Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1924, Page 4

A Bit of the Past By Star’s Former Carriers. JOHNSON INSISTS ON STATE PRIVARY Protests Reported Plan to Select Delegates at Con- | vention in Minnesota. | John G. Stoddard, a resident Fairfax, Va., began to carry *“ Star paper” when he S seven years old. That was in 1867. His route covered Pennsylvania avenue to Jack- son Square, and the first subscriber on his list was W. W. Corcoran, the sted philanthropist, who lived at the * of Connecticut avenue and H strect northwest, Mr. Stoddard been “some route,” for he wr that it extended on out 17th street to Me- ind to the old Naval O ennsylvania avenue and oute must have selection of republican delegation convention instead; also one of four Star mes- was telegraphed to St | during all the time of ti Hiram John. "ll P"*y«*:‘l- nt e ¥8 the old-time t this telegram | byppge twere the days of the epublican State | sort of rivalry betwe: uld, secretary | & of the variou nmittee, them, named Fitzgerald, was in the habit of sliding down the railing of the spiral stairs from the Senate chamber in order to rush his copy to The Star. One day he slipped and fell, injuring his back, arms and legs, and was a cripple for the rest of his life. Just as he struck the floor an her cr came along, and opy in his hand, grabbed «d for The Star office,” wynne, proprivtor of markct, sold The Star in 1 vans. secretary-troas & Detweiler Printing ¢ routes in the early agents, John Locke opgins, 1 se duys had 1o wa the office points wher against the sert 3 n Tohnson B Adams, man, and J. 8. G kee can state Taixts Prima Just contemplated the on that your a con- have been advised mittes veution for the T very ¢ tios Wiing selection of delegates to national convention. 1} inst t common with a!l free republi- the d file of the republican part right to nom- | ©orat b the n { nestly protest : s ac- 1 vank the e e the Juda pany, carr o Haurry ax ) the candidates wublivans of Min- corded that right “n state commit- nd let Ban. their % std . ried el advantages demund the decisiol nation Preside for 1 1885 Sylvester Schoenthal wn along with were no de- vs and the ove 1 the old add r R 1 T 1 g favors Just_one th in this of officia republici ity livery rers wagons i bt nt cars. “Lat | enthal, “they w small two-wheeled | members them NOVA SCOTIA STRIKE i/ ISSUE STIRS MINERS o ti 1 Charges and Countercharges in De- ression § the ! bate of Subject at Indianapolis Convention. opne Scores han this t i wid innot it stute d e is common goseip th 't M @ has b livered in Washi an the o hon and | s rtered | m Telivery A file of the party, upon whor pArty must rely ix my right to ask r Minnesota re f& your duts blfeans to | to grant it” | e, 1921 were stiil un- NEWLODGEONROLL 55 Assolated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Charges and counterel cerning the Nova S tion und strike January Arges ia wage reduc whe the floor at th gates yesterday, jprepared and desire jbe put off until this Ihe had records s MeLachlan urer of 1ty of causing duction with hin this matter rday afternoon through protests of had but said he that 1 morning Cathedral, No. 40, Constitut- ed, With Elabhorate Cere- monies, by Grand Master. acceptance but didn’t have the Debate st of ye yout . Tt cume sonry Lodge. N tu by sonic Columbin 1 evening 10, Grand W the local Freen cathedr in when by was las was formal N T Lewis Nova distric Wik hus d that the deposed officers are nsympatiy with the 'PRESIDENT STUDIES RUSSIAN SITUATION Lodge (st eveni twins, a nal spirit and Question of Recognition Is Raised by Prospect of British Change. oflivial ¢ wiiich the natie inating. The attel s seating their bloomi ors predo; ritain announced to recognize | ernment of Russia 1 the White House an authoritativ 1n that President © awaiting the outcome of the ings to Le conducted by the nate committee investigating yropaganda before consic in his stand. In the sident has no int » opinion so clearly in hix annual mes- tention of the soviet s brought e Oficers Intalled. constituting order, nished b . neuncement Coc spe or war warden o Pre that dent is known the Senate hands and refully the testimd these hearings. Legixlative Interference. As revealed at the W the President’s view executive branch of the is halted very frequently b lative branch, even in matte concern directly the executive However, the President thinks it best fur the time being to see what the Senate inquiry develops. Representatives of banking, mort- gaze loan, insurance, railroad and general interests affected by the cute economic situation in . th northwest will be