St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 6, 1927

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COMIC-FAGR. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1927. — — ee en ay “ (“THAT JOB ONLY LASTED FOR THE AF TERNOON JUST TEMP OR AR Y EMPFLOWMEN T lanctpsivesti Aba ISSornamea { 1 Wheeler Declares on Senate (Copyright. 1927,; DLONIES WAC HE RS THousay —— et se = ‘me SesT SI MAP TMA T ’, \ RA ANN ‘Visonxesioc FUTILITY « of the Secretary. ord the recent letter of the Secre-! lary of State. in F ®Nd to ask the W | PAID ADVERTISING 1S ft Were carried by the POST-DISPATCH We @pring 1926—a GAIN of 1,503,320 lines | over 1925—by far the greatest volume ever Hl esrried by = St Lonis newspaper. ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press News Service — a a _ Fl NAL EDITION (Complete Market Reports) > “FOL. 79. NO. 121. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1927—40 PAGES. PRICE 2 CEN TS —_ AF SUARE STOR Flor He Is Informed Post-Dispatch Article Is “Correct in Toto.” CORRESPONDENT’ S STATEMENT READ Vouches for Version of | “Bolshevist Hegemony”’ Interview Against Word By CHARLES G. ROSS, Chief Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—A de- mand for the resignation of Sec- retary of State Kellogg, If it should be proved that the Depart- ment of State*attempted to. dis- seminate false propaganda about , friendly nation, was voiced on the floor of the Senate this after- noon by Senator Wheeler (Dem.), Montana. Wheeler read into the record the St. Lovis Pest-Dispatch news arti- ce, by Paul Y, Anderson, a staff correspondent, published Nov, 28, sistant Secretary of State R. E. Olds had ‘inspired’ a story of an alleged Mexican effort to bolshe- vize Central America. The Post-Dispatch article told jn detail of the conference between Olds end the representatives of the three leading press associations, the Associated Press, the Interna- tional News Service and the United Press, The article related that Olds so- licited publication of the “bolshe- vism” story, at the same time in- sisting that the source of the in- should be kept secret, carried on threat of a “bolshevist hegemony intervening between the United Slates and the Panama Canal.” Article “Correct in Toto.” Wheeler, after reading the ar- ticle to the Senate, said that he had been informed by newspaper | men in whom he had the utmost | that the article was! Next, Wheeler placed in the Rec- reply to Repre- seutative La Guardia of New York. denying that the department had} sught to inspire propaganda as charged. a He followed this with a state-| ment in which Anderson. uphold- ing the accuracy of the Post-Dis- word he would accept! against that of Secretary Kellogg | in anv circumstances.” | Wheeler also placed in the rec. | ‘rd an editorial from the Raltimore | Sun of yesterday, entitled “A Mean- | Ngless Denial,” in which | sald that the simple negative with | which Kellogg replied to La Guar- “a Was not a sufficient answer to the charges, Other Editorials Offered. Other matter inserted by Wheel. | # to show the gravity of the issue | Nciuded an editorial from the New Tork World of yesterday and an “eel in which the W ashington Aor owenbge demanded that the — of coreiga felations Commit- Baia h is now considering the ~-~’an and Nicaraguan problems, 4 lg bag” by calling before Prt Assistant Secretary of State — and the three newspaper men ae he had sought, according to on Louis Post-Dispatch, to in- “oCirinate with his propaganda. hee introducing the Post-Dispatch “rucle, Wheeler declared that if . i 20 ceca in it were correct, vi ag ie to say the es an} member of the State Nee lent to give out a story to eh he refused to sign his name, Ereat press associa- his country to circulate Propaganda, or any propa- Whith we cre a country with * 2 On friendly terms.” the ne ser expressed the hope that “ant — Relations Committee which wa notice of these charges ding ass been published by the ied ae a pers of the country” State a efore it the Secretary of ey the representatives of the Press atsociations. en to Resign, If Guilty. Me 8 esl he concluded, Out, or the Depart — seen giving bien ae pen ment of State has na an out, loose statements, . oe that Yheyv be circulated a length and breadth of omg am ry, for the purpose of stir- "ha Sake people to a point where With » “gag to break relations — nd country, then the ey , © ©Ntilled to know it, and frue, then Mr. Kellogg it was! the Sti tla UOTS§ of { false eand: ° aa ie rn it te ; | *"tinued on Page 3, Column 3. stead law. Gen. Smedley Butler Deserts Prohibition; “Class Legislation” Admits He Was Wrong Because Statute Isn’t Applied to © Wealthy Drinkers. By the Associated Preas. OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 6.