Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 79, 10 February 1921 — Page 1

DM VOL. XLVL, No. 79 Palladium. Est 1831. Consolidate with Sun-Telegram. 1107. RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 10, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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WOMEN READY TO DO BATTLE FOR PRIMARY Leaders Laying Plans to Carry Fight to Finish Pro-Primary Forces Dubious About Any Change. FRIENDS" TRAP

BV PU,I,ADII CORRKSPOXDENT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 10. The women of Indiana were in the forefront today in the fight to retain the direct primary law. It was said by friends of the primary that the demonstration that will be made by the women in case efforts to kill the primary law continue will be long remembered In the legislative history of the state. It was known that a number of the leaders among the women in Indianapolis were busy on the question and were laying plans to carry the fight to a finish. It is needless to say that the men who are on the job to save the primary were not overlooking the importance of this development. All of the pro-primary men who were around the Claypool last night were in their conversation laying stress on the desires of the women in the present situation. Petitions In Air. There was much talk about petitions that would be signed by women. One man said that a petition for the primary signed by women of both political parties would be sent before tonight to the senator from his home county. The senator from his home county is Senator Duncan who up to this time has fought with the anti-primary forces. As to the probability of any antiprimary law getting through this session there was considerable variation in the predictions .today but the majority of o. :nion seemed to be that the law .will be left as it is. Considerable gossip was floating around that the Republican state committee was trying to slip away from responsibility for the anti-primary move and the fact that only two representatives of the committee Frederick Schortemeier, secretary of the committee and Lawrence Lyons a member of it were appointed on the joint committee to consider the question was pointed to as evidence that the state committee is seeking cover. Friends Fear Trap. One cf the men in the senate who up to this time hss led in the effort to repeal the slate-wide provisions of the primary law ftntf'wtns -rotef-for the Beardsley amending act was authority for the statement today that no additional primary bill would be introduced in the legislature. It was noticeable however that the pro-primary people did not seem to be paying any great amount of attention to predictions of this kind. It was said that they feared they were being led into a trap as they were when they were lulled to sleep after the Beardsley amending act had been killed in the senate. Governor In Question. There was considerable talk today also about protecting the governor. Some of the friends of the governor said he should be supported in his statement, that the fight was not on his shoulders but was up to the state committee. They asserted that the fact that the governor had repeated several times that he was against the primary law and that he believed it would be wise to repeal the state-wide features should be sufficient. One of the primary aefenders discussing the situation today said: '"I have heard all ubout the talk that there Is no chance to get a primary law through this session. I have also heard the assertion today that there are twenty-nine senators who will stand to the finish for the primary. But this talk counts for nothing. We are in the fight to stay." Against Any Change. Others of the primary defenders (aid they would not stand for any fhango whatever in the present law, not ever for the elimination of the presidential preference primary. Since the elimination f the presidential preference primary has appeared for th last day or two to be about the only issue on which a compromise can be reached it was a little difficult today to determine just what will be the outcome of the deliberations of the joint committee of the legislature and the state committee. Most of the legislators who were appointed on the joint committee to represent the an i-primary men are close friends of tho goernor. Representative Noll of Indianapolis who is a member of the committee is understood to be very close to the governor as is Representative Fifield of Lake county who was anpointed by the governor to the legislative visiting committee. Ratts Close Friend, The close relation of the governor and Senator Ratts is of course well known, since Ratts had the support of the governor in his race for the place cf president pro tern of the senate. Representative Claude Smith who was appointed on the committee is known as one of the hardest fighters in the legislature. There is not much of the compromise spirit in his makeup say those who have watched him in action Senator Swain of course is known by reason of the fact that he has been talked of as the sponsor for the proposed primary amending act in the 6euate. Senator Brown of Hebron is the other member of the legislative end of the committee. Referendum Far Off. It was said today that there is little chance that there will be any compromise by an agreement to hold a referendum on the primary question. It is understood that this plan was never very seriously considered by the legislators although it was reported yesterday that the governor would not be averse to it. The suggestion in the first place it is said came from Mr.