called into con- ference immediately by President solidie. Arrangements been compl r and Wall ‘tion of the to be sat- in he will ¥ brought con study out by nior deacon N senior steward: junior steward; Res. cha i Warren K wrshal, and John F. May the entry Grand the grand the alone. opri The 1t and wldress of presentation was made | \. Sebring, secretary of | Noy(s Lodge, and he was fol- ¥ the master, hn J. Bo “r officers and'a large d of Tem Dresent “Raby Showered With sMlowing the ceremony the “baby was showered with gifts, Master Clande Keiper, on half of Columbia Lodge, presented a set of working tools: i1 nk T. Shull, master Harmony Lodge Gitty. for the conference by Secretaries orking at the sident and with co-operation of the American rm Bureau Federation and the ted States Chamber of Commerce, | Invitations to the conference were i iately dispatched and the meet- be held as soo the con- zather in Washington. a Bible; George | “ayette Lodge, | HOUSE GETS D. C. BILL. i pair of warden's pillars; An- | *, No. 21, a set of m.n‘Measure Providing Delegates in cons and stewards, an d’ No. 4, a square and comi- | Congress Introduced. bass of sterling silver. . 8 The District delegate bill w; oduced in the House vesterday by To cach of the presentations, Bugene E. Thompson, 1 of Cathedral ative Frederick N. Zihlman and, and referred to the | | Todge, made a graceful respanse, ex- | District committee of which t preseing gratitude of his organ- | B¢ ization. he did 15 of | of M congratulation, co m and weil | House lie is acting chairman, becauss of th illness of Representative Stuart I, Reed of West Virginia the for Naval Lod T th athedral Lodge will meet in room No. 3. Masonic Temple, strect and New York avenue, the sec- md _and fourth Fridays of each nth Grand Master Roberts that the series of grand for 1924 will start with on Columbia Lodge, N evening. wishes uttered by Grand Master Rob- | The Zihlman bill would give residents of the National Capital pz tial representation through announced | sentation in Congress by d visitations | Such are now repr official eall | territories. It also provide %, next Friday | election of Distriet Commiss members of the public Utilities mission as an agency distinet from { the Commissioners, and members of { the board of education. ENFORCEMENT IS TOPIC. Young Women to Give Views at Y. W. C. A. Tomorrow. What the young women—in busi- ness, in school and in Soclety—think of law enforcement will be voiced at a_forum tomorrew afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, at the Y. W. C. A, 614 E street northwest. ' Judge Britt. legal counsel for the prohibition unit, will address the groud on “Our Purpose.” Representatives will be present from the Business Woman's Council, the Girl Scouts, Girls’ Friendly So- ciety, George Washington University, the Young Ladies' Branch of the W C. T twelve organized young women's Sunday school classes, the Girl Reserves and the business and industrial clubs of the Y. W. C. A. The discussion avill be in chargé of Miss Mildred M. King, secretary of the business giris' department of the Y. W. C. A.. and Miss Helen M. Hudson, daughter of Representative Hudson of Michigan, C’lic;lé(; “Shieks’ . Lure Girls to ‘Hops’ And Wreck Union By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, nuary —Sleek and natty young men are being used to discourage trade unionism in the Chicago dressmaking indus- try by taking the girls to dances &nd shows on union meeting nights, according to Meyer Perlstein, vice president of the International Gar- ment Workers' Union. An investigation of flucuating membership, Mr. Perlstein says, has disclosed that voung men with greased hair, bell-bottomed trousers and patent leather shoes have been placed by manufacturers in non- union _establishments to mingle with the girls and in a nice way disconraze organization. Member- <hip in nonsunion shops has dropped 39 per cent as a result, he =ays, \/ Andrew | assed Thurs- | s which | ¢ in- | EDUCATORS 0PPOSE REORGANIZING PLAN Prefer to Keep Bureau in In- terior Department Than Shifted as Proposed. ! | Educators would rather have the burcau of education remain in the | Interfor Department than be sub- ;,. rged in the proposed department of education and weifa according to testimony today before the joint congressional committee holding hear- ings on the reorganization of the de. partment | here is a_clear mandate from the { educational leaders of the country | that education shall not be submerged {hy any such artment i of the Jour f tign Ass { Mr. Morgan made a plea for a sepa- irate and distinet “depirtment of eu cation” on