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

WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Fri- day, Little change in temperature ESTABLISHED 1873 U.S. CHARGE Ame CHARGES MADE IN DAUGHERTY CASE RENEWED Divoreéd Wife of Confidant of Attorney-General Is Called by Committee HEAR ‘ INSINUATIONS Witness Tells Story of Deals Which She Said Daugh- erty Entered Into Washington, Mar. 13.—A direct statement that Attorney-General Daugherty had told Jesse W. Smith, his “bumper and friend,” that he would prevent prosecu- tion for transportation of the Carpentier-Dempsey fight films and that the Attorney-General and Smith were to receive $180,- 000 was the first sensation sprung today when the senate committee resumed its investiga- tion. Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of Smith, told the committee that Smith had told her that he was the go-hetween in the negotia- tions between .pictare companies and the Attorney-General. Smith told her, she said, that Col. Darden, for years “has been trying to get through some leases some way through WasKington, prior to this administration.” Washington, Mar. 13—Mrs. Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of Harry M. Daugherty’s confidant, Jesse Smith, who committed suicide a year ago, again was the star witness today be- fore the Daugherty investigating committee. Senators not only sought to draw out details of her story of yesterday, in which she included some astonish- ing insinuations about Smith and Daugherty, but made an effort also to establish new lines of inquiry in- volving liquor cases: and other mat- ters that were pending in the jus- tice department. As a result of her testimony, Sen- \tor Wheeler of Montana, the com- niittee prosecutor, announced he would call Edward B, McLean, pub- lisher of the Washington Post, and Daugherty of Ohio, the Attor- General's brother. ae s FIRST TESTIMONY ' Vashington, March 13,—With an ing tale, replete with insinua- inferences and charges, the ion of At- y got under late yesterday with a cyclonic tions, ‘enate committee investi; orney General Daughert va tart. Roxie Stinson, of Columbus, Ohio, iv6rced wife of Jesse W. Smith of Washington Courthouse {bumper ind friend” ang confidant 6 the at- torney general who committed sui- ide in the latter's aphrtments here year ago, was the first and only ritness. * From behind the crumpled folds of » tear soaked handkerchief, she sob- led ang murmured a_ sensational tory that ranged from stock trans- tions to motion pictures of the Carpentier-Dempsey prize’ fight, all of which she insisted were cannect- ed with profits for her husband and che attorney general. “We” Meant Daugherty In all the accounts of his doings in Washington which Smith ‘confided ‘o her, the divorced wife contended wainst all cros: mination that vhen Smith s: we,” he meant him- elf and Daugherty, and that when she said “they” she meant the same {wo men. Specifically, Miss Stinson testified that Smith had given her 25 shares of White Motors stock, which was a vart of what “they” had obtained vithout any cost; that Smith told ter “we'’ looked forward to profits tpproximating $180,000 if it ‘could ve arranged to exhibit the motion pictures of the Carpentier-Dempsey fight; that Smith had come into nossession of an amount of the stock »f the Pure Oil Company of Ohio, ind that Smith, proprietor of. a small town store in Ohio, worth ap- proximately $175,000 when he came o Washington in 1921, soon increased tis fortune to approximately $250,- 300, All this, Miss Stinson said, was done by ‘we’ and “they” and she persisted that the second man of the . combination always was Attorney General Daugherty, because she de- slared that in all their confidences Smith never meant anybody else, and that furthermore when he did, he mentioned the person specifically by name, On Stand an Hour Having gone two nights without sleep, Miss Stinson said she had exacted a promise from Senator Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, the’ committee's prosecutor, to keep her on the stand only an hour yesterday. She will return and finish her story if possible today. She was just get- ting down to questioning, about “a mysterious green house on K Street” when the committee let her off. But in the short time,she occupied the witness, chair thesevents of the session resembled a carload of ammunition going off. Senator Wheeler had a row with Paul How- land, Mr. Daugherty’s chtef counsel; revere flew from both sides of the » table and Senator Wheeler launched into ® machine gun fusilade of questioning in wWl{clthe questions and the anawers few! 20 fast and covered so wide a ground, that a (Continued on page 3) health, mental clari' THE BISMARCK T IBUNE [inn BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1924 We MAKE A MILLION OR TWO! HERE’S HOW CLARENCE SAUNDERS Follow 10 Wealth Tips ‘ Of Saunders CAN make a million dollars, And he can do it easily, according to Clarence Saunders, dethroned king of the Piggly Wiggly chain of stores, Saunders piled up a fortune of three million dollars then lost it tr ing to buck Wall Street. March 13.