Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1924, Page 2

9 Rk ..U FUNDSRUN || P 10 $9R0 Team Collections, $42,918 Today, Reporied at Cam- paign Luncheon. OWEN RENEWS APPEAL Edwin C. Brandenberg Urges Strenuous Efforts for Goal. Teai collections “of $42.918 today | Brought to $289.830 the endowment fund for the George Washington Uni- Wersity, This zrand total was report- ed ot the’ campalgn luncheon - this afternoon at the New Ebbitt Hotel. “We are, undertaking thé biggest Project ever put cver in Washing- | ton.” said Clande Owen, local cam- paign manager. Edwin C. Branden- burg addressed the campaign work- ers, urging them on to renewed effort by recounting th: past and present history of the univegsity. There will be no luncheon tomer- The closing meeting of the ign will be held at 12:30 o'clock at the hotel. members are the campaign million-dollar endowment fund for the George Washington University. As teams met for their business lunch- <on today at the New Lbbltt Hotel it was seen that the professors are | doing their share. 3 Total subscriptions by faculty mem- ; bers to noon were $14,825, the number of these subscribers being seventy- | cight, with other faculty donors | pledged. The student body also has | been subscribing heavily, and women pledging $63,000. List of Faculty Subscribers. Following are faculty members whose pledges have been reported by Dean H. L. Hodgkin: Dean Heaning, £600; Dean Hodgkin, $ Dean Tluediger, $600; A. hmidt, 8500: Mitchell 'Carroll, : French, $300; Anna L. L. Smith, $300; n Orstrand, $25; L. Kayser, $200; Charles 8. s 200; Norrls I. Crandall 3100 s E. Resser, $100 Richardson, $100; Paul Bartsch, R. Bassler, $150; W. G. Brom baeker. $25; Thomas B. Brown, $125; | George M. Churchill, $600; A. T. Die- bert. §50; Miss M. B. Evans, $50; E. A. Hill, $300; H. Grant Hodgkins, $300; Arthur F. Johnson, $100; Linda J. Kincannon, "$100; L. E. McArthur, $100; H, MoNeil, '$500: Jamex H. Flatt, $200; James B. Sullivan, $100: Lovd H. Sutton. $250; C. G. Swisher, $600; Robert F. Griggs, $100; F. A. | Hiteheock, $5; Julia T. Macmillan, §100, Faculty members whose pledges Rave been sent In by teams: Dean Wilbur. £1,000; S. G. Dr. Steriing Ruf- fin. $1.000: S.'G.’ Mrs, W. C. Borden, $1.000; Dr. T. A. Groover, $1,000; Dr. | O."B. Hunter, $1.000; Dr. W.'J. Mal- lory, $1,000; President Lewis, $1,000; ! B. G.JI H. Kerr, §300; Dean Miller, 3300: L. Russell’ Alden, $300; John Donaldson, $300; Dr. Joseph H. Roe, | $175; H. W. Keamey, $100; Thoma: Cajigar, $100; O. J. Irish, $100; Her. niann Schoenfeld, $100; H. G. Sutton, $50: A. C. Vasquez, $50; D. C. Crois- sant, $25; Henry G. Doyle, $100; Rob- ert R. Kern, $100: E. G. Northington, $1,000; Helen 1. Pfaff, $75; John Paul Tarnest, $300; Gilbert L. Hall, $250: George B. Jenkins, 3500; William K. Rutler, $100; S G. Otis D. Swett, $225; Charles S, Colller, $200; W. L. Cheney, £150; A. L Harris, $500; F. A. Horna- day. $300;: Whitley P. McCoy, $100; George W. Phillips, $300: C. M. Upda- | graff, $300; W. Reed West, $100; Nor- Ames, $200: A. C. Christis, . K. Jones, $50; C. C. Rister, N. C. Giddings, $20. Team Division Results. Results by divisions up to noon ‘were as follows: Division I, David A. Baer. leader. $),638—Team _ 1, Philip Erschler. $1,525; %, Erskine Gordon, $1,550; 3. Y. Latane Lewis, $965; 4, H. H Semmes, $538; 5. H. H. Linkins, $1,400; 6, Joseph W. Cox, $3,360. Division II, Charles 1. Corby, lead- er, $7.908.50—Team 8, Dr. H. W. Jae- 00; 9, W. W. Ross, $1,155; . Drauner, $300; 11, D. Hyde, 453.50: 12, Dr. D. L Borden, $2,000. Division TII. Wiillam Bruce King. deader, $10.260—Team 13 Rev. Paul | verry. $2.505: 14. H. T. Domer, $510; 18, Ulrle §. Dunbar, $1,560; 19, Dr. O. | P. Hunter, $5,405. Division 4, Judge Wilmer J. Lati- er, leader, '$12,431—Team, 22, E. . Sotertus Nichol Charles 8. Collier, . Dr. J.'W. Bovee, $1.800; Burch, $750; A C. M. Updegraff, $816. _Division 5, Hugh Miler, leader, 25,921—Team’ 21, Prof. H. G. Doyle, 32.315; 25, Maj. A. M. Prentiss, $1.380; 26. D H.'Smith, $856; 27, Wiillam C. Fan Vieck, $1.375, Division 6, Dr. Thomas A. Groover, $4,946—Team" 26, Dr. E. M. Ellison, 31,050; 29, Dr. J. Mallory. $1.050; 31, Dr. D. T. Birtwell, $1,745; 32, Dr. F. A. Hornaday, $300; 33, Dr. A. F. Tagan. 