the ground that education is of paramount interest and should have the pre of & place in the President” i Mr. Morgan outiined som bureaus might be established in the event the desires of educators jare met. He said there might be set Jup bureaus of researeh and statistic tional Educa- hool buildings, publicatio ducation, tea tion, libr: educat ucation g, rural It education, iteracy, music cu ilum re- art secrotary Associ mes field ncat change in the educational situatic vither than go into the double barre ed_department Miss Wil cwelfare,” de orzanizations would sp; NEht” to pester the department Meribe ed that « seored laring that the term cwild-eyed ng up over retary of the | | | tions (tors would prefe i | i ittee indicat- Ciggert of the bureau of education will be called before the committes before any oth- er witnesses are heard upon this par- ticular phase of reorganization. It is likely also that former Commis- ner Claxton will alled by the committee, COMMISSIONERS SEEK, T0 CURB PEDDLERS iHouse-Lo-House Canvassers Re- quired to Obtain Licenses Hereafter. the com issioner ' ers today enacted a ng peddle: fro ! egulation or persons who so reg s subseript ing in such b r n further provides t such permits shall be issued upon i rt from the and enga ructer Jtegrity of the ap- a- to ihscriptio s thelt vo ildn s “elumbia wit permit i the Commissioners trict founded upe y niajor and superinte the good repute o person appivii Any person viol this provision shall { thereot be fined ot regulation a letter fro nufacturers’ he (tion was a lack of rvisi ictivities. The reh ioners ained of ntation prac | house-to-h ¢ CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA LOSES $325,000 IN YEAR! Deficit Less Than for Previous Sea- son and Will Be Covered by Guarantors. District of therefor of the Dis- 't from the dent of police as 4 inte of for such pe any sect upon conviet was enac fol- the Merchants' Association, in claims there | n o suck nts the have repre- them by | his & M Towl and r told citizens and upon ssers uds ced v d Press. ). January By the Associa CHICAC two per cent opera in Ch last, amuel Chicago Civie d last v —Twenty- attended s than president of the Company n add £ ope he said, only ass usually who oc- ag son Insull, op Eht attende of the or tho: termed “society” cupled box seats. The company this a deficit of about $§2 pared to one of about vear. he said, the deficit up_by guaranto The company starts a 10,000~ mile tour tomorrow night. opening in Boston on Monday. i ear will suffer $230.000 last being made COOLIDGES TO CRUISE {WITH MANY GUESTS TODAY Party to Sail to Quantico and Back This Afternoon—Will Return at 8:30 P.M. th a party of friends President and Mrs. Coolidge will take a short { cruise aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower this afternoon. They will cruise probably as far south as Quan- tico and then return to Washington, ting to arrive at the Mayflow- dock at the navy yard at 8:30 to- will be: Pepper sentative and sw York, Repre- sentative d Mrs. W, R. Wood of In- diana, Representative and Mrs. L. T. McFadden of Pennsylvanla, Rephe- antative and Mrs. Everett Sanders of Indiana, Chief Justice and Mrs. Ar- thur P. Rugg of Massachusetts, Tnited States Commissioner of Inter- nal Revenue and Mrs. D, H. Blair, Mr. and Mrs., William M. Butler of Ma Chusetts, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan But- ler of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Christy of New York, H. Wendell Endicott of Massach tts, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noy nd Raymond Robbins of 1linois, ¢. H. Huston chairman of the ways The guests Senator and of Penn; Mrs. B. H, | fabulous figures, bonds, inarily itests for the . The and means committee of the republi- can national committee, recommended to the President today the appoint- ment of former Representative Joe Brown of Tennessce as judge of thel | United States court in China to sue-! a Judge Lobinger, whose term ex pires mext month. Judge Thompson of Hawail is being urged for this place by R. W. Shingle, republican national committeeman from Hawaif. FAVORED FOR U. S. POST. Tennesseean Suggested as Judge of Court in China. Appointment of former Representa- tive Brown of Tennessee as judge of the United States court in China, suc- ceeding Judge_ Charles S. Lobingier, g whose term expires next month, was recommended to_ President Coolidge today by G. H. Huston. chairman of the ways and means department of e reg cun national commitiee. | bering Y, JA THOMAS i 3 HURDLE Claimed by Death. RECALLED AS WITNESS AT INQUIRY A¥ REVELATIONS SHOW HARDING