Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 80, 11 February 1921 — Page 1

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MANNER USED TO FIX POSTS IS CRITICIZED "Trial Balloon; Method of Selecting Cabinet Viewed With Concern Sutherland for Solicitor General.

NO COURT VACANCIES BY MARK SIXLIVAS ' WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 11. The Republican leaders view this beginning of the last lap of Harding's cabinet-making with some concern. The causes of their apprehension are related chiefly to the public impression that may be made by the names as finally selected, by the manner of the selection, by the selecting of some men and tho .apparent turning down of others. Harding has been strongly urged that, due to the manner in which news of the cabinet-making reaches the public, an impression may be created on indecision. Announcement Urged. He has been advised to either close the list and announce it at once, or else to make a public statement that the list Is complete, even though he should not announce it until March 4. Quite apart from the public impression, what is called "The trial balloon" method of selecting a cabinet the putting up of names to be shot at has caused severe distaste on the part of some of the targets, some who have survived and others who have either fallen out of the race or taken themselves out of it. Want Hocver. Not all the leaders deplore the apparent likelihood that Hoover is to be omitted from the cabinet. A few are aggressively opposed to him, but the bulk of the more prudent ones are eager for the party to have the great asset of public favor which Hoover's presence in the cabinet would be. It is true that the omission of Hoover superficially seems a present likelihood, but is by no means a certainty. Harding has clung tenaciously to the idea, of taking Hoover in, and no suggestion of any alternative to Hoover as secretary of commerce has ever emanated from Harding personally. Wants Interior Job. Hoover himself is understood to have preferred the interior department, but is apparent that Harding's 1 bought of him has been in terms of the commerce department. The present putting forward of John Hays Hammond, for this department comes from a very Fmall group of leaders close to Harding who have all clong opposed putting Hoover in the cabinet. As the time grows short, they have become alarmed at the lack of any alternative name for the commerce department in Harding's mind. Hammond's name is now put forward on the familiar political axiom that you can't beat some one with no one. Sutherland Out. Another omission from the cabinet slate as it now stands which troubles the more prudent party leaders is that of ex-Senator George Sutherland, of "Utah. In the early stages Sutherland's name appeared frequently in connection with both the attorney general office and the interior depart ment. There is much nonsense about this. For months it has been said that Harding will have four vacancies on the supreme court to fill. Ex-President Taft started it in an article he wrote during the campaign, in which he esked whether the public would prefer that Harding should fill these vaean?ies or that Cox should do it, Cox promptly took the argument up, reversed it, and made frequent use of It during the campaign. Vacancies Improbable. There is little or nothing in it. Harding may as likely have no supreme court vacancies at all to fill as have Tour. The terms of Justices of the supreme court do not come to an end automatically, at any fixed time. It is true that four of the justices fulfil the conditions under which they can retire if they wish to do so. These conditions are that they shall have reached the age of TO and shall have served 10 years. The four are White. Holmes, Day and McKenna. But all four are in normal health and are not oppressed by their work. The oldest of the court is Holmes and, in an intellectual sense, he might also be called the youngest. All this speculation about candidates for appointment to the supreme court is wide of the mark, is in bad taste certainly, and ot doubtful public usefulness as well. New Place for Sutherland. The latest suggestion about Sutherland is that if omitted from the cabinet, he should be put in the office that is essentially the most important purely legal office in the administration, rsmely, solicitor general. The duty of th's official is to act as counsel for the government in lawsuits. He is the government's active lawyer. During the next administration the government will bp a party to lawsuits aggregating literally many billions of dollars. There are billions involved in contested war claims and more billiors Involved in disputed taxes. It is not too much to sav that during the next few ypars the difference between the government being represented by a first class lawyer and a less efficient one wil mean not less than a billion dollars to the treasury. Man of Ability. Sutherland is universally recognized as a man of perfect equipment, both as. to character and legal ability. But there might well be in this case, as in so many others, the difficulty of getting a successful lawyer of cabinet size to take an office subordinate in honor and deficient in remuneration. In tire cabinet slate as it now stands practically the only name that carries widespread conviction based on public knowledge on a national scale is that or Hughes. This note denying that several of the others are very able (Continued on Page Three)