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C. A. Gustafson. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 C. A. Gustafson was recently appointed head of the co-operative marketing department of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Gustafson, himself a farmer of Mead, Nebraska, is president of the Nebraska Farmers' Union Exchange and of the Farmers' Livestock Commission company. In two years and nine months the Nebraska union returned to the patrons of it:; livestock commission compajy a patronage divident of $109,000, or a'most half of its regular commission charge. While a member of the Nebraska legislature Gustafson was drafted in the presidency of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of Nebraska, to which office he was recently re-elected. The. new department of co-operative marketing of the farm bureau federation will develop commodity organizations and promote the cause of cooperative marketing under Gustafson'a direction. QUESTION OF SALARY ' : FOR JUDGES REVIVED IN INDIANA SENATE I CRv Associated PrfisO ' j INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 10. In adopting a minority report from the I committee on lees and salaries the I senate today revived efforts to in crease the salaries of supreme and apUwlJate court Judges, A majority of the committee recommended indefinite postponement of Senator English's bill which would raise the judges' salaries from 6.000 to 7,500. After a j spirited debate the minority report I was adopted and the bill went to second reading. i A similar action saved Senator Holmes' bill which would provide for the payment from public funds of the premiums on surety bonds for all publice officials. The majority of the fees and salaries committee recommended also that this bill be indefinitely postponed the measure being : characterized by Chairman McConaha ' as "simply an indirect salary raise" ! for all public officials. j Would Promote Harbor. Senator Nejdl offered a joint resolution providing for the appointment of j a commission from Indiana to work iwith a like body from the state of Illinois, in promoting the inner harbor at I Wnlf's lalrn riff T.alro Tirhican ThP resolution would provide for the naming of five members of the commission with an appropriation of $50,000. A bill introduced by Senator Hays would repeal the act of the 1920 special session of the general assembly which authorized the Indiana Public Service commission to extend the rights and privileges of interurbans lines to exclude the hauling of freight over highways and streets where they now have tracks. Consider School Question Senator Hays also introduced a measure authorizing the industrial board of the state to fix attorneys' fees in industrial accident cases. Senator Richard's measure providing for uniform contracts for school teachers and empowering school officials to determine local policies In reference to payment for days which teachers do not actually teach, was passed after an argument was raised against it on the ground that, it called for payment for services frequently not rendered. FRANCE TO SUPPORT REPARATIONS TERMS PARIS, Feb. 10. Premier Briand will face the delegates of Germany at the London conference on March 1 with a mandate from the French republic supporting the reparations terms framed by the supreme allied j council in this city two years ago. This significant face become evident late last evening when the chamber of deputies began a vote of confidence and a ballot on ratification of the allied terms. The reparations agreement was approved by a vote of 395 to 83 while Premier Briand was given a vote of confidence that was almost as overwhelming the count standing 387 to 125. Acceptance of the terms framed by the allies during the meeting of the supreme council in Paris was opposed by members of the Clemenceau ministry, among them Andre Tardieu and Louis Klote. Both insisted the reparations agreement amounted virtually to an amendment of the Versailles treaty, and that the Germans had received better terms than had been given her in the original document. M. Briand made it clear that Germany would be compelled to meet the allied demands and that France stood ready to enforce the decisions of the supreme council regarding reparations

I and disarmament.

