The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1924, Page 1

i ¥ “~~ x 4 w*® 4 WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and issue day. ESTABLISHED~1873 PROBING FIGHT FILM ALLEGATIONS PIONEER WHO LIVED IN CITY 30 YEARS DIES Thomas McGowan ‘Dies at Spokane, Washington, Body Being Brought Here CAME HERE AFTER WAR Was Veteran of Civil War, and Then Struck Out Into the Northwest Thomas McGowan, one of the carl est pioneers in Bismarck and a resi- dent of the city for over 50 years, died in the west where he went only recently for the benefit of his health, according to word received here to- y. The body will be brought to Bis- for burial, arriving) Sunday night. Mr. McGowan, was over 80 years of age, according to friends. > Mr. McGowan came here in the fall of 1872, accordnig to a close friend who had known him since the early days. He was one of the many young men who left the east after the Civil War to strike out for themselves in the adventurous west. Mr. McGowan first went into Ne- Braska and Wyoming and helped to build the Union Pacific Railroad, which was pushed through after the war in spite of hostile Indians. He heard of the development in the great Northwest and«decided to cast his fortunes in this direction. When Mr. McGowan came to Bismarck shortly after it was founded in 1872, he es- tablished a hotel on Main street, be- tween Fourth and Fifth streets, on the site on which there is now a brick building which he owns. The hotel, according to Joseph Dietrich, was of frame sides with a canvass top to it, serving many of the pion- eers who came into the city at that time. Later on Mr. McGowan establish- ed the Custer House on Fifth street, which came to be,a widely known ho- tel. It was named after General Cus ter, and many army officers and oth- ers of the early days who became igures in the Northwest's history topped at that hotel. Mr. McGow- in kept closely to his business, ac- Srding to friends, and did not go after public office, He was active, however, in the development of Bis- narck, then a frontier hamlet. @ He ‘etained ownership of the site of the ‘uster Hotel, now replaced by an- other building, on Fifth street at the time of his death. He resided at 408 1-2 Main street, on the second floor of the store building he own- Mr. McGowan is survived by his vidow, who accompanied him west, nd one foster son, John. Mr. McGowan left here for Spo- iane, Washington, about two weeks go. Friends say that he was urg- d not to go by physicians, who fear- d the effect of the trip over the rountains, but he sought health af- er having suffered illness in the last year or two. ‘The body will lie in state in Webb Brothers parlors and may be viewed hy friends Monday. The funeral will re held Tuesday morning at, 8:30 velock from St, Mary’s Pro-Cathe- ral. WOULD RUN L. J, FRAZIER Yiontana Farmer - Labor. Men Urged Him for Vice- President Helena, Montana, Mar, 15.—Peti- ‘ions signed by voters in 17 Montana ‘ounties were filed with the Secre- ary of State yesterday requesting hat the names of Senator Robert M. uaFollette of Wisconsin and Lynn J. *razier of North Dakota be placed om the primary ballot as candidates ‘or president and vice-president re- pectively, on the Farmer-Labor tick- et. Unless they object the names must be printed on the ballot as provided by the Montana law. 1 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 Passes WEATHER FORECAST For “Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Not mach change in temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area over the northern Rocky Mountain region yes- terday morning has moved southward to Utah and the pressure is high over the northern states from the uppef Mississippi Valley westward to the Pacific Coast, Precipitation occurred nt most places in the Rocky Moun- “ tain region and southern Pla:ns States. Unsettled weather, with light scattered precipitation, prevails in all other sections. Temperature changes during the past 24 hours has been alight. = ‘ Secretary of Navy Denby, just General John A. Lejeune (left). Editor's note—This is the third and last of a series of ar- ticles on candidates and issues to come before the voters next Tuesday, the intent of the arti- cles being solely to furnish vot- ers with information to aid them in forming opinions. Fuller in- formation concerning the laws to be voted on may be obtained in the publicity ity pamphlet. Voters of the state will express] themselves Tuesday on candidat for President, national committee- man, presidential: electors and candi- dates to the Republican and Demo- tional conventions, the three referred election and bank law previously explained, and in addition will express. themselves on the Fedge lien bill, an initiated law, regarded by many