Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1924, Page 12

THE -EVENING STAR FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924 1o oo racom rowes MEXICO. ARMS SALE! )] | Fifteen Shocks Registersd in An- JOHNSON T0 KEEP RIVALS “STEPPIN cona—Snowfall Adds to Dis- ' comfort of Populace. By the Associated Press. ans Long Tour—Bitterly|, ANCONA, Italy, January 4—Earth- Flays Coolidge Policies. ! Hits “Machine” Moves. . ~ Py the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January l uake shocks continue intermittently. Altogether fitteep shocks have been registered during the past, twenty- four hours. In the province of Pesaro several villages were severely affected. Num- bers of the houses caved in or were otherwise damaged. The people of 4.—|these villages fear to re-enter the Senator Hiram W. Johnson, candidate |damaged buildings. Snow is falling for the republican nomination to the presideney, prepared today tq receive a few delegations from Ohio and prob; from other states. It was planne campaign organization and to appoint a manager for Ohio. “We're going to build up a fighting organization that will keep them stepping,” Frank H. Hitcheock, the Callfornian’'s campaign manager de- clared. Senator Johnson and Mr. Hitcheock expect to leave tonight for Chicago, where definite plans will be made for Mr. Johnson's tour of the country during the next month or twoi— Senator Johnson was immensely pleased with the erowd which greeted ddress. which opened his The hall was | a th 1 away. Attacks Administration. Tn his address Mr. Johnson attacked I | heavily, adding to the discomfort of the populace. units are alding the peo- ple and trains are being hurried into the affected districts to remove peo- to form a permanent state|Ple who desire to leave. ACCUSES G. J. GOULD IN ROW OVER ESTATE Edwin Gould Holds Refusal to Share Control Précipitated $83,000,000 Litigation. THIRTY HEIRS INVOLVED ands of 1Mm.¢ Than Thirty Lawyers Retain- ed in the Case. ’ the udministration for its past and |py 1ha Associated Press. Proposed policles. He proposed a sol- diers’ bonus “out of the $350,000,000 mow in the United States Treasury” and made it plain that besides the soldiers’ bonus, his campaign issues would include tax reduction, espe- cially income tax; relief for farmers; the world court; league of nations; the administration’s attitude. toward shipment of a to Mexico; the ad- ministration’s foreign policy and ap- portionment of southern delegates to tho national convention. % v cetly observed n peopl luding the distin- guished Det manufacturer, have deplored ould have an elec- tion this year id Senator John- t all; and many that cer- at we on. “and perhaps yoliticlans denounce me because I{ have interfered with the serenity of the oc: their plans for fault to be consummated. concede that collectors United States marshal ang other office holders may them- selves zlone nominate candidates for the presidency a nemination by de- 1 shall not of revenue, Hity Committee Aetion, Senator Johnson then reviewed the action of the 1920 republican conven- tion in reducing the southern delega- tiog and said it was “u Step in the right direction” as it is a basls for turther reductions. He then told of the recent action of the national com- mittee in Washington “under the order of our opponents” in again giving them the original representa- tion und termed it “scandalous and infair representation. Nine southern state Georg! arolina, 489,000 ¥ dijpg.” he said line stutes have-134 delegates. Ohto polled 1,182,000 votes for President Harding and Ohio has 51 delegates 0 the convention.” SAYS HAYNES AGREED TO QUASH DRY CASE D. C. Lawyer Tells Court Brewer Spent $18,000 Here to Stop Prosecution. Alabama, Louisiana, ‘exas an. votes for By the Associated Pre INDIANAPOLIS, January 4.—Mi- chael Schrick, wealthy New Albany,{ Ind., brewer, indicted for violation of the federal prohibition law in 1921, paid out approximately $18.000 in an affort to stop prosecution of the case, and federal prohibition officers at Washington had approved a promise of immunity form criminal prosecu- tion, according to a statement made to Judge A. B. Anderson in United States district court today by Jerry Matthews, former Indianapolis news- paper man, and now an attorney in Washington, D. C. Court Imposes Sentence. Schrick, who recently entered a plea of guilty to the indictment, was in court to receive sentence, which was fixed at six months in jail and $500 fine, when Matthews, appearing as a friend of the court, made the statement. After hearing the statement, J\ldKQ ‘Anderson sald it was evident that “som one had deliberately robbed this man. Matthews told -the court of a trip made to Washington by Charles D. Kelso, New Albany attorney for Schrick, vho Matthews reported as having seen a Mr. Andrews, chief of the litigation bureau,” who said the case could be settled by the payment of $4,000 Ienue taxen Andrews took Kelso Federal Prohibition Director Hay according tg the statement mlde in court, and Haynes told him he could rely on anything Andrews had agreed asion and have not permitted |y i { i NEW YORK, January 4.