LIGHT PLANT STATUS IS IMPROVING DAILY, DECLARES ENGINEER

Repairs and replacements at the city light plant are progressing satisfactorily, George M. Coughlin, of the J. D. Lyon Engineering company, reported to the board of works Thursday morning, declaring that conditions of the plant were improving daily. New repairs and equipment are arriving daily, valves for the feed water pump, meters, stoker repairs and soot blowers have arrived, it is said, and will be put in place as rapidly as possible. Two men are expected -to be added to the force to speed up the repairing, it is said. Prepare Specifications. Specifications for the inside coal handling equipment are being prepared and will probably be ready for advertisement within the next week, according to the engineer. Collection of garbage of the city has been very poorly handled, according to reports received by the board. Bondsmen of Mr. Slick, who has in charge the garbage collection, are to be notified that they will be held responsible for satisfactory collection. Mr. Peltz stated that he did not intend to have conditions prevailing in the city next summer as last when garbare was collected very irregularly. Approve Assessments. The primary assessment roll for the vacation of Howard street from First to Second street was presented to the board and approved. The petition for a curb and sidewalk on Ratliff street between School and Stephens streets, which was referred to the city engineer at the last meeting, was returned to the board with the statement that tlie tax valuation of the property would not allow the improvements to be made. TRACTION PRESIDENT DECLARES COMPANIES ARE ON SOLID BASIS (By Associated PrerrO CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Though t3 industry, the railroads, the factories and the stores may groan, then stagger and finally fall under the post-war business sag, the little old trolley car rattles right along and some day people, who have money to invest, might buy trolley car stock in preference to the gilt-edge, stocks that are humbled today, declared P. H. Gadsden, president of the American electric railway association at its midyear conference here today. Mr.-Gadsdea,jeferred..repeatdty, to the "courageous fight that the electric traction lines of the country put up during adverse war and postwar conditions and notwithstanding this in Mr. Gadsden words: "The electric railways emerge from this dreadful period, having had burned into them the lesson of strictest economy and purged, I hope of public misconception, spiritually chastened by their bitter experience and lastly full of courage to undprtake the greater ta.sk which the future holds in store for them." Only 16 Fall. Since 1917. said the speaker who made the opening address of Ihe meeting, wages and material costs increased 85 and 150 per cent, respectiely, but opposed to this was only a -10 per cent increase in fares. During the 1920 depression he reported, only 16 of Ihe 913 traction companies in the country failed. The speaker said that not all traction lines are well financed, citing several acute cases in several cities, but insisted the general national situation was promising. "Out of two million and more men reported out of work in the United States today, not one is an employe of an electric railway," lie asserted. YOUNG MAN CLAIMS HE IS BANK BANDIT INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 10. Detectives detained a young man today giving the name Mark Palmer Haywood, and his home address as Alkharetta, Ga., while they made an investigation to determine whether he is a homesick youngster or a conscience stricken bank robber. Haywood stopped two detectives as they were leaving the detective bureau, asking "How you'd like to catch a good bank robber?" The officers said they wouldn't mind. "I guess I'm it," said Haywood. He told the detectives he was wanted in Swanee, Ga., where with two companions, he robbed a bank two weeks ago of $2,000. He also said he was released on $1,000 bond signed by his father, following his arrest in his home town on a criminal charge several months ago. Choice of American as Cardinal, Certain (By Associated Press) ROME, Feb. 10 Appointment of the Most Reverend Dennis J. Dougherty, archbishop of Philadelphia, as cardinal in succession to the late Cardinal Farley, of New York City, is almost certain, it is said in Vatican circles. The appointment of a new American cardinal at the next secret consistory, which will be held early in March, has been one of the most interesting phases of the conferences preparatory to the consistory which have been going on for some time. Army of Irish Republic Marching on Skibhereen (Bv Associated Press LONDON, Feb. 10. An Irish republic army several hundred strong is marching on Skibbereen, County Cork, according to reports from many sources, says a Central News despatch from Skibbereen today.

