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TAMMANY LEADER KENNEALY INDICTED FOR EXTORTION
CH EF BELFAST HALL SEIZED
BY TROOPS 10 STOP RIOTING
AS CASUALTIES CLIMB TO 11 4
Watalltv List Keadi Willi
Killingof Workman I o-t );iy ,
and Death of Fiv
Child Shot W hile
Year-Old
.it t'l.i. '
Drastic Punishment Will He,
Imposed on ' Ml in Ulster I
jm iuimiii uu i an in wn -j
V 1 In Th,-ir Aililt l-iv S:iltiril:l. I
bensation Is Caused by rrest
of Irish Republican Anm
Commandant and 2. of His
Officers bv Constabulary
BELFAST. Feb 10 (Associated
res8). The authorities to-day com-
Jplaandoorcd Ulster Hall, the comrno
ttlloua structure on Bedlord Street
rdlnarily used for concerts and as- i
emblages, for the use of the troops
ow encased In combatting the dis-
rders here.
Up to 10 o'clock this morning the
iisualties had reached a total of 114.
ith the deaths numbering 34.
The day opened with the death of
flve-ycar-old child, who was struck
y a bullet yesterday wtiuc piaying
i tho street. '
A workman proceeding along Sea-
ird Street, In the Bnllymacarrett
rea. was shot dead at 8 o'clock this
tornlng.
Youthful gunmen held up a number
workers In tbo Low Market district
id wounded one of them in the foot.
The Firearms Act is now in foico
Northern Ireland and the author!
is announce it will lie strictly ad
red to. Tho possession or Kale of
eanms without police certificates is
mif liable by two yoais-' haul labor.
le period of giati i'oi iliu surrender
aims expires Saturday in Belfast
id Feb. iS clscwheie
A sensation has been caused at
ewry uy tnc arrest uy Ulster spe
ll constables of Seumus Monaghan,
sal commandant of the Irish Hepub
an Anny, and two other Rcpubll
n officers. Patrick and Michael
urney.
Tho officers were proceeding from
ilkoel, County Down, In tho dlrec-
in of KUlowen when captured. They
ro taken to Lisnacree, whero they
ire searched, and afterward to the
iwry military barracks under heavy
eort.
Tho Murneys are brothers of P.
jrney, Chairman of tho Kllkeel
ard of Quardians.
it is stated tliat an automatic pistol
a found in tho possession of Mon-
(han, and seditious literature In the
ckets of tho two Murneys.
Subsequently John McDowell and
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DAILY. CcMW.S& lf?Vv&tt NEW
INTMENT
OF h RECEIVER EOR
III
Ofticers of Brotherhood Are
Restrained From Using
Funds on Deposit.
TOLKDO. O.. Feb. 16. Appoint
ment of a receiver for the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Kmployces and Hailway Shop Labor
ers is asked In a petition filed In Fed
eral Court hero late yesterday by the
liacon Uros. Company of Toledo. It
became known to-day
I The petition asks that the icceiver
'take possession of all property of the
Brotherhood within tlie Jurisdiction
of this court, including all money on
deposit In tho Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers' Co-Opcrntivo Na
tional Bank of Cleveland, and that n
temporary lestiainlng order bo issued
enjoining K. Frank Grable. Individ
ually and as President of the Brother
hood, and all other ntllccrs, from
withdrawing, transferring, assigning
or encumbering any of the funds of
tho Brotherhood on deposit in the
Cleveland bank.
Tho restraining order was issue by
Judge Kllllts who ordered the defen
dants in the case' to appear before
him Feb. " to show cause why a
receiver should not bo appointed.
The application Is an amendment
and a supplement to tho original bill
ot complaint in which several hundred
thousands of dollars damages for
bleach of contract ate asked by the
Bacon Brothers Company.
Til.' oiiginal bill of complaint, tiled
several months ago, set up that a
contract had been signed by the
brotherhood for the purchase of the
B.icon Brothers plant and that the
Tuotlierhood tailed to carry out Its
contract.
TROOPS HELD READY
ON MEXICAN BORDER
5,000 Mobilized at Fort Bliss on
Reports Revolutionist? Gather
Near Juarez.
EL PASO, Feb. 16. Five thousand
troops at Fort Bliss were being held
to-day ready for any emergency
which might arlso along the border.