MISLED IN ENGRAVING EPISODE ‘ontinued from THIE R " First Page ) of a national bank in his hon inton, P by town the statem Brewer i 1 Rey President alternative n March 31, Twen of nts n Lt uct and in- reti o prly dn, Wil are recalls vivi orve with g discussed the in his confer the newspaper men No cxplanat t the W writey r present Eravity Presid satio with Later tained that the “dismissa zood of the ser guarded hints i production attempt W te House exeept were for the Thers sut irregularitics N it id the Bapper have happ Meth Just exa Brewer got hin self into the bureau affair and « tained the flimsy pieces of doc “evide with which it advent fon w his record 1 ot one to give prov resuits. In 1919 1920, a special attorney in Department of Justice under Mitchell Palmer's attorney me ship. Brewer had condu ion 1§ » the a doings of Amerlcan ral facturers. His purpose o their “frauds’ vy departments T T ived carte blanche Department of Justice to cond at crusade. He resorted hods which lamentably failed the test when his princip were brought to trial (the gso-called Kenyvon and Rosenwasser suits) Both following ries by the D methods we bench and the jury ism, and, in_th Rose: case, the jury declared as fon that to none of th ants wa indictment or case, the presiding judge, structing the jury to acquit all ninet 1 defendants, further st the district attorney to t steps to have the government's witnesses indicted for perjury Kenyon and Rosenwasser ca tried in Brooklyn, Claimed Prima Facle Evidence. Evidently the past career of Brewer as a Sherlock Holmes was not known to the federal officials whom he im- pressed when he managed to make his way to President Harding's office at the White House. What he had to offer, Brewer claimed, was prima facie evidence of duplication of liberty bonds. During the Wilson administration, due to the extraordinary exigencies of the war, the number of pieces of govern- ment currency and securities printed at the bureau of engraving ageregated bank notes, greenbacks, gold certificates, war sav- ings stamps, but primarily liberty and victory bonds, for financing the colos- sal war costs. There had never been anything like such a deluge of govern- ment obligations in the history of the country—probably not even in’the his- tory of the worli—though the printing presses which drip rubles and marks in Europe, meantime, have outdone it. Targe numbers of automatic num- bering machines were required in the bureau for the production of this Stream of government issues. Ordi- these numbering machines are to the most exhaustive insurance of absolute war conditions it ry to procure wherever thes But what d. was not divulg of Nis Entry Unknown. W - forth upon his g Inves disclosed that quirer into scandals was of dependal nown Tmis- cout mar was o on the War during the ged and w at the "t the t acquittals, trials resulted in 1 to the vigorous charges iding judges. Brew- . subjected hoth to scathing The were sunjected accuracy. Under was found neces numbering machines could he had. Necessarily, tests as to Thelr accuracy either were omitted or were not made with the usual care machines were obtained eithe able manufacturers or from other engraving plants which them in regular use. The conse quence was that there was a certain Number of cCuplications of numbers ameng the temporary war bonds How Machines Went Wrong. Suppose You were operating a num- machine. It reaches 1,999 Functioning properly, the next num- ber the machine would stamp would be 2,000. But suppose the disc in the 1,000 column stuck—did not turn. The next number, then, would be You already have a 1,001. That would make a duplication of numbers—two bonds numbered 1,001. That is pre- cisely what occurred at the engraving bureau with some bonds—nothing else. If the disc in_the 1,000 column from r remained stuck until five bonds had | been stamped you would have five duplicate numbers, the last being 1.005. Then, the disc in the 1,000 col- umn releasing, vour next bond would be numbered 2,006, so that for the duplicate numbers 1,001 to 1,006 there Would be a deficlency of numbers from 2,001 to 2,006. The total count of bonds would be accurate, although You would have five bonds on which humbers were duplicated. Lugraved bonds are subjected to [ was had | 1.001. | | i reau i | wei | of the matter is t) 00SEV | s to chacu s il {Department. One check la man who zoes right |stacks, taking one okt % is mude by the individual ckages of fifty it ade by th after { The fwho il th n bonds, are The man W hose numbe Lot a | | 1w atice the by there of Plications a faulty | wias the 1y T firty | ipli- | canse