by Earl Gordon '25 another federal stu dent whiles escorting the latter home at the point of a revolver to demand an apology to his pretty young wife for an alleged insult offered by Gordon Both Cobb and Gordon served in the army during the war Cobb was overseas Gordon Is held pending an in vestigation but Tuesday night no charges had against him Snys He Instilled Her Bertie Sue Cobb JS year old wife of Cobb declared that several nights ago Gordon had met her on the street and Insulted Ker ho told her husband ahe said Becently she said Gordon followed her Into a theater and sat Ircslde her Immediately left she said The story of the killing teas told Tuesday night by Alvin Cannon federal student a friend of both men Cannon said he came out of the chapel at noon and met Cobb and Gordon talking Gordon asked Cannon to go to his room according to vannon vopo walked with them As they left the campus according to Cannon Cobb Slim tv uwvvw "Are you going down there with me?" don't think'! am" Gordon replied Cannon said Cobb drew a revolver then Can non said and remarked: jyi "I guess you will" "Gordon then said: Tut up your gun I'll go along' Cannon declared ha said Well that lets me out if there Is to be gun Cannon turned and walked away ha said Cobb and Gordon walked on about 200 feet and Cannon said he turned to see Gordon shoot Cobb Cobb 'fell over a hedge Into the corner of a yard and Gordon fired two more shots Cannon stated? Cobb died in stantly Neither Cannon or another eve witness could say Whether Cobb was In a prostrate position after the first shot or whether he attempted to use his ow weapon Witnesses reported Cobb stepped nut In front of Gordon just before the shooting began All Three Hll Victim Alt fhrcd bullets took effect One passed through the fleshy part ot the shoulder another through the neck to the right of the throat and the third entered the bridge of the nose and ranged downward The palms ot both hands were pierced Indicating it wns snld Cobb threw them up to protect himself Records show Cobb was on the transport Otranto when It was tor pedoed during the war He was in jured and was suffering from chronic bronchitis Mrs Cobb said she thought her husband had been gassed in rance She declared he was not unduly jealous Gordon did not make a detailed statement "Cobb was after he home Is at Birmingham Ala He came here with his wife about two years ago Mrs Cobb was 15 when she married Gor home is at Miami Okla OPEN MAM MEETING ALL Al TO workers Thur May 11 8 Auto Workers' Temple 136 Adams Ave siimmfjiTkating in hfhe Outdoor ralacc Gardens Rink open AVOtl VI Illi: 1 IT5T1V4V dance PALAIS tonight Dvn mll l'" A I i Would Violate City Charter Say Vernor and Schram Councilman John A Kronk's rcso lution calling for free rides on the Btrect railway system noxt Monday the day on which the amalgamation uf tho IL sys tem with the city system win take place will not bo voted upon by ths council AVhcn the resolution wax Introduced Tuesday night Councilman James Vernor said wax iut ot order as the charter ik mii nt hermit rr ruins finally referred to the general order lor next Tuesday the day follow ing the amalgamation This action followed assertions during the afternoon to the effect that the street railway commission tvoiild not obey any such an order fiom the council Ross Schram assistant general manager ot ths Al system said that tho whole thing was illegal and could not be carried into effect without violating tl0 city charter The motion was made by Mr Kinnk in order he declared that the people might at last realize that city had been rid ot tho Ho said that on such a tiny the people should celebrate and he be lieved free rides would add consld ciably to their spirits next Monday BOMBERS KILL 2 POLICEMEN One each night "HArTYLAND the Oddfellow Clrcux at Armrry all this week Admisehm 50 Adv THHBE CENTS Startling Diclourei PromiyeU i Message sene naraing 4 Read in Congress DELAY IN PROSECUTION LAID TO LACK UNDS I WashingtonJMay Chairman McCumber of the senate finance committee announced Tuesday in tho senate that before any action is taken on the nomination of Nat Goldstein as internal revenue col lector at St Ikiuls lie would hold