Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; some- what colder tonight, lowest tem- perature apout 20 degrees. Temperature for twenty-fcur hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 33, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday 8 a.m. today. Full report on page 14. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. "No. 29,137 - TADOO T0 APPEAR MONDAY IN SENATE OIL LEASE INQUIRY Given Hearing, at Own Re- quest, to Explain Services With Doheny Firm. EXPERT PROTESTS WALSH INTERFERENCE IN WORK Denver Publisher Testifies of Ef- f to Enforce Stack Claim to Teapot. Atter a disagreement among lts Members over the trend taken by the oil inquiry the Senate oll committee decided today to defer until Monday fts examination of Willlam G. Me- Adoo. Treviously it had been decided to permit the former Treasury secre- 1ary to appear tomorrow in response to his request that he be given an opportunity to explain his connec- tions with E. L. Doheny. This decision was reversed after a long committee session, at which Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post, related how his paper had begun an expose of the Teapot Tome situation months ago and then hiad stopped, and how representa- tives of a group of which he was a 1ember had made an agreement under which Harry F. Sinclalr was to make considerable financlal con- ions provided the claims of others to rights within the Teapot reserve werc dropped. The same witness will continue his testimony tomorrow. Coolidge Gets Resolution, At the same time the Walsh resolu- ca tlon directing President Coolidge to | proceed in the courts for cancellation of the Doheny and Sinclair leases reached the White House, and Mr. Coolidge prepared a statement taking exception to certain language in the preamble, which declares the con- tracts were made in violation of the law, On the Senate floor debate was re- eunmled on the resolution requesting the resignation of Secretary Denby, with Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon- tana, leading in the attack on the Navy Secretary. At the outset of his' speech the Montana Senator also assailed Chair- man Lenroot of the oil committee be- cause Mr. McAdoo's name had been brought into the inquiry. . Assertjhg that he himself had made no effort to conduct the inves- tigation on partisan lines, Senator Walsh continued: “It was reserved to the chairman of the committee, at the instigation of the Senator from Missouri (Sen- ator Reed) to travel outside the realm of examination into the leases of the naval ofl reserves, to which It is, by the resolution of ihe Senate restrict- «d l'o inquire into the employment by Mr. Doheny of counsel in matters unrelated thereto, for the perfectly obvious purpose of ruining the pros- pects of the leading candidate for the democratic nominition for President. Committee Hears Bonflls. Before the Senate convened the committee had listened for nearly two hours to Mr. Bonfils' story, and it was because of a decislon to let him continue tomorrow that Mr. Mc- Adoo’s appearance was delayed. The Denver publisher began by say- ing that John Leo Stack, a Denver politician and oil man, had contracts with the Midwest, Pioneer and other oli companies in ‘the Wyoming field and that after the lease of Teapot Dome to Sinclair Stack had come to Dim and asked assistance in enforc- ing his rights, Bonfils' attorney declared the con- tracts to be valid, and Mr. Bonfils said he entered into a contract with Stack to assist him. He added that there had been a number of rumors about secrecy and other matters in conection with the lease to Mr. Sin- clair and that he sent a reporter to interior Secretary Fall's home at Three Rivers, N. M., to make an investiga- tion, Calls Report Shocking. A “shocking and astounding” state- ment, the witness said, was brought back. The reporter was sent back to check up, and upon his return de- cision was made to publish one story attacking the Sinclair lease ‘“by analysis and theory.” Copies of this were sent to prominent members of | Congress and later Senator La Fol- Jetto introduced Hhis resolution for the oil inquiry. After a conference with W. C. Shep- pard, his managing editor, and oth- ers, he said, it was declded not to publish the other articles, because of the danger of libel suits. “They were libelous if mot true e said. “If true. we had to prove them true, and that would have been difficult, because of the reluctance of the witnesses to be identified or known as having given this informa- tion."” Conferred With Sinclair. J. W. Zevely, personal counsel to Binclair, visited Denver, Mr. Bonfils continued, and invited Bonfils and Btack to go to New York. There they conferred with Sinclair. They saw him later in Kansas City and agreed, the witness said, that Sinclair was to pay $260,000 in cash and hand over 20 acres in Teapot Dome, which could be repurchased later for $750,- ©00. Out of the proceeds, the witne declared, Stack was to get $50,000 in cash first, and the remainder was to e divided among