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Reporting of "Fcod Hoard" Ca led Error Sensational Discoveries of Secret Service Now Explained Hoover and McAdoo Greatly Embarrassed Food Administration TelU What the Supplies Really Were Food nnd other supplies lefriti mately destined to European neutrals but hi P?rt ?*> *he na tion's . or pending decision as tfl their deatinfltion, k of the ?$75,0W.0O0 hoard" announced on Sunday rvice as having been un-overed by its aleuths. Of ihe supplies .iot admittedly consigned to Europe the greater portion was legally stored here to feed New York. In the balance iemaining there were "a few suspicious cases." This information comes from a man who has been in conferenee, and in al? most cons'ant touch, with Herbert Hoover. N.itional Food Administrator. He added that the whole affair had been greatly cmbarrassing not only to Mr. Hoover, hut to Secretary McAdoo, of who?e department the Secret Ser? vice is a branch. Serret Service On Ita Own Initlatlve ? now explained, the Secret Ser Vicfl acted en'.ireiy on its owp initiative. lt consulted neither Mr. Hoover nor. |- ty ai Williams, food ad? ministrator for New York. Mr. Will - nt oaaa a copy 0f thi report. ar.d has ta contents other than told from Washington thfl telephone. and from what he h_- gleaned from the r.ewspapera. He was loath I the matter yea terdav. He preferred to let it lie and there'bv avoid Mirring up what al? ready ha.s reached the semblance of a eo^tfoversv betweari the fooa admin n and the Treasury Department, that he believed I by thfl SoeTflt Service or rther flgflncifll ha.i shown "very little" food hoarding; and he was inclined to think ?" been put 1 light and the public If it were not seriously embarrassing the situation would be ludicrous. Here is what haupi-i.. .1. fll it has been re lated to The Tribune by one who l.no*3; What Mr. Hoover Wanted Bflfflffll Wflflkl H("o Mr. Hoover, hav owledge of and more or less <>f an inventory of foodftuffs and ina ' ad l-lcd up here by tons and I 'tue of the *m bargo. ? rvice tfl do g to deter . . ? ? ahip ?" being Gflf ? jnd. That Wflfl flll thfll IU ... ? ion of a report on pr- or hoarding ? dred exploitation. With the.-e instructions the opera , work. Meanwhile Arthur William-. general manaper of the romnerci-l department of the New Vork EdiflOfl Company. assumed hl duties here as Food Administratoi, -ubordinate to Mr. Hoover, but never 'heless director of food matters in the the country. ,!ue conrs. !.bo-.it a fortaighl ago il : 1 to it '??? ,ts .-onter uch that neither Mr, Hoov. : -1 immedia' ? to make uny pablie announcei' - litnorant of the natnre of the re? port, Mr. Williams went about orjran izing his forces, and with con-iderable success began developinjr a pjflfll ba ,eau inform all appcr rain - -fll*. 1 he Big Senaation . - orning I ad proel flflehi tfl Ked an the headlmcs ran. tt about it all*! Mr. Williams ? aa was r.sked. What did be, ?ratort, know about it. r?rt, Mr. Wiliiams - through no ? 011 the ' ' that ? - I vplanallon ; dnesday bl ment say:-. -upplies fell .nto thrr rU.: 1. Those accumulated as a result of the embarco. ?r*l (fovernments D was unde .'.ds iejrally stored in ? ? I ..-cuIh ? ? ? r?d. At ? aid there was nothing to add to a*e. a ? Speculation in Butter And Eggs Eliminated Food Administration Makes A-.ri.emt at With th* Exchan-.es ? ? repr?fl?ntfl Ittflf at'd /tr.. A aet of rulflfl drawn ktij.ug ?-i.htAi l.o-a 4i* Urmea commodities prevents speculation and Ktiards against tictitious prices. The following ar*e the chief provisions of . .iations adopted: ls bcught on call cannot be of ... -ea ? -l call mu-' be of the offered, Biddiag fo ar* to be mad* II exeept by peraoB* actaa -tribution of the cotn modity p'nrchaaad, and goods ma*1 br purchased only for actual distribution in the ordinary course of business, and then only in such amounts as are necessary to enable the purchaser to earry on his business efficiently. Wilson May End Sugar Shortage Moskowitz Asks President toSeize 10,000 Tons Held Here for Russia Ten thousand tons of sugar held in the warehouses of W. R. Grace & Co.. and bought several months ago for the Kussian gavanuaeat, may b* dia* tribu' : '?'