as one of the most far- reaching proposals made to the vot- ers. The Fedge, provides bricfly: That members of a farmer's family, the farmer, wife ‘and children, ever 16 years of age, may have a lien on the crop for labor services performed during the year. The :easure is an amendment to éxisting laws which provide that la-} borers employed on farms may a lien to secure their wages. or farm labor lien law, Defeated In Legislature The Fedge measure was proposed in the legislature last winter by Ben Fedge and, was defeated. It is argued for the lien biil t it will provide that a farmer’s w and children will not work on a farm all summer and then see themselves prevented from any compensation be- cause other lien holders take practi- cally all of the crop. It is argued against the measure that while it may have a laudable purpose, it will defeat its own end and will injure the farmer and his family more than it will help. at John Lee Is ! Warden, Inmate The name John Lee or | may not mean a lot in the state penitentiary here. ‘The name o1 warden—they all it is mentioned. But the name of John Lee, prisoner, does not get so much attention. Warden John J. Lee went to Minot this week to bring here to serve a term in prison Mr. and Mrs, John Lee of Stampede, N. D., to serve sentences of five years each. Judge Home : From Carrington Judge Fred Jansonius of the dis- trict court has returned from Car- rington where he svurt for three weeks. Judg. Jansonius will remain here until ‘Wednesday when he opens a term of court in Kidder county, which probably will last but may John J. listen Lee, when Theodore Rooseveit, ; WHAT YOU VOTE ON NEXT TUESDAY The Candidates—Issues | to be voted TOREGULATE — THE BISMARCK ‘TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1924 HIS LAST DAY before resigning. stant secreta It is explained by, those opposing the meaéure that tenant farmers in particular must depend on liens giv- en on their crops in order to borrow money with which to finance their work. The person or corporation that lends money, naturally, demands god security. But if the lender knows that the farmer's wife and children can file liens which would perhaps take up so much of the crop contracts under which parts of crops are given; since their security would be destroyed by the bill; many farm- ers would be prevented from purcl ing farms, it is argued. - j Two Amendments Two constitutional amendments are n. They were approved by the legislature, being submitted to the people for adoption. The firs on the state bond issue, merely cor- rects whut the Farm Loan Depart- ment of the! Bank of North Dakotaj holds is a defect in the rural credits law. The new amendment provides | that rural credits bonds may run 30| days from the date of issue, of 30 years from the time of pas of the law, which was in 1919. present farm loans can only be made on a 26-year amortization basis be- cause of this; if the new exraatlacat un be made on a 30-ye: there is not enough work for two offi- cials. , BEE SHIPPING Commissioner of Agriculture The shipment of bees on combs into North Dakota will be regulated by Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor J, A, Kitchen under authority of an act of the last legislature, be- cause of danger of diseases of honey bees being introduced, he announced today. The regulation provides that “the shipment or movement into the state of North Dakota from other states and coyntries, of bees, queen bees, used or secong hand hives, honey combs, frames and all other used beekeeping fixtures is hereby prohi- bited, with the exception that this regulation does not affect the ship- ment into the state of live bees in a few days. FEBRUARY WARMEST FOR ENTIRE STATE HISTORY, RECORDS SHOW The weather throughout North Da-| kota during February, 1924, was the warmest inthe climatological history of the State, according to ‘a report today of the Bismarck weather bur- eau. The average temperature was 20.3 degrees, or 12.4 degrees above the normal. The next warmest February was in 1921 when an average of 19.9 degrees was recorded, the next warmest was 7.4, degrees in 1915, The coldest ‘ebruary was -2.1 degrees in 1904. The highest temperature recorded in the State during February, 1924, was 67 degrees at Elbowoods on the 13th, this was also the highest tem- perature, ever recorded in the State! for the, month. The ‘lewest temperature’ recorded cages when these are not accompan- ied by combs or honey.” I was -27 degrees at Hansboro and Wil- low City on the, 21st. The lowest temperature ever recorded in, the State during February was -54 de- grees in 1893. The average precipita- tion (rain and melted snow) for the month was 0.41 ‘inch, or 0.08 inch be- low the normal. The average snow- fall was 4.2 inches, The