Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1924, Page 2

L ] * THE ENING_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDA X, T | ! OIL PROSECUTIONS COMPLEX PROBLEM Lawyers Doubtful About Re- sult of Action—Fraud Proof Difficult. | | { BY | Criminal ened in the will they question lawyers about, no matter how 1s the counsel employed Coolidge to try tin An analy that the not constitute ; fmportant state to when made. that any charge hold. for nothing out to show & connect money that sequent making of contracts. financial transactions will be fended on the ground that they “loans.” And, 1s not a bribe, f promise to repay Conspira What, th The only basis for discussic whether “or not there was a_con spiracy to defraud the United States government. Under the conspiracy Statutes two or more persons—not | one—must be found to hive engaged in an effort to d the govern- ment. But did the which wer made injure the mnent? The senators who are s h ranguing on the t thit the government ca T worse in the transaction, but when es before a jury ik neys will have fect—namel > injur ernment—was a delile Dart of the principals people get together and Jease 50 as Lo benefit themsely defraud the government The otl men insist that when experts get down to brass will be possible to prove that the Jeases were actually to the henefit of | the government. 1If that is so or if} intent to defraud cannot oved, | the whole case will simmer \n misuse of power or negliz part of officials. Agai the war fraud vl s al persons w indi victed the evidenc duct due to iEnors But_there is nothing BAVID LAWRENCE. thres scundal, but | Th the doubtful skilled sident rosccati D rwhere? Teapot . Us the are highly Ly P ord will s ents ¢ of the ra ver contrad i ents werd it not sw is it clea v bre 0 hetwees S rut hi the been was passed and the Al the | de- were pe loan act ) i n the the o the | tacks it | n in the uncove anyhody Cases May piast vd a ceriainty. Take Year. will drag in the courts, and it may be « year or more Dbefore they can be brought to a cli- Meanwhile the truth of the mat- will not be tried to will suff « tierce ga: versy will politica b has bee to v viction max ter is the caso punish individi as public opinion upon them. The d, after all, in the patgn of 1924 It will cipal argument. no doubt ats in the t turn the repubi sty out Power on the charge Apacity. Until the 1pot sean broke loose there wi te on h 1o make an iss e of the democrats feit they must oppose the Mellon plan with the Garner pian and furce an is. on tax They had failed to excite the p sutficient!y over the scandal Bureau and in 80 they seized th tion as something would gage the widest pos interest Now comes the Teapot Dome dal—ar ashioned politicul aMair reminiscent of the Grant administra- tlon. The oil leases probably wi revoked, but the democrats will stop there. They will broaden resolution of inquiry so as to in An investigation uses of lands. This means the entire will hecome interested and it the west the demo ats have this vear of securing enough eiec- toral votes, in combinati with the south, to repeat their victory of 1916. Coolidge Stands Apart, President Coolidge stands from the Teapot Dome sca wasn't in a position of res when the lrases wer true two members of cabinet are under fire, jdge has ordered speciai counsal ployed and doesn't intend to anybody for political or personal rea- sons. The democrats, preparing to attack their caumpaigns will ot necessarily be directed against Mr. Coolidge—but they will bombard the republican party and ask for an oportunity to take over the reins of government | in_all its branchel ‘There is no concealing the nervous- ness at the White House and through- out republican circles in Washing- ton over the tremendous interest which has been developed in conec- tion with the Teapot Dome scandal. It will intensify interest in the other | investigations now in progress. The Teapot Dome investigation has been | golng on for many months. Rela- | tively little attention h been paid | 10 It. When the most sensational dis- | closures were made due to the unre- | mitting energy of Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, democrat, the rec- ord had become 8o involved with com- plex questions that laymen abandoned it is a technical inquiry. But the Montana senator, who is ®ne of the best lawyers in the United States Senate, was quietly preparing the case for trial by jury pene- trating cross-examination and un- willingness to let go of a clew has brought the Teapot Dome scandal to the surface. Senator Walsh of Mon- tana is really the hero of the whole affair. It's a striking example of ‘what an inqueitive legal mind can do. And the democratic party just now is patting Senator Walsh on the back for glving them a real issue on which to fight the 1924 campaign. (Copyright, 1024.) BRITISH RAIL STRIKE NEARING END, IS BELIEF Public Hope in Negotiations Be- tween Managers and Union Emergency Committee. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 28.—The public #s hoping for an early end of the raflway strike as a result of yester- day's negotiations in which the emer- gency committee of the Trades Union Congress, the Railway Managers and the Associated Soclety of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen all had part. ‘When the conference, lastiog nearly #ix hours, adjourned, J. Bromley, sec- retary of the striking union, went to 2 meeting of the railwaymen and ex- claimes “I am a bringer of good news! I feel confident that something to which we objected will soon cease to exist. I would not give you hopeful words unless 1 was sure of my ground.” The dockers and road transport workers seem moving toward a strike owing to a refusal to {ncrease their wages. A conference bearing on the dispute takes place tomorrow. ELECTRIC LIGHT PRICES CUT. NEW YORK, January 28.