The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight Thursday: Much colder. and ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [am BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS VANDERLIP STRIKES AT ‘STAR’ SALE COOLIDGE ASKS STRONG ACTION < ON OIL FIELDS President, Speaking in New York, Promises “Unshrink- ing Action,” to People AID FOR AGRICULTURE Opposed to Price-Fixing, But Demands Nation’s Resour- ces Aid Agriculture New Yofk, Feb. 18.—(By the A. P.) —President Coolidge, speaking here last night before the National Re- publican club, promised immediate and unshrinking prosecution of the oil land lease cases, appealed for nrtional and bi-partisan, support for the Mellon tax bill, called for as- sistance for agriculture from all re- sources of the country, and defend- ed the sale of arms to Mexico. The Chief Executive also reiterated bis opposition to soldier bonus legis- lation, declared there was some promise of a European settlement, and asserted the United States stood ready to join with other nations in further limiting armament whenever there appears to be reasonable pros- peet of agreement. The address, which was made at the Lincoln birthday dinner of the club,’ was the first Mr. Coolidge has made outside of Washington since he became president, In many re- spects it was an elaboration of his message to Congress, Turns to Oil. The President devoted muth at- tention to taxation and agriculture, but in concluding turned to the sen- sation of the present time—the oil land lease investigation. “Lately there have been most startling revelations concerning the ng of government oil lands,’ he said, “At the revelation of greed making its subtle approaches to pub- lie officers, of the prostitution of high place to private profit, we are filled with scorn and indignation. We have a deep sense of humiliation at such gtoss Betrayal of trust, we ament the undermining of public confidence in official integrity. But ve can not rest with righteous wrath; till less can we permit ourselves to give way to cynicism “We propose to follow the clear, open path of justice, There will bé mmediate, adequate, unshrinking srosecution, <timinal and. civil, to punish the guilty and to protect every national interest. In this ef- fort there will be no politics, no par- *isanship. It will be speedy, it will ye just. I am a Republican, but £ ‘annot on that account shield anyone because he is a.Repdblican. I am a Republican, but I cannot on that ac- count prosecute any one because he is a Democrat. “J want no hue and cry, no ming- ting of innocent and guilty in un- thinking condemnation, no confusion of mere questions of law with ques- tions of fraud and corruption. It is at such a time that the qualities of our citizens is tested—unrelenting toward evil, fair-minded and intent upon the requirements of due pro- cess, the shiel@ of the innocent and he safeguard of society itself. Ask the support of our people as chief magistrate intent on the enforce- ment of our laws without fear or favor, no matter who 1s hurt or what the consequences.” Startling with the declaration th: che “national, unity for which Lin- voln laid the foundation requires perpetual adjustment for its main- tenance,” Mr. Coolidge asserted the observance of this principle makes agcessary that much attention now should be given to agriculture. It is obvious, the ‘President said, that there jis “something - radically wrong wheh agriculture is found in its present state of depression when manufacturing, . transportation, and commerce are on a whole in a re- markable state of prosperity.” He analyzed the difficulty as due to a rreater increase in production than in the power of distribution and con- sumption and added that because of this the great food staples were not celling on a parity with the products of industry. The farmer, he assert- -d, “is not receiving his share.” Aiding Farming. Acknowledging that it might scem strange that farming should be dis- vussed here in the country’s metro- volis, Mr. Coolidge told his hearers that they had a direct economic, fi- nancial and political interest. He outlined the steps already taken by the administration through encour- agement of co-operative marketing, sinvestigation of tariff rates and di- rect governmental relief; the steps contemplated through legislation, and then added: __ “What I am, mos€™anxious to im- press upon the