ring mackine iplication le pa numbers were who counts und o 1s, whi { numbers ation of bonds ¢ < of fifty run twice pack of fty e there her wi was & cation ¢ tual Di t du irities. axed by Wilkon Regime. | These mistakes, due 1o faulty wof ng of numbering machines, had been | pvered < du istration months ition, § Mr. Wilson's the Treasury. He found th been no fraud, either by intent effect. It is of the utmost n + note that the bonds in qu 1 were tempor Londs. The th 1o o exploit t urse the irewer in- stig I, took place under one of asisstant re tarics of are ision ¢ in due thie e dupli imn t seeret is sto service Th gal funetion ney whose ch the and obligati d which alw : bureau of | | | ! | | | Cither exel i 1 Now, | procur these some way or other. Brewor ! nossession of certain of | ) ¢ hibited - and eventy i givings mind. Mr. Crissing Harding's great fri sional banker in whoni for years had reposed most confidence and to whom., out Marion, the Hardings always looked i1or business and financial adviee, | Brewer, ostensibly convinced in his | own mind that he was on the track | the most stupendous fraud in fec ral history, went about the esti |lishment of his case fn the most theatric: He exhibited to { Crissinger, and later to the Preside {two bonds of the me number | Involved Secret Service. That looked iike damning evic n the question was raised why ret service, with its groat rep- |t tion Aiscon ted th for skill and red the facts, t the secret service jiu league With the “crooks” in the bureau; that “Heaven only knew the extent of the duplication™; that “bil- {lions of dollars” had been loaned by the banks of the country on liberty bonds, and that it was “almost im- possible” to find any way to check {up on the magnitude of the dle” and of the duplicate (and there ifore fraudulent) bonds held by the Ibanks as collateral for I {exposure of the ramificat | “seandal” would precipita reliability, haa Srewer in- | tim; wis 1o check the | intermit- | was no ac- | imiiss the B conld do was to abolish i i cireulation | Mr | nee. | “swin- | NUARY 26, 1924. DIES AT AGE OF 87 Member of Association of Oldest Inhabitants and Lifelong D. C. Resident. [ | ! ! | 'i Thomas T. Hurdle, eighty-seven ears old, a member of the Associi- tion of Oldest Inhabitants of the Di trict of Columbia and a lifelong res dent of Washington, died at his resi- dence, 1509 Sth street northwest, | Wednesday, Funeral services are be ing conducted at his late residence this afternoon. Rev. Dr. ardson is officiating. Burial will held in the Rock Creek etory i Mr. Hurdle waa the son of Thomas | T. Hurdle and Mrs. Anna Hurdie. T | was one of President Lincoln's hody guards and was in the old Ford Theu- ter the night Lineoin was shot. Mr Hurdle was a member also of the Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R, the It dependent Order of Sons of Jonadab, | a_temperance organization, and also | of the Independent Order of Rechi- bites. H o)) For many vears Mr. Tlurdle ducted a - tinning busin while his plac husiness wa Louisiana_avenue, During the | ight vears he had a tinning shop 607 and 609 K street. He took e interest in his pl | despite his years, anc i up until the Friday before his death. ! at | He was well known among all the older inhabitants of Washing < by many of the nes comers. During the he was an eighteenth a Tl is sury Lulu D. Holzer, : E 2 Hurdle. | atter years of his life it champion of the | | Brewer Yeturned he ed on every to the White House with the talr by Director Wilueth and his subordi- the twenty-cight m © doomed for dismissal t these men we: incensed and tated by Brewer coming among them to disinter bones | that were not only dead, but which, in fact, never had had life in then .. President Wilson's Secretary of the Trezsury, I *. Houston, had had them stirred them meatless. P s retary of the Mellon, had looked at bones and | found " them equally uninterestin 0w came @ man clothed with power | o paw and claw over bhurcau i { in quest of evidence that aid not | exist. Wilmeth and hix staff were | in no moad to be excessively helpful ito Brewer. Twn clean Lills of health | been given them v did | understand drower now vas sent to the to discredit | them aie Erewer urged ‘he President to ¢ the “insubordiste” Wilmeth an his “gang” out of h on the groun ¥ ey in control ndal” w of engravi was being huampes t ate: Andre 1 % 10 unco prove futile. Mr. e couldn’t dismiss ¥ were un mer r eivil service, | Llished cause. Brewer what the President t new exp stent ident orted that and and t new duties some to wer poi new under time legi power n that w No Specific Evidence. Rrewer. pro: roofs of fr; to the ger which that case President and s that of a the sam a prev ury I Thi w bore number usly come back artment and been I Brewer took to schanged. 