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Complete Dispatches of United Press, Intern ational News Service and Universal Service 1 fri OTA HOME EDITION 4 20 PAGES. DNA PURVIANCE who is named by Chaplin's wife. flfiAR OMEY PROSECUTOR TO AO CASE Sidener Makes Choice, Says No Deals i i Have Been Made Facts to Grand 1 Jury Today Losses Still Put at $200,000 Lawyer Refuses to Let Client Be Questioned Now. Andrew C. Maroney, former assistant circuit attorney under Joseph Folk, was engaged today by Circuit Attorney Howard Sidener as special prosecutor in the case of Edward Grant, secretary-treasurer of the Wagner-Grant-Bell Realty Company, whose peculations in fraudulent deeds of trust have caused losses to investors estimated from $200,000 upward.

This action was viewed in many quarters as indicating that; others than Grant may be involved by indictments to be returned in due course. "I have made no deals with anyone," Sidener said today, "and this evidence is going to the grand jury at 1 p. m. today for action. I do not care where the chips fall, and anyone who is saq Paper Saq "STAR NO.

87. AARON MALONE, WEALTHY NEGRO SEEKS DIVORCE Asks Court to Name Re-' ceirer for $2,000,000 As- Kis of foro College, pending Division of Property. PROMINENT IN CHARITY, CHURCH AND POLITICS foa3an Who Discovered to Straighten Negroes' Hair Finds Domestic Affairs in Tangle. One of the major negro business Btures of the nation went Into throes of a domestic tangle to-7v when Aaron E. Malone.

for-" president of Poro College, manufacturers of halr-Qghtenlngr preparations, filed it for appointment of a receiver the $2,000,000 partnership hich he and his wife hold, and asked for a divorce ipinit Mrs. Annie Pope Turnbo-Malone. She it as who twenty-seven ars ago discovered the preparation that the normal vanity of negro women for "straight hair" into one of the most heavily isaeted products of the country, a professor, mar-rifd the young widow April 28. 514, and turned his wide acquaintanceship Into bureaus for posing of tho product, i The re-reipt ran upward Of $250,000 an-Ecally for several years and they vera the social mentors, the chief fourccs of charity, and the leaders of the St. Louis negro world.

Today the business has 75,000 ngents in various parts of the world, and, Mr. and Mrs. Malone iav toured the world several times In pleasure and business trips to advance the sale of tho product live at Poro College. The divorce petition reveals that, although the Malones have been livinj at the Poro College as for merly, they have occupied separate euarters since February 28, 1925. and have not spoken to each other Since May of last year.

The two have been prominent in Charity work and during the last colltlcal campaign Malone said that he and his wife had given $30,080 to charity in the last three yars. In 1924 she paid one of the largest taxes on income in St. touis, with a total of $38,404. The divorce suit was filed by Claude McElwee of the law firm Fortstel, Mudd, Hezel Habe-liioht. Malone charges that Mrs.

Malone bad an ungovernable temper; that the falsely accused him of infidelity, and has refused to speak to him glnce May. He charges that en February 28, 1925, he returned tome one night to find his clothes la the student quarters, with the lock on his family quarters and the library changed. He alleges that this action was a desertion, and it Is on this ground that the divorce is sought. The story of the discovery of the preparation goes back to Brooklyn, 111., a negro settlement. 1O0.

There, in a little back room, Mrs. Malone discovered the prepa-ation and 'made it for two years before she came to St. Until 1914 she worked with -t, earning at that date a net profit ef $75 a day on her product. Malone Was Teacher- Malone, then principal of Lincoln High School, at Quincy. came to St.

Louta on a visit. Ho met Mrs. Turnbo with whom he had Sone to school as a boy, and they mewed their friendship and were married. Prior to his school work ae had sold religious books all over the country and had a wide follow-to among negroes throughout the t'nttej Slates. He organized this vast acquaint-nce into agencies for the dTsposal o' the product manufactured by "oro College and in 191 thilr ln-tno had been sufficient to enable them to build the $530,000 college wilding, it had spacious fine living quarters and two ars later a building costing added with a dining room gating S00 persons.

There the gave social functions on a S-arui scale. The opening of the college drew Heroes of Prominence from all the country and fifty corre-ondents of negro papeps were in Wendance. Shortly after this discord and Mrs. Malone objected 'he fact that ninety-seven shares tho corporation's 100 shares of -ock wcre hls natnet The cor. Poration dissolved and, he alleged.