Stack, Bonfils, Bon- fils' partner, and H. Schwartz, attorney for Bonfils. The story was cut short before I completion by adjournment of the committee, whose members hurried 1o the Senate chamber to take part in ihe debate on the Denby resolution. In his opening . statement. Senator Walsh said he ‘expected to “show Jevond _question the unfitness of Edwin_ Denby to continue as . Secre- tary of the Navy.” Had Chance to Explain. “Out of his own mouth Is he con- @emned,” said Senator Walsh. “He had every opportunity before the committes to defend, explain, excuse or extenuate his acts or his failure to et great crime has been committed. i i Germany, it was sald. | minds open for a possible Iater expla. Hurt in-Spill PRINCE OF WALES, ANGE S INURED WHEN HORSE FALLS Wales, Heir to British Throne, Breaks Collarbone Putting Mount Over Fence. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 8.—The Prince of Wales broke his collarbone while exercising one of his hunters at Bil- lington Manor, near Ascot. this morn- ing. The prince was putting his mount over a fence when the horse fell, throwing his rider heavily on his shoulder. The prince got up and was remounting with difficulty when his equerry sald: “I belleve you've broken your collarbone.” “Yes, I have,” Wales replled. The prince was taken to the surgery at Leighton Buzzard, where he re- ceived treatment, and was driven back to Mentmore Mansion. He wore no collar when he emerged from the surgery and his shoulder was in bandages, but he was still smiling. Took Preliminary Gallop. Wales had elghteen hunters at Leighton Buzzard and was expecting to do much hunting with the Waddon Chase hounds. He had gone over- night to Mentmore Mansion with Lord. Dalmeny, prior to the meet of the Waddon Chase this morning at Ascot. He was astir early, taking several hunters over to Billlngton Manor, the property of Sir Richard Cooper, to give them a preliminary gallop. It was while putting his mount over a stiff fence that the! accident happened. The prince probably will return to London at about noon today. An! official statement says the collarbone was broken “about as slightly as is! possible.” | Lover of Horsew. The Prince of Wales is a great| lover of horses and frequently has been thrown, but always has escaped serfous injury. In addition to fol- lowing the hounds the heir to the British throne is keen on racing, both on the flat and over the jumps, and has taken part in actual competition against professional jockeys, although with indifferent success. A London dispatch on Tuesday told of his rising at an early hour and ! motoring to Epsom Downs, the his- | torle British race course, where he looked over the horses entered for the forthcoming meet, and engaged in impromptu races with the jockeys. —_— SLUR ON WILSON MAY KILL LOAN Wall Street Sees Chances to Aid Germany Lessened Through Flag Episode. i By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—Delay of the German government representatives in this country in participating ip the national mourning for former President Wilson has lessencd the chance of suc- cessful flotation of a loan in Wall street for the purpose of helping to rehabili- tate Germany financlally, in the opinion of international bankers here. The effect of the Germans' action also will retard seriously the efforts now be- ing made to provide credits in the United States for food shipments :to Bankers Are Silent, Bankery whose participation in a German loan would.be necessary in order to insure its success refrained from making any public ‘itatements. Their comments were guarded, and the indicated that they were keeping their nation from the German government, But they made no effort to conceai the fact that Germany's failure ta take part in the mourning for the former President had been a serious breach of international courtesy, and one from which consequences might prove great. Sentiment Is Chilled. “At no time has the American popu- | lar sentiment been more than lukewarm | in favor of-a German loan,” it was re- marked by one financter, “but today there has been & further chilling of such sentiment.” The reason, it was explained, was ,.l psychological one, and as the success of loans depends primarily upon the psychological element, it was suggested ! that the present case might prove a monumental blunder. The victor, at best, feels ill disposed to help the van- quished, it was pointed out, especially when many injurles have mnot yet healed. This was the condition, finan. &afl declared, in-many parts of Amer- a 7 { Tammany Hall {BERLIN MAY PUT 4 h WASHINGTON, D. C, RUTHLESS ROBBING OF 3 INDIAN TRIBES. CHARGED IN REPORT “Guardians” Accused Exacting Excessive Fees From Oil-Enriched Race. of BURIED IN $2,700 COFFIN, $100 FLAG, IS ALLEGATION If Gusher Struck, Owner Ruled Mental Incompetent, or Snared With Flapper, Say Probers. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, February 8.