5 b {be a duplicate numbered bond. The facts are that wh had been investigated service, it was discovered that ter being exchanged destroyed, had been stole and presented a sc 1d time. It was made clear to the President that| Brewer thus was guilty an in- <incerity. He had obtained the duplicate bond. by mean all-powerful presidential from the asury arc was on with a re s history. 5 In addition to faults. due to impe t numbering machines, thousands honds which had in the reg vay alt d by t 1 of a digit or a change of in the number, which in eacl 1ce created duplication o me other numbered hond. Brewer still insisted t n that be the socr th by his riission, it e wi o evidence. ¢ completely captu «d the confidence of the President und | of Mr. Crissinger with his guments. | There are some indleations that even after Mr. Harding restorec most of Wilmeth's men to civil| {service status, t still lurked in | e President’s mind a suspicion that | Brewer's charges were not entiraly | baseless. Brewer submitted no writ- | ten reports on his inquiries—or has not done so hitherto. The under-! {standing has been that he wanted to | {“close up his investigations” beforn | doing so. w_that they are ahout to end, it may be Brewer's intention to submit his “case n formal re-| iport fashion. The President's p tion was that it was only fair { Brewer not to judge him until inquivics were finished. Secret { Mellon was not consulted. Mr. Hard- ing had reached his decision to act without conferring with his c | wide banking crash « too_ staggering to contemplate Up to point, roughly, Brewer inly " with Controlle 55 . That excellent official, high-grade citizen and conservative banker, came to the conclusion it was his duty to bring the matter tothe President's attention. ~ Acting in a spirit of solemn official abligation, he took Brewer to the White House, Mr. Harding, always easy to interest ¢ arouse, where the dictates of public vice and presidential responsibil- seemed to call for cifective action waus deeply impressed Differences at Bureau. In the meantime, differences had arisen between Director Wilmeth at the bureau and Louis T. McFadden, republican representative from P'enn- svlvani and chairman of the House committee on banking and currenc Patronage questions prol bly we: the cause. At any rate, the upshot, far as Brewer was concerned, W that he secured from MeFadden quasi-indorsement, and, by his atti- tude rather tham by any specific words or statements. McFadden led both President Harding and Control ler Crissinger to believed that he red the existen of a “deplorable situation” in the bureau. McFadden indicated his approval of Brewer's sug- gestion that the latter be given unre- stricted authority to make the most drastic investigation. A presidential commission, flinging wide open every thing at the bureau, ensued, and Brewer cleared for action, armed with unlimited authority. | Bréwer insisted at the White House re a initiated into the mystery should pre- serve hermetical secrecy. The slight- est leak, Brewer proclaimed, would be certain to loose a panic on the country. In this view Brewer was cordially supported by Mr. Crissinger. As the dime novels say, the plot thickened. Distress and fear, both at the White House and at the office of the controller of the currency, in- creased. Brewer intimated in stage whispers that probably half to two- thirds of the liberty bonds lodged in bank vaults as securities or Invest- ments were spurious. Claimed He Was Hampered. About six weeks after he had begun his Hawkshavian inquiries at the bu- that the President and anybody else) officer charged With responsibiliiy {Tor administration of the bureau | Brewer's representations to the President were to the effect that| { Mellon was “too easy-zoing.” { After the President 1 acted o Ithe strength of Brewer's recon | mendations, the Secretary of the i Treasury talked to the President in | some such fashion as this: *“Mr. Presi | dent, don’t you realize t there | werd any_ duplicate bonds in the | hands of the bankers, coupons wouid Lave been presented for interest pay ments in excess of the interest actually due on any single interest date?’ The Secretary added that the H coupons presented had never equaled the interest due. ! | "Brewer met that argument like! { this: “Mr. President. s man who | would put up these fraudulent hunds and borrow money would instruc t the | bank not to clip the coupons | Mr. Mellon naturally retorted that | @ bank would be intensely suspleivus of any borrower who mmlv. “”("v\\ request, 4nd would almost certainly Send the bonds, deposited is o} lateral, to the Treasury at \} axhy L7 | ton for verification to find thev were genuine. Once_collateral ia ple] pank. the bank can do i | pleases. Mellon fs n_banker and Saw through the absurdity of i ¥ cular contention by L e~ ‘“;:‘«-‘rueury Mellon finally nn»{sur:;::‘\} A Harding thero was really noth ing seriously wrong. Reinstatement to civil_service status ensued & year ago. For ten months W iimeth 1‘~"| s~ twenty-eight colleagues lad rested under the most flagrant sus- picions of criminal malteasance in Office. Brewer had hornswoggled other branches of the executive now, to permit him to carry on his sleuth- |ing operations. A private office vm | peen Tassigned him in the Depart- | c d it padlock- } ment of Justice. He ha 3 ed. with the key solely in his posses- Sion. Not even the departmental i charwomen were permitted to invade {his sanctuary of secrets. There be has held forth till now, and will do g0 until the curtain comes down, in a few hours, on his inglorious carcer as a revealer of uncommitted crimes. | (Copyrigut, 1924.) N ledged with a with it as it The imperial state crown worn by George V at the Delhi Durbar con- tains an Indian emerald weighing 34 carats, emeralds, sapphires and 6.170 diamonds. | Lincoln ! i | T. HURDLE. ! THOMAS i FIND HEADS OF TWO NCONCRETE BLOCK Police Make Discovery After Lincoln Confessed to Kill- ing Wife and Her Brother. the Assaciated Press AURORA, 1L, Lincoln today police that he had shot ar wife and her brother By January 10, 1923, and had buried the bodies after di \bering them. Ti heads of the » said, would be conerete | Janu « to led his | the found in block around them » dump and dig- found the dred red epts | veral pounds. t brother. MOSS IS ENTERTAINED. Assistant Treasury Secretary Guest at University Club. AVIATOR IS KILLED. Plane Falls Field, San ANTONTO, in Spin Near Brooks Antonio. Tex. Tex as instant! ed toda a Curtiss several erashed 1 1 first fire The Benjamin Franklin assisted in the over one hundred 3 oldest business concern Franklin is the District of Columl gress when Franklin to policyholders dollars in savings twenty-four vears turned were $395 policyholders in those LEvery person insurance, Our Purel sure way MUTUAL FIRE policies are ac- cepted by building associations, banks, trust companies and others loaning money—a splendid pany as a Savings tion. Mutual Fire Insurance Company Shoup, | Thrift-Saving and Mutual Fire Insurance insurance America was a Mutual Company of which The American Apostle of Thrift™ was one of the organizers and lc conduct of its affairs. company has been in continuous operation for nd seventy-one rightfully regarded Father of Mutual Fire Insurance in America.” The Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Pierce is entering upon its 70th vear of service to the people of the National Capital. dition to fire loss payments, it has returned and members thousands of (dividends). only, 327.00, or a sum equal to nearly 809 of the premiums paid by the record of Thrift-Saving for policyholders. with owes it to himself or herself to Save and Fconomize in the matter of the cost of fire - Mutual plan will help you do this POINCARE TAX PLAN® DEBATE IS BITTER Deputy Scores Premier’s Treatment of Debt to U. S. Discontent Grows. the Associated Press, , Junuary 26— Pr and the cl We 1o grips agai bate un the fing of thi increasing consider the ness with mandin posals On the othe ing element a solution o A0St imipo! methods sin Premior Deputy y's deb, Tranc \ip of th the o v cmier ¥ of depu sin= ies mber ogram s comp! what and premicr taxation deputi with they curtness Wich the @ vots the situat without the r o those cmploy. in It the fricnd ldine that wis and the . ame footing Frand he continued through 1 \d Great B assoelated gove question Germany depens W « BOY AND CAR MISSING. Fifteen-Year-0ld Scout Unfamiliar With Operation. HAV] GIVE INDIAN PROGRAM. | Dr. Hough. Princess Nacoomee and Others Entertair HOTEL INN ormerly Stag Hote! Phone Main S1088108 ) - o kl)l?-l-lblf.\ 9th St. N.w. Tooms, §6 weekly: $10.50 rooms. with “foiler. ‘chower abd teatore 10 2 g room, 50 per cent more. e Mothe company in ng The vears, the in the United States. “The as ia, chartered by Con- was President, In ad- In the past these savings re- \ vears. remarkable insurable property of exercising Thrift. tribute to our com- and Thrift institu- 13th and New York Avenue N.W. W. A. H. Church President L. Pierce Boteler Secretary Phone Main 1180