—Brizga- dier-General Smedley D. Butler, who spent months fighting graft and bootleggers as Director of Pub- lic Safety of Philadelphia, has changed his mind about the Vol- Speaking before a luncheon club here, the comman- der of the marines on the Pacific Coast denounced the prohibition statute as class legislation, saying it reacted against the poor man and favered the rich one. “There plenty of liquor to sup- ply the d ruption in the ‘upper crust,’ the poor man ts left with nothing,” Gen. Butler asserted. “When the American ,people give = man the task of enforcing a law, I conceive that they mean it shall be en- forced. Maybe I didn’t finish learning to read before I got into the Marine Corps, but [ read this fool Voistead act as intended to ap- ply to everybody. It appears, how- ever, that all it is supposed to do is to keep liquor away from persons without influence, and doesn’t ap- ply at all to those with influence and the money to pay for it. “It’s a case of enforcing the law in some places and bluffing at en- forcement in others.” J te $1,354,824,670 FOR FOREIGN SECURITIES IN U. S. IN 1926 Sets Record as Source of Interna- tional Capital, Hitherto Held by Great Britain. By the Associated Ptess, WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—A rec- ord was made during 1926 in the loaning of American investment funds abroad. The Department of Commerce today calculated that the value of foreign securities sold in the United States in the 12 months was $1,- 354,824,670, or about 6 per cent greater than the sales for 1925. This amount even exceeds the greatest ever loaned in one year by the United Kingdom, which has hitherto been the greatest source of international capital. The Brit- ish record for foreign loans, said to have been set in 1913, was slightly under $1,000,000,000. 30 DAYS FOR 15-CENT THEFT Woman Sentenced for Robbing “Poor Box” at Church. Mrs. Lena Feldman, 42 years old, of 1543 South Seventh street, was sentenced to 30 days in the Workhouse today mand for vice and cor-' but | by Provisional | Judge Grodsky, in the Court of! Criminal Correction, for stealing 15 cents from the “poor box” of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, at Twenty-fifth and University streets, last September. She denied the charge. She was detected by the junitor of the church, David Nolan. A key, fitted “poor which the box” of another church, was found | in her possession after her arrest. | — -—— = DRY RAIDERS KILL FARMER LUVERNE, Ala. Jan. 6.—John Lord, town marshal of Brantley. and Walker Thomas. his deputy. are under arrest as the result of the death of Oscar Brooks, a farm- er, 45 vears old. whom they shot when he tried to prevent the re- moval of a gallon of whisky from his home, They had no search warrant when they entered’ the home, Mrs. Brooks said. 3rooks’ body, riddled by 13 bul- lets, was left lying in front of his house and the raiders returned to Brantley without further concern for the dead man, his-wife and four children, Sheriff McQueen declares. —— Cloudburst, Hurricane and Snow. BUDAPEST, Jan. 6.—A_ cloud- ourst, followed by a terrific hurri- eane, hit Fuenfkirchen, a city of rbout 60,000 inhabitants in West Hungary, last night, causing enor- mous damage. A violent snowstorm set in this morning. Many persons were injured and hundreds of roofs were carried off and the streets hlocked with debris. ee ee Albert B. Fall Suffers Relapse. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 6.—Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, who has been ill at his home here of pneumonia for near- ly two weeks, suffered a relapse last night, but his condition was not considered serious, his physi- cians said. The las' bulletin said the infection was disappearing from the afflicted lung. Six-Page Daily Magazine Eleven Comics for Young and Old The News in Pictures Popular Fiction Special features for women, wit and humor, little essays on life, and varied miscellany— every day ip The Post-Dispatch i 6.6. APPONTEE HAS $200,000 IN ILS AND COA Cyrus E. Woods, Whose Confirmation Is Opposed in Senate, Tells Commit- tee of Holdings. FORMER COUNSEL FOR PENNSYLVANIA LINE Promises, if He Gets Post, to Divest Himself of Rail road Stock as Law Re- quires, 3y the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Cyrus E. Woods, nominated by President Coolidge for the Interstate Com- merce Commission, told a Senate Committee today that he has hold- ings of nearly $200,000 in railroad and coal