DIRECT TRADING IS THEME OF CONFERENCE HELD AT CLEVELAND

(By Associated press? CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 11. Recommendations for the estimate of direct trading from farm producers to city consumers were being considered today by the all-Araerican cooperative congress, representing farm organizations and labor unions meeting in conference here. Warren S. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locamotive Engineers, vicechairman of the conference, in an address before the meeting last night, urged training of young men and women In the colleges and universities of the country for positions as promoters and managers of cooperative 6tores. The reason many cooperative 6tores have not succeeded, he said, is because of lack of proper management and a shortage of trained men and women. Would Better Training. It is expected that the congress will recommend the establishment of courses in cooperative buying and selling In the state universities. Legislation may also be recommended permiting the establishment of credit unions or "people's banks," enabling farmers and workers in cities to secure credit in time of stress. Frederick C. Howe, former commissioner of immigration, urging establishment of people's banks throughout the country, criticised the present banking system. "One reason for the unemployment of the country," said Howe, "is that deposits of the people have been used not to employ men in this country, but have been sent abroad and used to exploit other countries." Mr. Stone urged farmers to organize for political action "to elect their friends and defeat their enemies as labor has done." Police Have "Hunch"; Capture Three Bandits (Bv Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Acting on a "hunch" three members of the police auto squad today captured three taxicab bandits who had held up a downtown restaurant a few hours earlier and robbed 15 guests of more than $5,000 in money and jewelry. The policemen were attracted by the suspicious appearance of the taxicab party, followed them for several miles, and arrested them as they left the machine. Victims of the restaurant raid identified much of the jewelry found on the trio. DEPORTATION AWAITS LORD MAYOR OF CORK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 11 Should Donal J. O'Calaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who came to this country as a stowaway, without a passport, fail to leave today, a warrant for his arrest and deportation will be issued immediately, it was said at the department of labor. O'Callaghan, who came here to testify before the commission of the committee of 100 investigating conditions in Ireland, was classed as a "seaman" by Cecretary Wilson, and given until today to sail for a foreign port. Commenting upon reports that the lord mayor had announced in New York a program of extensive speaking engagements in the United States, Labor department officials said they thought this probably was a cover to conceal O'Callaghan's real intentions for leaving for Europe as secretly as possible. EARLY CLOSE FACES SCHOOLS OF INDIANA (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 11. Many schools in Indiana are threatened with early closing this year, which state officials say can only be escaped by the state legislature making good a deficit of almost $300,000 in the state aid fund. The officials say some schools will be forced to close before the completion of the minimum six months' elementary and eight months' high school courses required by law. Requests from 155 school corporations in 27 counties have been filed with the state depatment of education, asking for a total of $551,799 or $292,979 more than Is available for state aid. The money is claimed by the school corporations as necessary to complete the minimum school year. The requests are almost twice as great as a year ago, and the fund available for the schools is somewhat smaller, due it is said, to the state tuition tax falling by $66,000 to raise as much money as a year ago. EMMELINE PANKHURST SPEAKS AT COLISEUM Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the noted English suffragist, who is to speak in the Coliseum tonight, was to have arrived in Richmond this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock. She will be entertained at dinner by a group of local women voters. Mrs. Pankhurst will speak this evening on "The Woman Voter versus Bolshevism," speaking with authority from her observation of the operation of bolshevism ih Russia, after tho upheaval. All women of the city are urged by the promoters of this meeting to attend, declaring what Mrs. Pankhuret will have to say will be of interest to them on account of their newly won vote, as well as because of the speaker's personal prominence. These in charge of this meeting wish it emphasied that no large fee, but only a nominal one, will be charged.