—A report stating that the estates of the members of the Five Civilized Tribes in eastern Oklahoma “are being, and | have been shamelessly and openly rob- | bed in o scientific and ruthless man- | ner,” through the administering of the Indian probate law in that state, was | presented last night to the forty-first | annual meeting of the Indian Rights Assoclation. | The report contains an “explana- | tion” by way of preface by Her- bert Walsh, Philadelphia, president of the assoclation. In which he said that the report of three investiga- tors “disclosed a situation that is al-| most unbelievable in a civilized coun- | try, and makes it clear that a radical and Immediate change of the system in vogue is necessary if the mem- bers of the Five Clvilized Tribes are to be saved from pauperization and virtual extermination” D. C. Woman Investigator. The investigators, whose names are | attached to the report, are Mrs. Ger- | trude Bonnin, a college-bred Sloux. now living in Washington, D. C., re- search agent of the Indlan welfare | committee of the General Federation | of Women’s Clubs; Charles H, Fabens, | Salem, Mass., representing the Amer- ! jcan Indian Defense Association, and | Matthew K. Sniffen, Philadelphla, secretary of the Indlan Rights As- soclation. The report contains a summary. a bill of particulars and a remedy. In the bill of particulars it is stated that it would be unfair to say that the alleged practices complained of are condoned by all the citizens of Oklahoma. ‘We Delleve,” the report states, “that there is a large number of people who feel keenly the disgraceful conditions that ! have developed, and that they will be | ready to co-operate in any movement ! that gives promise of putting an end to the viclous operations of the probate syatem. Change of Jurisdiction. After stating that Congress in 190!! took frem the Interfor Department ju- risdiction over Indlan probate matters and transferred it to the focal county courts, and that the department had failed in its efforts to have the courts follow rules of procedure that would (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) WIDTORGH DESPTE SETBACK Friends Say Mention of Do-| heny Connection Is Unjust and an Qutrage. Friends of Willlam G. McAdoo here said today that Mr. McAdoo has not the remotest intention of retiring from the contest for democratic presidential nomination, but intends rather, to renew his efforts to achieve it. Mr. McAdoo, they say, believes he has been unjustly attacked and out- rageously treated. They attribute the attacks to his political enemies in his own party. i Mr. McAdoo will go on the stand to- morrow before the oll investigating committee and insist that his connec- tion with Mr. Doheny was entirely legi- timate and professional. It was inti- mated that he wijl go further and deal with the political aspect of the case. Mr. McAdoo's friends said that the reaction in his case has not been as | damaging as has been represented here. 1t was pointed out that North Dakota declared for his candidacy yesterday Claims Wide Support. It was claimed by a spokesman en- titled to speak for him that he will get a majority of the Illinols delega- tion; that he will be strong in Penn- sylvania, where there are two other candidates—Gov. Smith of New York and Senator Underwood of Alabama— in the fleld; that he will Tun well in Indiana, and has favorable from the south that he will there. The important statement was made tiwat Mr. McAdoo will take the stump in a personal campalgn in which he will lay before the people his poli- cles. In this campaign, it was as. serted, he will claim that he is be. ing opposed by Wall street interest: He will say that he welcomes the op- position of George E. Brennan of Il- linols, and of Charles F. Murphy of and that he will stand as ‘the spokesman for the classes who | are opposed to Wall street and will his motto “Back to BLAME ON EMBASSY Foreign Office Refuses to Discuss Reports of Wiedfeldt’s Recall. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, February 8.—The foreign office refuses to discuss reports of Ambassador Wledfeldt's possible resignation 23 & result of the Wash- ington flag incident, but it seems to Dbe clearly the government's intention to shift the responsibllity to the am- Fyenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION POINCARE, IN HUFF, STAGES WALKOUT Quits Chamber With Cabinet When Exasperated by Attacks. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 8 —Premier Poin- care, with all of the cabinet ministers, exasperated by’ the opposition's at- tacks, - walked out of the chamber of deputies today. The session was Imme- diately suspended, The suspension of the sitting was moved in order to prevent the cab- inet's departure being interpreted as meaning that the government would resign. TRIUMPH FOR POINCARE. 883 to R05 Vote Against Radicals and Socialists. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924 PARIS, February $.