companies. Replying to Senator Wheeler (Dem.) of Montana, Woods listed the following bond holdings: Pennsylvania Railroad, $25,000; Norfolk & Western, $25,000; Santa Fe, $25,000: Union Pacific, $25,- 000, Northern Pacific, $25,000. He said lie also held 600 shares of Pennsylvania stock, of a par value of $50 per share; 107 shares of the Pittsburg Coa! Co., and about the same number in the Westmore- land Coal Co., which has holdings in West Virginia. “Of course, I shall divest myself of all of these bond and stock hold- iugs as required by law if I go on the commission,’’ Woods said. “No Preconceivc. Notions.” Replying to Senator Neely, (Dem.) of West Virginia, Woods said he did not know at the time of this appointment that a case is pending before the Interstate Com. merce Commission involving the same question as that in the case brought by the Pittsburg Coal Co. when Woods was its general coun- sel. Woods declared he had no knowledge as to the rate differen- tial on coal from the Pennsylvania and the Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky fields to the Great Lakes. “I would approach tion with an open mind,” clared. “Let’s jump to the question of rate making?” said Goft in resum- ing hig examination. ‘“‘Have you had any experience in that?” “No [ have not,” was the reply, “but I have no preconceived notions; my that ques- he de- ‘mind is open.” “Who owned the Pittsburg Coal Co.?” Goff asked. “Oh, there was a diversity of ownership.” “Tell us some of them.” Woods hesitated, and then said was difficult to recall, but did not think~‘“the Mellons had anv substantial interest.” He explained amid laughter that he mentioned the Mellons because he assumed t'e question was directed to that.” Details of His Life. Woods was asked to tell details of his life history to the Senate committee when he ap- peared at the opening of hearings on his nomination. , Facing opposition because of his part in the Pennsylvania primaries of last year, and for other reasons, the former Ambassador to Japan and Spain was questioned about his career from his birth. “IT want to know everything,” said Senator Goff (Rep.) of West Virginia, who began the question- ing. | The West Virginia and Kentucky Senators are opposing confirmation because of Woods’ former connec- tion with Pennsylvania coal com- panies, Counsel] for Pennsylvania Line. The former Ambassador: testified that his law firm represented the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1900 to 1907. After that Woods became associated with :the Pittsburg Coal Co. ‘While your firm was represent- ing the Pennsylvania Railroad, it engaged in the general practice of law,” interposed the chairman at one point. “Oh, my yes,” Woods said. “Had we not, we would have had a hard time.” Asked About Coal Company. Describing the’ Pittsburg (Goal Co. as one of the largest in the country, Woods said he was con- nected with the company more than four years. “Was not that company «enoml- nated as the Coal Trust of the United States?” asked Goff. “I would not call it that,” Woods r« tied. He could not recall, he _ aatd, what the Pittsburg company con- trolled. Senator Reed (Rep.), Pennsyl- vania, who recommended the ap- pointment of Woods, suggested ee eo many Continded on Page 3, Column 4. RAPID-TRANSIT +'ONE MAN MAY LOSE $150,000 IN GRANT BILL APPROVED BY ALDERMEN CRASH; TOTAL PERHAPS vyweight Title ——* owe © ee. Measure to Be Presented to Legislature Would Permit ) - Bond Issues for Subways or Other Methods. _ - DRAFTED BY THE © CITY COUNSELOR | Passage of Act Considered | Advisable to Assure Ade- quate Authority to City of St. Louis. | An enabling act to permit the city to build a rapid transit sys- tem, including subways, by bond issues and to asses benefits against property owners ,drafted by City Counselor Muench and Associate Counselor Ferris, was approved to- day by the Rapid Transit Commit- tee of the Board of Aldermen, and will be submitted to the State Leg- islature at once. The aldermanic committee, which has taken leadership in seek- ing a solution of the St. transportation problem, has pro- posed to bring about betterments as early as possible, and this act, prepared at its request, is a pre- liminary step. Counselor Muench believes pas- sage of the act is advisable to as- sure authority for the city. It does not go into the question of oper- ating authority, because the. city charter is held to grant that al- ready, nor into regulating powers vecause that might conflict with the State Public Service Commis- sion. Advantages of the Act. An advantage offered by the act would be authority to issue rapid- transit