Show A ACID ID THROWN O ON CUSTOMS MAN MA I Fob Feb 7 AP- AP Believing that a of a narcotic nar- nar cotic ring or a young oUng loan acquaint acquaint- anco ot of his daughter may have been I responsible federal and city detectives detec- detec i tives today sought an acid thrower I Iwho who vho attacked Joseph L. L Green 40 I Ia a customs while he slept Green field chief chiel of customs inspectors inspectors in- in and guards at the port ot of Philadelphia and noted for IrIs ITIS prosecutions prosecutions prose prose- ot of smuggling cases remained re- re in a hospital his face and chest seared with acid clans dans f feared ared for his e eyesight Green was attacked early Wednesday Wednes- Wednes day when he was asleep In his home Mrs Green ant and two daughters wl were ere in adjoining rooms did riot not hear bear the tha intruder who escaped by a rear door after taking several hUndred hundred hUn hUn- dred dollars worth of jewelry lIe He left an acid bottle behind A young oung man acquaintance ot of Miss Catherine Green is alleged to have threatened to i her with acid acid after she had told l hm their frIendship must cease A note sent to the Green home some same time ago bore the word Revenge Re ne and was signed with a skull and crossbones This caused Green and his daughter to exchange rooms It was vas partly Greens Green's suspicion of ofa ofa a series of shipments of drugs from Europe led to the exposure Ofa ot Of ota a narcotic plot ilot with which the name of Arnold gambling king was linked CHEYENNE E. E Wyo Feb 7 AP APJohn APJohn John C. C Whiting state engineer today was designated by Governor Frank C. C Emerson to represent Wyoming at the Colorado river conference conference con con- ference scheduled to be held in Santa Fe N. N M. M starting February any ary 14 The Santa Fe conference has been called by Governor R. R C Dillon In an attempt to bring about an agreement between California Nevada and Arizona over distribution distribution tion of the waters allocated the lower basin states of the Colorado river under the terms of tho Santa SantaFe Fe compact |