average number of days with was 3. partly cloudy days and 9 cloudy days. “Highways were open throughout the month, there . was but little’ snow covering allowing livestock to range freely, thus saving hundreds of thou- sands of dollars worth of feed to} ¢, farmers’ and stockmen, says the re- port. some expres marek, 0.01 inch or more of precipitation | coat There were 14 clear days, 6| locat ry of navy, LA FOLLETTE IS; WILLING, AVERS NEW PARTY MAN ' Declares Minnesota Far Adoption followeq by prolonged cheering and came r lea ler, in the Paul, eae Uy Mr. LaFollette, Mr. Ma-|civie to obey the law and dishonor- penarecece eda erthe eves of the! able to drink intoxicating liquors, ation were on Minnesota, waiting for this state to take the } CConeinted as ids 2 Says LaFollette Willing He said he had talked to Senator | LaFollette in Washington and added that he was certain the Wisconsin senator would assume the third party. On motion of Ed Kaplain, delegate leadership of fore congress were indorsed in r olutions and the work done in con- enator Magnus Johnson and ad and Representative | Knude Wefald, all of Minnesota, was commended, An Basil Oliver, 22, who escaped from jail at Melntosh, S. D., where he Was serving a six months sentence, on March 8, confessed here to Chief of Police Martineson after having applied for lodging at the police station and was questioned. admitted stealing an automobile in Aberdeen, S. D., Chief Martineson said Oliver,, whose home is in Marietta, charged with forging $ company money orders, according to Corson county officials here to take him back to McIntosh to serve the rest of his jail sentence. Aberdeen officials have 'been mnoti- fied of his confession of the theft of an automobile, Oliver slept in the Mandan jail over night before coming to Bis-| night. stole two policemen’s Hinois was and buttons police. ence, \ the national Before Group Senator Will Lead Third Party Fight! St. Cloud, Minn., March 15.—Res ers RDTeRREMInEE atl that the lender of money could not {yp St Cloud. Minn, March 15,—Res-Junderstand what it means in rearing get pay, the farmer would be unable lutions indorsing the calling of a|their sons and daughters, I have no |to borrow. Therefore, it is argued,] national cohvention for a third party | hesitancy wuilibe acicveaisacs ae the bill would absolutely put some] to be led by ator o1 3 8 ALOE ul NaeinBen Ou ROUIMURINGhid tonithe its ar led by Senator Robert M. La-| enforcement of law and 4 respect for Bett aaatnees Follette of Wisconsin as a candidate |the constitution of our state and na- a ee a for president, were adopted late yes-!tion such as we had not hoped to at- teacta aedee Githee, ere tre oN | terday atthe state eonventiontef the |tain for many decades to come. me of the fter William Mahone had outlined the pla convention, called at a conference e convention will be held in Minneapolis June 17. In making his recommendation for indorsement of the third party to be week anges in.governmental pol- from Bel " Beeb cakancilly Wow iy die tee Sieanaat law. indorsement of any The second on at this time. cials,” pro that in counties of] The convention 6,000 population or less the county | national platforms judge shall also be clerk of court.| drastic The measure merely provides for economy in such a county, where Agricultural relief MUCH INTEREST | IN INSTITUTES indication of shown in farme: there, after lodging here he was given a grilling | various by Martineson and confessed he was|the election laws to be voted on an escaped prisoner. caped at McIntosh he had but two months left to serve of ‘his jail: sen-| tor Hiram J: accoraing to Sheriff A, C. Striegel and States Attorney Harry| purpose of R.. Wilmsen of Corson county. 4 rine Reserves by shown on right. bor party. resolution opposed state candidates adopted state interest institutes was re- ported here by W. F. Reynolds, state and Labor Issues Order dairy commiss the Intern “Harvester "s institute at Makoti. people attended six meet- ings in two days. PRISONER WHO ESCAPED HELD Confesses to Chief Martine- son Here of Escaping in So. Dak. AA MOULDING OF ‘DRY’ OPINION Tells W. C. T. U. to Con- tinue Its Activities NEED MORAL ys Question of Law forcement Is One of the Most Important Today Fargo, N. jmen's Chri 15.