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DAVIS DEFENSE ATTACKS U. S. LOTTERY CASE Senator Does Not Dominate Order, Moose Editor ' Tells Jury. PRAISES ‘PUDDLER JIM’ Former Cabinet Member Beams as He Is Called ‘lnspiration.’ BY SANDOR KLEIN United Pres* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Donald F. Stewart, editor of the Moose magazine, came to the aid of Senator James J. Davis (Rep., Pa.), in federal court today, denying that Davis dominated the affairs of the Loyal Order of Moose, or held rigid control over all of its activities. Davis is on trial* charged with violating federal statutes prohibiting promotion of lotteries through the mails or in interstate commerce. He is being tried in advance of six other persons indicted by a grand jury that investigated alleged lotteries conducted by fraternal organizations. Davis, thrice a cabinet officer, is a candidate for re-election to the senate in November. , Pays Tribute to Senator Stewart was put under examination by Charles J. Margiotti of the defense counsel. The government sought to establish Monday that Davis dominated every phase of Moose activity, was aware of the alleged lotteries conducted in its i\ame, and had profited personally from them to the extent of $173,000. Stewart said he did not submit all of his magazine material for Davis’ approval and that when he did, it was not because he was compelled to do so. He and members of his staff wrote editorials and signed Davis’ name to them without his knowledge or consent. “Why?” he was asked. “Mr. Davis is a busy man and Mr. Davis is and always has been to any Moose an inspiration because he was largely responsible for its worldwide recognition.’ Looks Up and Smiles Davis, who had been making notes at counsel table, looked up and beamed. 'He was neatly dressed and at ease. Occasionally he tossed his -head to throw his shock of silver gray hair back from his forehead. Charles H. Tuttle, in making the opening defense address Monday, declared Davis had not profited from any fund-raising campaign and that money raised was diverted only for legitimate organization expenses. He pointed out that Mooseheart, the orphan village near Aurora, 111., represented an investment of $12,000,000 and that money had to be raised to meet the annual budget requirement of $1,500,000. ’ Someone had to find the money,” he declared, “and Jim Davis found it.” NO-TOBACCO CHIEF IS SUCCESSOR TO CADLE Named Governor Candidate by Prohibition Party? Campaign to Open. • There will be no smoking in the Governor's office if the new candidate of the Prohibition party is successful in the fall campaign. For the party executive committee has chosen F. W. Lough, 6179 Norwaldo avenue, as Governor candidate to succeed to the vacancy caused by withdrawal from the race of E. Howard Cadle. Lough has been national superintendent of the No-Tobacco League of America for twenty-five years. He is a former state chairman of the Prohibition party. According to B. L. Allen, party chairman, Lough will open his campaign at Winchester Saturday night. Tonight he will speak at the Berea Church of Christ, Marion and Oliver avenues. AUTO SKIDS, CRASHES; CITY MAN IS INJURED Car Slips Over Wet Pavement, Cracks Into Another Machine. A. L. Romine, 52, of 1313 West Thirtieth street, was takln to city hospital today by police for treatment of injuries received when the automobile in which he was riding skidded into another car in the 300 block West Thirtieth street. Otha Shephard. 19, also of 1313 West Thirtieth street, driver of the car in which Romine was a passenger, told police his car skidded on the wet pavement when he applied the brakes. Driver of the other car was J. M. George, 55? of 2907 Washington boulevard. No arrests were made. TROOPS ON GUARD AS FEUD PROBE OPENS Frankfort, Ky., Scene of Quia Into Death of Two Men. By United Press FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. 20. Under protection of troops, Circuit Judge William* Lewis launched a grand jury investigation at Manchester today into the slaying of two persons and wounding of six others Sunday when the courthouse square there was turned into a feud battleground. Commonwealth Attorney Frank H. Baker was killed by a hail of bullets from ambush. John BrockBurn was the other victim.

