The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1924, Page 1

Y WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and ‘Thursday. Not much change in temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 LIGNITE CASE ‘OPRAILROADS | 1S ENDED HERE Light. Traffic in North and South Dakota Means High- er Operating Costs, Claim COMPARISONS * GIVE Railroad Case Based on Claim That Coal Rates in Other Fields Are Higher Representatives of railroads sup- porting the plea‘for increased freight rates on lignite coal from North Da- kota mines drew their case to a close today before W. H. Wagner, examin- er for the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, and the North Dakota Rail-| roaq Commission, by presenting ela- borate comparing coal rates and den- sity of traffic through the north- west. I The railroads’ presentation of their case came to a close at 10:30 o'clock | this morning, and it was continued | until sometime after April 1, when | the protestants will present . their} arguments for retention of thé pres- ent lignite rates, f } Exathiner Wagner and Chairman Milholland of the state commission asked and received assurance from the railroad representatives that the rates, which, had been suspended un- til April 4, would not be put in ef- f MRS. MAGNUS JOHNSON (LEFT), WIFE OF Tiik TA SENATOR fect pending completion of the case.| waSHINGTON HICME. THE JOHNSONS PAY $75 A NUNZ POR THIN B. F. Moffat, general freight] RiGHT). SENATOR AND MRS. JOHNSON AND TWO OF THEIR CHILDRIN ( agent of the Minneap@is and St./ING ALONG A WASHINGTON STREET. Louis Railroad, the first witness to- day for the railroads, went immedi- ately into the question of the relative cost of moving railroad tonnage in territories into which lignite is ship- ped and other portions of the sys- tem. He said that 72 percent of pepula- tion in Minnesota was in the south- eastern part of the state, to which coal moves on rates comparable with the proposed lignite igereases, while much lignite moves into the north- western part of the state not so heavily populated. Endeavaging t¢|M0t- Mrs. Johnson topk it philos- show that it obsts the Galen more| opbieslly, as one et¥ete ineyitutle proportionately ta move freight. in| discomforts of city life. “Modern territories of small population, he | fonveniene she said scornfally, said that the Minneapolis and St. Louis experienced a deficit on its! lines in South Dakota in 1922, be- a cause of the relatively light freight traffic. The road derived 3.3 percent of its revenue from its South Dakota lines, he said, which was less than it should in proportion to the number of miles of rails there. * Compares Rates He also went into a comparison of rates from coal fields other than the lignite fields. ‘The rate on coal from Roundup, Montana, to Aberdeen, S. D. ik $3.96 per ton, he said, while the present lignite rate for the same distance is $3816 and the proposed lignite rate is $4.31 per ton. The coal rate from Roundup to Watertown, he said, is $4.44 per ton, the present rate on lignite for the same distance is $3.28 per ton and the proposed lignite rate $4.68 per ton. From Dietz, Wyoming, to Ard- a ki more, S. D., both points on the, Bur-| were NOT.” The senator's lington route, the coal rate is $2.77] rose! in anger. “They were Hol. we per ton and the proposed lignite rate | steins.” ‘4 1 ° for the same distance is’ $2.61, “he here's considerable differen said! ij Mr. Moffat piso introduced figures to show that’ Iowa intrastate’ rates on coal were, as a whole, higher than the proposed lignite rates. _ Light Traffic Faster W. Y, Wildman of Chicago, com- merce assistant for thexChicago and Northwestern Railroad,'also went in- to the question of the cost of*moving traffic-in South Dakota and North Dakota, to show that because of the relatively light traftic as compared to other states on the system, the railroads’ operating expense in South Dakota and,North Dakota is greater. Because of the light traffic density in South Dakota, he said, in a ma- jority of cases the railroad could’ not obtain ‘train loads equal to the full catrying capacity of the engines: His testimony dealt chiefly with South Dakota,’ because the North- western Has but 14 miles of railroad in North Dakota. . The railroad gase, as adduced from witnesses, is based on the theory that lignite coal rates from North Dakota mines are extremely low as compared to coal rates from other fields in the Northwest, that when all factors of the cost of moving railroad tonnage, the movement of } cays full and empty, the operating experience in North and South Da- kota and northwestern Minnesota are taken into consideration it is ‘estab- lished that the railroads do not re- a di ceive from‘ hauling lignite coal ,a| P' sufficRint rate tp enable it to. make any profit on, the busines: \ Operators Case. Later The lignite operators and repre- sentatives of the states of North and South Dakota and Minnesota have «during