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No.',J69. .' - fc. :- -.;. .x,'.-- .-m; ; . PALATKA, FLORIDA SUNDAY MORNINC', PEG, 30, 1922. ' - ' --y .. - ' '' -' Tig. . l':;: --''VfEfqa.'riVE CENTS' "
F0RBIFICI1LS:
riiliTlllb SiSTEiil EFFEuTIVu WITH " LluuQnS FDR WILL HAB BEHGDQLL GEASEa TO-RUflH HIPENinG A PACKAGt WAR
lED ARREST '-JWYUIG NEW WHU fl PENSAGOLA PORT mgl MIDNISHT i
e to Investigate
Secret
3odles -
o:.:!Ses HELP
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Keep McKoln
etbrmng Con-
tinues
AmctaM rrV "
ha., pec. 30. Morehouse
n toniphtt await ' the
Friday when " the 1 state
its cards on the table in
juse "kidnapping and mur-Tc-lailure
of .the Btte
motion ft: dragnet during
week 'has given the impres
additioifal arrests promised
t be made' before 1 the day f
". th meantimtf investigations are
g extended. - There, were reports
department 'of " justice agents
' delv into the actidties of un
itifjed secret organizations which
e conducted raid: against . ,' the
less.. Louisiana-Arkansas border
The Ku Klux Klan Of the realm of
misiana has afso had agents in the
Atf-it waf Tepo'rted, "t6 .Jearn , if
se organizations' were , Responsible
.ir thV outrage pn th6f Blstrp-Mer
.iDge highway qn, thelight,' of Au
rtust 24 ' wheri Jiyemftjhbers of old
forehouse families wer' kidnapped,
twi flogged and two murdered. , '
, Because of the reports made ' .by
the scores of Persons wlio' were re-
lu7 iITOm' tnZL-P efllTJp.QP-tick,bollcS. re Mdhided
' that the mob was robed-and masked
" rfgalia . -similar to. that worn by the
Ku Klu Klari -theyjslate 'klansman
'are sending Investigators into . More
hourte. t9, sift the affair to-the bottom
and to report thenr Kridiiigs. .-,;-
, - - If. the klah as a wholi is guilty, its
', charter ' svlli be revoked; If individual
members vjbre ; implicated" thj'jipirill
.bejleft to their fellow -kknsmeh to
"face the fate they deserve." This
was the edict of chieftains who gath
ered irt New Orleans yesterday. '
J " Forker1a4ayo to Figh.
ft: Baltjmore, J5ee " 30. Indication
that tfie fight to keep' Dr. B. M. Mc?
Koin, ' former mayor o,f Mer Rouge,
La., from being returned to that
state, where "he t is wanted on a
charge of murdef, : would be contin
ved to the last, was given ' today
-'when ioraaer United States District
' Attorney Robert : R. Carman, the
physician's counsel, said he had men
tioned the case to Judge John C.
Rose, of the United States district
court, ..' . ' ;'
- Mr. Carman again vtodsy said that
he would- make no further move to
ward obtaining hisf lient's ' release
until after ' the extradition! hearing
before .Governor Ritchie, as the
Louisiana , officers are expected here
vitft the. necessary papers tomorrow,
t is not expected -that the, case will
e before the governor until Tues
ay, as Monday is a holiday. ,
LICENSE TAG3 RECEIVED"
Many automobile -license' tags for
, 1S23 have been already' received by
applicants from Palatka and Putnam
county, jn spite of the fact, that there
via much delay in the receipt of the
rtock by the state comptroller-, from
the' manufacturers. The ,1923 tags
bow erange-c&lorod raised . figures
and letters 'oa' a dark 'blue ; back
ground, and'carry . a,ri outline of the
state On the ' .extreme V right. ' The
'twIioW jiffair 4s much more attractive
'4,'osV of 1922 but the . price
remains thfr same.- ' ,; '
("1 RE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS AT
ATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK
Atlantic City, N J, Dec 30-Fire
cause da quarter of a million damage
at New. York avenue and the Board
walk todays Three- persans were re
ported ninsing tonight - and three
firemen were slightly' injurd. Four
sirfs, cabaret singers i one, bf the
buildings destroyed, were carried
'down ladder safrfy. -. -.,
j The interior of the If suljtt. tloug
afe and. Hugo's., Beautp Shopp were
.'stroyed.; The interior , of the Hotel
?feas nd that of the Orchard Show
aloon were badly damaged. ; . '
New Tickets Ready fori
LJse Under New
System -
4 .-,-.v
; Beginning; ' tomorrow-; those . pur
chasing tickets ivef the St. Johns
river bridge, will receivecoupons. in
stead of the usual ticket to be punch
ed like a meal ticket, and only those
whose Innual passes have not yet
expired can drive by the bridge tend
er and gaily wave their hands with
out stopping, v- "
. The tickets for the new system will
be delivered tomorrow Ud will im
mediately go into effect in - accord
ance with the decision of the beard
of county commissioners More than
a million tickets have been printed
to take care of the various schedules
agreed on. : These books . range in
price from 25 cents to fl5, and, ca
cording to careful estimates of th'
board," consent users of the bridge
will not have to .pay any' more than
they were legitimately paying Under
the annual pasg system. It is be
lieved that the coupons will stop the
abuse of the pas system.' '
5 Following is the scale of prices:
; 12 tickets foil" 25 cents. ' "
, 24 tickets for 50 cents.