—By a vote of 333 to 205 the Poincare government has emerged temporarily victorious from the formidable eeries of voliti- cal assaults made by the radicals and socialists under the leadership of Edouard Herriot, the object of which was immediate overthrow of the gov- ernment. Every form of parliamentary tactics was utilized by both sides, and the nolsy, crowded sessions 'abounded with 'brilllant passages of repartee and dramatic incidents scarcely pos- sible in any other parliament. The theatrical element reached its climax Thursday with the organiza- tion by the left of a popular demon- stration against the new taxes ouf side the chamber of deputies, which the government dispersed with mounted troops, while within the chamber Minister of War Maginot passionately crumpled and flung to the floor a copy of the communist paper Humanite. In the howlings and shakings of fists which followed, the communist deputy Cachin made’a paper ball of another newspaper and threw it to- ward Maginot, but succeeded oply in hitting a neighbor's ear. Only by temporarily suspending the session could order be restored. The first assaults began a few days ago with discussion of the project to in- vestigate alleged frauds in payment by the government of reparations and indemnities to certain indlviduals. HILL CLANS READY FORDEATH BATTLE Maryland Mountain Feud Ex-| pected to Break After Shooting Affray. Special Dispatch to The St HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 8.— The clans in the mountain fastnesses about Smithsburg, Md., are gathering for a finish battle following the shooting up of the home of Henry Russman last night. Sheriffs and dep- utfes of the surrounding communi- ties are forming. and ready to start for the scene of the uprising, which | is rapidly spreading and expected to reach, & climax tonight, according to reports reaching here. Last night a motor truck drove up to the Russman home. A fusillade of bullets was poured into the .home the attackers speeded away. Two and e R iets tore through the bed of Mrs, Russman and just barely scraped e eCauinoritles have learned that yesterday John Cline, leader of one of the clans, and his brother Richard were seen at' Woltville in ‘a motor itruck and stopped to purchase am- munition. John Cline has been a marked man for some' time, - Several months ago he received a warning that his life was in danger. He defled his enemies. Several nights later an unsuccessful attempt was made to burn his home. The next night his home was riddled with bullets and the night’ following was. burned down. Then the next week his saw mill was dynamited. This clan warfare had its beginning when Cline forcibly ejected & woman from & property which he had just gome into possession of 0 You CAN REALLY IN LONE MOUNTAIN BANDIT IS BELIEVED CAUGHT | Prisoner Suspected of Asking Motorists for Lift and Then Robbing Them. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md.. February 8.— Ellwood Barnhart, twenty-five, a mountaineer of Fulton county, Pa.. was arrested near Hancock, Md., yes- terday on a warrant charging him | with robbing and assaulting James | D. Hutzell, a taxicab driver of | Hagerstown. | In the arrest of Barnhardt the! authorities belleve they have caught the lone bandit who has been a terror to motorists through the mountain regions for some months. It had| been the custom of this lone bandit to stop motorists and ask for a Iift, or else felgn sicknesas and lay along | the road, and then when once in the sutomobile he would rob his victims. OFFICIALS PREPARE 10 0PPOSE BREWER Treasury and Justice Depart- ments Unite to Reply to Injunction Suit. THE FINAL ANALYSIS. Department of Justice attorneys to- day delved into the bureau of engrav- ing and printing case to answer the accuser of Charles B. Brewer, in Dis- trict Supreme Court. The name of the official who will handl the government's answer to Brewer's: suit for an injunction against Secretary Mellon, Attorney General Daugherty and others for the retention of his “evidence” of dupli- cation of bonds was kept a secret by the department, It was known, how- ever, that defense of both the Secre- tary of the Treasury aund the Attor- ney General was being prepared to- day in the Department of Justice, in which Brewer is a special attorney. All Treasury records now obtain- able in the long-drawn-out contro- versy over duplicated numbers on bonds will be made available, it was understood, to the Justice lawyers. The government Is eager to file its reply to Brewer's charges as soon as possible, but will not rush its case at the expense of o compre- henive presentation. It must answer by February 20. Bonds in Safety Box. Two big safety deposit boxes of alleged duplicated bonds, for which the Treasury has receipts from | Brewer, however, are locked in the vaults of the Daio Trust Company| of this city. The keys are held by | Representative Edward J. King, rn-‘ . publican, Illinofs. i_Mr. King heads the informal com- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) | DISTINCTIVE D. C. FLAG| ; 1S AUTHORIZED IN BILL i | Bepresentative Reed’s Measure 1 Provides Commission With $1,500 to Select Design. I Proposal that the District of Colum- bia, as the seat of the Capital