? 'ba: a few days, acco--'i,;i? lo i lan- un r.our. ?> Commisaioacr M Coaamiaaioaer Maakowita wrote a letter yeaterday ta Gaarg* M. F.olph, chief of the national food adminis tration's sugar division, suggesting that the President commandeer the sugar. Thc commissioner stated that he was informed that the supply could not be secured ia any other way, ex? cept through negotiations with the owner-. Thil might take a long time owing tO the. present unsettled state of affairs in Kussia. oaer Maabowit i aaid that, aecordiag to raliabla information. the owner* would bfl flad to diap< .?:ar. Commiaaioaer Moakowiti durmgthe , .lie.l a meeting of th* reflnera' committee Bnd urjred that sugar be henceforth distrihutcd by a general distribution committee r. presenting ul! refiners. Thr f-uggestion. he said. enme from thr wholeaaleia of thc city. Commiaaioaar Moakowiti declared thnt proposal wa.- well reeeived. Commissioner Moskowitz .il>o de man I. -'-'r h* more equitably diatribated amoajc whole ? rs. Food Adanfliatrator ?? HHaBi was hope of compromis::.. I differaaee" batwi l ibaa aaaai pianters and tho food admiaistration over prieei of the raw product. The Cubans have held out for i% eeflti, vhile the United States government ia willing to pay onlv 44 cents a poMnd. Mr. Williams said that the difference may be split and a price of ?!'? cent ^ be made. Mr. Williams issued a table of com- j parative prices at the Washington , Market for vegetnhles yesterdy ? n year ago, showing that aeTeral are higher aow, Thc commoditiei report? ed are: \'.']>'.. Cauliflowcr . IS-tO 12-1S Cranberries. i>er quart. tl " !"? Tiimatora, per pound. li I* per pounil. Sweet potatoar.i, per quart. IS 1' String beans. per quart. Cabbage. per bead. Lettuee, per head. ".1" 5-10 Western Miners Vote Against Strike Conference With Coal Op erators Planned to Fix Penalty Clause KANSAS.CITT, Nov. 15. Rapraaaata of coal miners of the three South in eonTention her* to. dav defeated a resolution Inatracting tn" preaideBt* of the diatriet* te call a general itrikc if tha Southwi Coal Opei a,?*o< iation refoa*d t" accept the io ... li d Kan**l I ity .'frce arhieh .1 .1 nol eaatain the fren nltv elaus*. On rollcall th* rasolutiofl was defeated, 188 to 166. The convention adopted a reaolution it!>tructir.g the officers of Ihe three dis? tricts to eonfer with officials of the operators' association and obtain the poaaibl* penalty clause. The ar fon resemded ' ranultj i (*nder Ho Of the Kans-i ? ? thi repr* ? - i- .? ? down all I in their .1 il ? were Kai BII, llkla homa and Arka:. The convention of 800 'l.legates was eallad to consider the penalty clause which Federal Pael Admmistrator H. I Garfield had lasiatad should be -m bodied in the wage contrart between the miners and operators. This-, clause atttmpt.-'i to paaallae either the oper? ator- or tha tn ity of brc.i penalti. Philadelphia's Mayor Cleared in Polls Plot Held, However, by Grand Jury on Technical Charge of Con apiracy to Murder PHILADELPHIA, Nov. I.',. Mayor rleared of all COBI ? >ii r> - ? ludffi 1 ? ?:, ? i .' th* . d.-r bi? owa n zance I ,.n of th> ... li h Wl lliam I laUp, ? po oi th* a/araa, aa tba techni pf ronspira.-y to fl Pia)**/'* bail was reduced from $10,000 The decimon was in contiection with eorpaa ai brought aa behall ' ?? Hayor aad Piflloy The Mayor 1 ad "?' ? ..... ard. ln ' ? of tl ? .' ...,? i" ii ., . amraon ; man ar.d V*r? l.-.vb r in fh<. ! ward, as the f iirth.-ran. r of a d.-sign to j,..;rr,;'. thfl n?<- of tha |.|miln>!ration I* h*A a4vaV-iU-,'c. Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life . By BR1GGS MR. JcneS i wamT To TtLL You ThaT |rj APPR?CtAT(OM of Vour 66RNAC6S uJE HaU? DE<=iD?D (O (3l-6 YbvJ A aWrJUS ALAP.Y MR- Jbf-JES -ThRoo6m A MifiTAKE CP ^'jR-" Ycur A_00 | .WAMT To Pay You That **250-.0 l'V6 ovajeo Vou FOR (JflME T.