Partnership agreement was made each having half interest. Still domination of negro affairs at its height. They gave to the necro Y. XL C. "to Howard College, $10,000 4 s'te for a negro orphan's -mm.

Prominent in Polities. was taking an interest in Eich Politics. His voice was V-i Vith tfle negro vote and he COlmittee posts of conse-enco. He also contributed liber-' to the campaign fund. The establishment grew.

It had agencies through-thro countr'- ani scattered Uf the We-sst Tdies and South America. tw0 between the 'ln tak'' definite form. -ltuiuation cxt-rcises each year rrrTiiini ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY, AMBASSADOR HOUGH-" daughter to wed her father's secretary. Miss Matilda Houghton will become the bride of Chandler P.

Anderson, secretary to her father, ambassador to Great Britain. GIRL'S LOVE TEST LEADS TO DEATH OF YOUNG SUITOR Writes Sentimental Letters Herself -Fiance's Body Found in Hotel. to MARSHALLTOWN. Jan. 13 (By U.

A 19 -year-old school girl today explained how her at tempt to test the love of her sweet heart resulted in his death at hi own hands. Vera Bellenfeuille was engaged to marry Charles Elrod, 28, of Lewellen, Neb. The wedding date had bt-th set for But Vera wanted to "make sure' of her sweetheart's love. She had been reading popular fiction mag azines and remembered the story of a girl who tested her lover's af K-ctlon by telling him of another suitor. So Vera wrote a series of letters to herself, presumably from anoth er young man, and allowed them to tome to Elrod's attention.

She obtained the photograph of a handsome young man unknown to tlrod and showed it to him. That she said, her "other suitor." "I wanted to rrake sure that he loved me," the girl said. "I want ed to make myself doubly precious to him." But EIrod disliked the idea of a rival. They had -a little quarrel Then she refused once io see him another part of the test. The next day Elrod's body was found In his hotel room.

He had died, apparently by self-adminls tered poison. CHICAGO IS THREATENED BY INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC CHICAGO, Jan. 13. (By I.N S. An epidemic' of Jnfluenxa threatens Chicago, according to a bulletin Issued by Health Commis sioner Herman N.

Bundesen to day. Epidemic in Philippines. MANILA, Jan. 13. (By I.

N. The Philippine Islands are being swept by an epidemic of influenza. MILITARY GUARD KILLS ONE OF 11 IN ESCAPE PLOT COLUMBUS, OHIO, Jan. 13. (By U.

One soldier was killed during the night in" an attempt of eleven military prisoners to escape from the guardhouse at Ft. Hayes The leader of the plot. Private John D. Kearns of Braddock, Pa. was shot through the head by a guard after he had climbed through a window of the guard house and ignored the commands of the sentry, officers at the fort said.

THE WEATHER Form.it for St. I.ealai Snow to nlxhti Friday pnrtlr -load maca coirttrj tue lowest temprratare to- ntgrnt win be aboat 18 arnrrrn. Temp. Rel. Drv.

vVet. Humid 33 28 60 32 32 73 12 7 p. 7 a- 33 32 Sa Stage of river, 6.9 feet, a rise of .2 a foot. Sun seta 5:01 r. m.

today, rises 7:19 la nn. tomorrow. I Maximum temperature yesterday, 37 at 1:30 p. minimum. 2a at 1 ia.

1 i I 'Ss I i 1 3 i I i I 'a I IV it TEMI'EHATl'RE UK MINOS. Midnight ...33 1 32 3 lllltiVfSw 4 a- 32 lJi 5 a. 32 IS: 10 a. 33 I IT 11 a. 34 PRICE TrO CENTS SPECIA penalty for it." guilty and take whatever pun SECOND BIG SNOW STORM OF SEASON IMPEDES TRAFFIC Pedestrians, Trains, Autos, Street Cars and Basses Af.

fected by Storm. Traffic was tied up today by the second heavy snowstorm cf 'he winter. Motorists who ventured out found their windshields obscured by the wet. heavy snow that felt all morning, and the street slippery and precarious. Street-car and bus traffic wa slowed up by the heavy increase in the number of passengers and the slippery rails.

Trains were delayed all the way from a few minutes to almost three hours by the. snow and lack of landing tracks at Union Station. Between 6:30 a. m. and 9:10 a.

m. one Inch of enow fell on the two Inches of slush on the ttreeta resulting from the rain yesterday and last night. The snowfall will end tonight. Weather Forecaster Montrose W. Hayes promised.