—The averuge | i He signed a bankruptey petition | and said, “I'll make all this bach in| a r or two—and then some.” nders, however, is perfectly willing to let-others in on his secret. He lays down 10 commandments for those who would be his discipies Here they are: 1—Thou shalt work hard, and thou shalt have confidence in thy own abi- lity. 2—Thow shalt be loyal to thyself, here from and toyut te thyA fellow man With truthful appraisa’ of eaeh wad cvory task and its result, shalt render 3—Thou sérvice to others, for suce and wealth mere- ly fruits of service mutually rendered. DON’T BE SELFISH cast aside interests, for they are the stambling stones to suce 5—Thou shalt forget all thought of immediate reward for thy indus- wr Ye 6—Thou shalt desire to do, and thou shalt have the courage to stand back of thy convictions, no matter what the price might be, S 7—Thou shalt be impersonal in dis- carding every impediment—-personal or otherwise—in safeguarding every- thing that will promote succe 8—Thou shalt repel illusions of every kind as they concern the hu- man machine, 9—Thou shalt find personality the biggest asset or greatest weakness of any man, for it reflects charac SERVICE FIRST 10—Thou shalt p thy bodily nd spirdteal understanding, for these are the foundations of the Gibraltar of Suc- cess “If you get a good idea, pull it to pieces and then reconstruct it, leav- ing out the weak points,” says Saun- ders. : “The average man, who sets out to make a fortune, has the idea that he must get all he can for as little as possible. “The only way to gain wealth is to show the other fellow your proposi- tion wild benefit him. Make him see you aré giving him a bargain and he is the one who will reap the big benefit. : : DEFENDANTS WIN LAW SUIT ~~ SHAW'S SPEECH TONIGHT FIRST COOLIDGE FIRE Former Secretary of The Treasury to Give Campaign Talk in Bismarck OTHER POLITICAL VEWS 'y of the Treasu Former Secret Leslie M. Shaw will give to Bisi vot. tonight a‘“close up” p of| President Calvin Coolidge, spexk ing in his support at the presidential primary of ture Forks and M where, according ta reports, he tertained large audiences ‘with his exposition of the situation, The dooys of the city Auditorium | will be opened at-7:15 p. m. and at 8 p.m. Mr. Shaw will begin speaking, ording to the program. The Elks selfish | Court Directs Verdict in Case, in Federal Court The case in) which the ‘United States government sought to recover $3,217.84 from;John B. Adams, Fred Bremiex, the Consolidated Lignite Colleries Gerrans and 11 men of Strasburg“and vicinity, sureties on’ the bonds of Bremier and Adams, for alleged default on, a contract with the’ United States Bureau of Mines for installation of a carbonizing! and briquetting plant at Hebron, was de- cided in federal court late yesterday on a directed verdict for the defend- ants, At the conclusion of the pre- sentation of the government’s case the court held the evidence was in- sufficient and he directed the Verdict to find for the defendants, on the motion of Scott Cameron, their attor- ney. : This morning trial of two cases of James Cox Davis, agent of the Presi- dent in railroad matters growing ou of government operation during the war,-agajnst P, J/‘Jacobson and the First State Bank gf Ft, Yates for de- murrage charges on cars of coal ship: ped in October, 1918, was begun bé- fore a jury. | can be realized. t band will play y ior to the speech. The Bismarck Nonpartisan club is planning to have a political rally in Patterson hall on Friday night of this week. Opposition to the Fedge farm labor lien bill appears to be growing. A letter from B. Olson‘in the North Dakota Nonpartisan says in part: _ Minnewaukan, N, D.