prosperous part of our country is the utmost necessity that they. should be willing to make sacrifice for the assistance of the un- successful part. I do not mean b: that any unsound device like pri fixing, which I oppose,” because it would .not make prices higher but would in the end make them lower, it would not be successful and would not prove a remedy, but I do mean that the resources of the country ought to come to the support of agn- culture. The, organization re¢ently perfected to supply money and man- agement for the larger aspects of agriculture ought to have your sym- Jpasnetc and active support.” h Asks Tax Cuts. Turning to texes, as one’ of the contributing causes the agricul- (Continued on 83. \ Obregon, Disillusioned, Welcomes Successor COOLIDGE 0 K el seca , Ci SY) «HERE ARE THE FEDERAL MEXICAN. REVOLT. AND GENERAL WERE PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE BY BOB DORMAN. NEA Service Writer. Colaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, feb 13.—Lines, decp-carved upon the face of Alvara Obregon, draw graphically the picture of what the president of Mexico has undergone within the past few months. He has victoriously stood off the inroads of revolution and disruption, but~care and disillusion have been conquering him. He is a tired man, grown fore his time; a tired man w: | ting WEATHER BUREAU 68 Above Sets New Mark With Year Ago Today City Was ing about North Dakota winters. , broken at 4 the day wes over. was 65 above on Feb. 27, 1895. : up the session of one house of the biles throughout the city. The weather bureau here knows what makes the warm weather, but there is no one in thegbureau who will say what makes the conditions that causes the mild weather. Recently there has been a_ low pressure area over Canada and the northwestern part of the United States. Low pressure means high temperature. And ‘the high air pressure area, which means low tem- perature, has been southwest, over Utah, Colorado and other states. The usual condition has been reversed. It has extended to California, accord- ing to the Weather bureau, where the fal] and winter weather has been more severe than usual. Colder Elsewhere But while there is a mild wave over the Northyvest this winter, na- ture is taking out her spite in oth- er parts of the world, for Norway, Sweden and Germany never have ex- perienced as cold and severe winter weather as this year, according to information to the weather bureau. But while the mild winter thus Yar has brought joy to many, there is some gloom in the weather bureau records. The temperature for Janu- ary averaged 1.1 degrees a day ‘above normal: and February temperaiuies are above normal. The weather bur- eau records show that unusuallyemild | temperatures in January and Febru- ary are followed by an anusually severe March to make up for it. How- ever, no one will hazard a predic- tion this year as to what may happen, with weather records being smashed almost everywhere. WEATHER REPORT For Twenty-four hours ending at noon today. Temperature at 7 a, m. Highest yesterday , Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation .. Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Part- ly cloudy tonight and Thursday: Much colder. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Much colder. WEATHER CONDITIONS 'The low /Pressure area, accompan- ied by light precipitation, is now centered ‘over, the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region while the high pressure area covers Utah and Idaho. Temperatures — continue above normal over the northwestern . 34 : 68 . 26 . 84 12 states and genemllly fair- weather prevails from the. Plains States west- ward to the Pacific Coast. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist.’ LBADERS WHO OPPOSED THE ABOVE, GENPRAL ELIAS CALLES (LEFT), KRANCISCO SERRANO. EUGPNIO MARTINEZ (LEFT), AND PRESIDENT OBREGO) BELOW, GENERAU STEPS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN USED AS MOBILE HEADQUARTERS DURING THE REVOLT. for the time to come when he can turn over his work to younger and stronger hands. I found him here, in those last dzys of the late revolution, when Adolpho de la Huerta was preparing to pack up his rebels and move from Vera Cruz For three days he had not left his train. For hours at 4 time he would pace the observation car platform, only to rush into another section of n for a conference.’ There (Continued on page 3) MILDEST EARLY FEBRUARY DAY IN HISTORY RECORDE no'Severe Weather in Sight— Engulfed in One of Worst February Storms—Missouri River Ice Breaks at : Fort. Benton, Montana This week is one to remember some years hence when you're téll- ‘delegates selected will be avowed For all records for the 50 years histdéry of the weather bureau were | . m. yesterday when the mercury reached 63 degrees, | jand it was likely that the new record would be almost equalled before | The highest temperatures ever known for February | A year ago today was a day to be remembered, for a storm broke legislature and marooned automo- The ice has broken in the Missouri River at the headwaters at Fort Benton, Montana, but this is not expected to have any effect here. Nee ASKS PROBE OF NP. LAND U. S. Secretaries Question Right of Railroad to It Washington, Feb. 13.—-Céngress was asked today by Secretaries Wal lace and Work to investigate the right of the Northern Pacific Rail- way Company to aequire the right to approximately 3,000,000 a@res of gov- ernment land in Idaho, Montana and Washington under the terms of old land grants. The Secretaries asked that a joint’ resolution be considered by Congress withholding the issuance of any fur- ther land patents to the Northern ‘Pacific Company until there has been a full and complete inquiry. BERTHOLD MAN, ‘PIONEER, DIES Minot, N. D., Feb. 13.—Joseph Able, Sr., retired farmer of Berthold, N. D.. and father of Mrs. Hattie Tate of this city, died early Monday morning at his home at Berthold, according to word received here today, The deceased was born in Missouri in 1836 and moved to North Dakota in 1902, where he farmed near Berth- old until ‘two years ago when he re- tired from active farm life. He was a veteran of.the Civil war having fought with the northern army, and had been a member of the Masonic lodge for 60 years. Surviving are his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Tate of Mi- not, Mrs. W. J. Roberts of Berthold, Mrs. William Bush. of Omaha, Nebr., andon, Joseph Able, Jr.,of Berthold. S00 HEAD TO SPEAK IN MINOT Minot, N. D.,’Feb. 18.—C. T. Jaf- fray of Minneapolis, president of the Soo Railway company, has notified officials of the Minot Association of Commerce that he will come to Mi- not the latter part of this month to address a membership meeting of the association. d The date on which the February meeting will be ‘held depends upon the time Mr. Jaffray can come, _ | mitteeman, and several delegates ar- ISEXPECTED | -AYG.0.P, MEET Real Republican Convention of State Gets Under Way . Here Tomorrow Morning | LAWS FIGHT EXPECTED Some of Delegates Oppose Non - Party , Laws Action Three“hundred delegates are ex- pected to answer the call (of Bur- leigh F. Spalding of Fargo, chair- man of the “Real Republican” state ‘committee, for a mass convention of {North Dakota Republicans here to-| morrow. The convention will open fat 10 a.m. under the calK\of the chairman and A, B. Jackson‘ Jr. of Devils Lake, secretary. Sessions of the convention will be held in the Rialto theater. All cre- dentials of committeemen are to be presented to Chairman Spalding by 9 a.m. at the Grand Pacific hotel. The purpose of the convention, as stated in the call, is to select 13! candidates for delegates to the Re- publican national convention to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, to choose 13 alternates and to select five candi- dates for presidential electors, all of whom shall go on the ballot for a vote in the presidential primary of MarcH 18. ‘ The chairman asked all those “whose loyalty politically is first and only to the Republican party and who are opposed to Socialism” to se-| lect delegates to the convention in county mass conventions on February, 8, and it is expected that all coun- ties in the state will be represent-| ed. So that the convention may get un- der way promptly, Chairman: Spald- ing has ordered that all contests for {delegate seats be in his hands in | Bismarck by 9 o'clock Thursday jmorning, an hour before the conven- tion is called. In addition to the selection of can- didatts for delegates the convention lis expected to be ,asked to endori Calvin Coolidge for the Republican’ |nomination for President and thtre/ \is held little doubt that this will be!’ |done, and that the candidates for Coolidge supporters, Fight on Laws. Prospect of a fight before the co! vention on the question of endorsing the so-called non-party election laws | passed by the last legislature loomed today. There is a group which would like to see the laws endorsed, and L. L. Twichell of Fargo is expected to represent this thought, while there is another group believes tha no action whatever should be taken. Since the convention is a Republican convention purely it is held by these \that it would be unwise to endorse laws which would nullify the party organization as regards state affairs, and that the business of the conven- tion should be limited to endorsing President Coolidge and naming Cool- idge delegates. It is not expected that any action will be taken toward placing any candidates for state office in the! field. The convention probably will finish its business easily within the day. Burleigh county will have nine del- egates at the convention. Garnett’ Mentioned. Harrison Garnett of St. Thomas is being mentioned for national , com- riving today said they were for him. Among those arriving are Dr. Halsey Ambrose of Grand Forks, N. B, Black and George Benson of Fargo, Rev. Birchenough, formerly of St. Thomas, and W. F. Cushing. COOLIDGE GAINg VOTE Louisville, Feb. 134—-Kentucky's delegation to the Republican national convention was instructed yesterday by the party state convention to cast their votes for President Coolidge for the presidential nomination. Reso- lutions indorsing the national admin- listration and urging the nomination fof United States Senator Ernst for ;the vice presidency at Cleveland in June, were adopted, JOHNSON OFF ‘ Washington, Feb. 13.—Senator Johnson of California, candidate for the Republican nomination for presi- dent, left last night for a two weeks’ speaking trip in the west, the most extensive so far of his campaign. .After a conference at ‘his Chicago headquarters, he will spend three days speaking in central and south-' ern Illinois, and then several days each in Nebraska, South Dakota and 4 frobably North Dakota. 'SEGAN GANG” MEMBER SHOT, St. Louis, Feb. 13.—The body of Edward) Limehan, 19 years old, re- puted Binaen ts of the “Egan gang” and mail robbery suspect was found early this morning lying in a gutter .in.the northwestern part of the city.| The body had been riddled with bul- lets. The body, neatly covered with an automobile robe, was found’ by} two policemen, baste é SEE REVENUE FROM LIQUOR Winnipeg, Man. Feb. 12—The Manitoba governmerft is confidently expecting over a million dollars profit for the year’s operations of the Manitoba liquor law. The municipalities will receive fif- ty per cent of the amount, fully | $500,000 being divide . amongst them. Winnipeg's share will be one-third, about 175,000. The sales of liquor have been growing in volume since | the beginning of the year. The holi- day trade was very heavy. POOR METHOD ADDING TO TAX BURDEN Fulton Burnett Explains How Private Experts Save Thou- rian Palatinate resulted in the kill- sands to People Yearly COOPERATION URGE Rev. Burns Pays Tribute to Memory of Abraham Lincoln’ Sloveny methods followed by many tax districts adds much to the tax burden in this state, Fulton Burnett, Fargo attorney told the Bismarck Rotary club at its regular weekly luncheon today at the McKenzie ho- tel. He recited instance after in- stance where taxes were spread for more than double what was nec and the service that private tax ex- perts were performing in running down these gross errors netted a great saving annually. He called attention to one tax dis- trict meeting where bills were allow- ed without the formality of reading by whom the bills were presented. Mr. Burnett said in part: “The individual tax payers—you and I—do not take the trouble to study and check taxes levied and handled by our public officials, but a big tax payer, like the Northern Pacific Railway, for example, has s0 much money at stake that it’ must employ experts for this purpose. Extend of Service “I have been amazed at the extent of the service which these tax ex- (Continued on page 3) SUPPORTERS OF WPADOO ASKED | TO CONFERENCE Presidential Candidate Says They'll Decide Whether He Is “Available” MEETING IN CHICAGO Washington, Feb. 13%—The que tion of William G. McAdoo's avi ability for the Democratic presiden- tial nomination is to be put up to a conference of state leaders fostering his candidacy to be held at Chicago at his own suggestion. In a letter te David L. Rockwell