Tomorrow will much colder, he Bald, and partly cloudy. The cold spell will last two or three days. The other heavy snowfall this winter was November 17, when S.3 Inches fell, a record for that early in the season. The storm today was the result of a rainstorm from the Gulf of Mexico meeting cold weather which is coming down from Alaska and the northwest, Hayes said. Social service agencies are being swamped with calls for assistance.

There were forty-five new applicants at the Provident Association yesterday, and E. B. Steger, general manager of the association, expect at least seventy-five today, he said. One thousand men applied for Jobs at ahovelling snow this morning at the offices of the Amity Frea Employment Bureau. 310-12 Market street.

Requests for men to do work of this type may be phoned to the bureau, MA in 0076 and 0077, and will be answered immediately, the management said. Four automobile accidents late yesterday and last night were by the police to ths ato'im. MELLON ORDERS PROBE OF CONDUCT OF DRY DIRECTOR WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (Br I.

N. An Investigation of th administration of Chester P. Mills, prohibition director for southern New Tork, was ordered today by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. L. C.

Andrews, dry chief, will conduct the Inquiry. Kepresentativa La Guardla. New Tork, Republican, has charged Mills with inefficiency, partial responsibility for diversion of Industrial alcohol anI with operating a speak-easy wltla federal funds. CARELESSNESS CHARGED TO DEATH TRUCK DRIVER A charge of criminal carelessness was made by a coroner's Jury today against Ray Wurl. 19, 50 Goodfellow avenue, driver of a truck which struck and fatally Injured Francis M.

Anderson, a. 58-year-old salesman, 3949 Juniata street, Monday afternoon' ht Spring avenue and Juniata. Anderson died Tuesday. Wurl was released today under bond of Smallpox hi England. LONDON, Jan.

13. (Universal Service.) A wave of smallpox i-s sweeping over North England, bringing fear cf a serious pt4emic OF GRANT JANUARY 13, 1927. SWITCH ENGINE TESTED SAID TO BE SMOKELESS Oil-Electric Type of locomotive of 600 Horsepower Tested by Missouri Pacific in Yards Here. IT IS DESIGNED CHIEFLY FOR TERMINAL WORK Manufactured in Chicago and Weighs 100 Ton One Tried Ksre First of Kind to Tested in the Southwest A new smokeless switching loco motive, which, If placed In general use, would rid railroad yards of the smoke evil, is now being tested by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in its local yards, officials of the company announced today. The engine is an oil-electric type, is capable of 600 horse-pow er and weighs 100 tons.

It ia manufactured "by the Ingersoll- Rand Company of Chicago, and is the largest locomotive turned out by this concern. The one in St. Louis is the first to be tried out In the southwest. Similar engines are under test in the east. The locomotive was designed principally for terminal work and is said by its makers 'to bej the latest type of locomotive power.

The Missouri Pacific has been testing the engine for three weeks to determine its efficiency and cost of operation. If the experiments are success ful, it will purchase the engine and operate It In Its yards here. Other engines probably would be purchased later. CHILD BOUNCES FROM HOT STOVE, BUT IS UNINJURED MIDDLETOWN, N. Jan.

13. (By U. Three-year-old Mary Pelton fell through a cell ing hole, hit a hot stove and bounced to the floor. Her mother ran with her to a hospital, but It was round the child was uninjured. ONTARIO MAN DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD IS HANGED HAMILTON.

Jan. 1 3. (By U. John Barley, already legally dead, was hanged here yesterday for murder. He was scheduled to be hanged three weeks ago when Justice Lennox of the appel late court signed a stay of execution.

The sheriff canceled the execution, but later decided a mistake had been made, and that his order was not legal. FREIGHT CONDUCTOR FINED FOR BLOCKING BUSY STREET MEXICO, Jan. (By I. N. Charged with blocking the street at a Wabash Railway crossing with a freight train here for 21 minutes; in violation of the city ordinance which specifies 5 minutes as the maximum time limit, W.

A. Murphy, conductor of the train, was fined $17.30 in police court. BABY NO. 15 BORN, DOCTOR REFUSES HORSE AS HIS PAY Evelyn Jean Cllne, who was born In a tent in East St. Louis December 27.

has fourteen brothers and sisters. Her mother. Stella dine, is a fortune teller; her father, of course, is a horse trader. Todiy the family ls'gone. Nobody knows just where.

