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®be lAUanla Sn-Wdcfo Journal VOL. XXII. NO. 103. MRS. BRADSTREET ARRESTED ON U. S. FRAUD CHARGE WOULD MAKE VOTE ON CAPITAL ISSUE TUESDAYBUSINESS Strozier, of Bibb, Offers Res olution to Force Vote. Adverses Removal Resolu tion, 10 to 8 In an effort to bring; the capital removal resolution to a vote in the house, Representative Harry Strozier, of Bibb, Friday introduced a resolu tion to make the capital removal resolution a special order for Tues day, July 20. In accordance with the customary procedure the Strozier resolution was referred to the rules! committee, which probably w ill take action Fri day afternoon. If the rules committee reports ad versely on the Strozier resolution the matter vwill be practically ended for the present session at least. If the rules committee reports favorably it will take a two-thirds vote of the house to make the capital removal question a special order. If the Macon people get the votes to make their special order, then they must get the adverse report of the state of the republic committee dis agreed to, before the resolution will be finally in shape for a vote upon its passage. Thus it is apparent that the Macon people have a rather long and rocky road to travel, all because of an adverse report by the commit tee on the state of the republic. This is what makes a committee’s action so important one way or the other. The theory of all parliamentary rules is that a measure which cannot win a favorabje recommendation by the committee which considers it is not worth a place upon the calendar. The Macon people wanted their resolution referred to the committee on the state of the republic. When the resolution passed the senate anid came to the house and was read the first time, they asked unanimous consent to have it referred to this committee instead of to the commit tee on public property, which was the committee where it logically be longed. Much to their surprise, the Fulton county delegation, headed by Representative John Y. Smith, agreed ,to the reference to- the committee on the state of the republic. They were willing for the resolution to go to anV open-minded committee. They did not wish and did not ask any special favors. Hence the action of the committee on Thursday after noon seemed the irony of fate for the capital removalists, who evident ly counted on something better than an even break in that particular com mittee. Resolution Was Amended. After hearing arguments for and against the resolution in the senate ' chamber, the committee went into executive session and was there for half an hour. Before the final vote vas taken on a motion to report the resolution adversely. Representative Carswell of Wilkinson, a supporter of Macon, moved to amend the reso lution by striking out the figures concerning the value of Tattnall Square and Macon’s other induce ments, and the figures concerning the cost of a capitol annex and a new governor’s mansion in Atlanta. The amendment was adopted. But even with the resolution thus amended, removing one of Atlanta’s main ob jections, the committee was not will ing to report it favorably. The mo tion to adverse the bill was passed by a vote of ten to eight. Atlanta has contended' that a ref erendum as proposed by the Macon resolution was f grossly unfair, be cause it would be made to appear to the public that the capital could be moved to Macon without a dollar of expense to the state, whereas the cost of keeping it In Atlanta would be two or three million, dollars. | Though a supporter of the Macon people, Representative Carswell ac knowledged the justice of th com plaint and accordingly moved to strike out the figures, so that the referendum would involve nothing mere nor less than the bare question of keeping the capital in Atlanta or removing it to Macon. ; In view o£ the adoption of the amendment, the resolution will come before the house in that sjrape, if it comes at all, since the resolution was amended by the committee before it was adversed. The Committee Rearing The hearing pit the resolution was held at 3 o’clock In the senate cham ber with a large crowd present. On motion of Representative Carswell, the committee allotted thirty min utes to each side. By agreement be tween the Macon and Atlanta repre sentatives, the Macon side was given tv'*nty minutes to open and ten min to close, and Atlanta was given tnirty minutes in between. When the chairman committee. Rep resentative Lawrence, of Chatham, formally opened the hearing and called the .first Macon speaker, no body responded;- Representative Barnes, of the JJibb delegation, was present in the chamber. He came forward and said they were willing for the resolution to go