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Mildred (Babe) Didrickson By United Press pvALLAS, Tex., Sept. 20.—Mildred (Babe) Didrickson, world’s foremost woman athlete, was confined to bed today by orders of physicians to avoid a nervous breakdown. She underwent a complete physical examination which revealed, doctors said, that she was on the verge of a collapse or of developing an athletic heart. She must rest for from two to six weeks, and can not even receive visitors, her physicians said. HOOVER DEFINES GERMAN POLICY Arms Limitation European Problem, He Says. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—President Hoover issued a brief statement today on the German arms controversy in Europe, clarifying the American stand and declaring the matter to be “solely a European question.’ The President pointed out that this government was not “a party to the Versailles treaty and its limitation of German arms.” “He said: ‘The United States already has declared that it takes no part in that discussion.’” The President said, however, that the United States “was anxious that Germany shall continue to participate in the arms conference.” The text of the President’s statement, referring to press dispatches, follows: “With reference to press dispatches from Paris on the German arms question, the position of this government is clear. The sole question in which this country is interested is in reducing armaments of the world, step by step. “We are not a party to the Versailles treaty and its limitation on German arms. That is solely a European question. The United States has already declared that it takes no part in that discussion. We are anxious that Germany shall continue to participate in the arms conference which has now such promise of progress for the entire world, and shall lend her aid in this great purpose.” TROOPS GUAfID CITY Prevent Further Outbreak in Illinois Mine Area. By United Prtss TAYLORSVILLE, 111., Sept. 20. The city was quiet today as 120 national guardsmen stood by at the request of local officials in case of further outbreaks in the bitter Illinois coal mines dispute. The troops had orders to prevent assembly of citizens in any large gatherings. A group of 3,000 miners were forced to meet across the county line in Sangamon county when troops broke up a meeting in Manners park. Two national guard companies were sent here by Governor L. L. Emmerson after a double bombing brought fears to officials that a general outbreak of violence was imminent.

84-Pound Gandhi Begins Hunger Strike in India Jail

By United Pres* BOMBAY, Sept. 20.—The Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, an 84-pound man in a loin cloth, staked his frail, brown body and his life against edicts of the British government today in a "hunger strike." Gandhi started his strike "unto death’’ after his noon meal today at Yerovda prison, where he had been a prisoner of the Indian government at the pleasure of his majesty, the king emperor. He was technically freed Just before he began his fast, but the government did not "remove him against his will. The mahatma struck against the British settlement of the commune problem. Reduction of his fruit and goat's milk diet and limited exercise

BITTER FEUD RIPS G. 0. P. FORCESAPART Shunted Aside by Watson, Ivan Morgan Lines Up With Thurman. BY BEN STERN State Republicans are engaged in a factional fight which may have its reaction in slowing up of the fall campaign, it was learned today. Ivan C. Morgan of Austin, millionaire canner, who became state chairman last December, when the Republican state organization was $30,000 in debt, has learned that he is just a bird in a gilded cage (most of the gilding being paid by himself), and that the reins of control

are in the hands of Senator James 2. Watson. * Asa defensive gesture, Morgan has invited M. Bert Thurman, former national com mitteeman, who was ‘ doublecrossed” out of the Gov ernor nomination, to enter an alliance aimed at the Watson domination at Republican state headquarters.

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It was learned today that Morgan has asked Thurman to be his personal contact men with the county chairmen. The invitation was extended the former national committeeman because Morgan believed Thurman could best withstand the blandishment of Watson. Jim Watson’s the Boss Although Morgan lifted the Republican deficit and moved the state committee headquarters into an elaborate suite at the Claypool, the management of the campaign quietly has been removed from his hands. Ernest Thomas, who has the title of assistant state chairman, and Elza O. Rogers, former state chairman, given the title cchairman of the executive committee, will be in charge. Thomas, former federal farm bank official in Puerto Rico, through the grace of Watson’s patronage, and who turned down an appointment to the ..federal farm board, has been entrenched at headquarters for the last three weeks. Rogers will assume duties within the next few days. Answering Cry for Help A third member of the new group of campaign generals, who is expected to arrive within a few days, is Will H. Hays, movie czar, whose ostensible reason for coming into Indiana to participate in the campaign, is to save the state for Herbert Hoover. But those in the know at state headquarters whisper that he is answering a cry for help from Watson. The former active member of the firm o.f Hays and Goodrich, who made a visit into the state just before the convention, to the sorrow of Thurman, is said to have an eye cocked on 1934, when Senator Arthur R. Robinson’s term will expire. These is no doubt that Hays, Thomas and Rogers will form the Republican high command, while Morgan continues in the role of “general,” because of his ability as* a money-raiser. Pushed Into Back Row That is why the Republican state committee was reorganized in December, five months before the time set by the rules. Watson, it is recalled, made a flying trip here from Washington, and had Rogers resign and then appointed Morgan. t At the same time, in order to get more money into headquarters, he tried to force Thurman to bow out as national committeeman, and picked George Ball, Muncie multimillionaire, for the post. But Thurman resisted all attempts to force his resignation, and took his time before he quit to ente v the Governor race. And now that the financial load has been lifted, Morgan is p'.aced in the back seat. MRS? ELLIS IS INJURED Wife of County Commissioner Suffers Broken Arm. Mrs. Thomas Ellis, wife of the county commissioner, was admitted today to the Methodist hospital to be treated for a broken arm received Friday when she fell at her home, 60 North Campbell avenue.