a meeting of the entire committee I The announcement was the out come ot pertinent questions pro pounded to him and his Republican colleagues on the commltteo by Seantor Harrison of Mississippi Head Arws Dispatch Senator Harrison first read an extract from a newspaper report telling ot appearance before the tlnanc committee Monday of Sena tor Spencer of Missouri urging confirmation of Goldstein Senator Harrison said: "I am wondering how long this practice will last Ot Republican members of the finance committee holding secret sessions behind clos ed floors and thus determining the policy of this congress They did It with reference to bonus legisla tion They now are doing It on the Nat Goldstein proposition" At this point Senator Harrison read a telegram signed by 'the president of the Women's League nt Voters of Missouri Including the president of the Republican League of Women Voters praising his eovrse in opposing nomination of Goldstein and denouncing the lat ter as unfit for tho post for which he has been named by President Harding To Cnll Entire f'pmmltlee Senator McCumber In replying said: "Whenever I get ft little time shall call the committee together a a committee to consider the Gold Contlnoed on Pago Two Column live BREAK IN LEVEES MENACES WACO Waco Texas May 9 Blasts of a siren late tonight warned persona In the low sections of East Waco that the Brazos river had gone over the levees and that Ilves and property In that section were In danger Group Cards Thursday published In The req Press in clude the following girls: Amos school: Irene Keller Ruth Grant and Mary Ridley Alger school: Bello Brlskman Doris Dunham June reeman Ger trude Pearl Naomi Abrams Ida Kaufman Mary Culver Sylvia Med ow Yalta Rosen Helen Batts Gus sle Moore Helen Tackaberry and Maxine Evans Angell School Entries Angell school: Anna Brlrnage Ma rlon Hlggcnhotham Evelyn Smith Helen Tiller Eleanor Durfee and Thelma Armstrong Balch school: Ruby McCann Opal Krupke Celia Muslrlch Dorothy Brenfleld Dorothy Brady Ethel Setzer Ruth riedman Mary Mark er Esther Mettler Henrietta Green field and Mary Mettler Barstow school: Laura Hooks and Vera Mae Brown Bishop school: 1'allllne Thomas Mattle Dickerson Lenora Griffin Marcella Johnson Johnnie Gregory Ceretta Willis Sarah Merritt Liz zie Mathews Jennie Kersch Anna Mays Denote Davis and Lucy Barse Brady school: Mary Arnot Breltmcyer school: Dorothy Bmwn Da Likely and lorence Spikes Campau school: Isabelle Arcomc Marjory Gertoft Edna Murray Ju lia Cuplna Helen Kalczynaka Ruth Continued on Page Two Column our ear That War Contract Scan aai may ne nuuicu it: Voiced by Representative i nv ghaftov wii ox BooHai tn Th fmi Pre a and CHcaiw Tribune 4 Washington May 9 Dlsrlowtv of "influential parsonages" In the Wilson administration who pio lected contractors charged with frauding the government of mil lions ot dollar during the war and who personally interested in concealing was promised Tuesday Ijy Attorney General Daugherty in a report to President Harding' The report explained delay In prosecuting war contract frauds oifinl flrns Alno rantml ft Ptl XrsnrHg AxWvo the repoit to congress He express i ed hope It would be helpful to the house In acting on tne Woodruff resolution fur investigation of Mr' failure to proceed against alleged defrauders of the government Representative Mon dell Wyoming Republican had the report read to the housed Ji A lively row ensued Charges were made that the president acllcui a was designed to kilt off tne pro posed Investigation Declare Scandal Smells Representative Woodruff Michi gan Republican sponsor of lbs resolution asserted the war 1011 tract scandal "smell to hlgh heaven" and declared the Republl can congress could not afford to face the country at the approach Ing election without "cleaning lt up" i Ilepresentatlve Garrett Ten neee Democratic leader called upon Representative Mondell to state whether the president's letter and Mr report meant the death of the Woodruff resolu tlon Mr Mondell did not nply The attorney general lain Drama for failure to prosecute upon con gress Jis promised an enrrgetlo campaign against war profiteers as soon ae necesaary legislation is en acted 'He called