before the committee without 'argument if At lanta was willing. Representative Smith, of Fulton, declined this prop osition on the ground that the reso lution was too Important a matter to be dismissed lightly. Accordingly Mr. Barnes made a brief opening speech for the resolu tion. He expressed' the opinion that all members of the committee had made up their minds and would not be changed by oratory. He said the Macon fight would never stop until (Continued Ttgt ft, Column 3) Electrical Machine Used By Benjamin Franklin in His Earliest Experiments | Oh / IKA& a TWlin Am mum Em iTMt Mill TrMinnMfflffMW This --photograph shows the first piece of electrical apparatus ever made. It was the work of Benjamin Franklin, in 1764. The machine was used by him in his early experiments with electricity. It is now on ex hibition at the Franklin institute in Philadelphia. WILSON MESSAGE TO GLASS HELPED NOMINATE COX BY DAVID DAWBEITCE (Copyright. 1020, for The Atlanta Journal.) - WA*mXOTOX-ir C,/ July The Wilson administration, meaning thereby the ' influence of the White House, was not exercised in opposi tion to the nomination of Governor Cox, but on the contrary an incident occurred which had a great deal to do with the landslide in the final mo ments of the San Francisco conven tion. On returning to Washington, the writer has verified a story which went the rounds of the state delega tions at San Francisco in the last moments of the balloting and which influenced some who had been hold ing out for McAdoo to join the band wagon for Cox. As reported on the floor of the convention, the story was not exactly accurate, but as happens in such moments of ■ excitement, a word of mouth 'Story gets a variety of versions by the time it is repeated by managers, workers and over-en thusiastic partisans. -The story which was circulated on the floor of the convention was that Senator Carter Glass had received a telegram from the White House say ing Cox was not unacceptable to the president, but that the Virginia sena tor refused to give out the telegram because of the adverse ' effect it might have on McAdoo’s chances for the nomination. Now the facts are these: Senator Glass’ did receive a telegram from Secretary Tumulty, sent at the ex press direction of President Wilson. It happened this way: The New York newspapers quoted Senator Glass as-having ’ said in .San Ff-an cisco, “Cox won’t do for the admin istration.” . Tumulty Wires Glass. These-stories -were called to the attention of the president by Secre tary Tumulty, who was promptly au thorized to send a message to Sena tor Glass apprising him that East ern newspapers'evidently were com mitting the president to participation in a contest in which he wished to ' remain absolutely neutral. The mes sage was sent as a matter of infor mation to Senator Glass, but with it went the suggestion from the White House- that, of course, these stories must be unfounded, for the president was not saying that anybody was un acceptable to him. Senator Glass promptly wired back that he had been misquoted by news papers and that in his conversations with reporters he was merely ex pressing his personal preference and was predicting that Cox would not win. He is reported to have remarked that even if Cox got a majority there was the Clark precedent at Balti more to prove that he might not win after all. The White House has no impres sion that the Virginia Senator tried to commit the president to a posi tion of opposition to Cox’s nomina tion. From this end. Senator Glass on the one hand working for McAdoo and men like Vance McCormick working for Palmer, were expressing their own convictions. Both held and still have the confidence of the presi dent, but plenty of friends of the president were involved in the fight as for instance Senator Pat Harri son, of Mississippi, one of the staunchest friends the president has ever had in congress, who not only seconded Cox’s nomination, but worked like a Trojan for him on the floor of the convention. Secretary Tumulty's interest in calling the president’s attention to the newspa per reports was a consequence of per sistent inquiries on the part of news paper correspondents at the White House who insisted that in the ab sence of some word from the White Bouse the inference would be justi fied that the quotation “Cox won’t do for the administration” was correct. GEDMANS AGREE IN PRINCIPLE WITH TERIMSJF ALLIES They Will Merely Ask for Explanation of Certain Ar ticles in Note —Latter's Provisions Announced ♦ SPA, Belgium, July 16. —(By the Associated Press.) The German delegates at the 'conference here agreed in principle with the terms submitted to them by th£ allies as to Germany’s deliveries of coal, but will ..sk