Dr. O. W. Knewlta, who attended when Evelyn Jean was welcomed, said the father, who seemed to have plenty of money, offered as his fee, "a hoss, a good hoss." The physician insisted on being paid in cash. ALFONSO'S HUNTERS KILL 21,000 BIRDS AND RABBITS CIUDAD REAL, SPAIN.

Jan. 13 (By U. King Alfonso and members of his hunting party at Santa Cruz Mudela yesterday had killed 21.000 birds and rabbits. Partridges were so plentiful, one hunter eald, they hid the sun. FIGHT ON CYRUS WOODS REACHES SENATE FLOOR WASHINGTON.

Jan. 13. (By I. N. A battle is pending In the senate over the nomination of Cyrus E.

Woods of Pennsylvania as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission His appointment was rejected by the Senate Interstate Commerce Commit tee by a vote of to 6, but ulti mate action of the senate Is In doubt. FIRST OF THREE DOUGLAS PLANES DELIVERED HERE The first of three Douglas ob-eervatlon planes, a modification of the type of plane used by American flyers, has been delivered to the "Mh Division Air Corps National Guard at Lambert-St. Lonis Field. The plane was adopted by the S. Army Air Corps last y-ar to replace the DH-4s, developed during the late war.

DEAD BANKER'S BROTHER ENDS HIS OWN; LIFE Fred Oilers Shoots Himself to Death a Kansas City Just Before He Is to Be Questioned by tthe Coroner There. CHARGED WITH INDUCING SUICIDE OF FINANCIER Widow of Presidentt of Closed Roanoke State Bank Had Said That He Took Poison at the Suggestion of Fred. KANSAS CITY, Jan. IS. (By U.

A few minutes before he was to appear at the coroner' office to be questioned in connec tion with the death by poison his brother, Fred Ehlers shot and killed himself here today. Ehlers returned from Pueblo, yestedray where he had gone following th edeath. of his brother, Gus Ehlers, president of the closed Roanoke State Bank. Mrs. Katherine Ehlers, widow of the bank president, "had charged in a statement that Fred Ehlers had induced her husbanl to take poison after the bank aosed.

ABOLISHING OF 14 BOARDS IS BACKED BY GOVERNOR JEFFERSON CITT, Jan. 13. Gov. Baker has agreed with members of the general assembly that there should be a number of state boards abolished to simplify operations of the state government and reduce expenses. The governor lists' fourteen boards.

including: State Board of Hair Dressers and Cosmeticians, Board of Veterinary Examiners, State Board of Examination for Nurses, Board of Barber Examiners, Fruit Experiment Station Board, State Poultry Board, State Board of Dairy Examiners, Children's Bureau, State Library Commission, Capitol Decoration Commission, State Board of Accountancy, Immigration Commission. OTHERS CONFESS HOLDUP JN WHICH TWO ARE HELD Police will urge release of John Pell, 20. of 5449 Kingsbury, northwest, and Philip L. Zebrowitz, 25, of 4921 Claxton avenue, held at the City Jail on robbery charges. The grocery of William and Fred Brueckner, 4234 Lee avenue, was held up by two men who took $125 December 21, and later Zebrowitz and Pie! were identified as the bandits by "William Brueckner and a customer.

Yesterday, Cecil Hood and Paul Lewandoski told police they held up the store. ST. LOUIS BEAUTY ASKS DIVORCE CHARGING ABUSE Mrs. Lenora E. Kaemmerer, 21, formerly Miss Lenora E.

Sarli, well known as a winner of local beauty contests and member of a prominent musical family, filed suit for divorce yesterday against Burchard A. Kaemmerer, 23, an attorney in the Security Building, She charges abuse. Kaemmerer could not be reached for a statement. HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES FOR HAUGEN FARM BILL WASHINGTON. Jan.

13. (By U. The House Agricultural Committee today voted, 13 to 8, to report favorably the Haugen farm relief bill. EDITOR HELD FOR CALLING JEHOVAH AN 'IRATE PARTY' TORONTO. Jan.

13. (By U. Ernest V. Sterry, editor of the Christian Inquirer, is under arrest because he published in the first issue of his paper an attack on the God or Jehovah of the Old Testament, who was referred to as "an irate old party" who "massacred hundreds of thousands of His own people." Sterry Is held under an old English law which has not been invoked slncj 1883. ADVISES WOMEN TO QUIT JOBS AFTER MARRIAGE A girl should not continue working after she marries except In her own home, the Rev.