They were mobilized last night when
rumors were scattered In Juarez and
El Paso that 3,000 men were assem
bling In the hills south ot Juarez, and
that the Juarez garrison was expected
to "revolt."
Juarez military and civilian officials
strongly denied each report, but .ad
mitted they are aware that revolution
ists aro trying to recruit men In,
Chihuahua.
HORSE GOES DOWN
SEWER WITH SNOW
Animal Falls Sixty Feet and Dis
appears Efforts to Rescue
It Vain.
Daniel Mullaney, No 516 3id
Street Brooklyn, driver of it snow
wagon, was about to dlschargo a load
into tho eewer at Fourth Avenuo and
64th Street. Brooklyn, this morning
when ono of the horses slipped Into
tho manhole. Tho harness snapped
and tho horsa disappeared
The manhole Is 60 fet deep. Mul
laney was lowered to the surface of
the water, but could find no trace of
th horse.
ASK APPO
BIG RIM UNION
taylor oil stock
AND
CASH
KM
PROSECUTOR FINDS
Film Director Was Ready to
Pay Tax on Property Not j
Yet Located. !
IsECRECY FOR STARS.
Actresses to Be Questioned in
Homes Hereafter to Avoid '
Publicity.
"LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Feb. 16. Oil
stock and money, believed to have
constituted part of tho estate of Wil
liam Desmond Tayor, murdered tllm
director, are missing, nccordlug to
Charles A. Jones, Investigator for the
District ' ttorney.
Jones made this statement after
checking up Taylor's personal papers
and belongings and then conferring
with Mrs. It. M. Berger, an Income
tax expert with whom Taylor is said
to have discussed his 1921 Income tax
repott a short time before he was
killed.
It was learned, according to Jones,
that Taylor was prepared to pay a
tax on securities and money which
have not been located.
Further investigation Into the mur
der was planned for to-day. Thomas
Leo Woolwinc, District Attorney, stat
ed witnesses would not bo summoned
to his olllccs, but would bo questioned
at their homes by his agents. It was
believed tho publicity attending their
visits to his offlco frightened persons
Into keeping to themselves what
might prove valuable clues. j
This development gave tlso to u iv- !
port that much investigating has been
doflo In secret. But notwithstanding, j
it was said the authorities aie no
nearer u solution of the mystery than
they were at first.
Tho District Attorney admits all his
"leads" have cotno to nothing. Ap
parently he now has no theory as to
tho murder or tho identity of tho as
sussin. The Sheriff's ofilcu clings to
tho theory that Jealousy was tho mo
tive and that a woman did the shoot
ing. Tho pollco arc also inclined to
this theory.
The usual confusing theory of such
cases nas aoveiopeu in uiu iujmui
murder. The authorities have received
volume of letters from cranks, at
least four of whom "confess" to hav
ing killed Taylor. One goes so far as
to give a detallod account of how ho
secretod himself In tho houso in a
"telephone booth In tho back room"
after Mabel Normand left, and when
Taylor returned crept up and shot him
in tho back. Tho telephone in the
Taylor house Is in tho hall. There are
also numerous letters from persons
claiming to have been in communica
tion with Taylor's "spirit."
, To add to tho troubles of the In
vestigators, ibout one-third of tho
detectives on tho imw aro down with
"flu." Whatever ' ' reason for re
calling Wllllani . chauffeur tor
Mabel Noimaiid. tin. only result was
that ho repcatt I U o story ho told at
tho first grl' nid. It added nothing
to the bum mml of information gath
ered by Uiu authorities.
After grilling eight blackmail Mia
pects Post Office Inspectors to-day
declared they had no connectio. with
the case.
"Wo. established these men did not
even know Taylor had been mur
dered," the Inspectors -aid.
MRS. RINGLING BURNED
IN EXPLOSION ON YACHT
rirrnn Mbh-ii Wife ami ! l r
linnla
Injnred Off Klurldn.
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 16. Mrs. John
Rlngilng, wife ot the circus magnate,
and five of Mr, Hlngllns's guests were
slightly burned In an explosion last
night aboard the Rlngllng yacht In the
Gulf, off Corter, Fla., according to ad
vices received hero to-day.
lit) WorH Almtnae. tht mdy refmnei tk,
M Mnti Mr "t " itudi: by mill, twtii r.