3350: 35, Dr. N. M. Smiller, 450, Division VII Mrs. J. P. Earnest and Ars. Joshua Evans, jr., $13,667—Team £1, Dr. O. Josephine Baird, $450; 62. Mrs DeWlit Crolssant, $950; 53 Mrs. E. C. Brandenberg, $360; 04, Mrs. H. G. Doyle, 32.410; 55, Mrs. Elizabeth Earnest, '$4.610; 57, Mrs. _ Virgil B. Jackson, §25517; 58] Mrs. F. W. True, ; Division VIIT, Mrs. W. E. Chamber- lain and Mrs. Otto L. Veerhoff. 36,802 —Team 59. Miss Henryette Brum. 3850; 60, Miss Leila Hardell, $772; 61, Aies Kathryn Harrls, §1.275; 62, Mre! iltred C. Gilbert, '$1,425: 63, Mis Tihoda Watking $1.118:°e4, Mra’ wal: r 'uckerman, $350; 65, Mi Prescott, 3615, = otve vision IX, Miss Evelyn Jones and Mise Elizabeth Webb Wilson, $7451 Team 66, Miss Freda Egbert, $650; 6 iss Emlile M, White, $2.980; 68, Miss Julia McCord, $335; 69, Mrs. Charles 6. Morgan, $453; 70, Miss Agnes Mes er, $2,050: 71," Miss. Meta Neuman, 83; 72, Miss ‘Margaret Smith, $15 3, Miss Martha Waring, $150. Evening Star Gives $5,000, . Gifte reported yesterday by Elllot Goodwin in behalf of the exeoutive mmittee of the campalgn were: { The Evening Star, $5,000: Theodore W. Noyes, $2,000; N. L. Burchell, Wil- Yam Bruce King and Julius Gar- gnklo‘ each $1,500; John Joy Edson, 1,250; John B. Larner, $1.200; Charles €. Glover, jr. William' J. Flather, Falter R. Tuckerman, Dr. and Mrs, ouglas Birnie, Henry White, Samuel §,.H1ck. Louis Hertlo, Dr. Sterling i | “doing their | to raise the uffin, Dean and Mrs, 'Allen Wilbur, ilbert H. Grosvenor, Charles H. ‘oodhull and Willlam Mather Lewt <ach $1,000. Among the large gifts reported by teams were: - Charles H. Woodhull, $5,000: Mrw ‘W. C. Borden, Dr. Thomas A. Groover, Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, Dr. Willlam J. Mallory, Emile Berliner, Dr. E. G. Northington and David A. Baer, each $1,000. .~ FOUR MINERS KILLED. Grushed to Death When Mine Caves ! in Suddenly. : INVERNESS, Cape Breton, Febru- ary 8.—~Four miners were crushed to death last night {n a cave-in in No. E mine at Inverness when they were Turied without warning under a del- ws it blotked the tunnel for over 0 feot % e FARMERS DRAFTING REPLY T0 WALLACE Accept Agricuiture Secre- tary’s Challenge to Specify Non-Co-Operation. A “bill of particulsrs.” containing criticism of the alleged unsympathetic attitude of the Department of Agri- 1,500 men | Culture toward co-operative market- | “ iy ing. is being drawn up this afternoon b the execcutive committee of the tional Council of Farmers' Co-op- tive Marketing Associations. The brief is in answer to Secretary Wallace, who, speaking today at the session of the second national confer- ence at the New Ebbitt Hotel, asked for an end of ‘“vague criticism® against the department, saying: “If there is any Just criticism let us bring it out into the light.” Aaron Sapiro of Chicago, a member of the executive committee, at t conclusion of the Sccretary of Agri- culture's address, asked the latter if he would submit to several questions from the floor. Leaves for White House. “I have 1o go to the meeting of the President's cabinet,” replied Mr. Wal- lace. Mr. Wallace approved the contract of the United States Grain Growers in Chicago, a thing which he has just declared the department never did,” cried Mr. Sapiro. . It is understood that the “bill of particulars” may deal with the al- leged attitude of the bureau of agri- cultural economics of the Department of Agriculture. which some of the! co-operative workers believe has not been doing all it can to help them. Willing to Answer. Secretary Wallace indicated that he would be glad to return to the con- ference and answer as many Ques- clons Mr. Sapiro or any one el wanted to put to him. In his address the Secretary told of. criticism both! against the department in the matter of attention to co-operative market- ing and from those who said the de- partment was devoting entirely too mach of its time and energy to the mater. o It is no pat of the duty of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Wal- lace declareg, to engage in the work of organizing or helping specific