of the Natlon, shall have a distinctive flag i1s made in a bill introduced today by Chairman Réed of the House District committee, which has support of the D.AR The Reed bill provides that a com- mission be created, consisting of the | {President of the United States, the 1 Secretary of War and the president of ithe board of Commissioners of the District, to procure a design for a | distinctive flag for the District, with | the advice of the Fine Arts Commis- sion. - An appropriation of = $1,500 '"S'Id gfie‘mé:nflnd By the bill. ur Flag Chapter, D. A. R., throug At ATver: M. Walker, ‘ehaten ofh gpecial committee, {ndbrses this leglala- lon, ' sayin| | “Believing that the District of Colum- jbia_should have a distinctive flag for display wherever the various states of the United Stajes are represented, pro- | cessions occur, ¥in national conventions, for use by local companies of the Na- tioal Guard, in collections of flags . dis- played by historical associations, muse- ums or departments of government, and in flag books, we belleve that it is very desirable that this legislation should be . Our Flag Chapter heartily in- Star. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1924 - FORTY PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi. tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as t! Pupils in March Protest Ritchie’s School Budget Cut Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., February 8. —A unique demonstration was made by the school children here this morning. Headed by Mrs.. Frederick. Oldenberg, principal, all pupils from the seven grales marched to the post office bearing several hundred lefters to Gov. Ritchie. They were requests of thelir parents that he restore the cuts in the school budget for high school aid and the equalization fund. The children’s participation was part of a protest against the governor's action. At a meeting of the Parent- Teachers’ As-ociation it was stated that unless the appropria- tion is restored it will be impossi- ble to make needed improvements and nccessary additions to the teaching staff. It was pointed out that any other policy would be in- jurfous” to the best interests of the chiliren. 3 Other Riverdale citizens and or- ganizations have joined with mem- bers of the assoclation in protest and the appeal to the governor has become general. | 15000VISIT TOMB RUSH U. . CRUISER TOHONDURAN PORT Americans Ask Protection in Uprising Following Presi- dential Deadlock. The cruiser Rochester of the spe-! cial service squadron, now at Colon, has been ordered to La Ceiba, Hon- duras, in response to an appeal to the State Department from American residents, who fear that revolution- ary developments will jeopardize thelr interests. No actual outbreak has been re- ported, but Americans in Honduras belleve the prospects for an amicable adjustment of the Honduran election tangle are not good and that fighting may break out at any time. State Department sfiiclals say dispatch of the cruiser does not mean there has been a decision to intervene. Should Reack Port Tomorrow. The Rochester should reach her destination, on the north coast of Honduras, tomorrow. Official reports from Honduras have been meager, but not encouraging. It still is hoped that the de facto gov- ernment president may succeed in organizing a coalition cabinet under which a new election could be held and the politcal situation cleared up without resort to arms. la Celba is a center of fruit ex- portation and there are large Ameri- can investments there. REVOLTERS DEFEATED. Fighting Follows Deadlock in Presidential Election. By the Associated Press. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of San Salvador, February 8.—Uprising is reported in Honduras following the presidential election deadlock and the announcement that President Guteir- rez would continue in office. According to advices received by way of Amapala, Honduran govern- ment troops defeated revolutionary forces at San Pedro, in Sula, north- ern Honduras. The rebel leader, Jacobo Mungia, was wounded. < Gen. Carias, one of the three un- successful candidates who proclaimed himself head of the government, is Teported to be at the Nicaraguan frontier with his revoldtionary army. The Guatemalan government has extended de facto recognition to the government of President Guteirrez. 20 TRAPPED ON ICE FLOE REACH SAFETY Five Float for Hours on Cake in St.! CHINESE TO Lawrence River After Bridge Breaks. By the Associated Press. QUEBEC, February 8.