—(Please put the following in the first issue of your paper): At the March election we are asked to vote on the so-called Fedje Bill, or Farm Labor Lien. his bill looked good to me at first, so I even got hold of a petition and secured signers on same, However, after a eareful study of this measure I have come to the conclusion, that if this measure is approved it is going to do more harm to us farmers tuan good. This bill goes top far in this, that it gives to a renter a right to file a lien against: the whole crop, both that part that under a contract would belong to him as well as the land-owners part. This would un- doubtedly work a hardship against the farniers that are renting . the farms they are working, because there would be no farms to be had ‘on share. Under this law the landowner would be absolutely at the mercy of the renter because, under a shert crop, the renter, if he wanted to, could take the entire crop "as his wages, and leave absolutely nothing for the landowner to pay taxes, inter- ests on loans, ete, Common sense will tell us that this is unfair as the landowner is entitled to his skare for the use of his land just as well as the renter is entitled to wages for his labor. ; FOR COOLIDG: The Pierce county Tribune says in part: “Mrs, Howard’ Wood, wife of the ex-lieutenant-governor during the administration of Governor Frazier, was a Rugby visitor Tuesday, in’ the interests of the candidacy of Calvin Coolidge for President. According to Mrs, Wood, Hiram Johnson is not considered a real progressive by many of her nonpartisan friends—in 4act, they consider him to be less progressive than President Coolidge. She stated that many of the Nonpi tisans remember when Mr, Johnson snubbed them a few years ago and called them a “bunch of fangtics from North Dakota.’” TICKET HOLDERS ACT Van Hook, N. D., March 13.—Farm- ers of this vicinity, holding storage tickets on the closed Van Hook Grain ompany, met here a few days ago f discuss means of realizing on their vouchers. e It is planned to-form a,corporation of ticket holders, and then Tay claim to and, take over the elevator prop- erty and other assets. Another meet- ing is to be held to perfect plans. The elevator has been closed for about two years, and some farmers claim practically their entire crop, for the year the elévator,,closed is involved. It is believed that about? 40 percent of the ticket amounts POSTOFFICE’S N. W. BUSINESS IS INCREASING W. Irving Glover, Third As- sistant Postmaster-General, Finds Volume Growing COUNTRY * PROSPEROUS New RuralyMail Route To Be Established Out of Bis- marck Beginning May 1 There is talk of a slowing up of business in the nation generally, but the United States vostoffice depart- ment finds none of it. There is talk of calamitous condi- tions in the Northwest, but the post- office department is unable to dis- cover a ba for such talk, These observations were made by W. Irving Glover of Washington, D. C., postmaster-general of the United States, in charge of the finance di- vision of the postmaster-general’s of- fice, in Bismarck tod: Mr. Glover was here to inspect the Bismarek Postoffice, consult with Postmaster Murphy, Assis quist and others. He came here from Montana and leaves tonight for Far- go, He has been in South Dakota. “I think from what I have seen in the postoffice—and that’s a prett; good barometer of trade—that bu: ness conditions are better than they were in the i adele said Mr. Glover. “Ther§ seems to be more spending money, mo spirit than there was, “Postoffices throughout this North- ection of the country show an se in busine s well as oth tions of the country.” . Glover, having been here to address the postal officials s in of a buying year convention, during which he w strumental in providing a new star 1 from Ft, ompared cond his visit a year route to bring with more speed, to those found on ago. Business On Increase ,. Regarding the entire country he said that there was a 12 percent i: cr in the postal business in tic entire nation,, Asked of reports of slowing up of business, he said: “We can’t find it. The south tprosperous, Business in the Novth- west is increasing, there has been an inerease in the middle west and the large cities of the east are pros- perous. For example, there was an increase in the postal business in New York, Chicago and Boston o: a million and a half dollars in Febru- ary over February a year ago, and these large cities usually do not show an increase unless the rest of the country is feeding business to them,” No Conferences Mr. Glover’s tour of inspection, as that being made by other high offi- cials in the postal department at