or- ganizations. If this point were gen- erally understood, he said, the de- partment would be spared much criti- clsm, “most of -which is unjust,” he sald. Tells of Farmers’ Trials. He spoke of the trying times faced by farmers and their families during the past three years, and usged the forgetting of. “pride of opinion,” and in_its place co-operation in restoring agriculture to a condition of happi- ness and prosperity. Former Gov. Lowden of Tilinois, in | his address before the . conference yesterday, declared that the Presi- dent and the Secretary of Agriculturs are in sympathy with the co-oper: tive movement and sald: “If now the subordinates in that department will throw _their support whole-heartedly to the cause, the ovement will be vastly accelerates The conference is to close tomor- row. e POLICE AGAIN HUNTING “YELLOW KID”” AND PAL $30,000 Copper Mine Swindle Is Charged Against ‘“Confidence Men,” Who “Reformed.” By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 8.—Joseph “Yellow Kid” Weil and Fred Buck- minster, known to the police as two of the slickest confidence men in the country, and who told the world of their reformation when released from prison & year ago, were indicted here yesterday charged with swindling Gearge W. Malcolmson, wealthy De- troit coal merchant, out of $30,000 in & copper mine transaction last De- cember. Detectives who hot long ago heard, the “Yellow Kid's" declaration of reformation went out yesterday to try to find Weil-and his companion. CHARGES MRS. McCORMICK SOUGHT T0 AvOID TAX| Chicago ‘Accountant Says in Suit He Was Employed to Devise Legal Method. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, February 8.—Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, sr., with Edwin Krenn and Edward Dato, her part- ners in & real estate firm, are made defendants in a'suit for $10,000 dam- ages filed by Samuel Broker, con- sulting engineer and accountant, ae cording to the Chicago Herald and Examiner. = According to the newspaper, the declaration states that last Septem- ber Broker was employed by the d fendants to devise a method to form & tax-free organization, in which M McCormick might invest $15,000,000 in stocks and bonds. Broker conceived thé {dea of forming & ‘‘common trust,” which would obviate the neces- sity of nl{ln‘ federal taxes, and Mrs. McCormick contributed $5,232,000, and Krenn and Dato $1,600 each to the trust, the declaration alleges. Broker claims he was to receive $100 a day Yor his services and in addition & sum commensurate with the amount of the tax saved. He re- celved the $100 a day and $1,250, he says, ‘but contends he shouid have been paid $6,260.. - - e 1Shm | |Senat | K vs Farmers Get $7,500,000,000 Of $22,500,000,000 of Products (National Photo.) or Capper Asserts Consumers Pay Difference. \nown as “Spread.” Which Is Absorbed by Speculators and Other “Toll Takers.” erican farmer 1 nnually for his prod-| Amerfean consumer for | | . and the | 000,000, Senator Capper of Kansas.| | Fead of the Senate 'm bloc, yester- | |day told the co-operative marketing |conference meeting here. huge $15,000,000,000 differ- jence—called the ‘spread’—is absorbed | by dealer: middlemen, speculators | and other to takers,” continued Sen- ator Capper. “Here 1s important high-cost-of- lving information. also _important |underpaid-farmer news. Tt explains | the rice and rapid development of the ,eo-operative marketing movement In the Untted States, a movement every- ibody should help along. | “One hundred and fit down to a armers sat banquet at Imbler, Ore YVirtually everything on the table had |. { :hu.,.:!snl n been produced on a | basis of the price the farme |bis products, plus the Inbor Dpreparing the dinner, cost 16 cents a plate. Compnres with Restaurant Prices. “Computed on the basis of Po land, Ore., restaurant and hotel prices (that Imbler farmers' banquet wouid | ihave cost each diner §1.35—a differ- lence of $1.39 a plate. | “This ‘spread’ tells the story of the jconsumers’ ‘high cost of living.' It tells the story, too, of the farmer's |inadequate return on his investment in land, farming equipment and luvor in erop production. ere ls another