<**-*TE IAT V rJ_ ' Wfc'LL -A-eUL TH 5T0CK Ot= mi _ OfJ Tnt ' MArf? A HiS MAS CEPcTAiulY T-EEtO A 6REAT t)AY I i*J0ULDNT BC _'JRPRI^ED lF ALICE 'ATILL TELL ***>? MtrR Pi_H /usTer-J- l CAN'T Ruro TH& HOUSE On' MY ( ALLC'JOAMCE AMV M0RE PO Vou KMOViU yJ*-*AT 0\JR MEAT BILL W>A5 LA.5T MONTH- ? OUP _RoC*cpy BILL ? o-JR )_M(LK 0ILL? State and City Food Directors Agree on Plans Two Agencies to Operate Together for Practical Results A working plan between the state and city faad authorities was agreed upon yesterday aften.oon at a meeting of member- of tlu Btatfl Pood Coinnii? ?iOB, of which John Mitchell is head, and City Market Commissioner Henry Moskowitx. The two food control agen ciee will hereafte: co,.perate in all eaaaa where their jurisdictiona touch and where better practical results can be attained through their joint labor?. It is further planned to bring the Federal food admiaiatratiaa'a New, York branch IntO thil working scheme. nt end National Pood Admini -- trator Hoorer sent F. i . Waleott, one Vork City ? rtjat il 1 and city food eontrollera. Mr. Waleotl on Mr, Mitchell daring ;he day, pntlining 'he rd?iis of Mr. Hoover. Probably aa a raaalt af thaa* two conferencea the report became current that offlcials of thfl three branches of thfl food administration were not satis iied with present conditions. The re port 4vas not denied; but it was strong? ly intimated that some of the food eOB trollen were discontente.l with thfl progrei madd in governing prices. ting the qui ipplies and 01 ihe law and of geatlamei tween varioua branchei d< aad oatrolli Deaire for Harmon.4 Thal ? decided elTorl waa beiag mad* tr, briag about the most corflplete har mony wai Indicated by ihe fact that .John J. DilloB, State Commi??ioner of Bfld Marketa, waa called into consultation by Federal Food Adminis trator Williams in the latter's office. 124 Eaal Piftateath Streel Mr. Dillon hai been bittei in hii criticism af thi branchei of th* food admiais tratioa, "dr. Waleotl wa preaenl al ? .- .i f. r.-ncc. U I en he left Mr. Will^ama'a offire. I e-.plained Pederal fi trator the producer'i riewpaial in thia <-nsts, as well a- tba demandfl af th.- worfcing man in the city. He said he had told Mr. Williams that there was no need for further conferences and investiga tion- Some definite action followed by definite results in pounding down prices, punishing speculators and in creasiflg supplies woald ha?? to be taken to istiafy th* peopl* ? I'ark Mu.. 4 . " 4-4,.., , j I 44 , r," 4i WMlUufta-vi 1-. .? M., k ? - Trem Mnh t-> Whai la i i ? ? Tr,tn? ui tip.4l:i i 14 >V,.r,,J ??.!(-.- , ? latatur. ri ? Bui .-. ii ? \\ - 4,.|.-.-- ofTsraarl by Haarir. S'| , -.rl ..1 |a]w ? 'i'4. 1 .-'..-aa- . n auc UBcnrau or im. boabd ot hm . ATP'N - . . I- \| 4Ti \S ; I ? H , . .. I . \ I . . i *A ? '? . . Wallara 1 - "? nrtr A>4. A Ma.-.- i Im, Ir.'.u ? I "1. Mtll, 4.4I.U. - -II ll Craa ? " le J4i,.i,? II ii. ..., i.. i" l/i, > I. Trm'-r. . <la? Aia..u>. 4. ... - > ? ? I * ; i i.t-' I'l' 4 4 I ? ? 4 4 . . I 1 , 4 ?..'?? ?4 ( ??? P-*Bl '??". I '. I I' 11a- l"rtin.,| |1 - ... ai.l Tr ull A<> ? ? Tr.? Bptrll o" lb* aillaa" Ila-lae lactupa), rro f~4/,r Uavataan UanuUlBt, 1'??Ml oeai I Broadway a Lane of Gloom As Lights Go Out at Eleven Fuel Administrator's Order Is Obeyed to the Minute? Restaurants Keep Entrances Bright to Lurc Crowds From Darkened Street At 11 o'clock last night a Wflflfl of modesty overswept the lady who liver up over the little drag store on the west lidl of Tirnes Square, at Korty sixth Street. and UMially stands in her boudoir window until 1 a. m. or ufter, trying on new eflfMtl and not caring at all for nll the 1'eeping Toms on Broad? way. Ihere may have been a complaint or something; anyhow, at 11 she realized that a lot of ffllkl who shouldn't bc wcrc looking at her-penple who. ma\ be didn't realize that she was a work ing girl, demorstrating corsets profcs Monally--and, -am! went the light.'. Wrigleys ('uit Wriggling Tho action nf the c.r-. I ... I] nad a marv. IIOOI ifffld <>" .