the two ang @ half days hear- ing here introdueed no evidence in the case, the evidence being confined to the carrier presentation. When it is resumed after adjgurnment, the protestants will endeavor to ‘show that the present lignjte rates are justifiable, and. that the proposed ~zates would: mean simply a destruc- ttion of the lignite industry which would be ben 1 to thes operators, and the public alike. Comparieons Mado | Comparisons of coal rates in vari- ous sections of the middle west were \ (Continued on page 8) school her children attend. absence the fire went out. ed by the mishap, but the house wood there—in a stove. coal before. we can't keep warm. we could with a in person. ful at the with his w doesn’t unvlerstand poli newspapers have about us that we lace. - ever saw got into that. said those ¢ows were Jerseys. between.’a Jersey and a Holste supplemented Mrs. Johnson. farm?” ‘ / BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1924. EXPECT DAUGHERTY TO RESIGN SOON “CABINET WOMEN NOT MY KIND,” SAYS MRS. JOHNSON. “THE FARM FOR ME’ BY CHARLES P. STEWART § N Service Writer Washington, Feb. 27.—The Magnus In their The senator was considerably heat- ma Warm at 30 Below “On the farm,’ she added, “we ever had such troubles. We burn I never used (This sn’t so bad, but In Minnesota wood fire, in 2 nd 30-degree-below-zero weath Senator Johnson answeseg the door! He looked rather doubt- quest for an interview climate Stat ie a farm woman. And th thing: Se some e all wrong. “Now, that milking contest! now, the one with Secret: One of the worst mis The pape They Wal-| Senator Johnson is hard to inter- iew. He has so much to say it’s denou ifficult to a get a question, in edge- Mrs. Johnson is harder. She j os and “no.” Vashington, Mrs. John- 's lonely. “What, in comparison with a! She Does the Washing “You've no time to be lonely on a! mittee of the party's state FARMER-LABOR Jobnsons’ hot (?) water pipes were frozen. The Johnsons had been out all St. Paul, Feb call for afternoon-—the senator at the capitol, a state conventio; Farmer- Mrs, Johnson visiting the suburban Labor party with ified dele- central com- PURGE CABINET REED DEMANDS’ U. S. Senator Says Fall Not ‘Only One Guilty Sen or ator Reed made judgment s not confined to Albert Fall.” Hannibal, Mo., Feb. 27.—United ames A, Reed, di : cussing the oil disclosures at a ma “Mrs, Johnson isn’t a politician,”| meeting here last night, 5 been on the school, that “if the cabinet is not purged She | Soon, it will be time for Mr. Coolidge to resign.’2 The speech w: Ss asserted s in furtherance of | Mr. Reed’s. candidacy fors the Demo- You|cratie presidential nomination. “Purge Washington first and ,the akes I! government of every form. of cor- ruption,” the senator emphasizi “Vast sums .of money have vdice paid.and in, my been bribery for plea Heviation. of problems confranting nN, ;the farmer, and emphasized that he jWas in the race for the Democratic | terest of any combination.” ‘MORE AWARDS IN BSCAPE Six Captured and Others Be- ing Hunted Down Houston, Tex., Feb. 27—Six of the 27 Mexican convicts who escaped last night from the state prison farm at Blueridge, 18 miles from here, are ain in custody this morning and es of state, city and county of- ficers are searching for the others. Four are under arrest and two are in custody at Blueridge. Officers are confident of rounding up the re- mainder during tife day. KILLS MATRON AND ESCAPES Recaptured, Gladys Ellis Con- fesses to Crime is, Feb. 2’ Gladys sllis Rodge! sed lust night, she killed Miss Louise Rich- grds,°70, teacher afd matron at the Indiana women's prison here as a minary to her escape from the institution the night previous. h f n Miss Ellis, who is said to have a presidential nomination to win, Hel jong criminal record; was captured need as, “unequivocally: false”! by detectives ug she alighted from a reports that his candidacy was “not/ taxicab in the downtown section, bonifide, “and that it in the in- where she had an appointment with a°man friend. The young woman in her state- ment to police sald she had planned her escape from the prison, where she was:serving a long sentence for forgery seyeral days ago. She said she succeeded in, picking the , lock in her cell and in the same mahner had obtained access to the matron’s RAIL: PROBLEMS TOLD ROTARY BY WOODWORTH | - Speaks Frankly Upon Issues Involved ®@ Rate Making in North Dakota \ BRIGHTER TIMES AHEAD Many Changes in Attitude Toward Carriers in Last Few Years Pointed Out rth Dakota is mére nearly ready to stage a business come back than any section on the cific system, J. G. Wooaworth, vice pres- ident of the Northern Pacific, told the Bismarck Rotarians at their reg- ular weekly Juncheon at the McKen- ou had little inflation here,” he nd the process of deflation has practically been completed. In fact you are in fine shape to enjoy what appears to be better times head. We can see the light break- ing