50 tickets for $1.00. .
s 100 tickets for $1.75. ' v -.' . :
,v 500 tickets for $6.25.-
1000. tickets fo $10.00. ' .
' 0000 tickets,- f of $t6.W. . ;v-'
; Each ; ticket will be -good for one
person and four for each autdmoblie,
just as at present so many units are
punehed out of a ticket. A car' with,
driver and; three passengers will cost
eish't 'tickets. x 1 !; ' . .".'.'':
for convenience ,inN carrying half of
the sheets are made up1 of tickets of
five -units. In other words, each tick
et is good for five passengers; or an
automobile and driver.- None of the
tickets--will be good if detached.
Stubborn Trusts
Still Hoping to
Get Their Rebates
Br Aunlitfl Ptru) ' -
Tallahassee, Dec. 30.-r-The Gulf
Refining company, tndard Oil
company and - Texas .Oil company,
whose properties were seized here a
faw days ago by the sheriff of Leon
county under a writ of attachment
obtained by- State Comptroller Amos
to enforce collectio nof the one-cent-a-gallon
'gasoline tax, -furnished
forthcoming bonds' today and their
holdings were released. The ' Gulf
company put up approximately $20,
000, the Standard $19,000, and the
Texas company $9,000. .';-'
NEGRO ASSOCIATION , . ; ,
. MAKES DECLARATION
' New York, Dec. 30. r Women in
the south' " have repudiated lynojhing
as a protection for . won'anhood, and
have joined in a demand ' that the
Dyer anti-lynching bill - be enacted
by congress, the Association for Ad
vancement of Colored People declar
ed today, in its annual report. .. -
According to the statement, - sev
eral .leading southern . journals also
have joined in the demand for' the
bill. The association asserted that it
is responsible for presenting extradi
tion of colored men accused of crimes
in certain southern states . and has
protected the civil rights of such
men.. -... . . -.' . .,
MIKE DONOHUE RESIGNS
Montgomery, Ala, Dei. 30-rMike
Donohuot f of nineteen , years, head
coach at the Alabama Polytechnic in
stitute X Auburn), announced here to-'
daj that he had signed a contract
with the Louisiana State university
at Baton Rouge. Donohue .-, stated
that, his cointract was signed for five
years and he 'will receive $10,000 a
yearv. . , .; . - .... - J
AMBASSADOR WARREN TO QUIT
Tokio, Dec. 30. Charles B. War
ren, United Stateaambssad,or to Ja
pan, will jf&k&F. 2JWWWM J -'he
Preidet 9M,v$hiit4.,')Bnifarjr. 22 and,
aftar -Recepsars. conferences , with
President. ' Harding, r and Secretary
Hughes, will present hi! resignation,
he announced today?., , ;
Fifteen Booze Boats Big
, ' Surprise to Prohi
Chief
$7,000,000 OF DRINKS
Believe 6oAooo Cases Are
, But Small Portion of
? Invoice .