-very one of her Ingh-living ncighbors. To the south thfl Six Danc.ng Wngleys, mere chil dien, who have as manager a cruel itepfather who atUndi ta the lighting effects and keeps them jigging their tiny heads off until long after mid right. abruptiy elflflfld the evening per formance. The kitten which. still fur? ther south, tay< up until all hour* playing with a spool of ?ilk, tir.-d of tha came and eaniflhfld. The flld t"per-r who lit b.irk in the i -. pooring beeri ard iriaei aad ?rhiahii ? '???:?..l.-ici t >, called f... hati and il ? - rfl their elnb *fll K. 1'iorr.p'.;. on ' ' ? " ho ir thfl mandatory !.>.p. fll I expcctat ion-. of thfl fur! adniiniktrfltion. tha gioflmy in flvitablfl toward irhich Broadway for days had been earetning, were u fact. NflW York. good sport in spen.ling. goad rp-rt ifl Ifl-rlflfi did .mother part of its hit and suitrhed 'en, ofT. f.reat crowds gathered along Rroadwai tn watch and ?h",.r fli thfl lighta v?nt otf. A? ' II of electncnl <r!ip~. there had heea flfl dflflbt, Vf'.-r the '.r.iir the pnetieal Btfltifltieifln who spon .,...' UA Brohei Hearl for Every Ligh< Bi heda.-. i " mighl forcej mt,. m Kdoaiaeior thflt i tion had d?veloped t.. prove him flll wrocg. BrokAfl heflrti could still have heen found ifl proffllion, doflhtlflflfl, hut were more snarce. Broadway was more truly full of pit Truce Is Called In Picketing of The White House i flflriflBafld i "-.ni. i?a?' i even so much as suggest that they ; hflfl any fear f..r what the superin- ; tflfldflflt may do in the way of hand ing out discipline, will tell you, | as about the most mihtant of all of tbflfll told me to night, that I avas sug- ' gestmg a thought that hadn't even lodged in the bsrk part of \one of their heads. Bfll thi fact remaiu" that both ?l..-. flf thi pflgt] <rhfl arv out nf lan ind i ho ?>? a I o ai a there ?? r to be ifl al: v other | n ? - Bflflfl Supenntendent ?iker to be treated us political priflonera, the> have created two issues Iflfltflfld of one. The first was the right of protest to be exercined in any peaceable way they saw fit. Hence the picketing. Now they de? mand u riarht which has never been recognized in thil country to be re garded when in prison as diffcrent from the oth-r [risoners. hnorkinfl; at I>oors nf Congrraa In speaking flf the*e tvio issu'-s tfl .. , ... ' badge of icholflrahip, the Ihi Bfltfl Kappa tejr, hrilliantlji lllaai Bfltfld thi flrholl Rl tivflj for the pick.-t ir.g i.( thr Prflflldflflt. *Of course," *h>. ?ai.|. "we ha\e n<> personal anlmonty agam?t the Preai dent. We are limply pu?hlng him, if it may be called pushmg. ln the hope that he may puih '.ong-r*** to paa? tha falls than even the Kev. Billy Sunday found. Here and there isolated splotelies of brilliancy twinkled at restaurant entrances. Some of them, perhaps, were more elaborate than a striet interpretation of the regalatiOBi might permit. Hut for the pre-.tit they will shine on. < oncerning the time at which theatre aigaa might be fla-<hed on there had beea a ?laaadarataadias, Not an offi . iai 4vord had been .-poken nor an of? fieial order sent to thc managers by I?r. (larfield, the fuel administrator nor, for that matter, to any OBi ? direetly concerned. A number of playhouses, picking as a guide 4vhat to them was the most Bgreeabl* report, of the adtninistra lahea, pal on the lights a half hoar after aaadowa. other" \saitfl until n half hour before curtain time. I'raitically all. though, had moved the ? er a aj befora '.* o'clock. Onlj aparatiag thi- big akj had poaitiv* iastractiaaa. Thev il thc mateaiaary into motion at 7:45 and ahat d.i4Mi as precisely a* 11 o'clock. Still Voicr Protests !>r. (iartield has expressed a belief that advertising contracts would still maintain their force, regardless of ihe fact that the very time durins which ?igns may he operated ifl thnt during whieh thr imall**! erowd* arf on the streets. Ni rertheli - . il i ? aadarataad tha aaraera af . Time* Sojaar* build ing have been ii fornlad that a $12,000 a year tenai.t i- goiflg 1? move out of their golden iky al oaee. An.l tha'. th.- Braadwa) Ascoeiatlon feara, | only a start.-r that ther* will be no cessation of efforts to eon vince the go* rnrnent that the savmg in fuel will b.