bonds for periods longer than the present limit of 20 years. Another innovation would lie in treating major-traffic arterieg/uch as thesuggested double-deck boule- vard along Third street, as rapid- transit units, like car lines, Rapid-transit improvement is de- fined by the act to include every improvement for local public use in transportation of persons and property, designed to eliminate in- terference with or by ordinary travel, and taking the form of sub- ways, tunnels, elevated railways. ‘levated streets, bridges and sur- face construction. Such improve- ments, when municipally owned or controlled, shall be deemed public works and local improvements, it is provided. All® Missouri cities of 75,000 or more population would be author- ized to own, build and acquire by condemnation, }j urchase or lease within or -vithout their corporate limits any rapid-transit improve- ment, and to use it or permit its use by cars, busses or other ve- iicles. Right of use may be grant- ed to others on the. cities’ own erms, Damage and Benefit Levies. Damages and benefits in acquis!- tion of transit improvements by condemnation may be assessed in the same manner as in condemning ordinary real estate, the act pro- vides. Payment for such things by assessing benefited property may be in whole orin part by this meth- od, just as ih special assessments for other local improvements. Public utility, publie improve- ment and general bonds may be is- sued by the cities for “acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating and maintaining” rapid transit fa- cilities. Form and denomination, dates of maturities, rates of inter- est and other details as to such bonds may be prescribed by ordi- nance, Rights and interests fn all or in part of a rapid transit improve- ment may be granted for public use to whomever and for what- ever terms the cities may deem best. Commission Provided For. A Rapid Transit Commissioner or commission to carry out provisions fo the act may be established by ordinance, fixing qualifications, powers, terms of office and kindred factors. A group of representatives of the Civic Committee on Rapid Transit, comprising J. F. O. Reller, William Caulfield, Baxter L. Brown, Philip N. Moore and Charles F. Hatfield, will work for passage of the act at fefferson City. ( WOMAN DIES IN TRAIN WRECK jy the Associated Press, SEATTL®Y, Wash., Jan. 6.—Mra. Jacob Gonnerman of Dysart, Ia., was killed and 15 persons injured in the derailment today of a Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rall- way train, the eastbound Olympian, lat Cyr, 38 miles west of Missoula, Mont., advices. received by the railroad offices here said. Seven of the 10 coaches of the train left the tracks. Louis | THE world’s heavyweight champion (right) and Tex Rickard photographed this afternoon at Hotel Tunney Signs Here to Defend Hea Jefferson as Tunney affixed his signature to the contract. —— ee —By a Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer. NEW TRATIC ORDER PROTECTS PEDESTRIAN Policeman Now Signals Ve- hicles to Proceed Only When the Street Is Clear. A new system of traffic signals intended to give the pedestrian greater protection at street cross- ings was promulgated by Chief of Police Gerk today and begun by traffic policemen throughout the city. Heretofore traffic officers wishing to change the direction cf traffic, have blown one or more blasts on a whistle to attract at- tention of drivers and have then allowed vehicles to proceed imme- diately in the direction indicated, upon motion with the arm. Under the new system, the of- ficer, after bringing all] traffic to a halt, must.look about him to see that the st hie clear of pedes- trians before swtoWing drivers to eo forward. If traffic is moving north and south, for instance, he effects the change in the following manner: He blows one long blast on his whistle and raises his right arm. This means that all vehicles except those already in the crossing must stop. He then looks about to see that the way is clear and gives the usual arm signal fo indicate that traffic will move east and west, He then starts it in motion in that di- rection by blowing two blasts on the whistle. Drivers are not to act upon the arm signal until the whis- tle blows twice. Chief Gerk said today that the Police Department had been trying for some time to hit upon a regula- tion which would remove as far as possible the hazards to pedestrians and that this system seemed the mcst feasible. “We realize that the new system will slow up traffic,” he said, “and that the economic loss will be con- siderable. But then, we have far