Washington, is a follow-up of the conference system inaugurated last year by Postmaster-General Harry S. New. The postmaster-general this year decided to call no conferences because it is a presidential year, and he desired to avoid any impl that postmasters. were being called ‘together in any states for political purposes. ‘The United States Senate, Mr, Glo- ver said, has restored appropriation items for day and night aerial mail to San Francisco; and the matter will go to a conference, The department, he said, is hopeful that the tr tinental aerial ma may be continu- ed, and he believes success in this service will mean eventually estab- lishment of lateral routes, which pro- bably would include aerial mail ser- vice from Chicago into the Northwest, perhaps through Bismarck to Seattle, New Rural Route Mr. Glover planned to discuss post- office conditions in this section dur- ing the day, There. has been author- ized by the department a new rural mail route out of the! Bismarck post- office, which will be the second route. It is to be established May 1, and will run south from Bismarck past Ft. Lincoln and,return by way of Apple Creek east of the city, the route being ‘horse-shoe shaped and 32 miles in length. At first service will be on a tri-weekly basis, as are all new routes, but is is expected that if the business volume is suffi- cient it will become a daily route. 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 . ae WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Most- ly cloudy tonight and Friday. ,Little change in temperature. For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday. Little chanje in erature. tempo WEATHER CONDITIONS Conditions on the weather map have changed very little during the past 24 hours. The pressure is hig! along the northern border and over the north Pacific States while the low pressure area is moving off the Atlantic coast. Moderate tempera- tures prevail in all sections, Preci~ pitation occurred over the Plains States and northern Rocky Mountain region while flven hors, oe the West er‘is generally fair. Be me ORRIS, W. ROBERTS, cs Meteorologist. nt Postmaster Lund-| | TELLSTORY OF jor General in Charge Tells of Clearing Away Tres- passers There ROOSEVELT Acting Secretary of N: vy ays Department Complied MARINES SENT TOCLEAR DONE CALLED} Editor's note—This is the first Of a series of articles to aid v ming conclusions whic they will express at the ballot Wor next Tuesday, North Dakota voters on next Tues- day may register their preference for the Republican and Democratic nominations for the presidenc: North Dakota is the first state. in the ‘union to so express itself, and for that reason the vote will be clove- With Fall’s Request Washington, P.)—How American | Teapot Dome of that oil Harry ¥. ih (By the A! marines tle trespassers. reserve had been le Sinclair was described to- to the oil committee, jor General Le Jeune, commend- nt of the Marine Co the first witness in this line of inquiry. |He snid orders for the action were issued by Theodore Roosevelt, then, acting seeretary of the navy, who also was called to testify. This was in July, 1922, General Le- Jeune said, and George § 1 captain of the Marines, was eda 1 conference vy Secretary Fall to command the detail sent to ot. . ur enlisted men were selected to Schuler, who is now trea-} ew ed) that men of et and discretion” be chosen, Gen- jeral LeJeune said, so as to avoid trouble. Mission Accomplished Schuler telegraphed on August 4 jthat his mission had been accom- plished. Later Fall wrote the Navy department commending Schuler for {his work. Asked whether he did not regard this as an extra-ordinary use of the Marine Corps the General said he did not consider that point at all; he i obeyed orders. Secretary Roosevelt did not recall anything clearly” about a pro- test from the Governor of Wyoming against employing forces to remove 1 y 29, Roosevelt said, he found a note from Fall to the effect that “there were trespas- { ery the ly watched from other states. Also, hecause of this, a representative vote is urged by leaders of all political factions, The Republican candidates are Cal- vin Coolidge and, Hiram Johnson, Their names will appear on the bal- lot. On the Democratic ballot the name of William G. McAdoo alone rears, The voter, when he goes to polls, shall call for either a Re- {publican or Democratic ballot, re- gardless of previous registration The next names on the ballot will be those of candidates for