—All of the twenty persons whose lives were em- dangered yesterday by the breaking | up of a mile-long ice bridge across ‘the St. Lawrense river, escaped, the authorities sald today. Five persons, who floated for hours on the drifting ice and who were believed to have been lost, made shore in safety. The adventurers, numbering about twenty, were victims of a curlosity which lured them to incautious in- spection of the fragile span which had formed earlier in the day. The unusual structure spanned the swollen river between Quebec and the iittle village of Levis, on the opposite shore. The . curious idlers, laughing and shouting as they adventured on the slender ice frame, had proceeded sin- gle file several hundred feet from the Levis shore, ‘Without warning the formation gave way with an explosive roar of grinding ice. Over the ominous crash was heard the frightened shrieks of the trapped persons. ' ¥rom the shore the anxious admonl- tions of friends and relatives turned into anguished walils. Men, women and children, motivated by the same com- pelling force, dropped to their knees in_the enow’ and prayed. - Four men on an ice floe were res- cued a mile up stream by the crew of a ferry boat. : The five—three women and two men —were not definitely accounted for by the searchers until after 11 o'clock to- day. A pecullar accident was responsi- ble for their salvation. tide sent the jagged block of ice on which they kept precarious footing up- stream to a point where the St. Law-( Turner of the United State 1 i 1 i | ‘The incoming | &f' OF WAR PRESIDENT Long Line at Dawn Awaits Opening of Chapel and Grows With Day. Dawn found a long, silent line of men and women waiting in the sting- ing cold to be admitted to the sancti- Ged sepulcher where Woodrow Wilson is at Test in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Nativity on Mount St. Al- ban. Before noon 1t was estimated that more than 7,000 persons, gathered from every station in life, had paseed through the tomb during the morning alone, and the ever-growing line still reached far out into the parked close of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. . From the moment the hews spread yesterday afternoon that the gates to the chapel would be thrown open to the public the crowd poured through its solemn portals. Until 10 o'clock last night tired attendants stood watch with the military guard of honor as the procession filed through in reverent silence. 8,000 Visitors Yesterday. It was estimated that fully 8,000 persons—men, women and even lit- tle chiidren, to whom fond mothers softly whispered storles of the great man in whose sepulcher they stood— visited the chapel yesterday, but not until the last group nad departed was any attempt made to close the doors. Then they were shut unyl morning. At 7 o'clock, when the gates were parted again, the soldiersy who had continued their unbroken vigil through the night. found a long line of shivering persons waiting in silent patience to be admitted. Even before they had paced the short journey through the lane of drooping flowers, hundreds more were arriving. As early as 9 o'clock the line was several blocks long, the pilgrims standing five and six deep, and after a hurried conference it was an- nounced that the chapel would be kept open until 6 o'clock this eve: | Ding. The flowers, too, are to remain and the stay of the military guard of hon- or has been extended indefinitely. Original plans called for the flowers to be sent to Walter Recd Hospital at noon today, but the eagerness of the public to pay its respects to Mr. ‘Wilson resuited in the decision to let them droop and dle where they have | kept fragrant watch since the former President was surrendered to his eternal rest Wednesday afternoon. Quiet Scenes Touching. Touching to the extreme were some of the quiet scenes in the dim half- light of the sepulcher today. Men and women by the scores knelt in silent prayer for a few minutes before the flower-strewn altar—those behind re- maining In respectful silence despite the crowd that waited at the door. Some wept, others gazed at the sol- emn scene through eyes blurred by tears. The chapel never will be closed during the daylight hours, so that the public may visit the sepuicher at any time. NG SLAYER EXECUTED WITH GAS —_— Gee Jon Dead Within Six Minutes After Application, Phy- sicians Say. By the Associated Press. CARSON CITY, Nev., February 8.— Gee Jon, Chinesc tong slayer, was put to death here this morning in the first lethal gas executlon in the his- tory of the United States. Official physicians had observed through a window of the stone death chamber | that death ensued within six minutes and that it was painless. Four minutes after the lethal gas had been admitted into the chamber Gee Jon was still alive, bat did not appear to be suffering. Physicians expressed the opinion that he had lapsed into unconsciousness instant- 1y. At the end of six minutes phy- sicians examining him through the window believed him dead. The Chinese was led into the death chamber shortly before 10 a.m. News- paper men acted as official witncsses, grouping themselves together with physicians, around the window of the cell in'which the condemned man was strapped. Gee Jon was in the chair when they arrived. Guards re- ported he had wept a little as he was placed in the chair. The captain of guards said to him: “Brace up,” and that he displayed no emotion. The official physicians were A. Huffaker, E. B. Kamer and Maj. D. A rmy rence na?!u and is epanned by the ?l?