'My MMUd Pmh)
New York, pec. 30. With the
sub-chaser Hensen, federal dry navy,
of the port of New York, tied up at
the Battery with engines disabled,
tfe Narrows .wig left inguarded" to
night long enough for fifteen .rum
runners to slip iflto port with -nearly.
$7,000,000 worth of liquor for New
Xear's, the police department was
advised.' ,V -J
The ffiteen liquor .vessels are' be
lieved by prohibition pfficials to have
aboard at: least 60,000 case's, of
liquor. They represent only a part
of the fleet of rum-laden craft whffcli
since a lew days betore Christmas
had been laying outside the three- Jesscl- 11 .ne sa"ea aDDara ner om
milo limit .-oitin nnnn-nniw f.'any port in Germany. She sailed
oppu
run the gauntlet. .. '
. Federal Prohibition Zone Chief Ap
pleby was amazed when he - learned
tha tthe Jlensen, flagship . of his
"dry fleet," was tied.up at her pier.
"I thought-she wjs, out patrolling
theNarrows,'! he explained. ;
Someone Fixed It?
Appleby immediately got in touch
with Captain John H. Drysart, com
mander of the Hansen. It developed
that a mysterious order had been re-
engines repaired, hut the authoruyi
for the order could not be learned.
The rum-chaser ' then y9nt , to her
dock and her engines were taken
down. - " ,
All this 'followed discovery , in ihe
crew's quarters of the Hansen today
of 20 cases of. liquor alleged to have
been part of a . cargo 'of 70 cases
seized "on the schooner Lennie Bell,
several days ago. '. , V
When Appleby told Captain Dry
sart that since the Hansen had dock
ed under her own power, she should
put to see at once to watch the liquor
smugglers, he was informed the en
gine was dismantled. Besides, said
Captain Drysart. the removal of
members of his crew, in connection
with the 20 cases had left him too
short-handed to start on patrol.
With the Hansen out of the way
Appleby tonight endeavored to press
every available small boat into serv
ice to. head off the blockade -runners
Kline Resigns as
' Florida's Coach;
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, May Take Acosta
Mr A Ht FrM
XJainesville, Dec. 80. VV. .G. (Bill)
Kline, head coach at the ' University
of Florida, handed his resignation to
athletiCjuthoritieg today asking that
it become . effective immediately. Mr.
Kline said' he was quitting coaching
to go into business and while he made
no definite plans, probably would lo
cate in Miami. . -. ,
Mr. Kline came to', Florida., three
years ago from,he University of Ne
braska, where, in one year, ha turn
ed out a football eleven, tba't won theJ
championship of the Missouri valley
Conference. . . . . ,
No successor has been selected and
it is unlikely, any official action .will
take place until the -meeting of" the
athletic . board next eek John
Acosta, of Jacksonville, former Yale
football star, who coached the Flor
ida freshman,, eleven this fall and
whipped into shape a yearling team
that defeated evry opponent it met,
is looked upon as a possible success
or should KJine's resignation be ac
cepted, although none of the direc
tors have discussed it.. ' .
CARDINALS HAVE PICKED
, BRADEXTOWX QUARTERS
St. - Louis, Dec. 30 Exhibition
games with six majoh league .-clubs
farms part of the. St. Louis Nationals
spring conditioning. program, it was
announced .tonight. .The .-Cardinals
expect to begin -training at- Braden-
town about Manh Z."
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f " . i ' I wfljt bftvorianized.
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Confident 'Drag, Dbdjger
onippea on.uerman3
-Boil?"
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OFFiCWLSOayjGUARD
Jupiter Due; to Arrive at
Her Dockj Today or
.Tomorrow "l
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Pcnsacola, Dec. 30.s-The Gertnan
steamer Jupiter, ita "Which. Grover
Cleveland Bergdotf, draft dodger, '. is
reported to be attempting to 1 enter
the United States -through Pensacola,
with ordinary., weather- conditions,
should arrive, here tomorrow or Mon
day. The Jupiter sailed from Sayal,
Azores, December 13, and unless ad
verse weather is encountered it usij-
type 17 o 18 daysVto arrive t Pen
sacola. Bergdoll has been aboard the
Jupiter- for more than, a month, ' ac
cording ta the local agents for the
from Cardiff, Wales, with a cargo of
coal November 30, for the Azores "
Local customs and. 'department -of
justice officials are keeping constant
vigU for ,the veasel, 'She will ; be
boarded immediately upon arrival, t
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Jacksonville Bank
Increases Capital
nnrl Cuts Riot M1nn
Ht 4aaMfati frrmm . V
Jacksonville, Dec. 30. Edward W.