prepared him for the fast and reduced his weight from 96 to 84 pounds. With trembling hands, Mahandeo Desai, Gandhi's faithful secretary and fellow prisoner, handed the mahatma his usual glass of lemon juice mixed with sodium carbonate soon after the last meal. Gandhi, Desai apd Vallaabhai Patel, ex-president of the Indian nationalist congress and also a prisoner, prayed together when Gandhi announced that the fast had commenced. It was learned officially that Gandhi declined to spend the hun~er strike at a private residence, as government suggested, in view the restrictions involved. The little brown man worshipped

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1932

Parent of Democratic VicePresident Nominee Was 81 Years Old. By United Prc DETROIT, Tex., Sept. 20. Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner, 81-year-old mother of John N. Garner, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, died here today at 12:25 p. m., after a long illness. The age woman, feeble and frail, lapsed into a coma several hours before the end came. She died peacefully. All of her children were at the bedside. Speaker Garner, her first bom, sat beside the four-posted bend. ROOSEVELT OFF FORSEATTLE Farm Aid to Be Stressed in Talk Tonight. By United Press ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL. EN ROUTE SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 20.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt entered the Pacific northwest today to unfold another chapter in his program for national economic recovery. Delayed four hours at Missoula, Mont., by the wreck of an eastbound flyer of the Northern Pacific, the Roosevelt special roared through parts of Idaho and Washington in order to maintain its schedule. Advisers of the Democratic nominee looked for him to repeat in Seattle tonight extracts from his agricultural speech delivered in Topeka, Kan., last week, with emphasis on the tariff provisions he suggested as a step toward stability in farm prices. The Governor took advantage of the wreck delay to work on the third major speech of his transcontinenatl tour to be delivered at Portland, Ore., Wednesday. ' That address, his friends believe, would be devoted to the water power question and the matter of federal regulation of public utilities Roosevelt left Montana to the cheers of several thousand Missoula Democrats who waited in the rain to get a glimpse of him and to hear him deliver a brief address. The Seatle program for the Governor called for him to go directly to his hotel, meeting there with United States Senator Clarence C. Dill, George Starr, Democratic state chairman, and 'other party leaders, for the purpose of discussing plans of a concerted offensive this fall in the normally Republican state of Washington.

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Pals Reunited By United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. 20. —feeven veterans who were buddies in the Civil war were reunited for the first time in seventy years today at the sixty-sixth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Hamilton Watkins, 85, Cunningham, Kan., and A. P. Douthitt, Winfield, Kan., in checking over a hotel register, discovered the names of W. H. Morris, 86, Williamstown, W. Va., and Evan Foster, 83, St. Paul, Minn., and recognized both as former soldier companions. Morris was discovered in the hotel and the three went on a hunt for Foster, who was found playing a fife. The four then retired to a hotel to reminisce. The reunion of the other three came through a chance meeting between Owen Jensen, Athens, 111, 86, and I. B. Swetland, 87, Virgennes, 111.

HERE IS A WIFE WHO IS JUST A REAL PAL She’ll Take Cemetery Plot for Alimony, If He’s in It. By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 20—The question o:! how Roy W. Swanson is going to pay the S9OO he owes his divorced wife in back alimony remained open today. An attorney for Swanson appeared before Superior Judge Joseph Sabath and offered a cemetery lot as part payment of the sum. “I’ll only take that lot on one condition,” Mrs. Swanson told the court. “That is that he promises to use it within thirty days.” Swanson’s attorney demurred and the case was continued.