—An mverage reduction of 73 per cent in the prices of its incandescent lamps | throughout the United States, ef-| feotive February 1, has been an ziounced by the General Electrio, Company. | contr { an f | i blic | i tesser re o en- i hope | apart al. H nsibility ie nt { but Mr. i i however are mot| an individuai— i { LSecre {President's |what Hhought /$100,000 TO FIGHT OIL SUITS BEFORE HOUSE FOR ACTION (Continued from First Page.) government s result of the dis- closures made before the Senate Ten- pot Dome Investigating committe eptance was reported up o 1 o'elock this afternoon Star Artiele Clted. debate Senate opened today ir Senate convened. democrat, Montur to un article in The of J was on oil lease ediately Senator called Washington Star L In which t made that the the Teapot Dome air interests had to the enbinet bers of President family learned lease the Walsh, nuary & stateme of leas- th sub- mny of- eapot from question rve to been that Haurding: of th fiest i Sin it e ficial Do the newspujiers This is o ) ndicated article,” tor Walsh siid “and has gone scores of cities, 1 do not belfeve this i) ive Ui writor's own iu- Tormati t sonie which must have » hiim by high oflic futerest reid teer tary of the United S - Senate, i eaplana nd particularly lease, and the taated U tiontak “We have upon the ary tinu that u a4t not AU transmit the Ire nd by him on of tae the Teapot reasons that w all i Letore Walsh . ea es themselvs ot subjet of cabinet d GQuestion thetr ecame i sabject ug leases cabir Reads Harding Letter. Senator W President Fall letter, think sh also read the r Harding transmitting which concluded with let the this it fs only the e poties which ¥ this e tion th hus bheen adopted by the ¥ and the Secrots Interior in dealing with 1F ters was submitted to me pr adoption of, and the pe Cided upon’ and the subscau have at thwe had my proval Seer ot th mat- the e acts tor Walsh then a araway cancellation resolutio ing he desired to offer a but Chafrman Lenroot hie a statement Lenroot had read into the ent issued by Pres- v mi court uc- up the substitute, objected untii Yirst Mr. ident stater e nistrati «ith statement Walsh saving ent by 1t information had the Executive cement nf the commit the Walsh This me would direct the President to bring urt ection and to employ special counsel to prosecute the cases. The plain inference that the acti actuated by in executive .4‘“- seved 1 to p night by in view President, obviously transmitted to idential vest in princ resolution ator the issu of state proving sub- sur. is m was the committer did last Saturday. | i the White House at 10:30 o'clock Satur- day night at the request of the Presi- dent. When I reached there the state- ment had been preparcd substantially which it was issued bad no information 1 am advised. from no hefore he prepared session visit person, cment Rear Admiral Gregory and Rear Ad- miral Latimer. judge advocate gen- eral of the Navy, appeared before House naval Gommitice today pared to discuss the naval oil re. lrases. but the committee decided, at the last minute, not to question them at this time. Chairman Butler explained that he it would be better, in view of developments in the Senaute in- vestigation and the announced in- tion of President Coolidge to insti- tute court action to pursuc a hands- off policy, at least for a day or so. Wanted Detalls of Lease. Some members of the committee had expressed a desire to obtain in- formation from the Navy Department, particularly as to the requirement in the Doheny lease for the construc- i storage facilities at | tion of ofl tank Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They had vlanned to question the naval officers 4 to how much had been expended from royalties for improvements there and to determine the status of the work. Several members of tho were determined, despite the reluc tance of Mr. Butler, to proceed with mination of Admirals Latimer but just before the com- sion there was a hurried nference, at which it was decided 1l off ‘today’s hearing. The com- then proceeded with other asiness enator Walsh's substitute resolu- tion was offered. applying only to the Teapot Dome lease. Senator Lenroot submitted a letter from E. L. Doheny personally offering to return the Cali- fornia lease if the government will reimburse the Pan-America Petroleum and Transport Company for funds spent in developing the government oil reservoir at Pearl Harbor. No Offer on Tenpur. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, asked if any sim- tlar offer had come from the lessec committee {of Teapot Dome, and Senator Lenroot Jand, replied in the negative. Senator Norris, republican, Ne- braska, declared that the Doheny contracts should have been included in the resolution. “L don't think we ought to accept the Doheny offer”” he said. *We ought not to make two bites at this cherry.” Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, also argued against accepting the Do- beny offer. He charged that both leases were obtained by “fraud and corruption,” and declared they should be canceled. He added that ‘the federal departments of the govern- ment are honeycomber with corrup- tion and gorged with graft.” Text of Rexolution. The text of Senator Walsh's substi- tute resolution for the annulment of Teapot Dome lease follows: “Joint resolution to procure the an- nulment of the lease to the Mammoth 0il Company. “Whereas, it appears from evi- dence taken by the committes on public lands and surveys of the United States Senate that that cer- tain lease of naval oil reserve, No. 3, in the state of Wyoming, bearing date April 7, 1922, made in form by the government of the United States through Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior, and Edwin Denby, Seo- retary of the Navy, as