GOES DESK ONTIL MARCH 4 Starts to Dispose of Accumulated Business Friends Believe Some Cabinet Appointments Determined. ALL AREllNGERTAIN (Rv Associated Pres) ST. AUGUSTINE, Feb. 10. Back at work today after a three weeks vacation. President-elect Harding waded into a vast accumulation of correspondence and other miscellaneous business that must be cleared away before he can give serious thought to final decisions on the personel of his cabinet and other major problems. Mr. Harding returned to St. Augustine last night from his houseboat cruise along the Florida coast and established offices in a St. Augustine hotel, which will be his home until he leaves for Washington to be inaugurated. Stack of Telegrams Only the most urgent communications have been forwarded to him during his trip, and the stack of unanswered telegrams and letters probably will occupy virtually all of his working time for the remainder of the week. While the president-elect was cruising on the houseboat Victoria, he also kept as far away from his problems as possible and it may be said authqritatively that the most important decisions of the coming administration, including the personnel of the cabinet, are but little nearer consummation than they were three weeks ago. Definite selections are yet to be made for practically all of the ten cabinet positions, and in regard to most, of them one guess seems to be as good as another. Many Slips Yet. The cabinet appointments which Mr. Harding's close friends believe to be virtually determined are confined to I the portfolios of state, justice, postoffice and agriculture. Charles Evans Hughes of New York, for secretary of state; Harry M. Paugherty of Ohio for attorney general; Will H. Hays of Indiana, for postmaster , general and Henry Wallace of Iowa, for secretary of agriculture are selections which those in position to knuw now regard as practically certain. Yet even in respect to these it is realized that there may be many a slip betweeJUtb.a.itst-ot i"bfuary-.ad the first of March. War Secretaryship. For the secretaryship of war, several men still are mentioned in gossip close to the president-elect. Prominent among them is John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, whose name also is linked repeatedly with the navy and treasury portfolios. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, is annthfr mpntinnpft a c a nn;?;ihilitv f riiine secrerarysnip oi me navy, ana me friends of Andrew W. Mellon of Pennsylvania, still are urging his qualifications to the secretary of the treasury. For the latter post it is understood that Charles G. Dawes of Illinois once conceded to have an inside track, no longer is a serious possibility. Fall Considered. Rpnatnr A P, Fal! nf Np.w Mexico. ! is believed to be under serious consid eration secretary of the interior and whether he goes into the place it is understood to depend largely on his own inclination. For the same place John Hays Hammond of New York is being strongly recommended by one of the Republicans. It is in regard to the secretaryships of labor and commerce that Mr. Harding's mind is believed to be farthest from a decision. The records and qualifications of several men are said to be under investigation in connection with the labor portfolio, one of the latest to receive prominent support being J. A. Davis, of Pittsburg, Pa., formerly a steel worker, and now a banker. The place at the head of the commerce department is expected to be the last of all to be filled and it may fall to anyone mentioned for a post ranking nearer the top of the list. To Seek Advice. It is certain that Mr. Harding will take no definite steps until he has held further conferences with his advisers, and next week is expected to see the beginning of a series of consultations here that will bring a decision. It is unlikely that any appointments will be announced, however, un- ( Continued on Page Eleven) r' Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Enrh Hay n Palladium reporter n 111 Interview pfrnnna at random lo find out why they like to live Uere. "I have been reading your colmun every day," said a man in the court house Thursday, "and I'll tell you something I like about Richmond that I don't think anybody else ha3 mentioned I'm a lodge man myself (belond to several fraternal orders here) and I want to say the finest spirit, of fraternalism exists here. "The lodges are always behind every movement to boost the city, and you will find them, in the main, some of the finest bunches of men that you could come in contact with any place. "I used to be a travelling man and had occasion to travel over the state. I 'ell you that in comparison to other cities the lodge spirit and lodge buildings here compare mighty favorably with those of any city of similar size in Hoosierdom."

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Mrs. Corabclle Hudson Elliott, right, and her daughters, Loreine and Maxine. Mrs. Corabelle Hudson Elliott is one of the popular matrons of Washington who believes in keeping her daughters at home while Btill in their school years. Her charming daughters, Loreine and Maxine, are spending the winter in Washington attending a fashionable seminary there to finish their education. They will both be debutantes next year. Mrs. Elliott is the daughter of John D. Hudso.n of West Virginia, a direct descendant of Henry Hudson and she is the proud possessor of a coat of arms dating back many years.