- imin.-asurably smaller than the roncomitant damage to busi nes* in th" lightfl out scheme. K. W. Eataa, ?aacutir* secretary of the Rroadway Association. r"i:i''V(,| hundred- of cail* during the day from membi rs 4vho waated te kaow if it would ba. necessary to rui off sho* window illumiaatioB. ??That ,-hows," he .-:, thoBffh ?n> advice waa to Ueep such light* aa, . ??!? i ? lociation is prepared .,ry OUt orders. However. WC do b*p* to convince l>r. (iartield yet that there BW batter and less expensive 4vays of saving coal." Susan B. Anthony amendment. We knew of no other way to tix the atten tion of the people of this country ef fectively on the question except by picketing. For seventy years the women of this eountry have been knockiflg a' the doors of the Congress <?;' th,- I'nited State*. :,i.d th.y have .... i .',-?? .1 ?"? !'...!? home." v tionai ?? oman'i pai I -, hi become I ired of Ki d Sena alwaji out. w.. kn?.4v \4 iioro th?> Preaideni i?. we kno4v that h,. ?> inuallv home. aml 44.. kaaw that if he will onlv reconimend ti, Caagraaa 'he passage of tie Anthony amendment. it will go through as if it were on skids ar.d the skids greased." "But haven't you observed." I re marked, "that the President, since he has heen in the White House. has given abutidant evidence of being the eaflor of apleaty of Scotch lenaeity and ? ? ? ho 1, r.iiher a poor aeraon to 1. . with a leam fallar or a 1 fl - - ? r .'" 4 , ,. 1 .' \ ,,u nre "orgeti iflg \,,ur Wilfloa. You d. not raad him aa ear* lully ns wa .lo, becaufl* w* alnraj to quote him. He is so apt and so trenchant and so graceful. It is not so long ago that the President said: "'The best kind of agitation is the agitation of irntation. because it can? not be endured and must be cured.' " -a W. H, Barr Ia Foundera' Head The convention af tha National rourders' Association at thr Hatel A bi *n?!. ; ? ? allaa lag aaseera had b**a aleatad foi . eotiung >.ar: William II. Burr. Hu: falo. presid.-nt, Samael L. Moar*, Ellza. beth, N J, vice?-prerident; A. V. M* Clintock, Chicago, commissioner; J. M. Taylor. Chicago, secretary, nnd thc Chicago Banic and Trust 'omuany, traaiurer. Women's Clubs Line Up for Prohibition Vote to Petition Congress to Stop Manufacture of Beer [Special Corresjwndence] ALBANY, Nov. 15. John Bar'.ey corn was given a sad blow by the State Federation of Women's Clubs at the third day of its convention here to? day, when the federation aecepted the report of Dr. Ella Boole, chairman of temperance for the federation* which eiabodifld the recommendation that every club in the state. icpiesentin. al together :>ii5,000 women, send pleas to Congress aifl-flg that the manufacture ot beer be stopped, as thfl grains used in its making are needed for food. Mrs. Boole also suggested that tne consumption of cigarcttes in America by men and women be curtailed to per? mit more to be sent to the boys "over there," and to fessen the tobaeco pro? duction, giving the l_nd used to the I-roduction of food flfltna. "You women tnu>t see to it Ifl your clubs that eigarettei are r.ot pas>ed i round; you rnu*t rflfuflfl to add to to . eonaumption,*1 Mra. Boole de clared. The New York City Federation of Women'a Clubi has passed ? rcaoln* tion prohibiting the lerving of any al coholic liquors at any flf its social ma, and I hope the upstate clubs will do the lami ?" "Housewives can't get enough sugar, but the brewcries can. We nust stop this deitruetion if food. A repre Iflntfltive of Mr. Hoover told me that if the women flrlll proteel the manu faetartj of liquori will he stopped. I ?rafll ever'. woman'* elflb ifl this state i tefi gram* and ie mm laking ,:.. of I... i and wIb? be stopped. Gcvernor Whitman favora ride prahihition, an.i tfllla tae ihal he fll?? tetoon natioa>wide pro hibition, Vou women muflt remember thal arhen the qrj ttion of local option eomei up neal April you will have a rlghl tfl vote on it. "We women have been told to save wheat, fat*. meat end sugar, and we are dolllg it. I am not here to argue that tobaeco ifl not necessary