lessor, to the Mammoth Oll - Company, as lessee, was executed under circumstances indicating fraud and corruption; and, “Whereas, The said lease was en- tered into without authority on the part of the officers purporting to aet in the execution of the case for the TUnited States and in violation of the laws of Congress, and Whereas, Such lease was made in defiance of the settled policy of the after the ! debate in | t ap- | the ! \GARRETT ATTACKS COOLIDGE OIL MOVE President and Daugherty Tardy in Acting, Says Democratic Leader. | | i attention | | President Coolidge and Attorney General Daugherty were attacked on e fhor of the House today by Rep- { resentative rett of Tennessee, the { oy leader, for their faflure sre promptly on the naval ures at the S eratic act ey President M has Daugher “no . and department the land of aud and cor- | for u gencral clean tments.” the miduight the White intended an- Hous: to act, from sident statement nolitica not A “proper utte sident of the United 5 ates. | der suid lease covervd by th, Turther app and to pros proceedings may be war “tion to 1 or from the territory sume, o secure any priate dent: f. ite uther actions civil and criminal, as anted by the facts in re- the making of the suid At { auth, and the President is and directed to appoint, the advice and consent special counsel, who shall 1d control of the prose . auvthing in iching the powers of general’ of the Depurt e to the contrary not- further iz with te rie such tutes the attor “nt of Ju | W ithstanding Hefore the { midnight Sat tion's detery | theward ann 1ses, Nen, ny. President announced day the administr tion to act at once to- ling the naval oil reserve r Walsh, democrat. Mon- Who has beey foremost in press- the Senate oil inquiry, had pre- | pared and the investigating commit- had indorsed in principle « reso- n authorizing the Executive to and directing him to employ spe- il counsel to tuke charge of the lit- igatior Thix resolu Waish and at on which v, d ced an pending ar enators smocrat, Ar- a subs coneel n to the one intro- yresentative N the upon to Touse ton lopted {and Fu. whicl th by othey no oy will My Garrett » anticipated ltrle to the resolutions, desirable for Con- on at this time to reatlir ¥ Of three suceessive adinin to maintain in the ground an adequate naval oil supply. House Committee Acts. i ting commit i uiry” for the of ate discus House naval commitren B the situatic he pended cause th hand Rear the prodi and ¢ Albert of the the vestii; - sus- day be- jon. but ! took a iy aske cuu of vards and docks, to the leases for the Wyoming ifornia reserves B. Fall, who. Seeretary Interior, Signed the leases (o Harry P Sincluir and E. L. Doo Thomas Johnson, al Three itivers . meanwhile, are here for ex- by the Senst nmittee ce to various financial mentioned in the testi- week of Doheny, Archie G. . Wahiberg, former secretray. and J his personal counsel. {was felt whether Fall would he o appear tomorrow, as planned, since { his physician declared it would have {been impossible for him to go before {the committee today. He has been confined 1o the home of Zevely here since his arrival from Orleans last week Holds ¥Fraud Indicated. The Walsh substitute for the Cara- way resolution, which was made pub © last night, charges that the Sin air Teapot Dome lease was execut- ed without authority “under ecir- umstances indicating fraud and cor- ruption.” Seriate action will be con- fined to the Teapot Dome transac at this time, it was explained, b canse of the conditional offer b Doheny, through his counsel, to recon- vey to the government the leas: awarded to his company on the Cali | fornia reserve. enator Walsh, in making public his resolution, said word of the com- mittee’s decision of support in prin- ciple, despite a pledge to regard it s confidential, “obviously” had been taken to the White House prior to the I'resident’s announcement of his decision to act at once i White House ofliclals, describing the President’s course in formulating his decision, said he devoted his trip Saturday on the Mayflower to a study of the situation, after which he con- ferred with advisers here and, short- before issuing his statement, Te- ceived a communication from Attor- ney General Daugherty, who is at Miami, Fla., urging him’ to take the action announced. { "The President’s conferces included {Chatrman Lenroot of the investigat- inig committee; Senator Curtis of {Kansas, assistant republican leader; {Acting Attorney General Seymour, and_ Assistant Attorney General Hol: who has been observing the rogress of the hearing for the last {week. as the personal representative lof Mr. Daugherty. The Daugherty telegram, sent from Miami, Fla., safd: May I again urge the desivability vou immediately appoint two out- standing lawyers, who as such, shall at once take up all phases of the oll leases under investigation by the Senate or others and advise you to the facts and law justifying legal iproceedings of any kind. Says Move Assures Fairness. As vou know 1 do not desire to evade any responsibility in this or other matters, but considering Mr. Fall and I served in the cabinet to- gether this would be fair to you, to Mr. Fall and the American people, as (well as to the attorney general, the {Department of Justice, and my as- soclates and assistants therein. “I do not desire to be consulted as to whom vou shall appoint. The only suggestion I have to make in that regard is that those appotnted shall be lawyers whom the public will at once recognize as worthy of con- fidence and who will command the respect of the people by not prace ticing politics or permit others to do €0 in connection with this important public business. Their work can be | done with or without the co-opera- | tion of the Department of Justice or anybody connected therewith, as you and they may desire. The Depart- ment of Justice {s at all times, in this or any other matters, at your service, and at the service of your appointees in this connection.” Acting _ Attorney General Seymour ‘and Assistant Atiorney General Hol- ,1and_spent almost all yesterday at {the Department of Justice working on the oil investigation matter ang |1ast night had a conference with t, President. They declined to make any statement. Precedent for the employment of special counsel to conduct investiga: tions for the executive department independent of the Department of transactions mony last Roosevelt | 1 1 exentative de- Medals for Heroism Awarded To Two American Navy Officers | { H i { i | ! Lieut. Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, U. S, N. afde to the chief of the bureau of navigation here, has | P been awarded a medal of honor by | Secretary of the Nuvy Denby in re ognition of hix heroic of 4 men, women and children from the | French military {When that vessel was gutted by fire lin the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, D | cember 16, 1 A medal of honor also was uward- to Licut. Thomas John Ryan, jr., N., for the part he in heroic rescue of 4 stricken coun- rescue lea e i the Itrywoman pinned in the wreckage of nd Hotel, in Yokohamu, Jupan, Ple - G during the earthquake, ut. Commander Edwards was in ‘command of the U Bainbridge, which was p ting alone stantinople when flames were sighted lon the French transport then several miles astern Arriving close to the {stricken ship he lowered his small ts, but scarcely had they been unched when a violent explosion ccurred in the stern of the trans- 'port. Realizing that immediate steps had to be taken to disembark the CAPPER DEMANDS Declares “None Guilty of Breach of Public Trust” in Deal Shall Escape. “Because of the Seeretary ‘technicalities’ which of the could not understand, the public now un- derstands too well that privats ex- ploiters have come into possession of at least quarter of a billion barrels of government oil* Senator Cappers, republican, Kansas, said in @ statement last night announcing his support of resolutions to cancel naval oil leases, President O that he would a lidge's announcement ve instituted eourt Procecdings where necessary avas indorsed by Senator Capper, who ®aid the affair should rise “above concerns of party espediency” and that “none guilty of breach of public trust shall escup ! | Explanation I nsatisfactory. “Defenders of deliber # alienation of government oil reserves, which is a bold and frontal attack upon the gov- ernment policy vation of natu said Kansas senator, “t} the reserves were because oil fields developed and that acreage were not develoe would drain into private wells. T is an ex nation explain. 1t doexn't explain that the leases Were mads witheut publlc advertising for bids. It does not explain the negligence of the See- retary of the Navy, who testifled fore the committes that he signed th leases Without understanding what he signed because they were ‘oo tech- sourees, the fact This does not explain the astound- tories of Edward Dohe. the willionaire oil magnate, and Zevely, private attorney for Mr. Sinclair, regarding ‘loans’ of $125.600 to former Secretary of the Interior Fall. This explanation does not ex the story of Archie Roosevelt in he told the mittee that Sinclair's secretary had told him that Fall's ranch foreman had been given $65,000 of Sinclair's money.” 3 COMPANIONS HELD IN DEATH OF WOMAN Part in Hold-Up Before Fatality. 1 By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, Pa. January 25— Police were endeavoring today to un- ravel the mystery of the death of Mrs. Laura Hall of Huntington, W Va. whose body, with a bullet through the head. was found late Saturday night in an automobile with three men. The discovery was made when one of the men inquired the way to the mearest hospital. The men, who are being held by the police on the technical charge of being suspicious person. have been |identified, the authorities said, as the three who staged a hold-up in McKees Rocks, near here, early Saturday night. After further questioning this morning they were to be turned over to the coroner in connection with in- igation of the death. harles G. Jordan of Huntington, W. Va., one of the”three and a former West Virginia state policeman, told the police that he accidentally shot Mrs. Hall. The others held are C. L. Moore of Hurricaue, W. Va., and E. Lafferty of Huntington. According to word received b police last night, Mrs. Hall's father, Enoch Wellman of Fort Gay, W. Va., and her _brother-in-law, Edward Fielder af Huntington, were to arrive | here today to claim the body. Mrs. Hall, who was nineteen years old, had lived apart from her hus- band, Henry P. Hall, since a few transport Vinh-Long | to Con- | LEASES CANCELED | ber 1, | pinned | |a1a | | | that doesn’t | | Pittsburgh Police Say Men Took |«iere | weeks after their marriage at Cat-| lettsburg, Ky., early last year. —_———— TWO D. C. BILLS OFFERED TODAY IN THE HOUSE One Changing Designation of Street, the Other for Opening New Public Alleys. Two bills, one proposing to change the name of 37th street, between Chevy Chase Circle and Reno road to Chevy Chase drive, and the other pro- viding for a rearrangement of the public alley facilities in squares 616, were introduced in the House today by Representative Reed, chairman of the House District committes, at the request of the District Commission- ers. The alley bill proposes opening a new public alley along and over the west ton feet in width by thirty-five feet in length of the lot 801 in square | Senator Ball | le4.000,0 Lieut. Commander Edwards Honored for Rescue of 482 From Blazing French Ship—Lieut. Ryan’s Bravery in Japanese Quake. maining persons, Lieut. Commander Edwards lashed the Bainbridge