of Ohio, campaign manager in charge of his national headquarters at Chi- cago# Mr. McAdoo last night asked him to call the conference to deter- mine whether his service .as counsel in the handling of the Mexican in- terests of E. L. Dohney is “prejudi: cial in the cause of progressive democracy.” He also recommended that “progressives outside the Dem- ogratic party, representatives of la- bor, representatiyes of the farmers and any ‘others you may think advi: able” be invited to participate” in’ order that we may get as far as pos- sible a true index of public opinion.” Mr. McAdoo declared that if the conference should decide that “an honorable professional service ren- dered by me to a client but having no rélation whatever to the oil leases now under investigation by, the sen- ate committee” had made him una- vailable for the nomination he would “gladly withdraw and fight as a pri-| vate in the ranks.” FORMER RESIDENTS WEST WOULD RETURN AND IRRIGATE Several former residents of North Dakota, who have become acquainted with possibilities of irrigation ,farm- ing in Idaho, Montana and California, have made inquiries in the past sev- Jeral months of the state enghneer’s office regarding the possibility of irrigation farming in North Dahota, according to Geo.\H. McMahon, as- sistant state engineer in charge of irrigation studies. These men wish to return to North Dakota and prac- ice irrigation fasming because they- have learned how fo: farm irrigated land and because lahd values in this etaté~have not reached fantastic fig- ures, according to McMahon. Some iso point out that North Dakota is closer to Jarge markets than the ir- righted states farther west, ry} 44 DIE WHEN ~ SEPARATISTS START FIGHT Inhabitants of Pirmasens in i Bavarian Palatinate Oust Them From Building STATE Is Authorities Take no While Fighting Is Going On in City | | i | | Berlin, Feb, 13. Fighting between separa’ habitants of Pirmasens in the Bava- Jing of 17 persons and the wounding lor 20, acBording to dispatches te- lceived from Pirmasens this morning. | The casualties occurred during the fighting for possession of the gov- ernment building which was eventu- J ally set on fire. Of those killéd 14 were separatists, The accounts of the flicting but it appears that 40 separ- atists barricaded themselves in the government building from which they fired and threw bombs against the crowd. In attempting to eject them the crowd sprayed benzine on the building for the purpose of burning it. When the lower part was afire the separatists ceased shooting and , begged mercy. = | One report says that all the sep- aratists who left the building includ- ing their leader Schwab, government NEUTRAL Action (By the A. P.)— sts and in- incident as published here are somewhat con- IN QUESTION A ) POMERENE President Coolidge may with- draw the names of Silas Strawn and Pomerene, engaged as govern ment counsel in the oil lease cases Washington reports say. STRAWN’S NAME TO BE CALLED FROM SENATE? Reported That President Coo- lidge Has Virtually Decid- BANKER ALSO LAUNCHES INTO DOME SCANDAL Creates Sensation by Remarks Before Rotary Club in Ossining, N. Y. PAPER NOT WORTH IT Questions Sale of President Harding’s Sale for $550,000 Washington, Feb. 13—A subpoena for Frank H, Vanderlip to appear before the senate oil committee was issued today by Chairman Lenroot. He will be asked about references he made in a speech at Ossining, New York, last night to the oil inquiry and to the source of funds used last year to purchase “a certain Marion newspaper.” Mr. Vanderli, address created something of a sensation both at the capitol and in other official quar- ters, Then the banker whirled into the Teapot Dome scandal. He attacked Senator Walsh’s associates on the senate investigating committee, say- ing several of them were undesirable investigators of any moral question. ed on This Action FOLLOWS cummissioner, were slain but a later ‘report records that but 14 of those |in the building were killed. Latest advices say the building was still burning. , The attitude of state authorities was said neutral. HIGHER ESTIMATES. Duesseldorf, Feb. 13.—The separ- atists at 18 miles east of Zweidrueck- en were beseiged over night in the government building which was finally set on fire. Pirmasens say eight separatists and six of their attackers were killed, but telegrams from Kaiserslautern estimate the dead at more than 60. ALLIES TAKE HAND. Coblenz, Feb. 13.