Raid, et Mat. AMmi Cuhlir, Niw Ytrk Wrt4.
n y eitr.
YORC, THURSDAY,
EX - ALDERMAN
'ammany Leader Charged
With Receiving s.ooo for
Calling Off Strike.
BENCH WARRANT ISSUED
Investigation Resulted From
Evidence Adduced in Lock-
wood Committee Inquiry
William P. Kcnnealy, assistant
Tammany leader in the Eighteenth
Assembly District, in which Charles
I". Murphy is leader, and former
Chairman of the Finance 'Committee
of the Board of "Aldermen, was In
dicted 10-day with Ttobert P. Brln
dell, now serving a Sing wing sen
tence, for' building trade extortion.
Thry aro charged with extorting
JS.000 from Saul (Bickman as the price I
cit calling off a strike on tho Blck-'
man Building, cm Nelson Avenue,
Long Island CitN, 1I. 21, 1920.
Kenncaly was a member of tht
Executive Committee of the Building
Trades Council under tho presidency
of Hrindell; ho was business agent
of the Steamfltters Helpers Union.
Justice u ass crvogri isaucu a encn ,
warrant ior ucnncaij, wiweii
turned over to Majol- Bernard Flood
of tho District Attorney's branch of
the detective bureau, who went to
the former Alderman's home, No. 22H
East 17th Street, to arrest him.
Mr. Bliekman told the Grand Jury,
under questioning by Deputy Attorney
Generals T. N. Pfcifcr and Stanley
Riehter, that he began his building
eaily in January. 1920. with Levering
& Garrigues as general contractors.
Before the foundations '.vero finished,
Feb. 0, work was stopped by ;t striki .
The contractor told -Mr. Bliekman, he
suid, they were helpless.
Mr. Bliekman said ho went to the
olflce.s of the Building Trades Employer.-,'
Association to ask for help and
was advised to go to Brlndcll at tin
council's headquarters. No. 12 St.
Mark's Place. Uo met Hrindell and
Kcnneally there, he said, and, after
several consultations with them, paid
Kcnneally $3,000 and the strike was
lifted.
The investigation leading up to tho
indictment resulted from the work of
Mr. Pfelfer anil Stanley Richtcr. who
is a son-in-law of Samuel Untci
myer. In following up disclosures made
before the Lockwood committee.
Tho former Alderman was found at
lunch In Luchow's Restaurant In 11th
Street. He was arraigned beforo Jus
tice Finch and asked for time to con
sult counsel befoie pleading.
Justice Finch, who had allowed
Kcnneally to lead the Indictment, said
he did not think counsel was needed
ut the moment.
"Very well," said the formei .M
derman precisely, "I enter u plea M
not guilty and lequest one wei h in
which to mal e millions or cluing'
plea If counsel deem It advisable.
"I thought ynu didn't ni.d conn
el," said Justice Finch with a smili
mantlng the request. Ten thousand
dollars' bail was turnished
HflWAT PA1I 5 TO p FTI
nJVtl I IJO IVJ ViCl
SEAT IN CONVENTION j
'
Conservative Elements Fasten II .1.1
on Mine Workers by Rejecting
Radicals.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 10.-fun-.enativo
elements In tho United
Mine Workers wago convention tight
ened their hold on the organization
to-day.
Tho convention adopted tho final
report of tho Credentials Commit ttc
without seating Alex Howat and his
followers, who had been expelled from
tho organization.
Coldi rellrTed at oner. Or. Tanvtls
Knickerbocker Bulldlnt. 4:d tt. and Ilroad.
y,y. Sth floor, lee (1.00.
INDICTED EOR EXTORTION
WITH CONVICT BRINDELL
- -
FEBRUARy 16,
KENNEALY
Two True Bills of 3 Counts
C U D i Acro'ncl
haCn KetUrneu AgainSl
Fight Promoter.
.
Two indictments, each of three
counts, nrainst George L. "Tex" '
Itlckard, were handed up to Justice
Wasservogcl at noon to-day by tho
Grand Jury, of which Robert Applcton
Is foreman. When arraigned Itlckard
pleaded not guilty and was released
under 0?000 ball,
One indictment charges Itlckard
with abduction and assault on com-
plaint ot Alice Ruck, fifteen years
old. The other charges tho samo of
fenses on complaint of flftecn-year-
old Sarah Schoenfeld
Tho criminal acts charced acalnst '.