national committeeman, Four are seeking this place on the Republican ballot and two on the Democratic ballot The names appearing on the Republ ballot ‘are Harrison rnett of . Thon who was endorsed by the “Real Repdblican” state convention held in Bismarck and is an avowed Coolidge supporter; Usher Bur- dick of Fargo, an avowed Hiram TO CAST VOTE AT MINOT HOME Governor tos will cust his vote in the presidential primary at his home in Minot. After speaking in Fargo at a W, C, T. anniversary celebration he will go to Harvey tol! spend Sunday and speak and then to Minot to vote Tuesd; HOUSE TURNS DOWN TAX PLAN OF PRESIDENT x. O. P. Leaders Say Reduc- tion Cannot Be Ordered sers or squatters on the Dome about to take oil” from which the govern- ment would get no s 5 President Asked It In conversation with him the witness continued, S said he and the Pre: some Marines sent to put the peoples off the reservation, The Secretary added that he had not expected Pr dent Harding to favor the act cause the man engaged in tr ing was a friend of his. ever, he declared, made no difference to the President. Senator Walsh read into the record cretary to Mr. Harding, by H. H. Tammen of the Denver Post, under date of August 1, 1922, chi the situation in Teapot Dome as “an awful mess.” LEAGUE SAYS “HANDS OFF” Denial Made Executive Com- mittee Acts on Primary The Nonpartisan League officially has declareq “hands off” the Repub- lican presidential primary campaign, &. S. McDonald, secretary: of the league state executi mittee, declared here today. Donald's statement was made in an interview when he was asked about protests made from various sources, that the league headquarters were te- inggused and Roy Frazier, member of the executive committee, was en- gaged in conducting the “sticker” campaign for LaFollette. Mr. McDonald said: ‘The executive committee of the Nonpartisan League in accordance with the action and instructions of the state convention has taken no action in the presiden- tial primary election in sending out literature or in any bther manner supporting any presidential candi- date “The only activity of the committee in connection with the’ presidential primary has been in urging the de- feat of the election laws and the bank tax bill.” THIRD MEETING HELD Lisbon, N.‘D., Mar. 13.—The third of a series of educational meetings in Ransom county was held at Fort Rangom a few days ago. Reports on the last convention of the North Dakota Education association. which was held at Bismarck. were heard. and resolutions were adopted reiter- ating sentiments expressed at pre- vious meetings, opposing the flax tax cut plan and favoring change in the school transportation laws. A special meeting of principals of consolidateq and town schools of Sargent, LaMoure and Ransom coun- ties will be held at Lisbon Mar. 14. The fourth and last of the special education meetings in Ransom coun- ty will be held at Englevale, March 15. Before March 15 Washington, Mar. 13.--Chances for reduction in income taxes payable this year are again centered in the Tevenue bill, house Republican lead- ers having rejected President Cool- idge’s proposal that the provision he taken from the measure and enacted in a separate resolution before first installments are due Saturday. The bill, as passed by the house, now is in the senate finance committee which continued its discussion ¢ of various provisions today with Secre- tary Mellon. Compliance with the President's request was impossible. Rep. Longworth, the Republican leader, told him yesterday, explain- ing the parliamentary situation was too involved to permit speedy con- sideration of such a resolution. Democrats in both the senate and house criticized the President for his request and Rep. Hull, Tennes: chairman of the Democratic national committee, in ‘atement declared: “In the utterly biased tax measures the President is in harmony with his past record of delay when con- fronted either by an important prob- lem oF by an emergency situation” MILL CITY FOLK MUST PAY WATER BILLS PROMPTLY The city water department of Bis- marek has adopteq a rule used in most other cities having municipal water plants, that if bills are not paid promptly the water will be turned off and a charge made for turning it on again, The following from the Minneapolis Journal illus- trates the practice in that city: Several hundred Minneapolis prop- erty owners will be required to, pay the city a penalty of $3 each be fore they can get city water. .Crews