through the clouds. I learn from the Immigration Department — that they have considerable _ inquiries North Dakota which should mean in time a more active move- ment of settlers to this state Mr. Woodworth spoke frankly up on the matters of rate making ex- plaining how under governmental supervision rate making had been reduced to a mathematical basis and how the railroads had had this mat- ter largely taken out of their hands. He contrasted early day systems of rate making to what obtains now, uly showing that the railroads before the qays of government con- trol of rates had been able to do much in putting into effect rates that would allow new industries to reach out and expand their markets. He said both the press and the public were gradually seeing some of the railroad problems in their true significance. He declared that the railroads must get an adequate re- turn for their service or else let Unele Sam run them. Early Connection Mr. Woodworth referred ‘to his connection with the early settlement of the territory. He was Agent at De Smet, D. T. from 1880 to 1884. He described similar experiences in Oregon and Washington and con- trasted railroad conditions and meth- |ods of that period with those of to- day. Jt was the period of extensive railroad building in the West. The hope of large profits made it easy to get money for such purposes. There was no law providing that any re- turn in excess of six percent would wholly or partially revert to the Gov- ernment and rates were not fixed by railroad commissions. The railroads had no difficulty in getting good men in all classes of, employment because every man had a chance and hoped to be a superintendent, general manager or a president. When Mr. Woodworth went to work as office boy in the general freight office of the Northwestern Railroad in Chi- cago there were four other appli- cants for the job which paid $15.00 per month. They were the sons of business men who sought the place for their boys as they now seck to connect thém with banks, trust com- panies and large businéss corpor- ations. In the railroad business the office boy is extinct. They are now called Junior Clerks and get the minimum wage under the clerks schedule, $60.00 per month nor can they be promoted out of their turn under the seniority rules adopted in the period of Government control. Difference in Policy Mr. Woodwotth also showed the difference in the policy and meth- od of making railroad rates in the two periods and suggested the ques- tion as to whether it would be po: THIRD PERSON IN JAMESTOWN MURDER CASE NOW IS SOUGHT Jamestown, N. D., Feb, 27.— at Red Cloud, Nebraska, and the After the bodies of Winfred | fathers have the number and descrip- : 4 % tion of the ear, Nios and James Keown were At the time of. the finding of the exhumed, a local doctor compared bodies here there was strong senti- the dentist's chart of the form- ment that the murders had been com- ers teeth with tat of an army | mitted by someone who came with chart, and said they were the |a car. Joe Berger, now setving time same. The father of Keown iden- | in the penitentiary for murder of tified a coat worn by the dead man as that worn by his son. ‘ \ Jamestown, N. D., Feb. -—With the two men slain here last August identified by their fathers as Win- fred Stookey and James Keown of the-two men to which he confessed, was not the man who came to James- town with Stookey and Keown. The two slain men were 28 and 29 years old, respectively, and both ex- service mey. Proof of their service in the World War has been given to Gilman, Missouri, there is added a| Jamestown Legion officials in. dis NEL A, WR LS __| charge papers of Keown and an army The two men, according to their] dentist's chart of the teeth of Stoo- fathers, left Kansas by auto with 2] key, The bodies of the two men will third man and the party of three had} exhumed and the tecth compared been traced through some of the ' to the deitists char’, and if the iden- states to North Dakota, The third | tification is completed, will be tak- man signed his name as “Jim Tate,” on back to man City. ELECTION CASE SET FOR FRIDAY The supreme court will hear argu- ment Friday afternoon in the in which Roy Frazier seeks to enjoin submission at the March 18 prima of the so-called nonparty laws. CONGRESS PAYS ase election Formal Services in Honor of | Late President Are Held iN APPROVED. in Washington Senate Agricultural Commit- tee Indorses Measure SEC. HUGHE! SPEAKS Washington, Feb. 27.