Lane, president of the Atlantic Na
tional bank of this city, announced
today, that the-directors at a meet
ing Thursday voted a, 300 per cent
stock dividend, payable today, and a
quarterly cash dividend of 6 per cent,
payable January 2. The' bank, which
is the largest in. Flbrida, previously
had been capitalized at $350,000.
With the new dividend the. capital
stock will be $1,400,000. Its deposits
aggregate more than $20,000,000. The
bank has paid a total of $1,051,000 in
dividends since its organization in
1903.
Two Yield Lives
to Prevent Wreck '
: Passenerer Train
Philadelphia, Dee. 30. Two Phila
delphia & Reading railway track
walkers, Antonio Diello and Carmino
Grande, sacrificed their lives today
tn' removing a railroad tie from the
path of on express train bound frofn
New 'York to Philadelphia.
The 'tie hod been dropped in' rails
by two other employes in their haste
to get out of the way of the train.
Diello and Grande jumped forward
and threw the tie clear of the track,
but were not able tb get away them
selves before the locomotive struck
them. Their prompt action probably
averted a wreck, it was declared. The
accident -occurred a tFern Rock, Pa.
FRADY'S ILLNESS MAY '
POSTPONE MURDER TRIAL
Miami, 'Dec. 30. Lloyd D. Heth,
the Chicago attorney employed by
relatives of Mrs. Dorothy Frady to
assist in the prosecution of Edgar G.
Frady, charged with her murder, to
day stated on arrival here that he
will not insist that Frady go to trial
oh January 3. if Frady is in the se
rious condition reported
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS
V The regular meeting of the' city
council will be held on Tuesday
evening; next, at which time should
be considered in of improved - rail
way crossings in various portions of
the city, n Iother localities the
Coast Line hag readily agreed to re
place rotten crossings with new ones
of asphalt upon tarqutst of the city
authorities. . ! 1 -'
1 The rejrular-i monthly cprikmg 'of
tlie board of -count;
Im'rtiisaioners
will ke held on Moi
court
' board
house,- at which ti
rtti
rt-Vn
Court's Order jSuspend
ihg. Operations Is
ive.
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f.UY - BE JJGAr flGHT
This Will' Come Qver an
.Effort to Tak'd Up
Effective at . midnight last night all
operations of . the Ockalaha Valley
railroad ceased under an , order is
sued by Circuit Judge W. H. Bullock
at Ocala last week, directed to Re
ceiver A. Ghrisrensen. Whether this
meang the final abandonment of the
road or not remains' to be seen. ; fe
lt is not believe dthat junking the
road will bring any return to , the
bond holders, as taxes for two years,
amounting t approximately $25,000
and receivers' certificates issued this
year amounting to $19,365 will have
to be paid first, and it is not believed
that the rail and equipment will net
much over this amount, as the cost
of taking up the rail and delivering
it to; a designated f.o.b. point would
be considerable.' - - -. , .
The state will , exact the payment
of taxes before any of the property
is moved, and in the event this
amount is not forthcoming the road
would then be sold at sheriff's sale
all of the amount jabove the taxes
due.,; Of. the receivers certificates is
sued the Rodman Lumber - company
holds $14,365 and the Wilson Cypress
company $5,6()0. 4 These certificates
Were Diirch'aseH in nrder t hat tha
taoad nitgh ja"y fitstaxes 'flifs'1 year
and continue operating.. Under the
court's order they "wjll take prece
dence over all other indebtedness.
With the suspension of the road
the Rodman Lumber company will be
pvacticaly bottled up. Dr. L; W.
Warren, one of the trustees named by
the creditors, stated that unless the
mill at Rodman can be sold in the
next few days that it will be dis
mantled and sold by piece-meal. If
this is done another problem will
confront the company that of mov
ing the material .after it is sold.