‘"cu Reserve Corps. They agreed Quebec bfidge. The narrow straits jammed the together for a few brief minutes and | lethal .;l‘o quintet jumped to the shore asross _careening floes, fce | They withheld further commen death ensued within six minutes. on s as a form of execution pendbl:&nwn complete examination of the body. ; he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,991 TWO CENTS. SUSPENDSDEPUTY MARSHALS IN RUM CONSPIRACY PROBE U. S. Officials Without Pay Pending Outcome of Investigation. 50 ADDITIONAL ARRESTS EXPECTED TO BE MADE Link Between Liquor Traffickers of This City and Country Be- ing Established. Five deputy United States marshals were suspended today without pay pending investigation into alleged complicity in a violation of the Vol- stead act, it was announced by Mar- shal E. C. Snyder. The suspensions are the result of ar investigation into a “huge” liquor conspiracy fnstituted by special in- telligence agents of the Treasury Department, shortly before Christ- mas, which has already involved sev- eral civilians and a police lleutenant. Forty or fifty arrests, in addition, are expected to result, which will establish, according to specfal intelligence agents, connections between local illicit liquor traffickers and those in other sections of the country. The men suspended are John B. New- man, Patrick H. Barteman, Ernest J Weaver, Charles H. Marshall and Joh: J. Clarkson. They are regarded among_the best deputies in the offic one of them having been acting chief deputy marshal during the iil- ness of that officlal. More Arrests Predicted. “This is part of the Christmas liguor conspiracy investigation,” un agent of the special Intelligence unit said today. “The. Hunter arrest and others were made as a result of that investigation. The trail led into the office of the United States marshal. “The case is not yet complete. Forty or fifty more arrests may be made before it's all over. What hae been discovered thus far clearly indi- cates connection between local oper- ators and those in other citles. We will attempt (@ make the conspiracy cages embrace not only the source in this country, but the transporta- tion and disposition agencies of the combine.” Agents Work Quletly. For the past several weeks the agents of the special intelligence unit have been working quietly and with- out the wide publicity which attended several of its previous cases. Some surprise was expressed at the repeat- ed continuance of the preliminary hearings In the Hunter ca: The deputy marshals rere pended by Marshal Snyder follow ng conference with Assistant At- torney General Holland, who author- ized the action. ‘The five men were reported to Judge Holland as “under suspiclon,” Judge Holland said today. While unde{ suspiclon, it was deemed unwise for them to continue operations. They were then suspended pending results of the investigation. FIND AGTRESS DEAD TIED T0 BEDPOST Miss Louise Larsen, 24, Had Gag in Mouth—Dog Also Lashed to Chair. sus- By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—Bound to the posts of her bed and with her mouth gagged, Miss Louise Larson, a twenty-four-year-old motion pic- ture actress, today was found dead in her room in a fashionable apart- ment house on West 77th street. The actress’ hands had been “spread-eagled” and tied to the bed- post with a dog leash. Her Belgian police dog was found lashed to chalr in another room of her apart- ment. Maid Discovers Body. The body was discovered by a negro mald, who went to the apartment to prepare breakfast for the actress. The police sald the murder must have occurred after 8:30 o'clock this morning, as the tenant of an adjoin- ing apartment said she had heard Miss Larson's bell rung several times at that hour. To the girl's query the caller replied that he was an express man. The door was opened, the ten- ant said, and the caller apparently entered. 'Nothing more was heard. The body was attired only in a nightgown. A portian of the towel about the woman's head had been stuffed into her mouth, and it had been fastened to the sides of her head with adhesive tape. The girl had been strangled to death after she had been attacked. according to the examining physician. Miss Larson had her home in an apartment house facing the park sur- rounding_the American Museum of | Natural History, one of Manhattan's high-priced studio apartment dis- tricts. e JUSTICE TAFT RECOVERS. Again Able o Be About After Slight Indisposition. Chief Justice Taft has entirely re- covered from his attack of acute in- digestion which prevented his at- tendance at the Wilson funeral and confined him to bed for the past two days. Mr. Taft is up today and is back ‘at his desk In his Wyoming avenue |home, and preparing for the recon- vanln’r of the Supreme Court, Febru- ary 18. SR WO0O0D_PARDONS 116. MANILA, February 8—Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood has pardoned 116 pris- oners serving sentences at Bilibid prison and in two penal colonies on southern {slands during the past. week. Among those pardoned were nine. teen women, about to mothers,