for the explanation of cer tain articles in the allied note. Thej' made this announcement just before enterting into conference with the allied ministers this afternoon, Gormans Delay Reply The German delegation at the conference here sent word to the supreme council this morning that the German reply to the allied ultimatum on coal deliveries would not be ready before 4 o’clock this afternoon. The Germans are expected to ask modification of the terms of thep rotocol. The reply was due at 11 o’clock this morning. From what dould be learned during the morning the thing that was standing in the way of acceptance by the Germans of the allied terms was the clause providing for the oc cupation of the Ruhr Valley unless the coal deliveries reached a total of 6,000,000 tons by October 5. Dr. Walter Simons, German for eign minister, told his colleagues when they met to confer over the al lied conditions that this subject had not been mentioned during his con versation with Premiers Lloyd .George and Millerand yesterday, when a verbal agreement had been reached. The Germans, it appears, were greatly annoyed to find it in the text of the terms handed them in the note of last night. Chancellor Fehrenbach and Dr. Simons spent a part of ■ this morn ing placing wreaths on the graves of German soldiers who had been buried at Spa. Substance of Reply Following is the substance of the allied reply to the Germans’ quali fied acceptance of the coal demands: 1. -The German government will, beginning August 1, deliver 2,000,000 tons of coal morithly for a period of six months. 2. The value of this coal will be credited agaipst the German repa rations obligation at the German market price. A premium of 5 gcjjd marks per ' ton will be allowed on certain classes and qualities of coal. This premium will be paid in cash, to be used for purchasing foodstuffs for German miners. 3. During the six months the meas ures of control provided in the agree ment drawn up July 11 will be ap plied, as shown in an annex to this document. 4. In the near future an agree ment shall be made regarding distri bution of Upper Silesian coal by a mixed German-allied commission. 5. As soon as possible a commis- sion will be established at Essen, on which Germany will be repre sented to provide a standard of liv ing for miners in regard to food and clothing, with a view to improving coal production. ’ 6. The allied governments are ready to grant Germany, during the six months’ period, an advance pay ment amounting to the difference be tween the price paid, according to article 11. of this document, and the export f. o. b. German ports and export price f. o. b. German ports and English export prices f. o. b. English price shall prevail. This advance will not be made conditional on ques- priority. . All other allied claims- will be made at the end of each month, according to the number of tons delivered and in accordance with the price of the'world coal dur ing,. that period. At the end of the fifcst. month, such - advances will be’ granted without awaiting exact fig ures. 7. If, up to November 20 it should be established that the August, Sep tember and October deliveries have failed to total 600,000,000 tons, the allies will proced to occupy new parts of Germany; that is, the Ruhr or any other district. The anex to this allied reply pro vided for a standing commission of the reparations commission to sit at Berlin and supervise all coal op erations in Germany. In event the Germans should re fuse to meet the terms of this ulti matum, the allies have completed military preparations fop occupation of German territory. Boston Is Dryest, New York Wettest Os the Big Cities WASHINGTON. July 16.—Boston is the dryest city in the United States, Federal Prohibition Commis sioner Kramer said today, New York is the wettest, according to Mr. Kramer. "Probably there are 700 places in New York where the prohibition law is being violated,” he said. “This shows a big success for the prohi bition law, however. New York used to have 11,000 saloons. We're doing our best in New York, but it is a long job. “Boston Is probably as nearly a perfeett 100 per cent dry city as there is in the United States.” He declared he is much pleased with prohibition enforcement results so far, but he admitted there is a lot of room for progress. “I do not deny,” he said, “that the law is being violated in many locali ties, especially in large cities like New York and Chicago. This was perhaps to have been expected. “There has been a big change In the attitude toward prohibition though since the supreme court ap proved its constitutionality about a month ago. Our agents report thflfe more enthusiasm is displayed by lo cal police and prosecutors in co-oper