as a saint by millions regarded his strike as a call from God. “Only the certain prospect of withdrawal of separate electorates for the depressed classes can warrant postponement,” Gandhi cabled a friend in London. Gandhi rejected earlier proposals of the Indian government to remove him from his cell and place him in a bungalow on the prison grounds under conditions which he considered "humiliating.” tinder the government plan, he would be able to receive not more than six visitors at a time without police surveillance. If the hunger strike continues until C ' f . 2. the mahatma will pass his R*rd birthday starving himself in

ALIBI TOLD IN SHOOTING CASE BY BLACKBURN Former Purdue Student on Stand in Own Defense; Denies He Shot Gardner. • , HOTEL MAN AIDS CASE Register Put in Evidence to Show Youth Was Not at Attack Scene. From the witness stand in criminal court where he faces a charge of inflicting physical injury in commission of a robbery, William H. Blackburn, 21, former Purdue university student, today gave testimony to support his alibi defense to a charge of shooting Joseph R. Gardner, 51, of 3236 North Illinois street. Gardner’s right side is paralyzed as a result of a bullet which remains in his brain and which physicians say #.an not be removed without endangering his life. Gardner asserts Blackburn is the hitchiker he picked up on the outskirts of Lafayette, Jan. 28, and who shot him while they were in an automobile on the Dean road, near Keystone avenue. Alibi Is Presented The alibi defense was bolstered by other witnesses including Lamont Conner, proprietor of the Conner hotel at Scottsburg, who testified that, on the day of the shooting, Blackburn was a guest at the hotel, and offered the register in evidence. Conner said Blackburn entered the hotel at 4:10 p. m., Jan. 28. The youth’s mother, Mrs. Ross Blackburn, and several members of university fraternities are to testify in Blackburn’s defense. Blackburn testified he decided to leave the university Jan.. 27, after having ’failed in several subjects on an examiation. He was enrolled as a student in electrical engineering for two and one-half years and should have been a junior, but was a sophomore because of his slow progress in his studies. Quits “Sinking Ship” He wrote to his parents, Oak Park (111.) residents the night of Jan. 27, advising them that he was leaving school. The letter, in part, follows : "Dear Mother and Dad: “I’m going away for awhile. I seem to have been a complete failure here at school and this is no time for you to be burdned by having a failure hanging around. No use to stick to a sinking ship. When you see my civics grades, you will know what I mean. “I may be acting like a 6-year-old kid who, allowed to do as he likes, runs away. “With all the love in the world, to the sweetest, grandest' and most self-sacrificing mother and dad in the world.” Blackburn related that he stood at Five Points, on Road 52, near Lafayette until picked up by a motorist who took in two other students. Clothes Stories Differ All traveled to Indianapolis, where Blackburn and one of the students, Dwight Brinson, boarded a bus and rode to a point on Madiso navenue, near the city limits, where they caught a ride to Seymour. Later they reached Crothersville and before night were in Scottsburg, where Blackburn says he registered at the OonneV hotel. The accused described the clothing he wore when he left Lafayette, which varies widely from that worn by the ma nthe state accuses of shooting Gardner. MIU PICKETS ’BEST 1 Rain Blocks Patrolling at Indiana Line. By United Press VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 20. Rain today forestalled, temporarily at least, scheduled picketing of roads leading to Vincennes by farmers protesting against low milk prices. A heavy downpour kept picketers off the new memorial bridge over the Wabash river, where Monday three producers were forcec' to dump their milk into th< water. Officials had said they would disperse picketers if attempts were made to halt farmers bringing milk to the city today. It was reported unofficially that the picketing would be resumed Tuesday.

opposition to the decrees of Whitehall, a prisoner of the Indian government, at the pleasure of his majesty, the king-emperor. The untouchables adopted resolutions of gratitude for Gandhi’s efforts to elevate them. Mercantile tradesmen in Bombay decided upon a passive strike, until the end of the hunger strike. Shortly before his decision to start the hunger strike, Gandhi yielded to the pleas of prison officials and resumed taking goat’s milk. He feared his sudden loss of weight would bring about his release on the “humiliating” grounds of ill health, as in 1924. Gandhi’s hunger strike is against the British decision to grant the de-