--The Temperance while entitled to look with pride on its half- ury of achievement, still has a task ahead in moulding pubdi opinion in favor of the id of the organization, Governor R, 4 told a gathering in Fargo last night celebrating the fiftieth anniv. rsary of the or zution, “If we are/going to secure an ade- © enforcement of the prohibition law, we must mould a public senti- ment which will give to the law en- forcing off s the moral supp and the public opinion that will make successful enforcement possible, said Governor Nestos. Quoting Pres- ident Coolidge in etauing that the problems must be ken directly to the American people, Governor Nes- tos continued: ian Minnesota y plea is that you and every or- ganization that you can operate with you, take th directly get to co- problem to our people. Take it to ican mothers and when they To implant a spirit of respect for our constitutions and statutory enact- ;ments and to arouse our citizenship to a sense of personal esponsibility for right civic conditions, is the most important task before our American jpeople today. I know that you will give to this task, as you have given to ‘the task of securing these laws, the very best that, is in you of abili- ty, experience anf consecration. In this great work, we must make it the was 'y, St. Paul SAYS GIBBONS IS FAR FROM RETURN MATCH | Jack Dempsey Says He Must Conquer Harry Greb iin New York First recently the convention to the and recommending measures be- Butte, Mont., Mar. 15.—Tommy Gibbons must conquer all other con- tenders or square up his one bad ac- count with middleweight champion Harry Greb in New York before Tex Rickarg or any other promoter can afford to give him a return match with Jack Dempsey for the world’s heavyweight tftle. At a dinner in his honor here today, Dempsey point- ed this out as the reason for the calling off of the proposed return match with Gibbons next June. “Gibbons is a fine fellow, deserves to make up what he lost at Shelby and all that but can't expect New York fans to want or New York pro- moters $o offer him another cham- pionship match as long as he refuses to fight in New York,” said the champion, “I can't help but feel that if I had been going right at Shelby iy would not have taken the referee's decision to keep me in front dnd I am as con- fident that another time I'll stop) Tommy, but business is business and less than a week ago Tex Rickard, the ‘daddy’ of all promoters now, told me it would be another Shelby finan- cial bubble to give Gibbons a match with me until the fans who always pay the freight are confident back there in the east that Tommy is the logical contender among the big boys.” being He said LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING HERE Local Speakers Address League Workers in the City He also IS NECESSITY |Governor, in Fargo Speech, SUPPORT En- Wo-! Union, Nestos BRIGHT SKIES AHEAD, CLAIM N. P. OFFICIALS Meeting in Fargo They Pre- dicted Business Increase in the Northwest JAFFRAY ALSO HOPEFUL bo Lines Head, Speaking in Minot, Tells of Aims For North Dakota argo, March 15.—A general tone of optimism in, the future of North and the Northwest character- ized the meeting here today of a score of local counsel of the North- ern Pacific Railroad and officials of the road. The meeting was called in order to study the ri ilway sit- uation in North Dakota and to ces- tablish a better acquain between officials of the road, ing to an announcement of the pro- gram committee, “Reports from other states en- courage us to believe that there is every reason for optimism in the Northwest,” declared Henry Blakeley, ssistant vice-president of the road. There are bright spots on Northwest's chart for lumber trade is brisk in Or Washington; sheep a Montana and the dairy ng Minnesota ahead. the The gon and Mr. Blakeley also declared — that North Dakota is fundamentally sound ang that the Northern Pacific rail- way desired to assist this eas much as possible, Minot, N. D., March Asserting his unbounded faith in North Dako- t, C. T. Jaffray, of Minneapolis, pre- lent of the Soo Line and chairman the executive committee of the $10,000,000 agricultural credit cor- poration, last night outlined to Minot businessmen and many northwestern North Dakota visitors what the cor- poration intends to accomplish in the near future, Mr. ‘Jaffray was the principal speaker at the association of —ccm- merce's monthly membership’ meet- ing, which was tutned! into a recep- tion for the visiting Soo Line offi- "NAV s SECRETARY CURTIS D. WILBUR He succeeds Edwin Denby as Secte- tary of the y in the lidge Cabinet PROPOSED NEW TAX CUT BILL IS PUBLISHED Provides for 25 Per Cent Cut, With Provision for Reduc- ing Cut to 10 Per Cent INITIATION RGED The State Taxpayers Association, of which A. L. Martin of Sentinel Butte is president, proposes to ini- tiate a tax limitation which would in general effect limit tax lev to 75 percent of the pre "with the condition that voters would in- crease this to 90 percent of the taxes for the preceding year, thus making a net 10 percent reduction, according to statements of Mr. Martin. The'bill provides that such reduc+ tion shall be effective during 192 1925 and 1926, provided that the limitations | not It is of levies f shall special