—(By the A. P.) —Two companies of French troops Palatinate where official state 14 are dead as a result of fight- ing with the separatists. The inter-alliedy high commission thas ordered sthe dissolution of the gymnastic sécieties at Pirmasens and a delegate of the commission had | instituted strict regulations of street traffic. McCRAY TRIAL March 4 was the date set for the trial of Gover- nor Warren T. McGray on 12 indict- ments returned by the Marion county grand jury last November and De- cember. The date was set after Judge James A. Collins of the crim- inal court had overruled pleas ip abatement filed by the Governor's at- torneys and argued today. The Gov- ernor formally pleaded not guilty. SEE MINERS’ ous Wage Scale Expected Jacksonville, Fla., Feb 13.—Early settlement. of the wage demands of the bituminous coal miners was seen today in the action of Phil’Penna of Indiana, spokesman for the opera- miners ‘and operators. Provailing sentiment among oper- ators was for a renewal of the pres- ent scale for one, two or three years but not for a four-year contract, Settlement was declared possible be- {fore the end of this week unless the it was said. OF STATE IN s About 33,000 tons of sugar beets were produced last year.on the Low- er Yellowstone project in Montana and North Dakota, according to the report of the U.'S. Bureau of Re- The average yield was about 12 tons per acre, and the re- turn to the farmer was $9.08 per ton or a total of $109.00 per acre, accord- The same re- ae said that “splendid results were ‘obtained from the test plots of su- gar beets at Williston, the average yield being more than 12 tons per acre and one plot yielded 16 tons per acre. The sugar content ranged from 4.1 to 17.2 percent and the growers Nave received congratulations of the clamation. ing to Mr. McMahon. 14. sugar company ow the results.” Name of Pomerene of Ohio) OBJ ECTIONS Dispatches from | have been sent to Pirmasens in the reports DATE IS FIXED | Indianapolis, Feb. T3. SETTLEMENT Quick Agreement of Bitumin- tors, who moved that all deliberations {be referred to a sub-committee of miners insist on a four-year contract, Also Is Likely to be With- { drawn by President Washington, Feb. 13.--(By the A. P.)—Presidgnt Coohdge apparently | is preparing to withdraw from the | enate the nomination of Silas H. Strawn of Illinois as special govern- ment counsel in the oil lease case. It is possible that the name of | Atlee Pomerene, Mr. Strawn’s collea- |gue, also will be withdrawn, James R. Garfield of Ohio, who was Secretary of the Interior under Roosevelt, may be chosen as coyasel in place of Mr. Strawn, DAUGHERTY’S DENIAL Washington, Feb. 13.—Attorney- | General Daugherty denied in a com- munication sent today to the senate | ithat the Department of Justice had |made any settlement in war-tontract | cases by which immunity from crim- n was promised pro- 1 liability was met. Many cases had been settled with- out civil prosecution, the Attorney- General said, but these involved in the main over-payment by the gov- ernment through mistake of law or facts and other contentions which would not warrant criminal prosecu- tion. “In the settlement of civil liabili- ties in the matters and case referred to,” Attorney-General Daugherty wrote, “there has never been in a instance or case any agreement what- ever direct or indirect, immediate or remote, expressed or inferential, by the Department of Justice not to prosecute for any criminal liability where tere was such liability.” ADOPT RESOLUTION Washington, Feb. 13.—The senate today adopted a resolution of Sena- tor Dill, Democrat, Washington, call- ing upon. the e department for copies of all diplomatic correspend- ence in connection with the senate’s ratification of the Columbia treaty which was urged by former Secre- tary Fall. A second resolution by Senator Dill calling for similar re- ports from the state department as to communications it may have had concerning oil concessions or leases in nine other countries also was adopted. WOULD TESTIFY Washington, Feb. 13.