Indiana's Share Highway Funds All Under Contract by July I

PM-i-Afm n sbws bvreau WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. By April 1 this year $2,500,000 of the $4,715,924 representing Indiana's available share of the federal appropriation for' the construction of highways will be put under contract for road work in Indiana and by Juiy 1 the balance, $2,215,924 also will be under contract, according to a report submitted to congress by Representative Sells of the roads committee. This week the house passed a bill appropriating an additional $10,000,000 as federal aid for highway construction for the fiscal year beginning July 1, next. Indiana's apportionment of this appropriation will be $2,687,053.27. Under the national road law the states to receive federal aid for highway construction must provide appropriations for the same purpose. Affords Stimulus. Representative Sells states that the benefits accruing from federal appropriations for road work is not so much the actual aid rendered as the stimulus afforded to the various states and their counties to provide for themselves the funds necessary to secure federal aid. The first appropriation made by congress for highway construction, in 1916, was $75,000,000. followed by another, in 1919, of $200,000,000. No appropriation was provided last year. It is stated that in 1919 alone so great was the incentive of the national road act that the states themselves provided an aggregate fund of $400,000,000. followed by an expenditure of i probably $500,000,000 in 1920 Indiana Banner State. Indiana was one of the leadin states in appropriating for road work! both years. Incidentally, Indiana is listed as one of the banner "good roads" states of the union and the records of the National Bureau of Roads hows Wayne county to be as far advanced in the work of providing and maintaining good roads as any county in Indiana. In fact Wavne couty s 1 rating is higher in this res-ptct man ; the maioritv of her sister counties in the state and on a par with the rat ing of any oher county. Federal funds apportioned to the states are not considered as alloted until projects submitted by the states have been actually approved by the National Bureau of Roads. May Submit Projects. Before any state may submit a project a thorough survey must have been made and submitted for approval to a national highway engineer and the funds provided for the payment of the state's share in the cost of construction. If the state is co-operating with the counties within its jurisdiction the same process must be repeated. In discussing the highway construction annropriation bill Representative . Sells expressed the opinion that the I federal government's policy of pro- j moting highway construction had been)

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An eleventh-hour drive, directed by ; Weather Bureau Rain tonight: generinfluential southern Republicans, to - fair except probably snow flurries have a southern man appointed a mem-j extreme portion; not much change in ber of the Harding cabinet, preferably temperature, for the nortfolio of agriculture, has Yesterday

been launched. Senator-elect Harreld, of Oklahoma and the south's two Re pblican governors, Morrow, oi Kentucky and Taylor, of Tennessee, as well as by all southern Republican representatives in congress, have pointed out to Mr. Harding that his failure to take such action would be a "keen disappointment to the pre-election belief that your election would wipe out sectionalism." Dr. and Mrs. Mora S. Bulla, who have been visiting in Washington sev-

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eral days, left today for their home in Richmond, Ind. Dr. Bulla was an of ficer in the army medical corps, en tering the service early in the summer of 1918- - He-resigned Im commission last December and since that time has been located in New York city. BOOST WATER RATE TO ALLOW RETURN OF 7.5 PER CENT Rates estimated to yield a return of 7.5 per cent on the investment were approved for the Richmond City Wa ter Works by the Public Service com mission of Indiana in a report Wednes day night Consumers in Richmond, Spring Grove and adjacent territory are af

ieciea oy lun increase in me luuhujuuj j sistent with the necessary time for ready-to-serve charge on every meter ; hearing and consideration, in determinstalled. The increase has been made j lning whether any of the rules and as follows: for one-half inch. five-jworking conditions now in effect are eighths inch, and three-quarters inch . unreasonable. The board is endeavormeters the minimum rate will be 75 nsr tn norfnrm it r.tiiatir.n on

cents, formerly being 50 cents; for one inch meters an increase from 75 cents to 872 cents was made. Fire Connections. For private fire protection connections an increase on one inch meters was made from 75 cents to 872 cents. The meter rates were increased from six cents per 1,000 gallons for all over 3,000,000 gallons to $.065, which will bring in the necessary returns ac cording to the commission. A value of $900,000 was placed on the property of the company as claimed. A depreciation charge of eight per cent on the depreciable property of the plant, which was placed at $875,000, was also allowed. Refuse Claim. In estimating the operating expenses of the company the commission re msea io anow me ciaim ior a salary i '"' " u""" wuwks, nauug that $1,500 would be the maximum amount allowed. The decision of the commission was a form of compromise between the city, who opposed any increase through its attorney W. W. Reller, and the company represented by Jessup j ii i u, j ... iiuu iiucifiLuri, j i a.r fft lima Lt-u iu , yield eight per cent on the investment was asked by the company, it is said. ! J j ! Weather Forecast Moore's General Forecast. Two storms, one over the Great Lakfs and the other one over the South Atalntic states, are moving toward each other and for this reason rain is expected to arrive Thursday atternoon or night with brifk and strong shifting winds, during the next hours. For Indiana, by the United States Maximum 43 Minimum 35 Today Noon 37 Forecast for Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Increasing winds with rin du to begin Thursday afternoon or night; Friday, partly cloudy and blustery. Weather Conditions Unsettled weather continues east of the Mississippi river while fair weather prevails over the west. Heavy rains are in progress south of the Ohio river.