for the men over there. Some say that it is. If that || the case. isn't it about time that the i.ien over here curtailed?" i Among the rflfloltltiona adopted wa-. one ! by I he Con?nmera' League, niking the federation to in Riflintensacc flf preienl atandard' ?f labor law* and their ef r'ect-.ve enforeeaaont, and to indorae tbe establiflbmenl ai ?f< standardi for' women and the payment of equal wages. for eaoal mork. ? Equal Pay To Be Women's Platform It Will Be First Plank, Saya Mrs. Yawger, Chairman of G. O. P. Committee ALBANY, Not, I i, "Eqoal pay for * orflcfl doing equal work." Thil will he thfl tirst plank nailed into the platform of the new Women'a State Republican Committee on its or i ganization by Mrs. John Francis Yaw? ger, of New York City, ita chairman. "One plank will be incorporated in our organization," declared Mrs. Yaw? ger to-day, "the same pay for women as for men, for women who are doing men's work. This il the only flflffl ami -anp Mttlemenl of the present labor diffli :'? war.'' In announcing h<-r stand aa thfl e.|ual wage u,ue.-'tion Ml VflWfl-fll lined -.rp with (ioM-rnor Whitman and John Mitehflll, chairman of the State Indus? trial CflflMfliflfliflfl. Both told delegates at a meeting of the women's section of the State Dflfflflflfl ('ouncil a month ago that to protect for men who enter mili? tary services the places to which they ?eek to return when DflflCfl come* women must receive equal pay for the work thev do la the placfla Of the men "My plani for or_anisation sra .. in the fliabrjronle ttate," wid Mri Xav ^,-r. flrho ii prflflidflflfi nf thfl New York Citj" i? ? ??? ?f Wontfln, "Wj ara going l i ','n!?i on t:;e ime* ' i ,i Bfla ii by thfl ,; 0 l'., i> ith thfl rflflliSfltloB *l ill lifllfli that it has bflflfl * rio Bepubliean party that hai brnught the I'nited Stnti-s Up to it* present e.lucatlonal atanding. has rui?ed the salaries of the worktn* men, and has protected the men. women and children of this great nation of ours." Wife Helps Find D4viggins; He Lost $100,000 InMatkei Promoter. Accused of Fleecing Liberty Loan. Deposltor,, Caught at Montgomery, Ala., Through Letter?Bond Salesman Says Stocks Took the Deposits "Justice?simple justice?to the pee rle and to the government, made ine. help the authorities ill I cou'd ia tind ing and arresting my husband." Mrs. Ora Dwiggins, wife of Kimer Dwiggins. New York agent f- ? Bankers' Life Ir.sura^ce Compar. night made this *tatement wlu * tola that Dwiggins had been eaught al Montgomcry, Ala. Accused of fleeing with money paid him here by purchasers of Liberty bonds, Dwiggins was caught earlier in the day by postoffice inspectors who had picked up his trail through the wife's assistance. Ho admitted he had taken payments for loans and then invested them on the Stock Exchange. He lost, le sai'!. o when stocks declined. hu? n 1 ' e 1 that he was confulent thnt. when h l reached N'ew York, hc would be able to adjust his affairs so none of tho-e wl," made payments on bonds to him would lose money. He will s'art for this city to-day. Grand Jury to Act To-d?y Today the grand jury here will c-ill before it half a dozen of the persons out of a total of 4,000 complainants whose money the insurance agent is said to have appropnated. Dwiggins will face a state charge of grand lar ceny here, althouath hi? arrest was BWd* on a charge of fr.iudulent use of the mails. l'wiggins's arrest. coming as a spee tacular c'timax to his abrupt dropping cut of sight la-1 Saiurd iy. was reeeived quietly by Mrs. Dw ggins. At her apartment, 204 West Seventieth Street. she frankly admitted her share in her husband's capture Mrs. Dwiggins is slight, her hair i* graying, and she spoke in a low voice ! of suppressed emotion. Her weariness betokened her sleeplesa vigil since Bat* j urday. "It was justice simple justice. It was no patriotic motive that made me do it," she said. "That is what I told the detectives when I promised to do all I could to help them. I do not un derstand the, whole thing yet. I am dazed by the su^enness of it all. Broke Kngagemcnt