exhibit: statistician computes that In {1913 the margin between the cost of | iRUTHLESS EXPLOITATION OF FIVE INDIAN TRIBES IS CHARGED IN REPORT (Continued from First Page.) afford measure of protection” to the Indians, the ‘summary sa “That in many of the counties the ‘Indians are virtually at the mercy of | groups that include the county judges, guardians, attorneys, bankers, mer- chants—not even overlooking the un- dertaker—all regarding the Indlan es- tates as legitimate game. ‘“That excesslve and unnecessary ad- ministrative cost, unconscionable fees and commissions, are allowed by many of the county courts to professional guar- dians, attorneys et lr “That Indlan children have been al- lowed to die for lack of nourishment because of the heartlessness and in- | difference of their professional guard- lans, who had ample funds in thelr | Possession for the care of the wards. Allege Use of Dead. “That a_woman, after being dead four years, was resurrected as & man and able to sign a lease—all attested by witnesses and a notary public. “That the undertakers were so- licitous to see that a deceased Indian had a first-class funeral, and they thoughtfully provided a ‘solid bronze casket' for $2,600 or $2,700, with a $75 silk flag worth not more than 325 to- float over the grave, and other accessorles in proportion. “That many of the couaty courts are influenced by political considera- tions and that Indian guardianships are the plums to be distributed to the faithful friends of the judges as a reward for their support at the pol “That in the case of some smaller cstates, in many Instances, when the ward became of age he I8’ in debt-to his guardian; his property has beem fguandered and nothing 1s left te im. Purchase Price Hit. “That frequently In disposing of tracts of inherited Indlan land the purchase price has been four-teriths of its actual value, as proved by mortgages placed on the property a few days after the sale by the court. “That when ofl is struck on an In- incompetent, and in the appointment the matter are rarely considered. federal authorities to safeguard the interests of these Indians has been thwarted. ‘Asserts Flappers Play Part. “That some attorneys co-operats with ‘flappers’ to ensnare wealthy young Indian men into matrimony, making free use of bootleg whisky as an ald. BSoon thereafter a divorce usually occurs and court allows libe eral alimony to the flapper iwife, which she shares with her co-part- ner, the attorney. Under the head of “remedy” the re- port states that the only hope for ‘saving the property of the remain- ing 14900 restricted Indian members of the five civilised tribes—for them | past six years, according.to terms of | theolo £iving to gy agreement and their children—lies in the Interlor Department definte and specific authority of a character that id the Armenian Relief - | Greene. will afford real protection to these | an Fund of Can prosent ke has continued in this-rew Indlans. BURKE FAVORS NEW LAW. Indian Bureau Aware of Bad Con- ditions, Says Commissioner. Remedial leglslation to prote estates of the Five Civilized Ti 3 Oklahoma from “wholesale mi: agement” and attorney fees “that have in some cases bésn found to be unconscionable” was advocated today by Commissioner Burke of the Indian bureau. s In commenting on the re, the Association in which the chargé was made that these Indians “are being, and have been shamelesaly and open- receives| a barrel of flour and the bread made from it waus $10.80. “In 19 | _“The wheat that went into the bar- | these same products pays $22,500,-|rel of flour in 1913 cost virtually the | same &t the farm ae the wheat that | went into the barrel of flour in 1923. that margin was $18.30. Yet the consumer last year paid | more for the breed | barrel of 1923 flour than he paid for the bread made from made from the barrel 1912 flour. Cost of Ham to Comsumer. A Kaneas farmer, {after marketing hogs at $7.80 a 100, The the farmer he had peid $7.50 for & ten-pound cured ham talked conductor with told the conductor. . the day before. “The farm movement will never be able to secure the typo of legisla- tion needed to ancourage agricultural