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Joan MacDonald By United Press WENDOVER, England, Sept. 20.—Joan MacDonald, second daughter of the prime minister, was married in the Scottish Congregational chapel here today to Dr. Alastair MacKinnon. Hundreds of country folk mingled with silk-hatted and fashionable guests from London as Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald led his daughter to the church. For the last hundred yards two kilted bag-pipers piped their way to the door. The premier gave the bride away. The ceremony was simple, the couple standing in front of a bare communion table. The only other furnishings were the shiny pews, three high chairs behind the communion table, the pulpit and the tiny organ. The premier's daughter made a charming bride in white, and was attended by four little bridesmaids—Bridget and Jean, daughters of her brother, Alister MacDonald, and Audrey and Rosemary, daughters of a friend, Godfrey Elton. The marriage was the result of a romance which began at Edin-, burgh when both were studying medicine. They both took their degrees at the university. ROADS TAKEN OVER County Gets 63.4 Miles of Township Highways. Addition of 63.4 miles of township roads to the county highway system, under provisions of an act passed by the special legislative session, was announced today by County Surveyor Bruce Short. This brings total mileage of county roads to 1,036. Charles W. Mann, highway superintendent, is charged with maintenance of the roads.’ They will be maintained from gasoline tax money, distributed by the state. County commissioners must apaprove the surveyor’s action before the roads officially become a part of the county system. , homeToan plans' set Fort to Announce Directors of Banks Within 48 Hours. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Chairman Franklin Fort of the home loan bank board said today he expected to announce directors of the twelve regional banks of the system within forty-eight hours. This will complete preliminary organization of the home loan system and open the way for active operations by Oct. 15.

BILLION-DOLLAR INSULL CRASH PROBE PRESSED

By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—State investigators pressed their inquiry into the crashed million-dollar Insull properties on three fronts today. One assistant state’s attorney,

pressed classes separate electorates under the proposed new Indian constitution. The Mahatma and other nationalist leaders believe that such class distinction would engender class warfare and tend to strengthen the caste system. The India office in London announced that the government would stand by its decision and not vary the settlement unless the Indians agree among themselves to a change. Gandhi's prison bed is of iron, covered with a. mattress, with books as pillows. The bed is in the open, but is placed under a covered veranda in case of rain. The Mahatma. prefers to sleep on the ground, but abandpned this practice as a threat to his health.

HURL TAX STRIKE THREATS AT CITY, COUNTY COUNCILS; COMBINED LEVIES REACH $1.71 Property Owners Fling Warnings While Marion Budget Is Set Tentatively at 41.5 Cents; Local Budget Rests at $1.30. DEMAND NEW $1.50 LAW BE UPHELD Plea for Retrenchment Moderation Is Made % by John F. 'White, State Legislator; ‘Blame Must Rest on Utilities,’ He Asserts. With property owners advocating a tax strike to compel observance of the $1.50 tax limitation law, the combined total of city and county levies today reached $1,715 as county :ouncilmen announced a tentative county levy of 41.5 cents. Monday night the city council passed a budget ordinance calling for a levy of $1.30. Property owners, business men and representatives of tax relief organizations appeared at both meetings to demand that the $1.50 low be upheld by the officials, under penalty of precipitating a crisis in which taxpayers would refuse to meet the cost of government.

Levies, as fixed by city and county councils, represent a total increase of 24 cents over 1932 figures, with the increase being shared equally with 12cent raises in both tax units. The 1932 city rate was SI.OB and the county 29.5 cents. In Center township, where provision must be made for three-mile road bonds, an additional threequarters of a cent will be added to the levy, raising the total to 42.25 cents. At the meeting of the county council, arguments and tax strike threats advanced at the city council meeting Monday night were repeated with renewed emphasis, induced by the refusal of city officials to make drastic cuts in salaries and supply items recommended by tax relief organizations. White Makes Appeal William Basson, attorney, said that “if budgets and salaries are not reduced there will be a taxpayers’ strike.” John F. White, state legislator, pleaded for moderation in the retrenchment program. Stating that figures quoted by previous speakers were not accurate entirely, White urged the council to take a “middle course.” He explained that the $1.50 limitation law never would have passed the legislature “if provision had not been made for an emergency board to handle just as such a situation as confronts us here.” Utilities Are Blamed “There is too much of a tax burden on business, but the difficulty lies in too high utility rates, rather than with the tax rate.,, White asserted. “The public functions must be carried on. Let us use moderation.” James A. Branson, representing the Marion County Association for Tax Reduction, charged that county officials “are less responsive to the universal demand for tax reduction than other units of government.” “The sheriff had the audacity to ask for an increase in his appropriation from $90,000 to $104,000,” Branson charged. “When our judges and our county officials ask for increased appropriations in times like these, I hope that the county council will take charge and do what is necessary.” After hearing more than two hours of arguments the city council reduced the budget by a total of $97,077.50 by transferring street cleaning expenses to the gasoline tax fund. Appropriation Is Reduced The appropriation of $200,000 for street resurfacing was reduced to $102,922.50 in order t£ eliminate necessity for raising the street cleaning fund by tax levy. A crowd, which filled the first floor and gallery of the council chamber, heard local business men and property owners threaten the council with the responsibility for creating a tax strike unless pro-