ating with federal officials in en forcement of the law.” 4 ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1920. U. S. Officer Who Broke Parashute Jumping Record ./oik ■cJP tIIWB 188 Bgar |P < ■*’ ' gar jg - ■ uIS OWiSMsiM Lieutenant John H. Wilson The world’s record for a parachute jump has been broken by Lieutenant John H. Wilson, of the air service branch at Kelly Field, Tex. He started his Spectacular feat by jump ing, at an altitude of 19,800 feet, from an aeroplane piloted by Lieu r tenant Dunton. He was carried by the wind first in one direction, then' in another. The most exciting part of the jump came when he barely avoided striking a church steeple. LOS ANGELES BUILDINGS ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKE LOS ANGELES, July 16.—Build ings in Los Angeles were rocked vio lently at 10:11 a. m. today by an earthquake shock. The quake appeared to be one vio lent shock followed by less violent tremork People rushed to the sleets from stores and officers, but in the downtown district apparently' there was no real panic. It was feared some damage had been done. Early reports indicated the quake centered in or very near the city of Los Angeles. At the beach cities, particularly Long Beach, it was said the quake was not violent, but was sufficiently strong to rattle win dows. For some reason telephone serv ice was paralyzed for ten minutes following the quake. Wheat Takes Tumble Os 10 1-2 Cents Friday; Buying Orders Scarce July 16. —Wheat under went a sensational break in price to day. The market opened all the way from unchanged figures to 9 1-2 cents lower, and soon was down 10 1-2 cents a bushel in some cases for December, the principal specula tive delivery. The big tumble in values was attributed more to lack of buying orders than to any great pressure to sell. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL FROM NOW |-A C Jv TO JAN. Ist Ov The National Conventions of both the Demo cratic and Republican Parties have met and nomi nated a candidate for president. Now conies the campaign between these two parties trying to convince the people that their candidate is the best. There will be some “hot times” in these United States for the next three months. Keep up with them by reading The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal. We will now send it to you. More Than 5 Months 50c This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well as the results of the election. ' We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal to you from now until January 1, 1921, for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers at fifty cents each for this offer and, we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till January Ist, 1921, for your trouble. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, from now until January 1, 1921. Name R. F. D P. O State . REPEAL OF EXCESS PROFITS TUX IS FAVDREDJY COX Governor Would Substitute Flat Levy on Volume of Business Done —Roosevelt Plans Speaking Tour COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 16. —Repeal of the present graduated excess prof its taxes as a means of reducing the cost of living will be advocated_by the Democratic nominees during their campaign, overnor Cox stated today. In place of these levies he would substjtute a flat tax of from 1 to 1 1-2 per cent on the volume of busi ness done by all business concerns. Virtually the same change has been recommended by President Wilson, Secretary of the Treasury Houston and his former assistant, R. C. Gef fingwell. Governor Cox believes that his pro posed tax would raise from $1,600,- 000,000 to $2,000,000,000 annually. He is of the firm belief that the present graduated levies greatly pyramid the cost of all necessities, and probably will deal at length on the question of taxation in his speech of accept ance. Asked for his vidws on taxation, Governor Cox referred to several re cent speeches and authorized their quotation on his present position. “Prices are high and will remain so until we seriously dedicate our efforts to the wiping away of things that came with the war,” he said. “A considerable factor in the high cost of living is the continuance of the excess profits tax. In establish ing a selling price every business sets aside a reasonable profit. # and then adds to it the amount of the. tax. This is done in turn by the man ufacturer, the jobber and the retailer until the inevitable result is a stag gering cost to the consumer. “A flat tax of 1 or 1 1-2 per cent on the volume of business done by any concern •would be a simple mat ter to collect and it would neither cause nor give an alibi for excessive prices. It would allow nearly half the amount of the government’s necessary