nlonk- side the port bow of the burning ship and proceeded with the work of rescue. Of a total of 495 on the vessel| all but thirteen were saved. These thirteen were probably killed by the explosfon or overcome and biirned to death in the fire. The Bainbridge could not tow the Vinh-Long to shorl water and it was wllowed to sink. The French govern- ment made Lieut Commander Ed- wards an officer of the Legion of Honor for the excellent qualities of courage and command exhibited in this work Licut Teun a native of New Or- ouxly escaped death when the earthquake struck Yoko- hama. He and a Mr. Enevoldsen. a Dane, extricated an American woman under the ruins of a hotel, and in the face of fires and falling debris dragged the woman to safety. Tieut. Hyan then conveyed her to the Empress of Australia, in the harbor, in m sampan and tried to leave the ship to render further assistance. The launch had left the gangway and e was no other means of trans- portation. His rescue of the Ameri- an woman from certain death was declared “an unquestfonable display of courage, a Spirit of self-sacrifice and disregard of personal danger to a very marked degree.” INSURANCE CODE HEARING STARTED House Subcommittee Hears Wit- nesses in Connection With District Measure. tyan, mira Hearings were started on the new insurance code for the District be- fore a special subcomimnitiee of the House District committee this morn- ing, with Representative Underhill of Massachusetts as chairman. David M. Lea, a member of the in- surance rating board and chairman of the insurance committee of the Washington Board of de, appeared Lefore the committes, Burt A. Mi ler, insurance commissioner, and €. Huehner, profes the School ins of University of or of of Pennsylvania, also testified. Representative Jost of Missouri, & member of the subcommittee, declared himself in opposition to the Fitzger- workmen's compensation bill which is under consideration hefore another subcommittee, on the ground that it would be governmental inter- fere private business. Representative Jost said that the da bill, which was the subject of today’s hearing, would have a sub- stantial effect on the Fitzgerald bill, and for this reason should ge through first. “Unless the government controls in- surance rates, will never have quitable insurance rates” he said. The furnishing of insurance is @ pub- lie service und freighted with public interest. Representative Jost pointed out. Therefore, he argued, the gov- -nt has a perfect right to fix nee the is mo we . | McKELLAR PRESSES FOR PROMPT ACTION UPON HIS FIVE-CENT FARE BILL inued from First Py three-quarters of them, could been retired at par. Is it possible that Congress is going to permit the people to be compelied to pay inter- est for the rest of time on the water in these bunds? Suppuse they had in o ieing this company plac value of bonds at $ 00,000 instead of $8, would have been no reli the ple.” Senator Ball suggzested that ) of bonds to which Senator MiKellar was referring had not becn included in fixing the rates of street car fares by the Public Utilities Com- mission, Lut Senator McKellar im- diately demurred to this. He pro- ded to read 1o the committee many of the cluims which the report of the utilities commission showed had been made by the Capital Traction Com- pany when the commission was fixing the value of the company's property. He referred to a claim of $335.000 for ear losses of the Rock Creek Railway Company' on the assumption that the Rock Creek Railway Com- pany should have earned 8 per cent in the period 1892-95, and, s a mat ter of fact, had lost $59,000. Senator McKellar declared that they had no right to attempt to make the people pay the interest on their losses. Re: Other Claims. nator Ball wanted to knqw if the report didn't show that these ciaims waere not allowed by the commission and he continued: “If the Public Utilities Commiesion valuation is used in fixing rates of fare, and these claims were not aliowed, they can have no bearing on this matter.” After reading other claims for abandoned material and for expired patents, Senator McKellar said: “Apparently this company dragged through & fine tooth comb and included all the claims it could, even to profits which it said should be allowed.” Senator Copeland said that he owned a farm in New York on which he lost about $2,000 a year. He wanted to know if he should be al- lowed to include that loss in the value. Sees Chamge Aiding Line. Senator McKellar replied that ap- parently he should do so, and added “all you have to do is to get Congress to allow you to make such a valua- tion.” Senator McKellar referred to the claim allowed because of the change from the old cable system to the underground trolley system. Sen- ator Ball called attention to the fact that Congress had ordered a change in the system, Senator McKellar suid, however, that the change had really been in the interest of the company, enabling it to give better ervice. = Another claim ~mentioned by Senator McKellar was for the destruction by fire of the old cable pay in- power house. “Why should the company surance against fire,” said Senator McKellar, “if It can get Congress to O. K. such a claim?’ At this point insisted that Senator e 000 0,600 £ fos 616, which is now_occupled as the!McKellar should find out whether site of the O Street Vocational School. It also_proposes opening a new public government adhered to through three ! Justice is found by President Cool- |alley along and over the east 10 feet successive administration: tain in the ground a supply_of oll, adequate to the needs of the Navy in any emergency threat- ening the national securit, _“felolved. That the id lease is against_the public interest and that { the lands embraced therein should be recovered and held for the purpose to Which they were dedicated. ang: “Resolved, further, That the Presi- dent of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and ' directed immedlately to cause suit to be in- stituted and prosecuted for the an- nulment and cancellation of the said lease, to enjoin the further extrac- tion of oil from the said reserve wn- to main- ! idge in the appointment by President |in width by great reserve | ‘Wilson of Charies vestigate aircraft expenditures dur. ing the war. Mr. Hughes was named without action of Congress and made bis report direct to the President. SINCLAIR ILL IN FRANCE, Hugies 1o in- Moves to Versailles to Obtain Quiet Environment. By the Associated Press, PARIS. January 28.—Harry F. Sin- clair, the American oil promoter, is ill with & severs coid con! dure 135 in length of the same lot, 801. The Commissioners would then be ‘authorized to close the portion of the public alley, and to use this closed por- tion for 1_purposes. ing his recent voyage from New York to_France. It was learned today that Mr. and Mre. Sinclair have moved from Paris to Versailles to obtain & more quiet environment and, it is sald, incident- ally to discourage the swarms of newspaper reporters who have been attempting to interview him with re- g to the s!l\llbim} lurro;:ulmz u‘;: eapot Dome ol leass inquiry progress at Washingtooy $ these claims were allowed by the commission and also whether they have been considered in making the rates on street car fares or not. COOLIDGE NAMES TWO. Judge in Oklahoma and Marshal in California Picked. President Coolidge today sent to the Senate the nominations of Franklin E. Kennaner of Oklahoma to be United States judge for the eastern district of Oklahoma, and of Fred- erick L. Esola of California to be United States marshal for the ern district of California, - , JAN the ! UARY 28, 1924. 8, |Commissioners Are First to Testify—Consider Bill Item by Item. | The three District Commissioners, Cuno H. Rudolph, James F. Oyster and Muj. J. ¥Franklin Bell, were the first witnesses when hearings started to- day on the District of Columbia ap- propriation bill for the fiscal year be ginning July 1 next. ‘ompanying the were Daniel J. Donovan, auditor: Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the : Board of Commissioners; Roland M. Brennan chief clerk of (he engineer { depurtment of the District, and Maj W. Henry Holcomb, assistant to the | Engineer Commissioner A general statement was made by these officials covering the entire bill, including the new schedule of Sula- tries in conformity with the reclassifi- fecation uct. The =ubcommittee on the District appropriation bill, which iy comprised of Representative Charles E. Davis of Minnesota, Representia- tive George lolden Tinkham of Massuchuseits, Representative Frank | Funk of Mingis, Representative Wil- Ham A. Avers of Kansas and Repre- sentative John J. Eagan of New Jer- sey, then proceed to consideration of | ; the' bill, item by item, with the Dis- lirict officials answering guestions as Ithey wers asked by members of the ubcommittee. It i generally understood that the subcommitte xXpects 1o mplete these hearings within two weeks ACCUSES CREAGER IN LAND FRAUD CASE Heflin Says G. 0. P. Leader Used Influence to Prevent Inquiry in Texas. Commissioners | | i | | { for charge that R - publican national | Texas, exercised “political influe with the Postmaster General and the 1 Attorney General” to stifie an inquiry into land frauds in Texas was made today in a resolution introduced Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabuma. Land companies, alleged to have participated in the operations which {would be investiguted. include “mem- Lers of the Lower Rlo Grande Val- Nev Land Men's Axso n. consist- |ink, in part, of the f ng: Alamo {land and Sugar Cempa «; P Swallow & W, {Land « igage Compan ition Company B. Creager. committeeman Tm Mort- Jardin Immigr Lone Star Immigration [Company. A 1. M nd Compa- |ny. United Farms v, Texas Coast Irrigated Lands uy, Al |Parker Securities Compan and |u|r rs.” HOLDS MODER i !Dr. Ethel M. Watters Says Deaths | During Childbirth Being De- | creased Steadily. N WOMAN Women today are as fit to become mothers as were the women of for- mer vears, Dr. Ethel M. Watters of the childrens’ bureau told members of the Woman's Welfare Association and their guesis at the National Mu- seum yesterday afternoon dress was second of a series under the auspices of the association. | She said that those who believe {that the women of today are not as | fit to become mothers were those of former vears base their conten- jtions on the number of deaths which cur during childbirth or soon after. | However, they fail to consider the | number of deaths of children of the same ages in former years, When education prospective mothers was first undertaken by the ildren’s bureau, she said a survey showed that one child in ten died the first vear. Maternal and infant mortality have been steadily lowered. sne continued. Indications are that this country will take the lead for low mortality t childbirth, she pointed out. Dr. Watters yrged the licensing and proper instruction of midwives, citing numerous cases of childbirth where the mother was without the care of a ! physician. i STAG DINNER TO HONOR REAR ADMIRAL RIXEY Retired Officer’s 50th Graduation Anniversary and Entrance Into Navy to Be Celebrated. Twoscore officers of the Navy and friends of Rear Admiral P. M. Rixey U. s retired, will attend a stag dinner at his home at Rixey, Va. tonight, in honor of the fiftieth anni- versary of his graduation in medi- cine at the University of Virginia and cntrance in the Navy. Included in the company will be Bishop James E. Freeman, Rear Admiral E. R. Stitt and Rev. Robert Johnston, pastor of St. John's Church. Admiral Rixey was graduated from {the University of Virginia in 1874 after completing the course in medi- cine in nine months and entered the Navy, reaching the rank of rear admiral in 1902 He was White ouse physician for ten vears, at- tending President McKinley is his last illness and attending President Roosevelt during his two terms. He was retired with the rank of rear admiral February 4. 