D-. Russell Henry Stafford of Pilgrim Congregational Church, said Tuesday in a lecture at the Downtown Y. M. C. 1526 Locust street.

This was the first of a course to be delivered by various speakers on marriage and family life, under the supervision of Dr. H. H. Hubbell. director of religious education at Pilgrim Churfh.

Youth Get. Five Year. A jury in Judge Pearcy's court yesterday ignored an alibi offered for Noble Reed. 2 0. of Chouteau avenue, and returned a verdict of five years in the penitentiary on a charge cf highway robbery.

Miss Mary Reed. 2011 Rutger street, nd others, testified that the youth was visiting her at the time of th obbery. Reed was charged with being one of three bandits who held up a filling station at 353S South Kingafcighway, September 14. UE is reported to have ac-11 cepted $325,000 to drop separation suit. 4 Pac'fte and Atlaotlc Ffcoto.

COUNT SALM. $325,000 SAID TO HAVE ENDED SUIT OF COUNT SALM Settlement of His Separation Action Against Former Milli-cent Rogers Reported. Copyright, 1927, bjr mirerasl Service NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Count Ludwig Salm's separation suit against Countess Mllllcent Rogers Salm.

Standard Oil heiress to has been settled out of court. The count, an Austrian nobleman, will receive $325,000 from his wife's father, Col. Henry H. Rogers, It is understood. The separation action will be dropped.

A divorce suit In Paris is a later possibility. Hearing of the suit brought by the count against his American wife was abruptly adjourned December until next Monday. But that adjournment, as it now appears, was a virtual abandonment. As a preliminary to the final public announcement, counsel for the count And countess obtained another continuance yesterday until March 21. The opposing attorneys told Justice Levy that the proceedings had been settled, but that reconciliation was not the basis.

Count Salm, who is moved to fury at the implication of "gold digging," will be saved from this stigma by the provisions of the $325,000 financial settlement, The money, -to be paid in several installments, will take the form of abating Count Salm's projected suits agalns Col. and Mrs. Rogers for alleged allenalon of affections. But Salm, chose to forego $12,000 a year offered him by Rog ers to stay away from America and his -wife rather than lose his son, will not be content, it is understood, with a mere financial settlement. Peter, the 2-year-olcl son, was the center around which the separation suit pivoted, and It la understood Salm will be granted partial custody of the child.

WOMAN LETS LEGISLATORS SMOKE, COLLEAGUES CHEER TOPEKA. Jan. 13. (By U. Miss Stella Hainesr only woman member Of the Kansas Legislature, was greeted with cheers and presented with two baskets of flowers when she said she didn't mind a bit" if the members smoked In the house.

COMPROMISE RADIO BILL TO BE READY THIS WEEK WASHINGTON', Jan. 13. (By U. Conferees will be ready to present a compromise radio bill to the senate and houte before the end of the week. Senator Dill, Washington, Democrat, told the senate yesterday.

PARDONS ONLY DECLARES 'MA' FERGUSON AUSTIN. Jan. 13. (By U. With her clemency proclamations totaling 3.205.

Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson today challenged the "crowd of howlers to tell the people what" pardons I have issued that have not been founded on Justice." Her term expires January IS. DOG HAS LIVED TWO YEARS WITH STOMACH REMOVED CHICAGO, Jan. 13.

(By I'. A dog, whose stomach was removed by an operation two years ego, has lived since then at Northwestern University Medical School, it was revealed today. "The stomach Is not necessary for digestion," Dr. A. C.

Ivy explained. rhe food is perfectly digested la the dog's Intestinal tract. IV MRS. CHAPLIN AIMS TO CUT OFF SALARY OF MISS PURVIANCE Movie Comedian in Chicago Says He Is "Saddest Man in America LOS ANGELES, Jan 13. (By I.

N. 8.) Notice has been served by Edwin T. McMurray, heading Mrs Charlie Chaplin's legal counsel that he will move to halt the pay of Edna Purvlance, one-time leading woman for Chaplin, and still said to be on the Chaplin payroll at $250 a week. McMurray contended that Miss Purviance was not entitled to any salary because, he alleged, she had not been in the employ of the Chapiin studios for several years. "This money should go to Chaplin's children," he said Mrs.

Chap lin, the former Lita Grey, who la euins the movie comedian' for divorce, plans to ask for a 000 property settlement, according to her attorneys, who now estimate his assets at $16,000,000. Chaplin In Chicago. CHICAGO, Jan. 13. (By U.