—Refusal of Georgo J. Gould to share with other heirs control of the $83,000,000 estate of his father, Jay Gould; his failure to distribute income regular- Iy, and his insistence on obtaining large personal loans from the estate precipitated the fight which now in- volves fifty heirs of the railrosd financier, according to testimony of Edwin Gould, read at a hearing of the accounting suit yesterday. Dissatisfagtion with George Gould's management of the estate began a few years after Jay Gould's death, he sald, and developed into an open fight in' 1904, when other heirs op- posed his borrowing from the estate. Frank J..Gould Lowes Fight. Erank J. Geuld, who, with Anna Gould, Duchesse de Talleyrand, leads he fight on the accounting of the four 4rustees—George J.. Edwin and Howard Gould and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard—Ilost his fight for a larger share in the management.of.the rall- postmasters froad properties when George and Ed- win Gould prevented his election as a director of the St. Louis and South- western railroad in 1911, the testi- mony read. Attorneys estimated today it would take six or seven months to read into the record the testimony of Edwin Gould and George J. Gould. taken after the filing of the accounting suit in 1916. To expedite the trial Referee Hatch set regular days for reading of the testimony. John" W. Davis, former United States ambassador to Great Britatn, today was added to the list of more than thirty lawvers in the case, in- cluding Alton B. Parker, former Bu- preme "Court Justice Samuel Seabury and Harlan F. Stone, retired dean of the Columbia Law School. Fails in Matter of Distribui While George J. Gould’s powers of d |administration were recognized, said khis brother's testimony, his failure to “These | make regular and equal distribution of income and his methods of obtain ing loans from the estate antagonized the other helrs. After repeated conferences, he said, assurances were obtained from George J. Gould that equal payments of in- come wouid be made regularly and that all children would be given rights to loans from the estate. Per- sonal loans to George Gould ceased for a time, he added. but later were renewed. . Ultimately hese loans totaled more than. $1, nno.ooo the testimony showed. The trial will be continued next Tuesday. |GERMAN GUNS GIVE U. S. BIG PROBLEM | Question of Housing Clptured War Materials Hard to Solve. May Be Given Away. Housing of captured German ar- tillery and other war weapons is be- coming a difficult question for the government. ‘The materials occupy several ware- houses and acres of ground at the Newark, N.sJ., Army base, and that project is to be sold to private pur- chasers by the War Department as soon as satisfactory offers are re- ceived. Numerous requests for German ar- tillery pleces being made of the War Department by American Legion posts, patriotic societies and other organizations are being held up ‘due to lack of congressional authority for distribution. Secretary Weeks sald today he would gladly comply with requests and hoped Congress soon would legisiate to make the distribu- tion possible. Attention also was called to the ne- cessity for legislation as the cals- sons, artillery pleces and other equip- ment are at present uncared for and ln rapidly deteriorating. PRESBYTERIAN LEADERS to:in regard to immunity trom eriminat | TO VISIT COAST CHURCHES prosecution, “Common Practice” tn Washington. Matthews said it was a common prac- | Will. Take Part in Jubilee Cele- tice in_Washington at the time to ac- cept offers of payment in revenue in compromise of cases of law violation, Sehrick attempted to pay the amount named by Andrews here and it was ac- vepted after Dbeing refused once. Sehrick deposited $15,000 to Kelso's credit, Matthews said, when the case was sald Lo have been settled. DRAG CREEK FOR BODY bration in Los Angeles While on Official Tour. By the Associated Pross. PHILADELPHIA, January 4.—Dr. Lewls S. Mudge, mud clerk of. the Presby!emn meral Assembly, and Rob! secretary of the Pnsbylerlm Board 'of Christian Edu- cation, leave Philadelphia next Mon- day for an official tour of Preaby- on the Pacific coast. They are OF OPERA STAR’S FATHER|: u.,.li'é‘f‘.&?"én‘?z Prosbyterian Chureh 13. f, Los Angeles, January 11 to expect to visit First Pres- Fclice Think Burr M. Overton Met by:er'i{n Church, San Diego, Jan' Death When Auto Plunged Over Wall. By the Associated Press, ary 14; First Presbyterian Clfllrch Santa Ana, January 15; Presby- terian Church, Rlvernlde. Jnnuuy 16 First _Presbyterian Chnrflh San byte: UISVILLE, Ky., January 4—Bear [January 18, and later ags creek is being dragged here teday for the body of Burr M. Over- ton, fifty-five, chemist and father of Miss Jane Over- pearing as a member of the Metro- politan Opera Company, who is be- lieved ta have been drowned when his automobile plunged from a ff- teen-foot wall into the swollen stream late Thursday night. Imprints of tire treads of the auto- mobile showed jt had skidded, and police believe Mr. Overton stuck to the wheel and, went over the wall wying to bring the machine to a halt. Police also expressed the opinion that cisco for a tour of cl region. It is expected that the dele prominent Louisville [these meetings will represgnt ev: Presbyterian l!'hufch in California, W work of the church. FACES GALLOWS SMILING. Californian Hanged for Murder ol | ‘Waytarer. FOLSOM, Calif, January 4—alex A. Kels, confessed slayer of a wan- if he had.bwen ablé-to climb out he |dering worker near Lodi, Calif,, Sep- ‘must have been swept toward the |tember 13 last) hanged Ohio river by the rushing waters, |state prison here this mornin swellen by recent heavy rains. was at-the He/| receive an clal comprehensive lf! ton, artist now in New York city ap- [statement of uu organization and | Dbl went to his death smiling. PLAN MEETS HTCH Credit Terms Might Need - Approval of Congress as Foreign Loan. Although