assessments improvements, apply to for 1 funds, levies for interest on bonds, the county tuition levy provided by statute, levies for the purpose of ex- cials on behalf of northwestern North Dakota. Within 10 days,.Mr. Jaffray said, the new corporation hopes to effected conerete accomplishments along the lines which have been out- lined as its objectives. have Want More Cattle Mr. Jaffray said that he is ¢ ing about for a definite plan where- be by it will more dai the state. would be possible to proviae tle for the farms of uch a plan, he ~ said, rrying out the ambitions of the officials of the corporation: to carry the aid direct to the farmers Not more than a week and a half should elapse before the: organiza- tion has proved of assistance to the closed banks which are worthy of assistance to reopen, or those insti- tutions which are experiencing. diffi- culty in operating, the speaker said. Mr. Jaffray took occasion to con- demn the system of a ng high penalties on unpaid taxes in North Dakota, declaring that such a system hurts the credit of the state. He likewise urged drastic cuts in tax levies wherever possible and pre- sented figures which tended to show that the earnings of railroad stocks have decreased alarmingly during the last decade, REVENUE BILL HEARING OFF Senate Postpones Hearing Treasury Officials Until Next Week Washington,! Mar. 15.—-Considera- tion of the revenue bill was held up today because pressure of ‘other work of some members prevented % meeting of the Senate finance com- mittee which was forced to put off until next week completion of its ex- amination of treasury officials to the condition of government fin- ances. Chairman Smoot plans to take up the rate schedules upon completion of the hearing of treasury officials whose views are being sought to de- termine the extent of revision deem- ed necessary in the bill as passed by the house. He announced today, however, that this section probably could not be reached before late next week, cuT EXPECTED The first Nonpartisan League workers rally held here since the convention was in Patterson all last Fred Argast of Moffit, Frank Mil- according to|hollan of Bismarck. C. D, King of being givén] Menoken and others spoke on subjects, principally upon When he es-|next Tuesday, which they dpposed. Mr. King yrged suppor. ror Sena- nsgn. ‘The meeting was chiefly for the informing the active league workers, Washington, March 15.—-Enactment of the provision in the revenue bill for a 25 percent cut in income taxes payable this year before second in- stallments are due June 15, regard- less of the fate of the measure it- self, appeared assured last night. Senator Harrison, Democrat, M sissippi, predicted passage of prévi- sion as a separate resolution “whe- ther the revenue bill becomes law or not,’ joining house leaders who re- cently announced they would seek adoption of a sepayate - resolution providing for the cut if the revenue bill were delayed. it. terminating grasshoppers, nor to any tux or taxes levied pursuant to the hail insurance act, The act further provided: And a levies for any of said purposes: mu and included in the levy for 1 shall be deducted from said levy for 1923, in arriving at the basis to be used for computing the limitations of levy hereunder; ang provided fu ther that inasmuch as the 18th legis- lative assembly has already made the appropriations for state purposes covering the biennial period from July 1, 1923, to June 30, 1 , inelu- sive, the limitations of levy contained in this Act shall not apply to _state levies made prior to Ju Any county, city, village, township school district or park district may reduce the 25 percent cut to a 10 percent cut by a vote. QUAKE ROCKS MANY TOWNS Villages in Ssiathunie Are De- stroyed, Says Dispatch Managua, Nicaragua, March The Costa Rican villages of San Ta- teo, Naranjo, Orotina, San Ramon ang Grecia have been destroyed by earth- quakes. The people in the stricken district have left their homes and are camping in the open. Shocks con- tinue with minor intensity and 500 distinct tremors have been felt thus far. RECORDED IN WASHINGTON Washington, Mar. 15—-An earth- quake about 5,900 miles from Wash- ington was recordeq early today on the seismograph at Georgetown Uni- The shocks began at 5:44 Eastern Standard Time, reached maximum intensity at 6:21 and end- ed at 6:50. They were described as “rather pronounced” by Father Con- dor, the seismologist. FELT IN ENGLAND London, Mar. 15.