Charlie Chaplin, movie comedi an, does not wish to discuss his marital affairs because they are "a terrible mess too terrible for words." The man who has made millions laugh at his antics on the screen passed through Chicago last night a picture of dejection. He said he was enroute to ISew Tork. "I guess I'm the man in America," he told reporters who met him as he alighted from a train from California. "Pleas don't ask me to discuss the things which have been said about me They are terrible." Mrs. Chaplin, the former Lita Grey, has sued for divorce.

ST. LOUIS-KANSAS CITY AIR PASSENGER SERVICE FEB. 1 Airplane passenger service between St. Louis and Kansas City will begin about February 1, according to an announcement made yesterday at Kansas City by the National Air Transport 'Company. BOLSHEVIK ATTACK ON ROUMANIA IS REPORTED LONDON, Jan.

13. (ByLN. Bolfhevlk troops, aided by a Soviet gunboat, attacked the Roumanian frontier near Bugaz, dispatches from Bucharest said today. The Bolshevik soldiers are reported to have crossed the Dniester and opened a machine-gun attack upon tho Roumanian outpost. After a sharp exchange of shots the Bolsheviks were driven back.

Here's the Wav One Woman It! Old Mrs, Jones didn't have to rent a room, but it was lonesome being In the house alone at night, so she inserted a little Rent Ad in The Star that told of the pleasant front room she had. It was well heated, near the new bus line, and had many home comforts. Out of several who answered she selected one young woman, a teacher, who has been with her the past three years. You, too. can help meet the landlord's, bill If you fix up the spare room.

You can also give a home to some woman who will willingly pay for it. For the assistance of a i courteous ad clerk, call. The St. Louis Star, GA r. 6000 Say "charge it." and a bill will be mailed later.

involved in this thing will pay a Grant has said he will plead ishment is fixed by' the court. "I have two Important murder cases coming this next week and I want a man, with a record as prosecutor, to take this case. I have stlected Moroney." Kelser'8 Case First. The first case to go to the jury will be that of E. H.

Kelser. retired Washington University chemistry professor, whose life savings of $50,000 appear to have been lost. Grant was found in his hiding place near the outskirts of the city by The Star yesterday morning and his discovery and first interview were published exclusively In the Home Edition of The Star. His surrender came at 1:23 p. and this fact was first told exclusively In the City Edition of The Star.

Today the 27-year-old man who rocked real estate row and sent Investors Into a wild rush to investigate their holdings in deed" of trust. Is at the home of a friend, awaiting results. IUrttcTates Story to The Star. Grant had little to add today to his exclusive Interview in The Star yesterday. He- declined to say why he had taken the large amount of money that the fraudulent deed transactions brought to him or to point out the channels through which it was expended.

He reiterated his desire to pay the penalty for his misdeeds and his hope that eventually he might reimburse those who lott their savings. Jerome F. Duggan, attorney for the receiver of the Wagncr-Grant-Bell Company, today asked Slg-mund M. Bass. Grant's attorney, for permission to interview Grant in an effort to unravel the tangled affairs of the company.

Bass Ba'd he would permit Grant to do this later, but not Immediately. He added that he desired to make a complete investigation himself. James S. Bowling painting contractors of 2223 Franklin avenue, today filed mechanics' liens against property owned by E. A.

Wagner and by W. Bell, partners in the realty firm, for services previously One lien for $1,086.10 is against the apartment building owned by the company and Mrs. Emllie G. Wagner at 6231 Rocebury avenue. The other, for $608.50, is against Mrs.

Ida Grant Bell and W. H. Bell for painting their residence at 7057 Kingsbury avenue. Grant will plead guilty to any charge that has been placed against him and has exonerated Wagner and Bell, who are his brothers-in-taw, of any complicity in his action's. Both Bell and Wagner have said that their first knowledge of his fraudulent transactions came when Grant wrote Wagner a letter after his dli appearance January 1.

Engaging Maroney as special prosecutor and statement today that the inquiry would bo widespread. may affect Grant's stand on his desire to accept hU penalty immediately. Wasp- to Kill Corn Borer. CHICAGO. Jan.

13. (By I. N. Systematic breeding of wasps to combat the corn borer is advo cated by W. P.

Flint, rtate entomologist. Twice lit 'the Same Mace in one day See Page 4 uooUnuttl on Page 2, Column L..