SEARCH FOR DEAD HURLED BY TORNADO f mm- ..i One White Boy, 28 Negroes

Killed in Terrific Storm 44 Persons Injured Wind Plays Strange Tricks. LOSS IS 0VETS600,000 (By Associated Press) OCONEE, Ga., Feb. 11 Another search for dead and injured and an Inventory of property loss in yesterday's tornado was in progress here today. It was definitely established that one white person, Bennie Franklin Hall, 17 years old, and 28 negroes lost their lives, and 44 people were Injured. The property loss is estimated to be at least $600,000. Seventy-five negro houses were destroyed. Many of the dead had been sent to nearby points and scores of the injured were in hospitals at Tannille and Sandersville. Relief has been sent from Atlanta and nearby towns and the injured and homeless were being cared for by the Red Cross and civic organizations. Identification of the bodies continued slow but it was ascertained that in some cases entire families had been wiped out. Region Devastated The region visited by the tornado was completely devastated. It is an area nearly five miles long and half a mile wide stretching from Gardner almost to Toomsboro. The chief property damage occurred at the plant of the Cleveland-Oconee Lumber company where most of the victims of the disaster were employed. A large part of the plant was destroyed and millions of feet of lumber scattered for hundreds of yards in every direction. The wind played many freaks. A school building in which there were 80 children was destroyed but all the pupils escaped with no more injury than bruises. Bodies of some of the victims were hurled through the air for great distances and badly mangled. Scores of houses were razed and giant trees were twisted off and boards and other objects were blown about as if shot from a gun. Find Bodies In Field. Most of the bodies were found in an open field where they had been carried by some freakish whirl of the wind. Cara were blown from the railroad tracks and fowl stripped clean of their feathers. Torrential downpours of rain accompanied the wind and all rivers and streams were reported at flood and still rising early today. BUTTER RULE HEARING BRINGS OUT OPINION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 Internal revenue commissioner Williams today set February 25 for hearing representatives of the butter and oleomargine interests on the recent decision by the attorney general, concerning the stability of adulterated butter. The attorney general's opinion holds Mr. Williams said that a grade of butter produced from decomposed or rancid cream, or from cream which Is high in acid and has a bad odor, and which in both cases has been neutralized with chemicals before churning is adulterated butter, and is subject to a tax as such at the rate of 10 cents a pound. There has been an erroneous Impression Mr. Williams said, that the bureau intended to tax butter made from sour cream and milk under the opinion.of the attorney general. Postponement of the effective date of the treasury descion in accordance with this opinion from Feb. 1 to April 1, was announced by the commissioner. COOLIDGE'S SALARY BOOSTED TO $15,000 (Bv Assoriateil Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. A salary j increase of $3,000 a year, from $12,000 1 to $15,000, was voted for Vice Presi-1 dent Coolidge today by the senate, j I which at the same time, reduced his i already small patronage roll by strik- I lng out a provision for a private tele-1 graph operator at $1,500 a year. j Elimination of the provision for a telegraph operator was made at the ' request of Vice President Marshall, who said the vice president had no need for a private operator. He urged j that the senate accept an amendment j providing for a private messenger for the vice president, at. $1,000 a year instead of a page at $600. THOMAS A. EDISON IS 74 YEARS OLD TODAY WEST ORANGE. N. J., Feb. 11. Thomas A. Edison, 74 years old todav, i was assisted in celebration ot the an-1 nlversary by the Edison Pioneers, an j organization composed of the inven- j tor's ascociates. of 50 years ago. I Th.3 pioneers, with their wives and I

children, gathered early at Glenmont, the Edison, home in Llewellyn park, and held a business meeting. Mrs Edison entertained the women and children white Mr. Edison and his "pals" as he chose to call them, talked of the days gone by. Dinner was to be served for the party in the afternoon, after which the pioneers were to help the inventor read his many messages of felicitation. V

AMERICAN CATHOLICS OFFER $5,000,000 AID TO MEXICAN BROTHERS

(By Associated Press MEXICO CITY. Feb. 11. -American Catholics have offered co-religionists in this country $5,000,000 with which to 'combat radicalism is Mexico, declares El Nacional of this city. The newspaper asserts Cardinal Gibbon is a leader in the movement to assist Mexican Catholics in the proposed campaign. t Attacks made upon a parade of j Catholic youths In this city lat Tuesday night brought the feeling between I the radicals and Catholics to a climax and charges and counter-charges of plotting, which have been frequent on both sides, have increased since that incident. Solution Mystery authorities have Police been aftempting to fix the blame for lar-ti Sunday's bombing of the home of j Archbishop Mora and a plant owned by an American company, but solu- j tion of the mystery seems as far off j as ever. Radicals, labor organizations j and church leaders all have denounced j acts of violence and disclaimed any j connection with the bomb outrages. I Government officials have been as-! stired almost daily by letters and j statements of the fidelity of both Catholics and radicals to the govern-1 ment, and delegations have informed i President Obregon of their patriotic j i attitude. I Several newspapers seized upon Tuesday night's demonstrations as an I occasion for launching violent attacks against the Church El Monitor Repub-

licano, w hich until its reorganization i workmen erecting stands on capitol steps and one side of medal to be prea few weeks ago was considered a; sented to Harding, Coolidge, and participants at inauguration, semi-official organ being particularly vehement. Several meetings of Cath- Erection of the platform on which President-elect Harding will take his olics and radicals have been called for , oath of office and deliver his inauguration address has begun, as the picture next Sunday. ' above shows. The stand will cover only a portion of the east front stairway