revenue and allow a speedy repeal of the excess profits taxes.” Governor Cox today met a dele gation from the national woman’s party, headed by Miss Alice Paul, which urged upon him the desira bility of having him use his influ ence to have the state of Tennes see ratify the federal suffrage amendment in time to permit wom en to vote at the November elec tion. The Democratic nominee will not arrive in Washington for his Sunday conference with President Wilson until Saturday afternoon. The governor today decided to leave Columbus on a later train this evening than had been originally planned, throwing his arrival in Washington several hours later. His tram will leave at 10:20 tonight. Plans were being developed today by the Columbus chamber of com merce to entertain members of the Democratic national committee who will meet here next Tuesday. Mrs. Cox, wife of the nominee, expects to entertain the committeemen and their families at the governor’s mansion either Monday or Tuesday evening. Messages commending the gov ernor on his stand taken in the mat ter of replying to statements issued by Senator Harding, continued to ar rive today. Among those received were one from E. H? Moore, the gov ernor’s preconventton manager, and Wilbur Marsh, lowa, treasurer of the national committee. White House Sheep and Sallies W'W I » .■ .... . -■ r- . / ■■■ “J <£> c>' wo on tX uz oo o • NEW YORK.'—The V’hite House sheep that graze on the lawn surrounding President Wilson’s home, have done their bit to aid the Salvation Army. Recently two bags of wool, sheared from the sheep, arrived at the New York headquarters. Notices on the bags read, “Dear Sallies: Here are our old clothes. Good luck!’’ HOUSE POSTPONES ACTION ON AUTO FUND RESOLUTION The houie of representatives Fri day postponed uptU next Tuesday the resalulion. Knight, of Berrien county, directing the state highway board to distrib ute the automobile fund afnbiig the several counties on a basis of' post road- mileage. . . , ' The resolution was scheduled for action in the house Friday, as a spe cial order, - but owing to the thin attendance Representative Knight re quested unanimous consent 'to post pone the resolution until next Tues day, and the request was granted. ' In discussing the highway matter in private conversation Mr. Knight stated that he Would join with the supporters of the highway 'bond is sue bill to put it through the house and the senate as soon as his resolu tion was passed. He stated that he is very enthuisastically in favor of the entire highway program, and that his action in directing the dis tribution of the automobile fund among the counties is to popularize the bond issue in advance of its sub mission to the vote of the people. He expressed the opinion that a dis tribution of the funds until it is neede dto pay interest and sinking fund on the highway bonds will go a long way toward securing the ap proval of the bond issue amendment to the constitution wh.en the people vote on it. An unsuccessful effort was made in the house on Friday by Representa tive Stovall, of McDuffie county, to recommit to the general judiciary committee, number two, the several bills which seek to regulate rents. These bills were adversely reported by the committee on Thursday aft ernoon, following a public hearing. The effect of this action by the com mittee was to remove the bills from the calendar. Representative Stovall expressed the opinion that the com mittee had not given the bills as much consideration as they were en titled to. He therefore asked unani mous consent to recommit them for further consideration.' Representa tive *Pace, of Sumter,. chairman of the committee, objected to the re quest. Ex-Czarna and ' Children Burned Alive, Report Says PARIS. July 16.—The Russian em press and her children were burned alive after the murder pf Emperor Nicholas at Ekaterinburg, it is al leged in statements attributed to Alexis Dolrovitz, formerly courier to the empress, published here today. Dolrovitz said he made vain attempts to save his mistress and her children. The empress and the children, Dol rovitz declared, were taken to a wood near Ekaterinburg. A huge fire was made, into whiclv the royal victims were forced. Every time they sought to get out of the flames, Dolrovitz said’ they were driven back at the point of the bayonet. Tatiana, the empress’ second daughter, fled from the pyre three times and eventually fell pierced through by a«bayonet. The empress and Alexis, heir the throne, clasp ed in close embrace, walked almost automatically into rhe flames and disappeared In a whirl of smoke, ac cording to Dolrovitz. Claytcn Man’s Body Found in Lake After Murder of His Wife CLAYTON. Ga., July 16.