for prompt ar lion on the measure creating 23 ad rational federal judgeships the but establishing a special grand Jurv In the District of Columbia to grind out Indictments against accused contractors and an additional au propriatton of 550000(1 to enable the department of justice to con tlnue Inquiries Mr Daugherty insisted tho de partment of Justice has made "suh stantial progress" In war contra cases "notwithstanding lack of adequate facilities In funds and 1 "All patriotic citizens are agreed that persona and corporations whos tooK advantage ot tne extraouu nary opportunities afforded by tn war to defraud the government should be prosecuted to full extent of the law and should be made to: disgorge the unholp profits of thelrj treasonable conduct" said Daugherty "These crimes and of fenst are all the more reprehen sible when committed or connived at oy sworn officers of the government Disclosures Are 'The transactions fh rflHAA ernw tn of instances took place during th preceding aaminiRtration adv little or nothlnu was during that administration to bring these matters to light As the country soon will have reason to know influential personages the government who had know! edge of these transactions and were In a position to make disclosure were personally interested in con cealing them It is not to bo woti therefore that upon com ing into office 1 found not only that practically nothing had been done in the way of investigating and prosecuting these offenses but that no maenmery nau oeen handling the cases in and systematic Mr Daugherty said of first magnitude are proript and that other "course of He stated government claims In civil actions without element of fraud aggregated about $100000000 The war department with assistance of1 me uepuriineuL oi juaiicu airvauy has recovered millions of dollars in overpayments to contractors The record of tha department or justice cans iorno apoiogy ana none is intended air naugnerty concluded) ineworK nas pressed to the fullest extent funds at my disposal would mit" Government Said to" Have Banished Her for 20 Years Special to The ree Press from Chicago Tribune Chicago May Joyce has been requested to leave Paris anti not to return for 20 years accord ing to a report Chicago Tuesday It is I understood that Mme Jrrazuriz moiner ot wuuam Errazurlz who committed sulcjde last week and Judge Merillon of the rench appeals court father of Merillon former fiance have been eager to secure her banishment and have 'been ac tive in bringing official pressure to bear on her case REIGHT TRAINS INJURE TWO MEN 1 SERIOUSLY Harding Said to Be on irst Attitude That Taxes Must Be Levied Detroit rert Bureau 3(j? Metropolitan Bank Bldg AVaahlnuton By ree Pres Private Leaaed Wire Washington May Soldiers bonus legislation has reached a crisis Whether or not the ex service men will get a bonus dur ing this session ot congress will be decided soon At ono end of the Presi dent Harding is counseling against passage a bonus bin at this ses sion At the other end a substan tial group of Republican senators are growing weary over the indefl nltenoR of bonus plans They will either insist that the soldier be told there will be no bonus or that the bill be taken up for considera tion right away Heady to Ilcport Republican senators who are In terested in a bonus bill received as surances from leaders of the finance committee Tuesday that a bill would be reported to the senate without much further delay This assurance was given regard less uf the fact it became known at the White House that the presi dent has nut changed his stand on the bonus bill and will com municate his views 'to Senator Mc Cumber tr The assurances that bill will be reported have been given as the result of disclosures that without waiting for the finance committee to act and without waiting for Democratic senators ta try to dis charge the? finance committee from considering the bonus hill a strong group Republican senators were planning to make such a move Republican senators who desire to Continued on sge Tw Column Six General Electric Tp increase Stock WILSON REGIME1 1 HIT III REPORT 4 i BY DAUGHERTY rr a 5 lV A hIHx Ak aSBKK 1 ilalwMb A Sa Ikmh JMc ll.