With W'ife "Mr. Dwiggins had a dinner appoint? ment with me on Saturday night He broke that appointment--that was the first intimation I had that anything unusual was happenjng. Then, at 1 o'clock the next morning, the de? tectives came to the house and told me what had happened. That was the rirst I knew of it. "I do not care to tell just how I helped the authorities. I should prefer to tell that to Mr. Dwiggins. But the officers kept me informed of how they were tracing him from city to city, and were to have told nie when he was ar re-ted. "During al! this time the only word I reeeived from Mr. Dwiggins came in the form of a vague telegram, whieh I promptly turned over to the de? tectives." "W'hat will be vour attitude toward thc case in the future?" Mrs. Dwiggins was asked. "I cannot tell. The future will have to take care of itself," -he replied quietly. From ot'-er sour-es was obtained an aceaaal of Mrs. D.viggins'a part in her husband's seizure. Detective Sergennt Franklin, of the Police Department, was aaaigned to 4vatch 'he Dwiggins apart? ment affer the agent's disappcarance. Mrs. iUviggins at firai refused to listen to the assumption that her hus? band was dishonest. Franklin pointed out that many of the persons who had turned over money to Lwiggins, under his "I'nited States Government Liberty Loan Club" plan, were poor, and their losses would cause great hardship. Mrs. Dwiggins. it is said, f.nally con sented to turn over a letter from Dwig eotitaining instructions wherebv he could be reached. The plan araa to to a mutual friend in Los An gelea, wha araa to fon. ard the copimu i ie.ition to "F. A. Dunham," Exchange Hotel, Mor.tc-omerv, Ala Mrs. Dwiggins, it is alleged. also had City Republicans Extend Welcome To Women Voters Tanner to Head Committee Which Will Meet Suf? frage Clubs The Republican County Committee, at its first meeting since Tammany carri. ! the. city election, last night took tba first steps toward organizing the wom? en's vote. A resolution wns adopted etnpowing Chainaaa Bamaal S. Koen!-* to appoint a eommirtee to cor.fer arith committ*** and delgationi repreaaating -.?omen's clubs and political orgaaiza "daairaai of cooptratiag with the Republican County Committee and A? sembly district organization? in the County of New York." Mr. Koenig announced that he intend? ed to appoint Frederick C. Tanner, for? mer Republican state chairman, aa chairman of the new "Conference Com? mittee on W'om-n's Organijaticn." H^ aaid he wou!d announce the ->ther mem? bers of the committee next Tuesday. A tentative committee had been selected, but it was decided to consult some of naaa --ufTrage leaders before mak ing the Aaai appointtnents. lh* eomiflitte* will organize th* womaa n thi rarious Aaaambli trieU wh.. wiah'ta JoIb the R*publi*j.fl party. and will eooperate \4itn tb* women in every paaaiblfj way. "Wa want tbe veomen with i's on the issues of campaigns, -ai.l Chairman Koenig, "but we have ro idea of tryin" to exploit them. W'^men wbo havo worked through campaigns know what they want, and the Republic*ns are merely trying to provide the working machinery for those who wisb to be? come party members." .** Camiaittt* on tbe Flection Law. with Eara P. I'renric- Bfl chairman. and i Committee on City Lefitlatiaa, with ? ?? ??? an ' ! I '-1 ..irman. won appointed Inst'nirn' Tbe former .-orn arill laUr eonaider ameadmanta ?loctiaa laa ia -he hght of ihe ******* eleetian, partltularly m regard to lha primary law. The question whether the primary law ihould be lepealed ?rH| probably be di-cui*ed The Committee on City Legiilation intenda to keep an eye on all Itglila tion affecting city matter* whtch may received, through a friend, a r?e_ from Dwiggins for wearing a_??!_f This was flccordingly made upij express package by the detectirt aJ* sent South, accompanied by Poit|?_ Inspectors Williamson and McQbJT? Wh^n Dwiggim called foi tht p?rt_j_ they ifliaad aint. ' ^ tant I'nited Statej Attora Matthews, :n chflrge of the caa? |: ceived word tKat Dwiggini had liaL in Liberty Lcan bi ?'J07 t_! arrested. "The loss thus far lt est.nutad .. $58,000," said Mr. Matthews lastau_a* He declared that Dwiggw. had ihJL postal inspectors more than Jjfj* worth of bonds which he had in i?