—The MeN: Haugen bill proposing creation of a $100,000,000 farm produce export co poration, will be‘ reported to the sen- ate Thursday as the first of the several major farm relict measures | under nreneradan in the present | maliel Harding “belonged to the aris- session of congress. ey ‘i ¢ i The senate agricultura} committee, | °CT®° ial pieinspenyle ae su! by a vote of 10 to 2, has authorized | Country,” Secretary Hughes said to- Senator McNary, Republican, Oregon, day in delivering the eulogy of the to report the bill with its indorse- late president at the joint session of ment after) several weeks of/hearings | the senate. and house which formed in which delegations from all thei se Cerieiat ei teed wheat producing states appeared for} ‘te official memorial exercises for President Harding. and against the proposed legislation. | ‘He was equipped for his task by Drawn’ by Schator Nary in co- operation with Chairman Haugen,| inheritance and training which were Requblican, Iowa, of the house agri-| completely and typically American,” cultural committee, the bill was in-| Mr. Hughes said. “He was neither dorsed by the Northwestern Cooper-| helper nor hamepered by exceptional ative Wheat Market Association and | environment. He suffered enither from other prominent farm organizations.| Poverty nor riches. His endowment It proposes that the corporation set| a keen mind and a stréng body. up under its provisions be empow Alert to opportunity, self-reliance ed to market abroag farm produ le and warm hearted he particularly wheat and livestock, is own way, owing his success and to charge back to the grower the to his tireless persistence and his difference between the foreign price unquenchable ardor in liying things. Mr. Hughes said it was fitting that and a “ratio price” to be established from time .to time. official tribute should be paid to the memory of a President but that the significance of the gathering today was far deeper than that. “It is a tribute inspired by love of ‘eountry a8 laying aside the differ- ences ang controversies which seem trivial in the face of man’s adven- {tures and God's Porvidence, we stand united in indissoluable bonds of com- mon patriotism knowing well that ungrateful republics cannot endure,” he said, to Aristocracy of the Plain People” Washington, Feb. 27.—Warren Ga- OF CITY DIES Mrs. Angelo. Holta Succumbs After Short Illness HOU SENATE UNITE Washington, Feb, 27.—The senate ang house today united to pay their formal tribute to the memory of President Harding. Laying aside all pending legisla- ‘Mrs. Freida Nadler Holta, aged 24 years, wife of Angelo Holta, died unexpectedly shortly before; midnight last night at their apart ment in Person court after a short ness. Mrs. Holta had suffered A] gion and submerging their various light etroke of influenza which led] animosities the members of - beth to hemorrhages which caused her: rh chambers met jointly in the presence death, physicians said. ‘of President Coolidge, his cabinet, Mr¥. Holta, who was one of the the supreme court justices, state best known young matrons of the. governors and foreign diplomatic BR ees Rei ae representatives to hear an eulogy of married last ‘September. 19, "anc| his late chief by Secretary Hughes. fe pember 4 “| A section of the gallery was re- of her friends. - FORMAL HONOR | TOW. HARDING Says That Harding “Belonged | farm. Too much work to dc “But you find it INTERESTING here?”, “In some ways. I have my house? work to interest me. I do it all, you know. And the washing: I do that, too, just as I did in Minnesota. “I shall GO BACK to Minnesota Mrs, Johnson added _ posi- “I want to be there. In the tively. spring the farm will need me. In the winter it doesn’t matter much. go back in April.”, “Of course, there’s plenty of of- ficial society ? i “Oh, yes, I've had ‘lots of calls— the cabinet. ladies, everybody. But they're not my kind of people. rr “Mr, Johnson’s emgagements keep$’anging from $200 to $2,500. him away a great. deal, too—days and evenings. “Yes, it's lonely.¥ “You're not interested in women’s olitical activities ¥” “I've never had time to be. I've always been too busy on the farm. We've never kept any help, you see on the farm or here, either.” “Good help's, hard to get now.” This just to get Mrs. Johnson to say something. doh’t know. I've never tried.” fot like the days when $3 a week | was the standarg price for a,maid- of-all-work.” Still struggling to make conversation, ‘ only got $2.50 when I worked said) Mrs, Johnson. JAP PRINCE . DEAD, REPORT yLondon, Feb.:27.—Prince Nasacyshi ~ ON LUSITANIA Total Against Germany In- creased Over a Million a a ‘Washington, Feb. 27.-— Twenty- six awards -totaling $138,822.40, of which 12 aggregating $17,125.25 were in the Lifsitania group, were announced by the German-Amer- jican “mixed .claims commission i Ifavor of ‘American claimants, ; against Germany. | Four claims were dismisséd by jthe commission and the remainder jof the awards were for amounts The awards in the Lusitania group were based on property losses sustained by Americans in- dividually, or by their estates and were decided in accordance with the principles laid din -in wn opinion on the Lusitania claims announced last November 1. All the awards ‘in the property cases carry imterest of 5 per cent a year dating from May 7, 1915, when the Lusitania was sunk, to the date of payment by Germany. ‘The largest award outside pf the Lusitania claims was for $104,000 with interest from April 1, 1918, to Marshall Field & Company, Chica- Bo, BY > GREENE STILL CRITICAL Washington, Feb, 27.