more pedestrians than we have au- tomobile drivers and we want to give the pedestrian all the protec- tion we possibly can.” SUBCOMMITTEE UNANIMOUS FOR GOULD INVESTIGATION Senators Wil} Begin Taking Testi- mony on Bribery Charges Tomcrrow. By the-Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The Senate Elect is Subcommittee to- day unanimously decided to inves- tigate the bribery charges against Senator Gould (Mep.), Maine, with- out formally passing on the motion to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction. Taking of testimony will begin tomorrow. The charges involve a railroad contract Gould was interested in In Canada some years ago. Freed to Walk 200 Miles Home. By the Associated Press. SHENANDOAH, Ia. Jan. 6.— lienry Sparks must walk 200 miles because Intoxication brought him into the court of Police Judge, C. H. Castle, Civil War veteran. Sparks, in making a plea, said he had lost afl his money. Thereupon the Judge said he could go free pro- vided he walked back to his farm in Appanoose Countq, 200 miles away. about 30 years old. clubbed James H. CHAMPION’S CONTRACT SETS RECORD; FIGHT IN SEPTEMBER $400,000 and 50 Per Agreed to in St. Louis—Dempsey to Battle Last of Five Contenders. Cent Over $1,000,000 Gene Tunney signed a contract today in St. Louis to defend his title, probably next September. against the winner*’ of Promoter “Tex” Rickard’s heavyweight elim- ination tournament and probably will receiVe the biggest guarantee ever offered a boxer. Jack Dempsey was paid about $800,000 when he fought Tunney in Philadelphia last September. The agreement was reached ata conference this morning at the Bellerive Country Club, and the contract was signed at Hotel Jef- ferson shortly after noon, Rickard’s elimination plans in- volve six boxers. Five of them— Jack Delaney, Jack Sharkey, Pao- lino Uzeudun, Jim Maloney and Paul Berlenbach—will fight it out among themselves for the right to meet Dempsey, and the victor in this bout will be matched with Tunney. Tunney’s agreement with Rick- ard will go into effect next July 1. The champion has agreed not to fight before that date. Rickard’s| agreement calls for a bout before | next Jan. 1. The next world championship bout is expected to be held in the Yankee Stadium. New York, which Rickard has undéfr lease for bouts. Rickard plans to save Dempsey to fight the best of the five other fighters in the elimination tourna. ment because he thinks Jack ranks next to his conqueror. Present at the conference here, besides Tunney and Rickard, the master promoter of world title fights, were “Billy” Gibson, Tun- ney’s manager; “Bill” McCabe, ad- viser to the heavyweight champion, and Dudley Field Malone, attorney for Tunney. The agreement is said to call for a flat guarantee of $400,000 for Tunney, and 50 per cent of the net proceeds over $1,000,000, The percentage is expected to net Tunney enough to make, his return equal to or greater than that of Dempsey in the Philadelphia meeting. It also was announced that Rickard,. under the terms of the agreement, must pay Tunney $100,- 000 within the next five days and another $100,000 when the man to face him is selected. ‘As soon as my vaudeville work is concluded, I will start training again,” Tunney said. * I will allow more than two months for ac- tual hard training work and in the $1,250,000 CLIENTS DUPED IN BUYING DEEDS, What They Took as Second , Mortgages Are Third or __Fourth _ Mortgaese _ In- stead. SUBSIDIARY FIRMS IN RECEIVERSHIP. Frantic Efforte to Raise Money Made by Grant Shortly Before His Dis- appearance. A probable loss of $150,000 to a single client of the Wagner-Grant- Bell Realty Co., through the pur- chase of deeds of trust of a lower preferential rank than was repre- sented in their sale, developed to- day, in the temporary receliver’s ex- amination of the affairs of the col- lapsed family concern, whose young secretary-treasurer, Edward W. Grar!, disappeared five days ago. This loss is of the same charac- ter as the apparent loss of $115,000 to two of the realty company’s oth- er clients, who filed the receiver- ship suit yesterday. On the basis of these developments, and of oth- er irregularities in the sale and re- leasing of deeds of trust, which are appearing in an inquiry at Clayton, James M. Rohan, president of the St. Louls County Land Title Co., to- day estimated that the total loss to clients and creditors of the com- pany might reach $1,250,000. In this estimate, Rohan included con- tractors, mechanics and material dealers, most of them protected to some extent by liens on buildings, but likely to suffer some loss. One