—Carl Schuy- ler, a Denver attorney, telegraphed Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, today thas he has in his possession correspondence which he thought the e oil committee should nave. Senator Walsh said he would be sum- moned. At the same time the Montana sen- ator received a telegram from D. V. Stackelback of the Denver Post say- ing he had good teason to believe that the correspondence in Schuy- ler’s possession was “sensational. Stackelbac! telegram follows: “Have good reason to believe that Carl Schuyler, Denver attorney, has sensational correspondence in his possession regarding Teapot matter. I believe he should be subpoenaed to bring with him* any corrspondénce had by him with newspaper pubiish- ers.” ' Schuyler’s telegram said: “I acted as personal counsel to John Leo Stack in “connection with contract with Pioncer Oil Company and-his claims arising therefrom, charges have been made in the. local newspa- pers which by implication involved me in wrong-doing in connection with the subject matter. I also have in my possession certain correspond- ence which I believe your commiitee should see and hereby request op- portunity to appear before your at earliest convenient time.” Hits McAdoo “MeAdoo testified,” he went on, “that he was only acting as a reput- able attorney for a reputable client in the oil matter but like any boy with stolen jam he dropped that cli- ent immediately after the client had testified before the investigating committee. “The senate did not go further in investigating Secretary Fall because Fall was ready to ‘peach’ and what he would have said would have gone into high places. They didn’t care. “There were other national scan- dals even more flagrant than Tea- pot Dome,” Mr. Vanderlip added, de- claring the Veterans . Bureau had spent over $900,000. belonging to wounded veterans and that the ship- ping board had spent millions in the Previous administration “which if aoe dishonest was increditably stup- id” Demands Denby Quit “All of these things are floating in the scum of Washington,” Mr. Vanderlip continued, “What is the truth? We are entitled to know. It will demand courage in high places to find out. The president has got to say something. Silence will not answer. He must say something to make us continue to believe in his great integrity and moral courage which we all think he has. Ossining, N. ¥., Feb. 13.—In an ar raignment of public officials pa and present, Frank A. Vanderlip, f. nancier, in a Rotary club addres. last night, criticized the sale of certain Marion newspaper.” “A certain Marion newspaper sold for $550,000 when it was well known to. everyone ‘that it was not worth half that sum,” he said. “Two young men of no financial standing pur- chased it. Everybody in Washington including the newspaper correspond- ents knows this but no one wants to look under the edge of a shroud. “Where did the money come from? Where did it go? These are matters of public interest. The last admin- istration stands challenged. We can- not wait for Congress or the courts especially when we remember that Mr. Daugherty Attorney-General.” Fargo, Feb, 13,—R. D. Moore, one of the purchasers of the Marion, Ohio, star, was formerly _ business manager of the Fargo Courier-News, former Nonpartisan League organ. He left Fargo about five years ago serving as speéial writer for a fea- ture syndicate and later as publish- er of an eastern daily. DENIES STATEMENT Cleveland, Feb. 1: Louis H. Bush of Salem, Ohio, who with R. D. Moore purchased the Marion, Ohio Star from President Warren G. Harding when shown the statement of Frank A, Vanderlip at a Rotary club address last night flatly denied that there was anything irregular in the purchase of the paper. “ Mr. Moore and myself furnished all the’money to buy the Star out- side of the sale of some preferred steck,” Mr, Brush said. “All the common stock of the Star is owned absolutely by Mr, Moore and my- self.” Mr. Brush said he would issue a formal statement tonight. DEFE! 0., 13.—Roy_ D. Moore, yho with Louis H. Brush of Salem, Ohio, purchased the Marion, Ohio, Star from President Harding today emphatically denied that their purchase of the Star was in anyway connected with the Texpot Dome scandal. “I hesitate,” said a statement. is- sued by Mr, Moore, “to dignify Mr. Marion, | Vanderlip’s Ossining speech which apparently tries to implicate the sale of the Marion Star in the Tea- pot Dome seandal with denjal. If Mr. Vanderlip were a newspaper mau he would edit his” copy and wateh his facts more closely. “If the Teapot. Dome bunch could have manipulated the purchase The Star for which was the price paid for. it would have found it a. very good: bargi but they did not buy.” -