—Senator Greene of Vermont, although still in la’ critical condition from the bullet wound in his head, continued “on the mend” today. His ‘physician, however, Matsykata ‘is’ dead, according to ad- vices from Tokio, é say he still has a long struggle ahead and they have been ynable thus far ble under present conditions to in- duce people to jgvest and lose their money in the Building of railroads as they did in, past years and whe- ther railroads newly built in an un- developed country could under the present conditions be administered in a way twhich would promote the growth pf the country and make them successful. He did not sug- gest that it would be possible to greatly change present.conditions but he did say that a continuation of railroad operations under the pres- ent plan would depend upon a better understanding of all these things by the people who make and administer the laws and this would be’ impossi- pat as ble without a better understanding Brussels, Feb. 27.—(By the A. P.)—| on the part of the individual citizens Premier Theunish has announced that| and voters, the alternative being com- the cabinet will place its ‘resignation | plete Government control and oper- in the hands of the King tonight. ation, : Tendency of Regulation LOSES ON VOTE A’ showing how the tendency of Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 27.—The | rate regulation is always in the di- Belgium government was defeated in| rection of uniform rates on’ some the Chamber ‘of Deputies today by a] mathematical basis he described the vote of 95 td 79 on the Franco-Bel-| history of cement rates and referred gian convention. - also.to the present difficulties in sas nN connection with coal rates, suggest- room. She struck the matron across the head with the keys and after taking the matron's money and some clothing, unlocked the prison doors and made her escape. CABINET OF BELGIUM FALLS Premier Theunism, Hands ,. King His Resignation ing that the never-ending dispute NEW HIGHWAY between the coal producers and deal- IS DESIGNATED | frre ‘intance meneare ot sates PiveReraat ‘on coal just as we now have distance through Richardton, ‘Stark county, | complaints by putting all shippers on has been designated by the state} the same basis. He ridiculed the sug- Sakakawes trail, Which starts at the! Dakota are very much interested in South Dakota line and runs through the lignite coal rates and stated that Elbowoods and to the Canadian bouny dary. ‘The exact course of the trail did not go out of the state and that to pronounce him out of “danger, 1 ae i 1 ers would make it necessary to final- A highway north and south} tates on cement, thus stopping the highway commission as part of the! gestion that the farmers of North Haynes, Richardton, Mott, Haliaay,| 99 percent of the North Dakota lig- has not been ‘completed... { (Continued on page 8) nite hauled’ by the Northern Pacific | t! was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city and for some years prior to her marriage ‘had ‘been associated with the Rawlings and Towne clinic. ‘Born in Washington county, Illinois, March’ 15, 1899, Mrs. Holta came to North Dakota with her family and resided at New Salem for several years, Her husdand, father, mother, two sisters, Alma and Irene, and brother, Ray, sur- vive.. [ Funeral services had not ‘been definitely arranged this afternoon, pending receipt of word from her mother, Mrs. Minnie Nadler, who is in Seattle, Washington. Arrangement to broadcast the ser- vice throughout the nation by radio called upon the facilities of three stations—WCAT and by WEAF New York and WJAR at Provide R. L. through rel. OAKES GIRL __ SERIOUSLY HURT Minneapolis, Feb. 27.—Miss Goldie Wegner, aged 19, of Oakes, N. D., who was visiting ‘here, was seriously injured today when run down by an automobile. CROWD BREAKS UP KU KLUX KLAN MEETING, SMASHES HOTEL WINDOWS Waukesha, Wis., Feb. 27.—(By the A. P.)—While about 3,000 persons stormed outside the Commercial ho-j tel last night an, attempted Ku Klux Klan meeting was broken up inside the hotel. The hotel is in the heart of the business district. Windows were smashed, doors broken in and the caféteria in which the meeting was held was wrecked. The meeting was the result of about two weeks efforts to organize a Klan unit and the principal speak- ers\were said to be of national pro- minence. Time set for the meeting was 8 o'clock, At that time the cafe- teria was jammed to the doors, When the Klan speaker rose and\announced at a prayer would open the nieet- ing he waa greeted with catcalls and Jeers. Before he was able to make himself heard 2 man jumped on the table and waved an automatic pistol. The yells apparently were a signal to persons waiting outside, for about 12 pushed their way through the