1816, and en- tered the service again April 11, 1917, Ho was decorated after thé war with Spain by King Alfonso of Spain for service after an explosion on the Santa Maria, a Spanish vessel. Dr. Rixey for many vears has made his home near the Washington Golf and Country Club, at Rixev, Va. He is a charter member of the club and recently was chairman of a com- mittee for_improvement .of the club grounds. Several years ago he erect- ed on the site of his 0ld home a state. 1y colonial type mansion, which Is regarded as one of the outstanding examples of colonial architecture sbout Washington. Dr. Rixey was born at Culpeper, Va., July 14, 1852. AUTO RECIPROCITY BILL MEETS HOUSE ATTACK (Continued from First Page.) District and Congress want real reci- procity they can have it by passing the Aswell bill, which prohibits any state from receiving federal aid in Toad building when that state refuses to recognize the auto license tag of any other state, Representative Underhill, republi- can, Massachusetts, a member of the House District committee, said that he was unable to see how any one with any regard for state rights could offer a measure like the Aswell bill. Representative Linthicum said that Maryland might be persuaded to £ ‘l 8T D.C. APPROPRIATION, HEARINGS STARTED. by | H. | Stewart | FIT FOR MOTHERHOOD | Her ad-} ‘-y mlnglb::s_ cannot Hs Farm Horse in Cold Decked With Trousers, Mattress and Headgear Bpecial Dispatc w1 George anuary 28 W. Fietcher was directed by & court order Saturday to provide suitable stabling facilities and ac- commodations for a horse which, he admitted, had been standing in an open field for the past month. Fletcher sald the stable crowded o the limit by live and that in order to keep the hors from sufering during cold weather he had placed a heavy mattress over the horse. and on top of that he had fastened a bed blanket, two quilts and two r sheets. in ad- dition he had equipped the hor: rubber headgear 1o keep off the wind, rain and snow and had also placed rubber pants on the horse's 1 People passing the Fletcher premises thought it was moving day at the home. Fleteher told the court that the horse was fed regulurly WILL PROBE CLAIMS OF “GRAND DUCHESS” Prince and Princess Orloff to In-| vestigate Assertions of Woman in America. 1 By the Associated Press. PARIS, January Princess Orloff, the ter of Grand Duke sailed for America vesterday aboard the George Wash- ington. They were accompanied hy Nleolas Sakoloff, the judge who con- ducted investig into the fate of the late czar and his family The ostensible object of their voy- age, says the Cherbourg correspond- ent’ of Feho de Paris, is to settle in Detroit, but the party intends to profit by the occasion 10 try to see 2 Young woman who says she is the Grand Duchess Olga, identifying or exposiug her as the circumstances 'REMOVAL OF CARTER REQUESTED BY UNION Public Printer Said to Lack Prac: tical Training—Replies to A. F. Laufer. 28.—Prince and latter the daugh- Peter of Russ from Cherbourg the ion A petition has been received from Typographical Union, No. 101, pro- testing against the administration of George H. Carter, public printer. and asking that he be removed because he is practical printer or book- binder. This communication was re- ceived b Slemp and will be later p! hands the | President f constderation. Mr. Carter, in a letter to August F. Laufer. suspended government print- ing office emplove, made public to- | jday. characterized the latter's reply | {10 charges preferred against him as | “pleading in confession and avoid- | You seek to set up und misleading issue. Your attempt, under the guise of ex- ercising the right of petition. to avoid ring the charges of making un- rue accusations against my offi nduc a miserable and cowardly subterfuge Mr. ¢ preferrs pioye petit | 1 the of his aid the charges t the suspended em- not based upon any you had submitted to Co: ver thereof, but the letter which €. under the date rtain newspuper have been inspired vou addre of January article; by vou Tt speci Janu said 1o charges against set forth in und 1 the san of the CI in a satist n re Friday, 1. 1924 to do 80, your name will be | moved on that date from the rolls the government printing office for | good of the public service.” FUNCTION OF PRESS SHOWN TO PASTORS G. A. Lyon, Associate Editor of The Star, Speaks at Federation Meeting. you are my letter of must require that “The Function of the Press in Rela- tion to the Church” was the subject of an address by G. A. Lyon, associate editor of The Star, at the conference teday of the Pastors' Federation at the New York:Avenue Presbyterian Church. Rev, J. J. Dimon, president of the federation, presided. Mr. Lyon declared that & newspa- per’s function was primarily that of service, and that it must consider its duty to print matter which was of the greatest interest to the majority, as its pages reached all classes of peo- ple in every walk of life. He stated that the newspaper must differentiate between views and | news. He also declared that the most news was printed concerning activi- tles of those churches which sent llhe!r news in the best form and on time to the office. The chair appointed Rev. Dr. J.°J !Muir, Rev. William A. Taylor and {Rev. Henry H. Ranck to the commit- tee on constitution. Rev. Dr. H. W. O. Millington was named chairman of the | membership committee to succeed Rev. Paul Langhorne, who has left the city The membership went to the City Club at the invitation of the urch- man’s Club to hear Senator Magnus Johnson. 