—An earth tremor of sufficient violence to overturn light furniture and accompanied by a rumbling noise startled villages of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, yester- PRICE FIVE CEN’ PRODUCER OF FILMS CALLED BY COMMITTEE Tells Probers He Understo That Department of Justice Would Not Bother FUND WAS RAISE] Expenses of Local Prosecu tions to be Met by Own- ers, He Asserts Washington, ar. side for the moment ational testimony of Roxie Stinso and Gaston B, Means the Senatd committee investiguting the Depart. ment of Justice today Wegan delving into the allegations that exhibition: from the Carpentier-Dempsey — figh' films had been carried on throug! ‘angements with Jess W. Smith| Attorney-General Daugherty’s Iatd Siu) and his associat . Quimby, who deseribeg him a asa New York motion picturd producer, and maker of the figh film, testified that the arrangement as he understood it wa that the hts for showing the fight films, the interstate transportation off which is prohibited by law, were td be let out to exhibitors in variou states and that expenses of local prosecutions and attorneys’ fees wer: borne out’of a fund of the owners, Quimby saiq he understood thi Jap Mums, Will Orr and Ike Martin had the plan to display the films and] that Tex Rickard, the promoter, had| told him of the plan. He said he had| been told to go aheng with showing] the films and that he would not be| hothered by the Department of ,Jus- tice. F. C, Quimby, producer of the fight films, testified that he and Te: Rickard,the promoter, hud no inten- tion of showing the films outside of the state of New Jersey and abroad because of the law prohibiting their interstate ortation until Jap Mumma, W and Ike Martin came to him and explained a plan to permit exhibition of the films in the various states without getting into trouble, 156.—Turni from the sen: Referreg to Smith Orr, Quimby said, referred to the late Je: mith, Attorney-General Daugherty’s friend as a friend of his but he (Quimby) said he did not know the Attorney-General. Orr, Mumma and Martin, Quimby. testi- fied, told him to go ahead, “These three gentlemen told me to gp ahead with the pictures. and I would not be, bothered,” he testified. A lawyer named Urion, Quimb said, retained Orr, Mumma and Martin was to designate lawyers in various states who were to look after exhibitions of the films. The plan as he outlined it was that the were ty be shown in each state, first before lsome ‘veterans organization, “Then,” said Senator Wheeler, the committee prosecutor, “the buyer in that state would be hauled up before some justice and fined? That was the arrangement was it?” While Quimby would not agree to that he testified to a plan of taking fines and then going ahead and show- ing the pictures was followed in ne states and he identified the lis of individuals given out last night by Attorney-General Daugherty us those who had been prosecuted for showing the films as the same men who had been the “buyers for the State rights.” Under the plans of distribution he outlined in his testimony. Told To Wait After prosecution in New York, Quimby said somebody in U. ney Hayward’s office told him ait a while” and then go ahead. “Whenever you sold a picture you told the buyer what lawyer to see, suggested Senator Wheeler. “And you knew if he went to that lawyer he would be fined and then allowed to go ahead.” “That was m understandin; DEFENDS DAUGHERTY Washington, Mar 15.—Belief that “nothing disereditable to Attorney- General Daugherty has been shown in the Senate investigation” was ex- pressed today by Chairman Adams of the Republican national committee in a formal statement. ISSUE DENIED Tokio, March 15,—Denial that any Payments of money ever had been given to Gaston B, Means in an ef- fort to halt prosecution of the Stand- ard Aircraft Company case as Means charged yesterday before the Daugh- erty investigating committee was made today by the Mitsui Bussan day, uccording to the Daily Mail. The seismologists have no record of WILL INDICT © DRY OFFICIA Chicago, March 15.—Federal in- dictments against zb persons, one a high pro! mn official, charging them with complicity in the unlaw- ful withdrawal of $900,000 worth of whisky froii tfie Sibley Warehouse and Storage Company here are being prepared, according to the Chicago Tribune. The official named was formerly conneéted with prohibition enforce; ment in the Iinois-Iowa-Wisconsin district, Kaisha, through its principal office here. Records bearing on the matter were destroyed in the earthquake disaster last September, asserted Yunosuke Yasukawa, managing direc- tor of the, Mitzui company, He clared, however, that Mitzui officials in Japan knew nothing concerning the alleged payment of $100,000 to Means and believed it is not possible that such a payment ever was made. DAUGHERTY DENIES IT Washington, March 15—Attorney- General Daugherty made‘a general public; denial of the insinuations against him made in testimony be- fore the senate investigating commit- tee ny inffuence, direct’ or indirect, (Continued on page 8)