broken door of the meeting and with drawn revolvers ‘ announced “the rmecting is off.” At this juncture the lights went out, the wires having been cut, and the three-story hotel was thrown into darkness. A con- certed rush was made toward the Klan speaker and organizers. Sympathizers assisted them and in the jumble suceceded in getting them out a side door and to the second floor. There they remained about two hours until they were rescued by men called from Milwaukee and headed by William Wiseman, grand eagle by the Klan jin Wisconsin, | PRICE FIVE CENTS WOULD RESIGN AFTER SENATE PROBE, REPORT New Way For Attorney- General to “Ease” Out of The Cabinet Is Seen TELEGRAMS ARE READ Senate Oil Committee Listens to McLean Interchange With Employe Washington, Feb. 27.—An offer by Attorney-General Daugherty to re- | tire to private life when the senate | complete investigation of his offi- | cial acts is believed in some admin- | istration citcles to be imminent. | \ j | Under the plan he would step out of the cabinet regardless of the out- come of the senate inquiry and would announce that intention to the coun- try in advance. A statement from him is expected {before the day is over. There is a | belief in some quarters that it may [end the bitter controversy of which ‘he has become the center. | There still are some of President | Coolidge's advisers, however, who be- {lieve that*a promise to resign at a {future date will satisfy the At- | torney-General criticisms in the sen- ate. Whether it would be entirely sat isfactory to Mr. Coolidge himself ri mains undisclosed. He conferred f. an hour again today with the Attor ney-General but made no statemen READ McLEAN WIRES Washington, Feb. 27.—Telegray sent to Edward B. McLean, A. B. Fall and others at Palm Beach, Floridi and relevant to the oil inquiry, were read into the record today of the oil committee. The first, from John Major at Washington to McLean at Palm Beach, suggested a leased wire from the Washington Post to McLean's cottage in Florida so that the pub- lisher would have “quick access to the White House.’ The message said also that C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the President, would be in Florida shortly. Another message from Major to McLean said that Ma- jor had “a talk with Mither at the White House. " Major is an employe of McLean here. E, W. Smither chief telegrapher ut the White House, In another message Major told Me- Lean he had talked with Slemp “with J. W. Zeveley, Palmer's law partner who said the matter would be attended to in a manner satisfac- tory to you.” Another message said Fred Starek, a director of the War Finance Cor- poration, was anxious to get in touch with McLean on an important matter. “Palmer and Zeveley told me to- night that under no circumstances should you send a message to the committee,” said another message from Major. “They said, the mes- sage added, that after the nian at Wardman Park (Fall's hotel) testi- fied that the committee wanted you they could take care of you.” A message from the White House signed “E. W. Sarling” and address- ed to McLean saiq that Sarling had “wired Wilins at Hopkinsville, Ky.” (Sarling is of the White House se- cret service staff.) Major reported to McLean that he had delivered a message “to Me- Adoo and Palmer as per your in- structions (in other messages there are references to Francis McAdoo of New York, believed by committec- men to be the son of W. G. McAdoo.) Under date of January 22, 1924, Ma- jor wired McLean that A. Mitchell Palmer (former Attorney-General and counsel for McLean) had gained the impression from Senator Walsh that McLean would not be called be- fore the committee. This message added that “other people are work- ing on Walsh.’ “Just Left Secretary” “Just left the secretary at Ward- man Park,” Major wired to McLean. “He, will go to Palm Beach. He de- clared you would not be called and that the entire letter would be closed after Sinclair testifies.” Major said he was arranging for Fall's trip to Palm Beach but had doubts as to whether the secretary would be a guest of McLean. The committee adjourned unti 8. m. tomorrow before all the m: sages hag been read. Just bef: adjournment Chairman Lenroot &2 that later messages established the “MeAdoo” referred to> Fran: McAdoo of New York. ‘ RECEIVED WIRE Washington, Feb,- 27.—Senator Smoot of Utah, former chairman of the oil‘ committee, disclosed today that he was advised in advance that E. L. Dohney was coming to Washing. ton to testify about his $100,000 loan to A. B. Fall.’ The Utah senator said he had received the information from . W. Zeveley, courbel for Harry F. Sinelair, who was at New Orleans at the time with Fall. |The senator de- nied rumors that he had been tn tele- graphic communication with Fall since the former secretary announced in December” that he had received the $100,000 loan from. Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post... + NS * Selb §