RIGKARD INDICTED
m P D Q'PUADPK.
HEARNG ON FEB. 23
i
Itlckard are alleged to haVo been com- down grlllwork over a first-floor won
nutted In his rooms In the tower of ' dow and ran toward Madison Avenue.
. lmrn . . . ,
apartment at No. 20 West 47th Street
Evidence -upon which the Indictments
wore basod waa furnished yesterday
and this morning 'by tho two com
plainants and half a dozen corrobo
rative wilneescs.
Max D. Stoucr, Rickard's counsel,
wus notified by telephone that tho In
dictments had been found, and was in-
structed to produce tho promoter In
court beforo Justice Wasservogcl later
in the afternoon. At tho tlmn tho In-
dlctmcnt was found Rickard was at
large on $10,000 ball fixed in tho West
Side Pollco Court last Saturday In the
case of Alice Ruck.
Itlckard reached the Criminal Couits
Building about fifteen minutes later,
with his attorney of record, Hymaii
Bushel, and his business associate.
t.'ninb l-'lMilmnii Thpv wprn fltlneil
' . . . , , , , .i .
bv Mi. .steucr, who hurried them to
ttie court room, wnere justice v;isscr
ogel was waiting.
After a brief conference among the
court. Assistant District Attorney
John F O'Neill and Mr. Stcuer.
Rickard was called to the bar. Mr.
Stcuer entered u plea of not guilty
for him. and asked for a week's delay
in which to prepare such motions as
he might find necessary. Justice
Wusservogel adjourned the case until
F-b. 23. I
Mr. O'Neill suld the District Attor
nuy would be satisfied with tho exten- j
roii of the $10,000 ball fixed by Magis
trate Simpson to cover the Indict
ments. Itlckard refused to discuss the in
dictments, but denied ho has given up
In- lea-o on Madison Squan Garden
or ili-iii'loneil any of his othri int'-r-i-ii'i-
BOXING COMMISSION
TO ACT NEXT TUESDAY
f linlrinnn Maldoou snn -"Hotm.
Ihliiu In (iulliK to Ilr llimr.-
William Muldoon, Chairman of tin
sua- Buxinp Commission, said to-n;ij
lvj, th(, 11U50 of Tcx Rckard and Mr-
inaction with Madison Square Ga, -
d n will mine up ut the commission's
i gul. u minting next Tuesday.
"It's : matter that must be gnn
cur' ful consideration," said the f'utn-inissono.-
"but things an- working ii:
l,, a 'tag" where something Is c in
to l done. We may havu a confi i
nci- wtih tin- District Attorney bclon
Tursday and get somo farts So fai,
nil I e heard is nasty riini'.ri
"ItleUaid's sldo of the ( me ha.in't
lieen heard yet and you ki-- theio
are always two sides to every story
We tan't Jump nt conrluslons or de
cisions. K Rickard Is guilty of the
charge- ho is either a foolish fool or
a degenerate. He ha never done
anything to make me think that of
1922.
Kntrrnl n Sf-conil-ClM Mailer
Voot Office, New York, N. V.
chases
MM. SMS
Mrs. Butler Awakens to Find
Negro in Home Near
Madison Avenue.
INTRUDER IS CAUGHT.
; Woman Identifies Prisoner,
Who Is Found to Have a
Criminal Record. i
Mrs. Henry Butlor. wife of u civil
engineer, residing on tho second floor
of tho ten-story apartment house, No. !
East 82,1 sircct- awakened mm
morning ut 2.30 o'clock and became
distinctly conscious that somo one was '
In tho room. She sprang from bed
and was confronted by a Negro, who
arose from a crouching position on the
floor as sho pushed u bution that
switched on tho lights.
"Woman, I warns you, don't make
no outcry," was his only remark, and
he dashed from the room und Into
that occupied by Mrs. Butler's four-
tcen-ycar-old daughter, Sally,
"Is admonition to Mrs. Butler, whose
husband is out of tho city, had no re-
straining effect upon her. She
screamed and pursued him. The Ne
gro gained tho living room and
climbed out a window. lie climbed
The crlea of Mrs. Butler moused
tenants In tho neighborhood. Patrol
man Monaghan ot tho East 07th
Ktreet Station was among thoso who
heard the screams and arrived at tho
house.