—The body of Bert Hooper, whose' wife was found dead from shotgun wounds in bed at the Hooper home yester day. was recovered today from a lake a short distance from the house. The authorities believe that Hooper killed his wife and then committed suicide, but an investigation is being made into the possibility that both were killed by someone else. Austrian Peace Treaty Is Effective Now PARIS, July 16.—The Austro-Hun garian peace treaty became effective today with final exchange of ratifi cations. « SENATE REFUSES TO RECONSIDER WINE MEASURE The senate adjourned early on Fri day after passing a number of local bills .and two general measures. An effort on the part of Senator Wilkin son. of the Forty-ninth, to eepurs a reconsideration on his bill to permit the manufacture of wines for sacra mental purposes was defeated by a considerable margin. The bill was killed bv the senate on Thursday. One of the general bills passed at Friday’s session was by Senator Barrett, of the Thirty-first, fixing the bond of administrators, execu tors and guardians at one and one fourth times the amount of the estate to be administered. Under tne present law these bonds must t be twice the amount of. the estate. ' The second general bill by Sena tor Duncan provides that widows of Confederate veterans who through failure to understand the law fall to file application for pension within one year after the death of the hus band shall riot be barred from re ceiving such pensions providing that application is made within two years. Among the local bills passed one amending the Atlanta city char ter so as to permit payment of taxes in three installments, due on May 1, uly 1 and October 1, respectively. The bill also provides that a dis count of one and one-half percent shall be allowed if the full amount of taxes is paid on the first instal ment date. Bulldog at City Pound Repels Burglars and Keeps Trousers as Clue The seat of a pair of trousers' found tightly clinched between the teeth of ferocious bulldog at the city dog pound is the only clue held by the police as to the identity of six negroes, who, it is alleged, bur glarized the pound Thursday after noon and carried off six poodle The six negroes pried loose a board in the floor of the city dog pound Thursday afternoon, according to a report received by the police, and dropped into the basement where the city has an assortment of about fifty canines of all breeds and tem peraments. Hardly had they touched the basement floor when lone of the number was heard to cry out and a large bulldog was seen to fasten himself on the rear portion of the negro’s trousers. There was a gen eral rush for safety among the in truders and before Keeper W. L. Lively could reach the scene the dusky sextet had gained the open air, each carrying a poodle under his arm. The bulldog held fast to his prey, but unfortunately the material from which the trousers of the negro was made was not very strong and as the negro crawled through a win dow the bulldog dropped to the base ment floor with his mouth filled with the negro’s apparel. A report of the theft was made to the police by Keep er Lively. Seek Revision of Compress Charges BRUNSWICK. Ga., July 16.—No tice has just been given that the Shippers’ Compress company, the Savannah Warehou.se and Compress company and the Mutual Warehouse and Compress company, of Savan nah, and the Glynn Compress com pany, of Brunswick, have filed appli cation with the railroad commission of Georgia to revise their compres sion charges which are now in ef fect, and are asking an increase to 75 cents and sl.lO per bale, with an additional charge of 5 cents for each band over eight bands used. The ap plication has been assigned for hear ing on July 28. Aged Fortune Teller Killed in Columbus | COLUMBUS, Ga., July 16.—Miss Mary Wells, aged 50, a fortune teller who has been a resident of Columbus for twelve years, was found dead at her home on Twenty-fourth street yesterday with her head bruised, in dicating she had been hit by some hard instrument or rock. The police believe robbery was the motive, as the woman is known to have carried money on her perspn., Cproner Irvin is investigating the case. Scents a copt. $1.50 A YEAtt. ALLEGATION MADE TUJT SUE COLLECTED ALLOTMENTCHECKS Government Claims to Have Paid Her $460 as Wife of Sergeant Shoemaker, of Camp Gordon Another chapter in the history» of the sensational career of Mrs. Cath< erine Queen Bradstreet was written Thursday afternoon when the erst while owner of motor cars and costly wardrobes was brought before fed eral officers on the charge of de frauding, the United States govern ment and an enlisted soldier out of $460 in allotment and allowance checks. She faced charges of having re ceived and cashed