It has been evident since' the Wil
son Cypress company and the Rod
man Lumber company discontinued
hauling their.Jogs over the road that'
it could, not operate and meet , ex
penses. . The amount of freight de
veloped along, the line is infinitesimal
and practically no through freight is
offered. The principal reason for
this latter condition is that the road
has ' no connection agreements, and
that the roadbed and rolling stock is
in 'such bad condition that some roads
declined to turn freight over . to., it
without a proper bond, it is said. , ;
Some time ago it was known that a
plan was developing to, consolidate
the Palatka-Jacksonville Steamboat
Line with the Ocklawaha Valley rail
way, but this deal seems to have fall
en through, although it was siated
in well informed circles today that in
the event the road can be secured at
a reasonable price under present con
ditions it may yet be consummated.
JACKSONVILLE RECORDS,
SHOW MANY DRUNKS
Jacksonville, Dec; 30. Local police
headquarters announced tonight that
arrests for intoxication in ' Jackson
ville during 1922 will exceed in num
ber any year since 1901. Records
prior to that time were destroyed in
a lire which razed a large part of the
city. The number of persons docket
ed for drunkenness during the- year
will approximate 700, it was stated.
MIAMI BREAKS, RECORDS
Miami, Dec. 30. A total of $4,-
$4,647,744 in construction was com
pleted or started during the year just
closed, the city building , inspector's
books showed tonight. August -was
the high month, $998,700 in permits
being. issuedTbreaking all records for
a single month.
- BIG THING FOR PALATKA
- In the opinion of T. M. Waldron.
the noted potato producer of East
Palatka, "Tha best thing that Palat
ka can do right now is to keep the
general public' from finding out there
was ever a question as to having the
full term of school." . " ' '
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Two - Arrested
tfeged
to
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VBorhb
Marshfield, Wis., Dec. 30, James
Magnuson, a farmer living six miles
southeast of -Marshfield, and his '18-year-old
son was arrested late today
in connection witK the "mailin? of a
dynnmite.fiomb to' James' A. Chap
man,' county commissioner. . ' V'"-..
The' bomb exploded 1 while ' Mr.
Chapmtfh was opening' the package,
blowing off Mr. Chapman's left arm..
Mrs. Chapman'-tHed' late? from iftjjir
ries 'she 'received.: ? ' 'V.' -t .
"Sheriff Mueller, ,' accompanied bjr
raepUtie ; hd vpoAall inspectors, ?-ar
rested -Ma'gnuson in ft wood about
fortyv ro'ds from hig house and then
found the son at home.''; Both were
taken" t Wiscoraia Rapids, the coun
ty seat.' v t j V; -I.'.-'' : - - , "
Magnuson, a ScindinaVian 'settler,
was one of the bitterest' opponents of
a drainage ditch project which Chap-
mart, as a commissioner, h
spon-
sored. 'm '''-.
N a v si i Appropriation
Bill Passes Carrying
$325,000,000 ; .
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Washington, Pec. 30. After the
calming of the senate three-day "storm
by the withdrawal of Senator Borah's
amendment proposing a world's eco
nomic conference ' the senate today
passed the $325,000,000 fiavalappro
priation bill and. adjourned over New
Year's. . ' .' . .. ' '
Debate on' the Borah amendment
was not resumed today and the bill
was also passed without a mention
of the house provision requesting the
president to negotiate with the prin
cipal naval powers for further naval
armament limitation, This provision
remaining in, the bill wjll go' to the
president ahd will not come before
the senate and house conferees. It
requests the president -to negotiate
with Great Britain, Japan and Italy
with a view to agreements limiting
vessels under 10,000 tons and air
craft not covered by the treaty. 1
After passage of the naval bill the
administration- shipping bill, which
had been' laid aside temporarily, was
brought up and placed in position
for resumption of debate when the
senate meets Wednesday.
Tourists Who Put
Tin in Tin Can
Meet in Tampa
IttT Awwelatsa ftiiil
Tampa, Dec. 30. More than 3,000
tin canners are'expected to attend the
fourth annual convention of Tin Can
Tourists of the World to open at 7
o'clock Monday evening at DeSoto
Park, autoombile tourist camp here.
Royal Tin Can Opener G. M. Tre
maine, of Fredonia, N. Y., ia expected
to preside at the convention which
is to continue throughout next Satur
day night. ' ' ;
JONES AND PERRY BUY
MORE BIG NEWSPAPERS
Jacksonville, Dec. 30. John H.