Railway Executives Will Consider Cutting Costs (Bv Associated Press) CHICAGO. Feb. 11 The American Association of Railway executives today called a meeting for Feb. 18 in Chicago for all presidents of railroads belonging to the organization to consider further steps in the railroads' fight for abrogation of the national agreement by which they expect to cut operating expenses as one move in restoring pre-war conditions on the roads. The railroad labor board was not in session today. POSTPONE FIGHT ON GERMAN IN SCHOOLS (Bv Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 11. Hard fought and protracted debate marked the sessions of both houses of the Indiana legislature today. In the sen ate, after Senator Bower's bill to j amend the state law acainst. the use of German language in the schools of the state had been ordered to second reading without comment, the anti-piokPt-lng bill was taken up and the debate was being continued whn the noon adjournment was reached. The fight on the Bower bill woulu be made, it was said, when it comes up for amendment. The contest in he house was cvpr amendment .. or me narrzen veiuej inert bill to leave the power to suspend juagment in the nanas or me court aim uie power to parnon in me nanns of the governor. The HartzU bill, wmrn passea me senate to i, wouin deprive the governor of power to pardon or parol? a convir-tpj man ex cept. with the consent of (he secretary of state, thp state auditor, and the slate treasurer. An arTempt to kmi me nm was voreu down 6 to 28, but the'Givan amendment to strike out the cl3ue concern - lng executive and judicial was adopted OS to 23. clemency William 0. Brannon Answers Ueatn S Cflll William O. Brannon. 48 vears old, j died at his home. 1224 Butler street.! at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning of poisoning. Hp is rurvived bv the wMow. o"e j brother and one sister. He w the i son of William Brannon. a member of the firm of Brannon and Hawkin. ice dealers. Funeral arrangements will bo announced later. Why Rich mond is the Best Placp in Which to Live Fh dny Pnllniflnm rrnortrr vll! Interview p-Mnnti nt rnmlom fo find out hy hey like to live bere. "I like Richmond because she is awake to the fact that clean sportsmanship counts in athletics." said a local basketball fan Friday. "There have been times when local teams did not realize that playing the game with true courtesy was best but that attitude has been wiped out in this city. "You will And that practically every athlete in this city, all sports included, realizes that the best way to win approbation from the crowd is to play the game like a man and to avoid the use of unfair tactics. In other cities you read about teams being hooted off the floor and all that sort of thing but in Richmond I think you will find the courtesy shown here compares mighty favorably with that shown in other cities." "And Richmond teams win too," he added. "Richmond is noted for her athletic teams. Win or lose, wo back our teams to the limit. Let me give you a little advance dope. The Richmond high school team is go'ng to win the state tourney this year."

Preparing for Harding Inaugural

I a departure from the immense stands erected for previous inaugurations, j Gold replicas of an inauguration medal will be presented to the new presiI dent and vice president. The medal has been designed by Elmer E. Hannon, a deaf sculptor of Washington, and will be distributed to inaugural guests.