government checks as the wife of Sergeant William B. Shoemaker while in reality she was the legal wife of J. B. Tate. Follow ing a brief hearing she was bound over to the federal grand jury. The woman upon whom William B. Green, former vice president of the Fairburn Banking company. Is alleg ed to have lavished thousands of dol lars, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Lee Whatley late Thursday afternoon while she was serving as a clerk in her fathei s little grocery store on North Boule vard. She was immediately brought be fore United States Commissioner Col quitt Carter, where she sobbed out a brief defense against the charges preferred following an investigation by A. E. Farland, of the department of justied. Since ahe already is un der a state bond of $2,000, her federal bond was fixed a< oftly SSOO. . Her bond was signed by her father, A. P. Queen, who accompanied her to the federal building, and «he was formal ly bound over to the federal grand jury on the charge of violating the . war insurance act. Arrested in Store Federal officers, it is said, attempt ed to see Mrs. Bradstreet Thursday morning at/,her home on South Candler-street, just outside the city limits and were, it is said, informed that she was sick. Later, It is said, .rtnd she wail taken into clistody. Her arrest was effected quietly. Marshal Whatley walked into the store and requested her to accom pany hkn to the commissioner’s of fifice. Even persons in the store did not realize that Mrs. Bradstreet was being taken into custody by‘a fed eral officer. Her father accompanied her to the commissioner’s office where the charges were read while Mrs. Bradstreet, in tears, told offi cers that she had no friends and charged the soldier she is alleged to have defrauded with “doing her dirt.” The gist of the government’a charge is that Mrs. Bradstreet, pos ing as the wife of William B. Shoe maker, a sergeant at Camp Gordon, received and cashed allotment and al lowance checks while she was in fact the legal wife of J. B. T?Re. The war rant was made out against Agnes Tate, alias Agnes Tate Shoemaker, and was sworn out by A. E. Farland of the department of justice, who ’ formally charged Mrs. Bradstreet with violating the war insurance act. Defendant in Tears Mrs. Bradstreet was in tears when she reached the commissioner’s of fice. Between sobs she made a brief statement, declaring that the money she 'received was used to buy the necessities for Shoemaker’s mother. The government’s statement of fact as outlined to the commissioner by Assistant United States Attorney Paul Carpenter, reading from the de partment of justice’s transcript of evidence, was as follows: “On March 22, 1918. William Shoe-* maker, stationed at Camp Gordon, Comapny C, 320th Machine Gun Bat talion, station at Camp Gordon, exe cuted an allotment application in which he stated that Agnes Tate Shoemaker, residing at 36 Chestnutt street, -Freeport, 111., was his wife. Relying upon the truth of the state ment, contained in the allotment ap plication, the military authorities made the proper deduction from the pay of the enlisted man on account of compulsory allotment and theb u reau of wark risk insurance, and made an award to Agnes Tate Shoe maker as the applicant’s wife. / “In September, 1919, subsequent to the discharge of Shoemaker, the bureau received a- communication from him in which he stated that Agnes Tate Shoemaker was living with one Clarence Bradstreet at 247 St. Charles Atlanta, Ga. “Upon receiving this information, an investigation was ordered by the bureau of war risk insurance and the following facts were established; , “That Agnes Tate was married to J. B. Tate on March 24, 1917; that she separated from him and on March 21, 1918, was married to W. B. Shoemaker. ■* Shoemaker, ing that she was his legal made out his allotment application as above stated. The bureau or war risk insurance made an award tp Agnes Tate, alias Agnes Tate Shoe maker, and checks were issued to her.” Checks indorsed Here Mr. Carpenter submitted Mr. Farland’s records showing photo static copies of twelve governmwi: checks issued between March. 1918 and June, 1919, and bearing *he in dorsement of Mrs. Agnes Tate Shoe maker (Mrs. Bradstreet). “The total amount received by her,” said Mr. Carpenter reading from the government record, “was $460, of which $230 was received as compulsory allotment, which was deducted from the pay of enlist ed man, and $230 was a government family allowance paid fpom the funds of the bureau of war risk in surance. “On April 24, 1919, Agnes Tate was divorced from her husband, J. B. Tate, this being some months aft er she is alleged to have married Shoemaker. Some time prior to that (Continneft o Page 6, Column 4)