John Hampton, left for New York to delve into the records of the eastern companies which Samuel Insull and his brother, Martin, pyramided to national importance and millions. Two others of the four assistants of State's Attorney John A. Swanson, appointed to go over the affairs of the utility empire, started for Springfield, 111., to investigate reported shortages in the corporation files. They were Charles Bellows and John O'Hara. Still other investigators in Chicago hunted the personal files of the Insulls on the theory that they might throw some light on the intricate affairs of the companies. Swanson’s moves came after it was learned that the United States had started a preliminary investigation into the Insull crash and that the names of a select group of about 1.203 “preferred investors” of the Insull companies might be revealed. This mysterious group, supposedly made up of politicians, business men and others in a position to aid Insull, were reported to have been “cut in” on Insull securities at prices below market price*

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visions of the tax limitation law are observed. “If you do not observe the $1.50 law, you will bring on a situation which I dare not contemplate.” Gavin Payne, realtor, told city officials. Attacks Schools’ Cost Although not included in the civil | city budget, the cost of public school | operation was attacked Monday i night by Bosson, who advocated a i reduction in the length of the term if sufficient funds can not be obtained. “People will be glad to keep their children at home a month longer to cut down this expense,” he asserted. “If you don’t meet this situation, the people will rise up and meet it for you. Legal or illegal methods will be used.” Threatens Tax Strike J. I. Holcomb, president of the Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company, stated that he was “afraid the council is being influenced by sentiment.” “You can do in government what has been done in business," Holcomb declared. “The measure of business success is dollars and cents. I would hate to make changes in the wage of city employes, but if we hadn’t done it in our business we would have injured our business and ourselves.” Stating that previous speakers had been “painting the picture mildly,” Linton A. Cox, attorney, said: “A taxpayers’ strike is upon you. You have only one responsibility—and that is to observe the $1.50 limitation law, else your budget is fraudulent and void.” LAWYERS GET HUGE SUMS FROM VETERANS *BOO,OOO Paid Out by U. S. for Pressing Insurance Calims. By Scrippa-Hoicard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. —The federal government each year is paying thousands of dollars to attorneys who win war risk insurance claims from it for veteran-cliepts. That this is a lucrative business is indicated by the estimate that last fiscal year these fees totaled about SBOO,OOO or more. The fees are perfectly legal, being provided for in the law, which says the government must pay them by deductions from the judgments won by veterans. The money from these fees comes, of course, from federal funds apportioned to meet war risk insurance claims. It comes also out of the pockets of veterans, from the sums courts award them. Thus, taxpayers, under this law, are not only paying claims of those who fought in the World war, but also the fees of lawyers, who represent the successful claimants before federal courts. MOTORMAN IS ROBBED One of Two Bandits Believed Wearing False Mustache. Two bandits, one believed to have been wearing a false mustache, obtained sls shortly after midnight in a robbery of Thomas H. Wilson, 29, of 951 West Thirty-fourth street, operator of a Lexington avenue street car. Boarding the car at Lexington and Villa avenues, one of the men drew a gun and demanded* the mor*v. ACT IN BAD CHECK CASE City Authorities Seek Extradition of Howard Frankel. Extradition proceedings to obtain the return of Howard Frankel from Cincinnati to answer charges of forging a SI,OOO check here, were completed today. John Dugan, investigator in the prosecutor’s office, is expected to leave this afternoon to take Frankel into custody from Ohio officers. It is alleged that Frankel passed the check to the Operadio Manufacturing Company in payment for a quantity of amplifiers, transformers and other electrical equipment. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 65 10 a. m 61 7 a. m 64 11 a. m 63 &a. m 62 12 moon).. 64 9 a. m,.... 62 1 p. m 62