Man Likely to Lose $150,000. E,. Guckenheim of the Gucken- heim Bakers’ Supply Co., 14 North Second street, is the holder of the $150,000 of questionable deeds, ac- cording to Receiver ‘Wilfred .H. Holme and Attorney Carl Dubin- sky, who represented Leon Marg- fous and Harry Rubin fn the re- ceivership suit, R. H. McRoberts, counsel for Wagner-Grant-Bell, when asked about the matter, said the figure of $150,000 for Guekenheim’s in- vestment seemed to be approxi- mately correct, He said it had not been established that the paper held by Guckenheim was worth- less, but only that it was of low meantime I will continue to keep fit. IT am always in fair condition | and will be ready for anybody when the time rolls around.’”’ THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN HOLDUP -——- Boston Police Fight Back Curious Crowd Packed About Prison. BOSTON, Jan. 6.—Three men were electrocuted at the Stute pris- on today for a single murder. tai ward J. Heinlein, John J. Dever- eaux and John J. McLaughlin, each | They shot and | Ferneau, aged | night watchman, to death in the | holdup in a Waltham, Mass., Car) barn, Oct. 25, 1920. Observers were stationed fn the death house to note, if possible, whether or not the men in the chair suffered any pain. The phy- sicians reported that in their opin- ion the condemned men lost con- sciousness within the 120th part of a second. The streets near the prison were packed with a curious throng, some in evening dress, who drove up in taxicabs apparently from emptying theaters, and men and women of neighborhood who had shivered for hours before the prison gates. Surging hundreds swept back the strong police details and reinforce- ments had to be hurried from nearby police stations to keep back the crowd. Turkey Opens Sugar Refinery. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 6,.— A triumph in the new Turkey’s in- dustrial progress is the opening at Alpollou in Thrace of the first sugar refinery. a eed el i aw CLOUDY TONIGHT, TOMORROW; SOMEWHAT COLDER TONIGHT THE TEMPERATURES, a. a Yesterdev’s bigh 66 (4 p. m.), ‘ow | JS (6 a. m.) | Official forecast | for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly clondy tonight and tomorrow, somewhat colder tonight with the | lowest tempera. ture about 30 de- grees above zero, Missouri: Part- ly cloudy. tonight and tom : somewhat colder tonight in the east and south portions, [ilinois. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, slightly colder to- night. THERE ARE ALSO DEEDS OF DISTRUST rhermometer at 80 in Kansas, KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jan. 6.—A temperature of 62.9 degrees here yesterday broke a 38-year-old réc- ord for Jan. 6. The thermomeetr at the Weather Bureau reached the high mark at 3 p. m. At Dodge City, Kan., the mercury went up to 80 degrees. It was the highest January temperature recorded since the Weather Bureav began keeping books there 62 vears sgo. Wich!l- lleft after satisfying | which |of the receivership. preferential standing, and that its value would depend on the amount other deeds against the same property. Attorney Dubinsky, who figures that his two clients sustained near- ly a total loss in their investments, Marglous of $74,000 and Rubin of $40,000, declared that, from all in- dications, Guckenheim would suf- fer nearly a total loss also. The receiver concurred in this opinion. Misrepresented Deeds, Like Margious and Rubin, Guck- enheim is said to have bought deeds he supposed were second deeds of trust, but which were in reality third or fourth deeds, two or even three previous deeds being ahead of them. Guckenheim, when seen by a-sPost-Dispatch reporter, declined to talk about the matter “It appears,” Attorney McRob. erts said when questioned, “tha: practices of this kind were the principal difficulty, and the cause criminal statute was violated would depend on the exact facts and the representations made in each case.” McRoberts said previously tha! he believed Edward A. Wagner. president, and William H. Bell. vice president of Wagner-Grant- Bell, and .brothers-in-law of Grant, were unaware of any wrongful transactions. Grant, his associates say, was the financial manager of the company, and handled all deed of trust matters, Subsidiary Concerns Taken Over. Three subsidiary coneerns of Wagner-Grant-Bell were included with it In the receivership today, by Circuit Judge Hall's permission. and are now in Receiver Holme's hands. They are: E. . Wagner Construction Co., headed by Edward A. Wag- ner, and having its office with the realty (firm. 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