of men today continued to turn off water meters of persons whase water bills are past due. The §3 is the} extra fee requirey for connecting a meter once it has been turned off. | The quarter for which these water | bills are now past due includes Ne vember and December, 1923, and Jan- ied at S TEAPOT LEASE IS FRAUD WHAT YOU VOTE ON NEXT TUESDAY The Candidates—Issues Johnson supporter; R.A. Kinzer of Litchville, a LaFollette man, and Eric A. Bowman of Kulm, who was nem- ted for the plice by the Republi- ate committee controlled by the rtisan League Democratic Catdidates On the Democratic ballot the ean- didates are R. B, Murphy of Bis- airman of the state board ration, and H. H. Perry of minis iHendale, who hag held the position for several years, Mr, Murphy was nominated at the Democratic conven- tion held Valley City at which State Ch us Wooledge was de d ousted and J npbell of Mandan elected; Mr. Perry was indorsed by a conference called by Mr. Wooled n Minot. They re- present two factions in the Demo tie party. Presidential Electors There will be f presidential elec- tors chosen by each party to go on the ballot in the fall election when the President is elected. On the Re- publican side there are five candi- dates for electors nominated ut the in “Real Republican” state convention, They are: Allen . Birchenough, Edith B. Christianson, Grace Clen- denning, W. S. Jones, Hattie M. Me Culloch. Five electors proposed by the LaFollette organizution are 0. McGrath, Nels Magnuson, — Kristian (Continued on page 3) BONUS VOTE BY. MONDAY URGED IN THE HOUSE! Chairman Green Plans Action as Sub-committee Finishes Its Work Washington, Mar. 1 The soldiers: bonus bill providing for paic year endowment policies wa: the finishing touches today by the sub-committee of the house ways and mean# committee which yesterda: agreed on the detals of the insurances provision, given Chairman Green planned to get final action by the whole committee on the measure before nightfull and aid he would see to bring it be- the house for a vote Monday. The insurance policy provided for in the bill is based on $1 for cach day of home service and $1.25 a day for overseas service, plus 25 percent of this total and interest compound- 4 percent for 20 years, The maximum amount of the polic der this scheme would total $1,400 for veterans who served full time in the United tes and $1,900 for those who spent the maximum time over- seas. Cost of the bonus under the bill's plan was estimated at approximately two billion dollars with $90,000,000 the maximum expenditure in any one y Dependents of veterans who have died since the would be eli- gible to receive benefits on the basis of $1.00 a day for home service and $1.25 a day ‘for overseas service, This payment would be mde in 10 annual installments. Veterans not entitled to more than $50 woula be paid in cash, RAIL BODY’S _ POWER UPHELD IN THE COURTS Judge John C, Lowe at Minot has upheld the order of the board of railroad commissioners in ordering the Great Northern to separate grades at a highway crossing at Des Lacs, in the first test case since the passage of an act by the last legis- ture giving broad powers to the ilroad commission in this respect, according to information received here. The state law provides that the railroad commission may order pro- tection of highway crossings held to be “dangerous to life and proper- ty,” the protection ordered to be reasonable and proper" and may in- clude separation of grades, according to Assistant Attorney-Gen: John Thorpe, who conducted the case for the railroag commission. Under the law, the railroad will 0 percent and the highway com- jon 50 percent of the cost of grade separation, at Des Lacs. uary, 1924. FIRES BREAK OUT IN HALTING RESCUE WORK OF CREWS Castle Gate, Utah, Mar. 1 and a night of/ fighting fire, burial of seven victims and the find- ing of a few additional bodies, is the story of the rescue work in mine No 2 of the Utah Fuel Company since Wednesday morning. At an earl, hour this morning a total of 130 bod? ies haq been taken out of the mine in which 173 men were entombed Saturday morning, The recoverv work, which had been going on rapidly up Sntil Wednesday, wae suddenly halted by the appear- ance of two fires in the mine. The rescuers were forced to give up their search for bodies and become fire- fighters for the second time since the explosion. Last evening the two; NS UTAH MINE, tion.” nection “merely dence the compliance by him in its terms.” Company and the Sincla Company, operating facilities on the Teapot Dome, were made parties to the suit as “trespasse ed, their properties to be taken over by the receiver. PRICE FIVE CEN’ PALL ASSAILED BY COOLIDGE’S SPECIAL AIDS Move in Wyoming for Cancel lation of Leases and Ap- pointment of Receiver SINCLAIR ALSO ACCUSE Charged with Conspiring 4 Gain Possession of Teapot Dome Illegally Cheyenne, h 13.