Mrs. Butler pointed to what tho po
liceman later described as $25,000
worth of Jewelry and a largo well-
filled pui'So on her dresser that had
,)Ucn Havw! SUo Kavo (l description of
jjro
When tho neighborhood had quieted
dQWn MonnRnnn wcnt lKlck on ,)0)t.
At I o'clock he saw a Negro. Tho po
liceman called upon him to stop, but
tho Negro turned Into a side street.
Monaghan went ufter him and halted
him with a threat to shoot.
With tho Negro Insisting he was
hurrying to catch a train, Monaghan
.... . .
took tain around to Airs
ldcntlne(, 1(lnl,
Butler, who
"Madame, you are mistaken. I
never has seen you befoh." said the
prisoner.
"Now I'm more positive than ever,"
uho replied. "I would know your
squeaky volco anywhere."
"Lota of colored men get squeaky
voice when dcya urrcsted like I is,"
protested tho prisoner.
At Police Headquarters the prisoner
was Identified us having served six
months for violation of tho Drug Act
in 1921. Ho said ho was John Hard
castle, a laborer, forty-four, with no
home. In tho Yorkvillo Court ho was
held without ball tor examination to
morrow. WASHINGTON RAN
SALOON, AND SO DID
LINCOLN, HE SAYS
Buffalo Mayor Defeuch ppoiut
ment of FormersSaloon'u.vvr
to Park Department.
BUFFALO, Feb. lu
Coming to tho support of Park
Commissioner Mohl, whose ap
pointment of sixteen forme- sa
loonkeepers und bartondcrs to
positions in h(s department has
started a bitter debate in the City
Council, Mayor Frank X Schwab
today defended tho morals of
former workers In the liquor
trade.
"I never know heron- th.it i
wdoonkceper had such a erlmlnal
record," said the Mayor. "Abra
ham Lincoln, my Patron Saint,
was a salponkceper. He had a
More and sold liquor. Georgo
Washington was a saloonkeeper.
The greater Jugs and bottles aro
still there (at Mount Vernon).
Why discriminate against a taloon-keeper?"
S25.000 IN GEMS
ONLY WHY TO
NOW
PRESIDENT ASSERTS,
IS BY GENERAL SALES TAX
WEALTHY PARENTS
E
Mother Joins Bride Here and
Helps Her Buy Trousseau
Groom Former Clerk.
(SpcrliJ to Tie denial World.
STAMFORD, Conn.. Feb. 16. Mrs.
Ihigcno Franklin Russell, soventccn-
year-otd daughter of Mortimer D.
Foster, manufacturer and capitalist,
of Sound Beach, has gone to Wash
ington, D. C, for her honoymoon
with tlic blessings of her parents after
a mnaway marrlngo In New York
Tuesday. Her mother Joined her In
New York yesterday nnd helped hor
to buy her trousseau.
Miss Foster attended tho Southfleld
School here. Young Mr. Russell, the
bildcgroom, who Is twenty-three, Is a
nutlvu of Marshall, Vn. He was em
ployed In a Stamford sloro two years
ago. Ho appeared hero last week and
took a room at tho Davenport Hotel.
It was understood hu wns looking for
a new position here.
Russell, Miss Foster, one ot her
girl schoolmates, and two young men
uppearcd Tuesday at the offlco of
Town Clerk C7 O. Derby, at Port
Chester, N. Y. Thoy usked for u
marrlago license. Miss Foster said
she was twenty years old. Mr. Derby
told them tho licenso was not gooJ
outside of tho cities of Port Chester
or Rye and directed -.hem to Judge
John W. Coward of the City Court to
perform tho ceremony.
Jtldgo Coward overheard a remark
cif ono ot the party and questioned
them all sharply as to Miss Foster's
age. One of them admitted she was
only seventeen and Judre Coward re
fused to go on with tho ceremony;
but ho let slip tho opinion tliat tho
license was "good" anywhere in
New York State.
Tho party returned to Stamford and
kept the secret of the obtaining of the
license. Wednesday Miss Foster nnd
Russell went to New York and wero
married by tho Rov. Georgo Caleb
Moor at tho Madison Avenuo Baptist
Church.