Full Scope of Community Work Outlined by Dr. A. R. Wellington

Organization of a permanent committee to take charge of the community service work in Richmond, under auspices s of the National Community Service bureau, was made at a meet ing called for 4:15 Friday afternoon in the assembly room of the K. of P. building. A. R. Wellington, of New York, district representative of the community service work for Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri, was present to i discuss the work with local people called into conference. Ora Stegall ! nrpsidod. According to C. B. Root, community service worker in charge of the organization in Richmond, many people do not understand exactly what community service is, or what it stands for. The meeting Friday afternoon cleared j up all these questions and outlined (nP work that is expected to be car-1 ried on in Richmond. j Shows Results of Survey. i i Mr. Root will present the results of I , a survey made during the past three ; weeks. . From tho survey which the local j organizer has made, it appears mat j the work in Richmond will be dii vided into five main sections, as 101lows: Girls ?nd women s activities, m - t cludinK athletics, amusements and rec1 1 iio ( 1 1 j " u in. ii n' ... ... .-. ... activities, inj reations of all kinds. Play lots and playgrounds for child - , rPn ana older people in vano-is sec - tions of the city, constructed so as to 1 bp handy for each niMehborhood Community athletics for industries, churches, stores and clubs. Neighborhood organization utilizing schools, lodges and vacant buildings. Dramatic activities, including pag - eautry work, littte theatres and story telling, The work in these various sections New York in Action Against Typhus Cases (By Associated Press) w uruv, reD. ii .measures prevent a spread of typhus in this city nr rw in frii invostieation ... i..v...... . .. - opened here today with the arrival from Washington of R. H. Creel, as - sistant surgeon general. by which the city is said to be men- j aced following the discovery of 37 j cases of typhus among passengers onj incoming steamships were urged yes-j terday in a message sent to President Wilson by health authorities here. Dr. Royal S. Copcland. commissioner of health, today appointed a committee to make a survey of immigration facilities and quarantine regulations aud to investigate a r-port that immigrants were being admitted after superficial medical examination. Sixteen cases of typhus were found . , u- " ,y -r, who arrived last the steamship Providence, which arrived Wednesday and 0 cases aboard the steamship San Giusto, which arrived yesterday. An epidemic of typhus visited this city in 1S93, when of 473 cases that developed, 200 were fatal. Embezzlement, Murder, are Charged Against Davis ' ( By Associated Press) j CHICAGO, Feb. 11. Ralph Davis, arrested here on a charge of embezzling funds of the farm bureau of Newton City, Ind., also faces charges of having murdered his aged father and j mother, according to a long distance telephone message, received today ' from Earl Gardner, sheriff at Kenti land. I The message said Davis had been j indicted for murder and would be arj raigned in Morocco, Ind., as soon as the excitement died. Davis was rushI ed out of Chicago last night and talicn 1 to the jail at Rensselaer.

was explained at the meeting. Committees to care for them will be ap

pointed. Instruct Leaders. Instruction of neighborhood leaders will be by classes which are expected to be organized within the next week. I It is eaid that it already appears mat there wm be such a number ready to enroll in these classes that at least two sections will h?ve to be made. Mr. Root will have in charge the in(Continued on Page Ten) PLUMBING CONTRACTOR IS RECALLED IN PROBE (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 11. George E. Gibson, plumbing contractor, was recalled today in the trial of John T. Hetrick, lawyer, charged with extortion, to complete testimony he began yesterday. Two officials of the United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters and a master plumber are co-defendants in the trial. Mr. Gibson testified that he joined j.-jtters ancj a master plumber are wnHantc in th. trioi " , iU . . .

i i?wiirU n. j,uilee of Qrover c. Bergdolls escape j Hetrick's organization when the de- j frc,ra a military guard and his subse-

rendant. told mm it naa oeen iormea to eliminate "peddling" of bids, and 1 "cut throat mctnoas. i v ' . i . i . . i .... i ! .. . Hetti ick, originator of a secret j "code of practice" among contractors. 1 was indicted on evidense submitted , by investigators or an alleged Duiiding trust." His code, attorneys for the rrosecution charged, functioned J actually for the suppression of competition. J B liy ri VCDO If II I CF1 iNOyi rLltnAMLLrlJ IN PRACTICE FLIGHT (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 11. Lieutenants John Henry Heitz Menken and John Frederick Wolfer, United instates navy, were killed near Guanfananio ruba vesterdav bv the wreck - ! f80'..-.? -.1:7 Imgr OI meir airplane wuiit uu a. ii , tJce llight for radio instruction. A 1 jispatclj received today by the navy department gave no details. Weather Forecast MOORE'S GENERAL FORECAST Light snows at intervals with only ! moderately cold during the next 24 to "6 hours., Freezing weather tonig.it. Forecast for Wayne county, by W. E. ! Mocre Partly cloudy tonight and Satjurday; an occasional snow but fair at I intervals. For Indiana, by the United States i Weather Bureau Unsettled tonight; in north and central por tions; Saturday cloudy with snow flurlies in extreme north portion; not much change in temperature. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum

Minimum 30 'American minister to Greece, that the Today I financial situation is "desperate," and Noon ?,? has declared that only action by the j United States in advancing some $33.Weather Conditions. ' 000,000 on credits created in 1918 can The general rain and snowstorm I bring relief, covers all of the states east of the Importations at the present time Mississippi river. It is moving slowly tare more than three times as great away this morning ar.d fair weather ! as exportations and hundreds of thouscontinues over the Plain statos. Ther j ands of tons of shipping are Idle. It

1a no coin weatner tn any portion of j is recognizea mat an miemu or pnthe United States or Canada excepting ; vate loan is impossible and the gov-

in the provinces adcacent to Hudson Bay, where it is only moderately cold. A tornado developed Thursday noon on the southern Quadrant of the area of low barometric pressure east of the Mississippi river. It was most violent between Macon and Augusta, Georgia. The wind velocity in the average tornado ranges from 500 to .1,000 miles per hour.

JOB HUNTERS ARE RUSHING TO HARDING

Screened by Conferences at Marion and' Vacation in Florida, Wave of HobbyRiders Reaches Him. IS IN PERFECT HEALTH (By Associated Press) ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla Feb. 11. The quadrennial tide wave of office seekers and advice givers that always engulfs a president-elect on the eve of his inauguration is rising steadily about Warren Harding's headquarters here. Screened away from Marion by the conferences of "best minds" and then held at bay for three weeks while Mr. Harding was on vacation the rush of the job-hungry and the hobby-riders promises now to assume the proportions of a deluge. Its force is not softened by the circumstance that republicanism has not tasted of the plums of patronage for eight years. With just three weeks remianing before the advent of the new administration more than one of the aspiring is becoming less and less confident of !1s prospects and is taking his case tnto his own hands with a certain touch of desperation. Listens To Advice. Of course many of those who have engagements to see him have been summoned for consultation on very serious problems, but the presidentelect prides himself on being a good listener and he wants to be accessible to every one. Consequently a goodly proportion of the people he feels compelled to eee are those who want something for themselves or for their friends and who insist on presenting their case even though the selection of a cabinet and the preparation of an inaugural address must wait. Despite the influx of visitors, however. Mr. Harding expects to keep a portion of each day for work of his own choosing and another period for exercise. Arranges Exercise. To offset his heavy appointment list today he arranged a golf fame for the afternoon and planned to take an automobile ride before dinner. The president-elect came back from his vacation in fine-spirits and apparently in perfect condition physically. As a precaution, however, his physician, Dr. E. C. Sawyer of Marion, who has accompanied him on every previous trip away from home, since his nomination, is expected to come to St. Augustine next week to remain until inauguration. CONGRESS MAY PROBE FLIGHT OF BERGDQLL (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 11. Investigation by a congressional commiti r.uent flight o Germanv was m prospect today following testimony in , ill iiir ciii ii i hi. iiitiiiii. , draft dodzpr civen before the House ! militarv affairs committee yesterday Shy District Attorney Charles D. Mc Avoy. of Philadelphia. Although in discussing Bergdoll's escape Mr. McAvoy told the committee, he did not believe there was evidence of corruption against anybody connected with the war department, members of the committee announced they were determined to go to the bottom of the case and press for early motion on a resolution introduced by Chairman Kahn last May. providing for a congressional investigation. The committee plans to Inquire particularly, members said. Into the methods by which Bergdoll obtained from the treasury department the SI 05,000 In gold which he has chargedin recent statements from Germany 1 . iT L , J v Mliat he buried in Maryland to be used in effecting his release through bribery of government officials. It. was to permit him to recover this alleged burled cold that he was granted a release under the military guard from which he made his escape. The committee also will seek to ascertain how the j prisoner's lawyers were able to secure his release for that purpose. GREECE FACES CRISIS; LOOKS TO AMERICA (Rv Associated Press) ATHENS, Feb. 11. Economic condij'ions in Greece are becoming serious. The exportation of tobacco and other products is at a standstill, the army in Smyrna is costing 3.000.000 drachmas per day and treasury receipts are dwindling daily. The new Greek pre27'mier has informed Kdwara capps. eminent faces the necessity of in creasing its floating debt by issuing more bank notes, but it hesitates to do so without receiving permission from the International financial r commission. ., .r(... Food prices are mounting in proportion to the decline of the exchange rate on th drachma which at present stands at 15 to the dollar. It la almoct impossible to obtain meat. - -