progross unity of viewpoint as well as unity | of solution of rroblems among farm | lendars themselves. Farm v nomic or. here should be some emphasis on the fact that the United States gov- ernment has consistently announced as a policy the encouragement of co- | until there is fome kind probleme eswentially perative marketing associations. « poliey s Volstead act, giving the stamp of ab- | i solute approval to these co-operative marketing associations. President af- ter President has announced a simllar uch work the chief tatement of the ! the so-called Capper- | delegites in the south or deny pri- in returning home ders must learn to die-| eco- character from problems | | that are primarily political in char- | ridiculous and amusing.” he dec JOHNSON DEMANDS b. 0. P. CLEAN-UP Senator Declares People Will Act if Party Does The republican party must clean house or the people will do it for them, Senator Iiram 'W. Johnson, candidate for the republ tlon for President, decla ment issued today. The semator characterized as “ridicu- lous and absurd” recent “mysterious and anonymous” assertions by Cool- idge munagers that the President al- ready is virtually assured of more than enough convention votes to nominate. he of red in a state- of Denounces Bomrbon Tactics. “The assertions made by -the mys- terlous and anonymous Coolidge man- ager of the nomination of Mr. Cool- idge at the Cleveland convention are +They follow the regular course of a free expression or fair contest. there were any such feeling of secu- rity or any such certainty of success it would not be necessary to steal In maries in the north, like in Minnesota. These bourbon republicans who con- trol the republican machinery have a rude awakening before them, and attitude. The United States govern-ihey may just as well make up their ment has committeed itself to this)minds now as next June that the re- policy, and every branch of the gov- ernment, admjnistrative and legisla- Publican party must clean house, and tive, should lend every effort to help yclean their house, and clean it thor- these co-operatives achieve success.” —_— scribed. Recently investigation in Oklahoma, and as result of the disclosures a bill wi drafted by the department and intr duced by Senator Harreld, republicai Oklahoma, providing that the Secre. (tary of the Interfor. instead of the state _couyts, over the lands, funds and other prop. erty of the “restricted” Five Civilized Tribes. | the state probate law, Mr Burke #aid the bureau has been aware time of some of the conditions de- the bureau conducted hall _have jurisdiot Will Appeal to Comgress. “We have realized." commiesioner, | existing law with reference to re- stricted jestates in Oklahoma ls need- ed, and at the proper time we will bring the matter to the attention of that some change Congress.” Explaining the law, Mr. Burke said that the bureau had suj all Indian estates in Oklahoma except those of the Five Civilized Tribes, and of large restricted Indfa estates the owners are mpetent and guardians appointed in case the state. Ve feel,” said Mr. Burke, department bught to have more con- trol than at present and Instead of turning over funds to guardlans we believe they could better be disbursed through the instrumentalities of the government.” Many Condemn Practices. The conditions complained of, *he declared, “do not meet the approval of the good people of the state and the state bar and my opinion s that the Qklahoma senators and represent- | atives In Congress will be disposed to co-operate with this department in an endeavor to correct them. Commissioner Burke called atten- tion to the recent report of the State Bar Assoclation's committee on com- mercial la; ‘The general turmoll existing -in the state, and the constant plundering of public funds by those who con- Wwhich stated: for some ion Indians of lh‘l continued the ervision over ared in- ‘that the |ou‘hl4 the people will do it them. i De; for les Withdrawal Rumor. Senator Johnson formally denied last night published reports that he goon is to withdraw from the race for the republican presidential nomina- n. “The reports circulated about my withdrawal are, of