_, depoait vault. The recovery of ti'i amount, which could be aecompli*h_ through the appointment of a receirtr would cut the loss further. A ?pM',,r?.' tive account of $15,000 and an mtoa_ bile worth >1.'' r.- _,;_? _,,. watc'ned by the aut'iorit.es. OfflciaW . ' ;.nc Companv la take orer Om i ?-. N.. I h ? ? ? era' i.ife. flrlll I af .,, agency until a new head ia 'lppoinu*' I. M. Karle, the riee-pmideat af tit concern, was another official who at tended conferences .??-'.rday ?t t_, office of Assistant I nited Stitei At torney Knox and at the insurance coni panv's office, at 161 Broadway, Although no official s'atement w_ made, it is generally underMood U,t the company will make good all low< if obstacles in the banking lawa ,' New York and I uhh | the Insurance Con Dwiggins, Arrested, Says Bond DeposiU Were Lost in Stocki MONTGOMERT, Ala., Nov.!.-,. ggm Dwiggins was ariflfltfld heri to-day u he was about to board ? I'ullmfln far New Orleans by l Iflflfljflflj who had traiM him ever lina he Ieft New York Iflfll Bal - He was kaoflrfl bfll I Pur.hir, and he won ? wig w.- i pa cha-cd for diflgflifli person were found twa S100 and two (M LibertJ boi as $1,007 in cash. WWn arrsigned bel >n ! -ited Sut#> Comffiissioner Thomai her< Dwiffn.. waived exarnmat ion, He llid ttflth had lost about JlOH.OOo in spacflflfllfl on the N'ew York Exchange. Poitole Inspectors Hugh McQuillan and Alfyi B. Williamson will taki him back ti New York to-day. Following his irraignmenl he g? out the following itatement: "I do not know the exact arnoati' my shortage. I needed m.n'eytt* fray the expenses of my office, MBfll were a great many agentfl sl work, ifl when tne payments for bonds at *U dollar down and one dollar ? Wflflkli gan coming in I knew 1 kflJ a coe mission coming, and soughi to use ttY early payments to my looked nbout for bond* paving * hig rate of interest, and bought Anfl* French bonds and French eity lecur ties. They slumped; mv Arrgio-FrerKS bonds dropped from "l ? ) to IMI "Going the wrong ? ay "fti ca: much of the money I had sppro-riat"' three weeks ago. "I knew how thmg? stood eitb t*'. accounts, and when lrspector M-Qfli len began nakii .- ;g?'ion. i knew that they would gel tEfl |W' on me. If the irtS] I r?m?i?i with me a f.-vv rr . r I w?a'' have told him thi ry, flfltb -.pparently was nol flun whetherIhfl been operating within th. ln* ami '? me get away. I had no dflfl "riere was headed when I I. ft New York flt" came South, simply bflci IM I **?' M known here. "The money laeolv. I - "he Libef* Loan transaction out lt i went into tl "The only mo:,- . ?ak?n fli** the kflowledgi thfll t flflfll the $70 or $80 i nl eo-aiai South. I wa- ? * ' arreit. Th,- Bank. pany will owi ? ooo in rflflflwali, ani all to go on UJ be ifljjflmtad by Rf T*" many admn.istr..' Chairman Ko, \ last ?. e.-,v Court ludc'-s. ? - "- "?n*! *' torr.ty C.en- ra by * '*"*' maioritv Got;. Whitmin Regenti Suggesticn He C?ttfS To Womsn Wf (iovernor Wh;: to Albany yeaterda) '' "il* -_? suggestion thflt hi ' ** !*__. effort now to elimb on thfl ?*uffr,f han H iv-urrrm band vvagon. * "It was well known tha: I *UL. woman suffrage I ^t * t," aa d the Coeerr.oi ' h*"^ pointed women l ?tati * ever -iricc I ha\ *? ? !&? prohablv *! . ? ., ment- r*'<' election." Victors Call on HylM Recently Elected Men O*** at League Headquartcn Judge John F. Hylan. MayiH"J conferred with several t--mt)*^ the incoming Hoard of K*'?''"**]-> Urday in his office al ' Ataa9 ters of the Business Men? ^^ Not all of the member* ol ?JLy board m >re Charlei L. Craig ? ~"\ Mr" Smith, Pre tn' t\wf of Aldermen. w<- "JLT* ed arith th, _.ira?r navnaad that ''? had been diflflfll <- A *** Judge Hylan wa -,; -"'^ 0 the nianner in wh:.- ? '** ^ ? newapriper.. had comine"w_- H poisible future ap|?' ""?">"*V Mayor, and declared '"*'",>>? viewa for publication for the ^ ing would be given out in tJ*"" form.