After tho ceremony they went to
tho Blltmoro Hotel. Mrs. Russell
telephoned homo whero thero was only
her sister, Dorothy, to receive it. Mr.
and Mrs. Foster wero In New York.
When they reached Sound Beach thoy
tinned right nround and went back
to Niw Voilt. They returned last eve
ning to say that they had given the
young couple their blessing and had
sun them off for Washington.
j DRY ACTS TO STAMP OUT
"FORGED PERMIT EVIL"
Dry I lilt-f Ordera Hum Withdrawal
Mmlr In l'erin Iterrnftrr.
Determined io wtamp out for all time
tho "forci'd permit evtl," which has
boon worked -.uccmsfully for tllo lajt
few montlM by rm.tna of forged regis
try receipt, franked envelopes, sta
tionery and ulRiiaturva. Federal I'rohl
bltlon Director Day stuted to-day th.it
lie had notified wnrehoiMO and distil
lery eomp'inle In Nt w York City that
In the futuru .ill application for per
mits mujt b personally brought to his
otflee and that a signature of one mil
ulal of tlm company must bi on record
in his office at ajl times.
N V. TIIBATHIC.W. MAV AttrMYX
l.TKI IN IIAI.TIMOUK.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 1R. Harry Allen,
Uty. of New York, wa found dead In
bed In Ida hotel room to-dy. Gas was
pouring from an open tube attached to
a heater. Allen Is said to have been an
ndvance agent for musical how for
forty years.
FORIV
DAUGHTER
PRICE THREE CENTS
GET BONUS
Neither a 'Bond Issue Nor Sale
of Short Term Notes Advis
able, he Declares in Letter
to Fordney.
Favors Putting It Off, Saying
U. S. .in Sixteen Months
Must Pay Off Six Billions
of Dollars.,
His Stand, Congress Leaders
Believe, Means Failure of
Compensation 'Plan Tax
on Sales Unpopular.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.
A committee of disabled former
aervico men and service men now
patients at Walter Reed Hospital
called on Preiident Harding to
day and left with him a petition
.nkino postponement of bonus
legislation until Congreas enacts
legislation tatiifying the disabled
soldiers' demands as to insur
ance compensation.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. Presi
dent Harding informed Congress to
day he considered a general sales tux
tho only feasible, method of raising
funds for a soldier bonus. In a letter
addressed to Chairman Fordney of
tho Houso Ways and .Means Commit
tee, ho suggested that unless Con
gross saw lit to enact a sales tax pas
sage of bonus legislation should be
temporarily postponed.
Tho President's letter was re
garded genorally at tho Capitol as
leaving the bonus situation even
more complicated than before Sen
ate nnil House sub-comniitters wn
to meet late in tho day to consider
the communication.
When the sales tax was discussed
In tho sub-committccs lust week it Is
understood that Senators were In
formed that less than 100 Republican
votes In the House could bo mustorcd
for a salcH tax, as a method of financ
ing the adjusted compensation. Such
a tax had been considered by House
lenders ns n possibility, but virtually
had been discarded.
Tho text of President Hardlmr's
letter follows:
"My dear Mr. Fordnoy:
-In accordance with the promise
nude K' joursolf and your associate
on i i'- -irn.ite and Houso Committee,
r-hai ' with the responsibility of
for. i. in 1 1. ag the proposed bonus leg
iflat.oi I hnvo carefully looked Into
the pi i. -.ammo of taxation which has
been ru'gestcd. In addition thereto
1 h.-ne made Inquiry into the feasibi
lity of Issuing either short time treat
ury notes or long tlmo bonds tu nn I
the financial obligation which i
propositi Icglrlatlon will tmpoi
"It continues to bo my best Jiu. .
ment that any compensation IcgisH
tlon i n icted at this thilu ought to
carry with It the provisions for nilsiiu
tho needed revenues, and I find m -self
unable to sugtrest any cninmendu
hie plan other than that of a general
sales tax. Such a tn n distribute
the cost of lewardln-' i , i rvlce
mon In such a inanii' i will be
borne by all tho peoph i they
served, and does not commit I Gov
ernment to class Imposition ' uv -.
or the resumption of tho huiU' iis i .
pealed, tho maintenance ot which i.ui
bo Justified only by a great war
emergency."
Suggestions that expected savings
In the appropriations be utllircd are
. .
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