couree. nirue. o sald. “They emanate from my op- vonents, whHo, after manufacturing them, have the Interests' nowspapers prifit them ‘and’ editorialize concern- ing them. It's a contemptible and cowardly method of campaigning. “I've just come from Chicago, where 1 have been in consultation with my representatives In the pri- i mary states of North Dakota. South Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. ' All were enthus- lastic and optimistic. We begin now n_active, aggressive and militant campaign, which will continue until the republican natfonal convention renders its decision.” S REV. A. F. ANDERSON RESIGNS D. C. PULPIT lfulimfion' Effective April 1. Will Take Another Pas- torate Later. in 1 sider their certificate of election a license to take everything in sigh the dissipation of estates by the ap pointment of one.or more guardians or administrators _without business exporience and wholly Incapable of handling business affairs | H * and the appointment ‘by the court’ of two or more attorneys on fat as approved ald these guardians and adminlstr. proficient per- tors in the alaries “fajthful, 2 formance of- their duties' and to keep their clients at dian’s property, it s usually consld- | widows, orphans and wards go hun- ered prima facle evidence that he is|&ry and poorly clad, causes one to large while the wonder why he shouid die and leave an estate of & guardian for him his wishes in | prossing effect of. th this state are apparen “That every effort made by the|faithful and lucky one It is to be hoped that present con- aitions in our statg garded - as which none will care to refer, and that when we meet again we may point with pride to n state of perity and, happiness.” CANADA TO AID U. S. _IN RELIEF ACTIVITIES] Canada will in Oklahoma. . e unpleasant history pr The de- conditions in t to all but ‘the may soon be re- to REV. A. Fi ANDERSON. Rev. Dr. A. Freeman Anderson, sistant pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, tendered his resignationto the church members at a meeting last night, to take effect April 1. ‘was stated Dr. Anderson expects to assume the pastorate of some other church later. Dr. Anderson came hereafter share to -al|Church as assistant to the late Dr. much larger degree the burden of |Samuel H. Greene, in July, 1900, and relief work in the near east, borne |erved in that capacity for {wo years, almost entirely by Ameriea for the|When he left in order to compiete his reached between the ical studies. In 1912 he was called from his pastorate at the Nor- Park Church, Chicago, to resume mal American Near East Rellef Soclety |service once more as assistant to Dr. ada. Charles V. Vickrey, tary of the Near East in a statement today that larger pa: ticipation of the Canadlan people ma the wid: necesary 'by the s on: tinuing need of Tglief measures and ng among Ameri- cans that they alone a: e dily pread fei made From that time up to the latlonship, first with Dr. Greene and later with the Rev. W. S. Abernethy, | who is now pastor of the churca. —_— * *~"QTY DRIVE COSTS ~HILIPPINES $135,000 to i bear the brunt of all foreign relief work. The agreement provides that the r East Rellef is to ization and personnel the western maritime prov- Canada in co-operation wtih made | the American rceq>f fund of Canada. public yesterday by.the Indian Rights | Contributions not specificaliy desig- nated for either are to be shared between the two organiza- Faoes. o equall lons th of which- are~engaged 1y robbed” through the operatfon “of ' exactly similar work. 4 use its or- in. cam- By the Assoclited Press. MANILA, February 8.—The Philip- pended $135,000 last year in publicity and the upkeep of offices in Manila and Washington, according to figures given out by tiie commisslon here to- lay. in{ Four -missions_Wwete sent to = “{United States during the yeur: if the republicans themselves do not p I HUNGARY BANS ‘BANANAS’ Balkan Words to U. 8. Song Too Naughty, Officials Rule. BUDAPEST, February 8.