Perry' and Richard Lloyd Jones, pub
lishers of The Jacksonville ' Journal,
announced today tha purchase of The
Minneapolis (Minn.) News, Jhe
Reading (Penn.) . ' News-Times, -a
morning newspaper, and- The Read
ing' Telegram, an afternoon publica
tion. -The . Perry-Jones group of
newspapers 'also includes The Pen
sacola Journal, Tulsa (OkU.) Tri-
fbune, and Chralestou (S. C) Amer
ican. ' ''; '
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BANKS tilOSte MN'0AT" ':
Because r'f-a.) fVJTjhSahky
the sever 7-l re-
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inorrx . . "V
Tuesday- .
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BORAH -WITHDRAWS
DEBATED MEASURE.
SENATE flDJOUPMS
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DIJTLIEIJI.:'.
ACCUSEIMlrFnJIUD
dfeds Xbt Millions 'fif "
' y jiollars . tmolvM W'&t
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UaughertyCf 'Bjgv fcactor -;
in Iristif?atinfrther: ' -
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; Washington, ; De4 30-Bendict t
Crowell, fornier assistan1': secretary .
of war, and six other war-time far
mer officials of the wair department,
werecharged today ' in jan mdictment .
returned by ,a special 'federal grand '
jury here with cokspiracy to def raut
the 'government and ; with delaying
and defeating the administration of
law. . ) 'f
The seven defendants were said by
the ' jury to have participated .un
lawfully in award of contracts left
by the government during the waf
and after ' the armistice, 'involving '
expenditures , totaling " hundreds of -mlilions
of dollars, and in which
some of their number had a , pecu- ,
niary interest. - , .r ' -t
Those named as (Conspirators with .
Mr. Crowell were; William A. Star-
rett, of New York, erfgineer and ar
chitect, said to have been a member -
1 '
of the firmgof Starrett 4 Van" Vleck '
and the' Thompsonfetarjrett Co., Inc., .
and later associated with the George
A. Fuller CoV general contractors. '
He was chairman of the y(ar depart
ment's committee on emergency con
struction, connected ifn'tfie coiinsefi
of national defense. ; , .'-.'
- Morton C; Tuttle, of Boston, Mass,,
said to be ,, general manager of the
Aberthaw - Construction , company,
and formerly a member of the
emergency construction committee, r'.
Clemens W. Lundoff, of Cleveland;
Ohio, sajd to be vice president and
general maanger of the Crowell-Lun-
doff-Little Co., and general manager
of the Cleveland Construction com
pany. H ealso was a member of the:
emergency construction committee.
Clair Foster, reported to live in ,
Ganada, and formerly associated
with the Thompson? Starrett and the"
George "A. Fuller Co., and also wittf."
the emergency construction commit- .
tee, . . , .'.'.-: '- i '.
John H. McGibbons, of. Baltimore '
and Chicago, said ti have represenV..
ed a bonding compaay issuing bonds
for contractors and associated during! '
the war with the construction com-' -mittee.
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, James A. Mears, of Boston anrf
Springfield, ; Mass., former . ' general
manager of Fred T. Ley & Co., Jnc
general contractors to whom the firsfc."
contract for construction of a . n-
tional army cantonment was award- .
ed. He was secretary to the con- :
struction -committee in the war de-'
partment during the war. '
The indictment was the first of its .
kind to be returned as, a result of in
vestigation of . war fraud cases ini-''
tiated by Attorney Gencrla -Daugheip
ty. . Others are expected to follow
completion of the presentation' of evi
dence by - department of justice,
agents which' is $aid to be -rapidly-approaching
the stage required fort .
jury consideration. V -. 1 ,-
State Road Fund
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Gets $601,33&.71
From GasolinOTax .
Tallahassee, Dee. SO.-rComptrolIer
Amos announced tonight , that collec
tions from the efie-cent-a-gaf!on tai "j,
on gasoline sold af, wholesale in the '
state v during . 1922 had amounted to-t
$601,319.41 and an additional M7.30 .
in penalties. The tax in 1921; opera-1
tvie gnly from Julj 1 to the end of '
the year, pnxluccd $228,or.6.4'"Y
money , goes to the state ro- '. ' "
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