1 -— BALL PROPOSES BOARD OF PAROLE FOR CAPITAL Another Bill by Senator Would Close Part of 34th Place Northwest. Senator Ball, chairman of the Sen- ate District committee, today intro- duced two bills, one to establish a board of parole in the District and the other authorizing the closing of a part of 34th place northwest north of Garfield street. When closed the property is to revert to the Protest- ant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, the owner of all the abutting prop- | erty. The bill providing for a board of parole specifies it shall have three members, all residents of, the Dis- trict, and appointed by the Commis. sioners. The board will have juris- diction in all penal institutions of the District. Its members shall serve { without pay, under the terms of the bill. Provision is made, however, tor the appointment of a parole officer at $2,600 2 year. Both bills were refer- red to the District committee. i FIRE LOSS MILLION. LITTLETON, N. H., January 25.— Fire swept the east side of this White mountain town today, causing dam- age estimated at nearly a million dollars. The lh‘i'erl;icn gnfld‘;:.ll::; hotels, several business bu Premier Theater were destroyed. i opinion. said there | corporate { of. Aixing the speed of veni SUGAR EXCHANGE SUTLOSTBY 0., Supreme Court Rules Federal Charges of Anti-Trust Law Violation Unsubstantiated. The zovernment's New York change, wh operating in on trust laws, was dismissed the United States Suprem. The Chief Justice suit Sugar and against the Ex charged with of the anti- today b Court delivering ad been “absoluts government to in « the defend, and individual defendants 2 such conspiracy” as charged by the government. The Chief Justice said ment could deal with desired, by bringing anti-trust suits against spec ors and gamblers Held Advance Fictitious, - Coffec failure w b with any was Wh vanc sugar prices rapidly "ebruary, 1923, the federaul t made an investigation d in the conelusion that was fictitious and due to ew York The York junctio train it £9 upon its board i 0 ad i in sovernme which r. the advance federal district as asked for e deul 1 suga 1l ring Assog The gove exchange tion ere restrair merce, in act, and provieio of 191 in r porters. The f~deral district court re: rant the injunction. In the Supre Court “the gover ent usked t.at ehould t fuse to grant an injunct require the exchang rules and reguly ery of sugar thr would not be i in sugar d be r ot ation charged that asso foreisn cor th iff a binatior 5 upo icted to ¢ 2 plated Defends Tts Organization. Declaring that it was organize: substantially similar lines to the ¢ cagn Bo Trade. and that it bex the ation to sugar that t la to grain. the exchaang the oniy conspirac ain trade whir ed were trar ance rules and regu se of the clearing as same er does replied that combinatios the gover: actions fts of lation deliver: receive t countries of t iculd th vernment he exchange market of the world Hamburg, succeed stated ould t German before ti «d elsewh in ths the than that au prey transactions waer regulations whic nt fr fair dealing {exchange great_economi Taking up t vernme: cause ex the ady in_sugar prices warly months of 19 the « cited @evelopments trad ions at that time and esti production and consumption INVALID BA ch ed in omi BATTLES WIFE WITH A CLU Sheriff in Rescue Finds Childre: Huddled in Room, Sce Struggle. QUITMA: Ga.. uar. Wounded. unable to from bed and using a heavy club to fig off his d ed wife tempting to kill him the dren of the couple huddled. frightenc the room. Will Boyd farnie Uving near here was Sherlff Clanton told by the officer on h bringing the wife for safekeep: accidentally shot _him hunting, the muscle o ing torn aw drang If to hi awaitis t can right, but brought me t defend m self with she probably would ha killed me,” Bovd was quoted as say- ing. Mrs. Boyd was formerly a pa tient at the state insane hospital. but was returned to her home in « her husband some time ago. Clanton said the woman told him her husband_was & ; during the war and th ing on the bed was had treated her cruell move who wt a reseucd girl hadn't mpostor who CROSSING SPEED LIMIT REDUCED TO 8 MILES New Regulation Effective Tomor- row Cuts Present Rate of Twelve Miles. Commencing tomorrow the t regulation regarding the operation of passenger vehicles, motor cars and other vehicles over the intersection of streets, boulevards and roads will be elght miles an hour. Heretofore speed of passenger v hicles over the intersection of strects has been twelve miles an hour, while all heavy truck or industrial or busi- Ness machines were prohibited from erossing intersections of streets at speed In excess of eight miles hour. Under the new regulation that becomes operative tomorrow passen ger utomobiles are on the same all must not move over the intersection of streets at a apeed cxceeding eight amiles hour This new regulation was passed by the District of Columbiu ~Commis sioners on December 21, 1923, amend ing the trafic regulations wund hus heen published thirty days in local newspapers, in acordance with the law. The amended scction reads: That section 8 of article XII regard- ing speed of motor vehicles is hereby amended 80 a8 to provide that the 3 the third paragrap) e Al o cles cross- intersection or connecting highway shall read as follows: N Ba Ereater rate of speed that eight miles an hour crossing an intersecting or connecting highway, nor around the corners of any highwa . 0. K. FOR APPOINTEES. Favorable Reports to Senate on Shipping Board Nominees. Favorable reports were ordered to- day by the Senate commerce commit- tee upon the nominations of Frederick I. Thompson of Alabama, William § Hill, South Dakota, and Bert E Haney, Oregon, to be members of the Shipping Board. ing an