nothing has developed to affect the American government's declsion to sell war materials to the Obregon government of - Mexico, in 80 far as the general policy s con- cerned, it is known that certain de- tails of the transaction are present- ing a difficult problem. Conslderation of a method of pay- ment for the arms by the Mexican government apparently has ralsed a queation as to whether a credit ar- rangement might be construed as a loan to Mexico, in which event the President would need congressional authorization before approving an agreement. Surplus Army stores have been sold in the United States on deferred pay- ment contracts, but it is not known whether an application of the same principle is being discussed or could be employed in the Mexican trans- action. Secretary Weeks, who has charge of all details of the sale, has made no comment on the negotia-| tions. Right to Sell Undisputed. No doubt is voiced as to the admin- istration’s authority to dispose of the materials to the Obregon government and a solution of what appears to be the most difficult problem in com- pleting the arrangements may be found, it is thought in some quarters, in & cash payment agreement. Such a transaction, it is pointed out, would remove any embarrassment that might othorwise develop. Disapproval of the sale of arms from any American source to the Mexican revolutionists was expressed yesterday at the State Department. Americans making such sales, it w. sald, would do 8o “at their own risk.” Congressional opposition to the sale of arms was voiced in two resolu- tions introduced- by Representative Fairchild of New York, intended to block the sale. The first “Fairchild resolution called upon the State De- partment for full information as to negotlations for the sale to Mexico; the second would prohibit government sales of arms to any forelgn govern- Conters With Hughes. Representative Falrchild acted aft- er a conference with Secretary Hughes earlier in the day. Neither the Secretary nor Mr. Fairchild had anything to say for publication as to their talk, but it is understood they exchanged views as to the advisabil- ity of the arms sales to Mexico as a matter of policy and expediency wi out influencing thelr respective po tions. During the day both Secretary Hughes and Secrctary Weeks con- ferred with President Coolidge at dif- terent times, and later Ramen Ross, who was one of the Mexican commis sloners in the recent Mexico Citycon versations which led to diplomatic recognition of the Obregon gove: ment by the United States, called at the White House accompanied by Manuel Tellez, Mexican charge. It was learned authoritatively that the visit of the two Mexican officials had been -arranged -by Secretary Hughes in order to permit Mr. Ross to carry out instructions from Presi- dent Obregon a: Pay xespects to Brestdent Coolldge In ihe Hame of the Mexican chief executive. ‘So far could be learned the visit of the Mex- ican officidls had no connection of any direct nature with the arms sale. ASKS PROTECTION . | FOR TRADE SECRETS| i'hrifi Commission Declares Nitro- gen Cost Data Should Not Be Divulged. i i { ‘slnn today filed In the Supreme i i 1 The United States Tarift Com, I lof the District of Columbla its m-; iswer to the mandamus proceeding {brought by the Norwegian Nitrogen | {Products Company of New York to compel the fommission to disclose in- | formation in relation to the cost of ! production of sodium nitrate, as shown in an application by the American Nitrogen Products Company of Seattls, Wash,, asking for an in- crease of 50 per cent in import duty. The New York concern clalmed the information is contained in a public Tecord access to which had been de- nied. The commission claims that the in- dividual items entering into_the cost of production form part of the “trade secrets” of the company and as such are protected by the statute which forbids such secrets to be divulged and which provides & punishment or & fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for one year for each violation. This in- formation collected from the Amer- ican Company~as well from all other dealers doss not constitute’ s “public recor lon serts and the pl-imm s mot entitied to_see and inspéct the The coust is advised that. in the opinion of the commission, the plain- tiff corporation i® not engaged in the general business of importing so- dum nitrate, but is the exclusive agent of a Norwegian corporation d acting for that concern, which manufactures nitrate in Norway. This company in Norway, it is serted, declined to disciose to the tariff ‘commission the details of its business when pequested. The com- mission asks that the rule be dis- rged and a mandamus refused. Justice Siddons, at the request of United States Attorney Gordon, set the matter for hearing Saturday, January 19. Assoclated as counsel ‘with . Gordon are Henry H. Glasste. and W. S. Culbertson, mem- bers of .the tariff commission, and Chiet Counsel McNabb of the com- mission’s legal department. 254,277,25Q COINS MADE BY U. S. MINT IN YEAR New Pleces of Money Valued at $114.575,080; Peruvian | Work Done Here. | nts of the United States coined li&fl’l 250 pl.ce! D( United States oney, c a value of $114,576,- e director of the mint In Mdiuon the mint o8t reported todny struck off &, eces fc Trelnasd’ ln tho nited sute' ‘coin- for 1923 were 2,268,260 gold dou- G?l, 00 lllvér dollars, ,45! 0.0 hlll di s, 11,076,000 quar- ters, 29,000 dimes, 41 859,000 nick- ds and la.tzt,oflfl pcnniql. 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