LABOR BOARD DENIES PLEA OF RAILROADS Request for Immediate Abrogation of National Agreements and New Basic Rate for Unskilled Labor Refused NO JURISDICTION, ROLE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 10. The Federal Labor board today denied the request of the American. Association of Railway executives for immediate abrogation of the national wage agreement with the Brotherhood and established a new basic rate for unskilled labor predicated on local conditions. The decision came before B. M. Jewell, president of the Railway Employes' department of the American Federation of Labor, had started his reply to the statement made for the railway executives last week by W. Atterbury of Pennsylvania railroadIt was totally unexpected, but Mr. Jewell filed his statement with the board

nevertheless. He explained that in view of the board's decision time would be saved by not reading it No Jurisdiction, Ruling The board held that it had no Jurisdiction over questions involving expense of operation and suggested that neither the roads nor the union interrupt the hearing on standard rules and working conditions with further "unwarranted demands." Mr. Jewell's statement charged that the request for immediate abrogation of the national working agreement were part of a conspiracy to disrupt unionism. Reviews Power In announcing the decision of the board. Chairman R. M. Barton reviewed the powers of the board under the act of Feb. 28, 1920. He said the act imposed upon the board the duty of deciding disputes between carriers and employees of what shall constitute just and reasonable wages, salaries, and standards of working conditions. The present hearing, separated by -agreement's rules and working conditions from wages. The decision on wages was rendered last July, Judge Barton said, and the rules bearing convened on Jan. 10. Basis of Decision. "The board assumed as the basis of this decision. the continuance in full force and effect of the rules, working conditions and agreements enforced under the authority of the United States Railroad administration." Judge Barton said. He made an exception of any mutual agreement between carriers and employes and declared it was the board's desire to render a decision at the earliest possible date. The ruling this morning held that all questions involving expense of operation were outside the jurisdiction of the labor board. Discourage Interruption. "If any of these rules and working conditions are unjust and unreasonable," said the decision, "they constitute an unwarranted burden upon the railroads and upon the public. It is. therefore, the duty of this board to use the utmost, nractirihlf "Tnei1itinn nn. be better able to succeed in doing so if it is not further interrupted by thn Introduction or unwarranted demands of either party." CJ I ' ' - m - vvaQUh.V UUV 11 11 SAYS OFFICIALS KNEW BERGOOLL'S HAUNTS fBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 The department of justice knew early last October that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. wealthy Philadelphia draft evader, had escaped to Germany, the house military committee was told today by Charles B. McAvoy, district attorney at Philadelphia. Members of the committee were determined not only to get information concerning Bergdoll's flight, but lo Inquire into the recently reported drowning of his attorney, D. Clarence Gibbeney, in Mexico. District Attorney McAvoy, of Philadelphia, who prosecuted Bergdoll'3 "utT a "u ,'uers Ka lo navc been implicated in his escape, was , . - . , r - , . . tsIa, to appear before the committee lr ' ?" h Khn h J ! w tJ'L Chairman Kabn, who a few days ago received an anonymous letter from Philadelphia hinting that Mr. Gibbeney might be alive despite the reports that he was drowned, said he thought the committee also should etabrac3 this phase of the case. ; - ' EVIDENCE HELD BACK; !S WHITMAN'S CHARGE (By Associated Press) . , . NEW YORK, Feb. 10 Police records said to relate to the alleged suppression by police of evidence in murder cases last year were ordered before the grand jury today by former Governor Chas. S. Whitman, who is Investigating alleged corruption in muni- , cipal affairs. - - Intentional suppression of evidence in some cases and gross negllgency in others was said to have been found by the investigators. In this connection, degree murder-was obtained last year they said only one conviction for first . in 130 cases submitted to the grand jury. V.,' . . ' A subpoena requiring a police lieutenant to present the desired records today was served last: night by t a member of Mr. Whitman's staff.