—Federal Judge T, Blake Kennedy today granted a temporary injunction halting further development work by the Mammoth Oil Company on the Teapot Dome oil reserve, Judge Kennedy named: Rear Ad. miral Joseph Strauss of the United States Navy and AL E Watts, vice-president of the Sin- clair Consolidated , Oil Corpor- ation, as joint receivers for the Teapot Dome property pending the final outcome of the litig tion. Judge Kennedy granted the defendant 30 days in which to plead in answer to the gov- ernment’s complaint. Pipe-line and storage facilities and the pump stations ang work- men's quarters, property of the Sinclair Pipe-Line Company and 17 storage tanks belonging to the Sinclair Purchasing Company are excepted. ‘The temporary injunction halts the drilling of new wells and the receivers will be directed to drill only to prevent loss or damage. eyenne, Wvo., Mar. 13.—(By the Charging fraud, conspirae: d illegality the government fiied its suit here today to cancel the Tea- pot Dome lease and contracts, The government's special counsel petitioned the United States district court to three specific things 1. Issue a temporary injunction stopping oil production. 2. Appoint a rece charge of the property, 3. Enter a final decree cancelling the leases and contracts returning the property to the government and en- forcing an accounting. Former Secretary Fall was charged with making se representations to the late President Harding” which resulted in the transfer the land from the Navy to the Interior depart- ment. The government denied that there was any warrant of law for leasing the lands. Alleged He Conspired The bill further alleged that Fall and Harry F, Sinclair, the latter act- ing for the Mammoth Oil Company er to take S$ un-| “did combine, conspire and confeder- ate to defraud the United States.” The result of these alleged acts, the government's bill recites, was to lease the Teapot lands to the Mam- moth Oil Company at “an inadequate, improper and fraudulent considera. “a Former Secretary Denby in con- with the transaction is de+ scribed in the government's bill as ving exercised no discretion” and signature characterized as colorable attempt to evi- The Sinclair Crude Oi] Purchasing Pipe-Line to be eject- Recites Probe Charges The bill, which goes over much of the ground covered in the senate in- vestigation, recites that former Presi- dent Harding was without authority to transfer the land, but did so on “false representations from Fall” who desired to deal with the lands “not in the interest of the United States but to the advantage, profit and benefit of the Mammoth Oil Com- pany and in particular Harry F. Sin- elai: Fall, the bill charges, knew at the time the whole transaction was ille- gal. MAC DONALD VOTE FAILS London, Mar. 13.—The MacDonald abor government received a setback in the House of Commons today when the proposal of J. R, Clynes, deputy leader in the house, for the suspension of the 11 o’elock adjourn- ment to discuss the army estimates, was defeated by a vote of 284 to 207. The government however does not fires had been extinguished but fresh fires appeared and the relief crews turned their attentien to the new menaces, Because the sprinkling system has been totally destroyed by the blas water must be carried to the fire in containers from temporary water lines which had been laid part wav in the mine. Danger that the rescue crews ‘night be cit off by firas led to a search throughout all the old workings and various fires of minor importance were extinguished. Seven bodies were buried in the little cemetery yesterday, which set. #.most above the place where the bodies were recovered. consider this a total defeat. GRAND JURY STARTS PROBE Washington, Mar. 13.—Grand jury| proceedings were begun here today in the case of the two members of Com gress referred to in a recent Chicage| grand jury report as having improp- erly accepted money. Assistant At-| torney-General Davis | Willebran: and Seymour appeared, aided by 4. W.-Crim, special assistant in charge st, in presentation of ‘the, of, the: cai evidence,