—Bands and orchestras in Hungary are not al- lowed to play “Yes, We Have No Bananas.” As the tune reaches each country of the Balkans it Is trans- lated to suft local tastes and tem- peraments, but the Hungarian words to it are So utterly impossible and naughty that the authorities have for- b:-lden the singing and playing of the atr. 1.5 LAND BUYERS MEET OBLIGATIONS Although Millions Still Unpaid, Farmers Striving to Clear Debts. Although many millions of dollars | are still owed by farmers in the west 'ared. | who have settled on the twenty-four bourbon campaign—to claim all while | Féclamation projects operated by the putting every obstacle in the way of | Interior Department, and mapy of the Ir! projects have gone far beyond the original estimate of their cost, there is no disposition on the part of the farmers to repudiate their debts, the Interior Department announced today. Farmers have expressed no desire to avold paying the money due either for the cost of construction or the operation and maintenance of the various projects. In the future, the commission nuw investigating the reclamation projects has decided, the government must adopt an entirely new attitude and new method in handling the projects it feclamation is to eucceed. Nine needs of the settlers were outlined to- day as absoluteiy essential. They are: First, consideration must be given the farmers; they must be taught intensive cultivation of their small farms; they must be instructed in the proper method of irrigation and using water; they must be ap- prised of the proper products o raise; they must be warned aguinst crops for which no market wiil be availa- ble and for which the freight rates are prohibitive; they must be’ussist- ed In diversifying crops, and in mar- keting them so they may receive a satisfactory compensation; they must be helped 8o they shall be able to make sufficient money annually to re- turn the money due the government, and their farms must be electrified. GANDHI DEPLORES HIS LIBERTY FOR ILLNESS By the Associated. Pross. BOMBAY, February $—Mohandas Gandhi has written a letter in which e oxpresses regret that the Bombay government released him from prison owing to illness, because he does not regard. ‘the illness of a prisoner as affording grounds for liberation. His release, Ne says, has not brought him relief because he is overwheimed with & sense of the responsibility | which he s not fit now to discharge. Two years of solitude and hard thinking. he says, have convinced him of the necessity for a construction program, in the pros~cution of which the people need never resort to civil disobedience, although his bellef in the latter plan has not weakened. “The Englishmen also are friends; don't treat them as enemies” he writes. “The struggle against the system for which the Britlsh gov- ernment stands is’ not against the Englishmen who are administering the system. Those who fall to bear in mind this distinction harm the cause.” The letter was sent to the president of the national congress, MINE RESCUERS NEARER RECOVERY OF 40 DEAD By the Associafed Pres CROSBY, Minn., February 8. little encouragement in the task of try- ing to recover the bodles of two-score miners, who perished when the Milford mine near here was flooded Tuesday, was obtained by engineers yesterday, when sounding showed that the deepest part of the mud lake, which flooded the underground pit, is but sixteen feet. Previous measurements showed the s- | depth to be thirty feet. Facing a project that it looked upon as one of the most difficult undertak- ings in the history of fron ore mining, engineers are pushing the drainage, 1t | ookiiing twents-four. hours &.day A minimum of ten days has been placed on the job of draining the lake, which will be a necessary preliminary to pumping the mine dry and opening up to Calvary | the workings. i ——— HELD UNJUST TO ITALY. son Immigration Bill. The transfer of the basic year for quota determination in the Johnson FORD ASKS PROBE REACH INTERESTS Would Determine How Far 0il Group Directed U. S. Aid to Mexico. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., February 8.—The Senate committee ipvestigating the Teapot Dome oll leases “might do well to look into the possibility of a connection between oil interests and our attitude toward the Mexican difMculty.” Henry Ford said today in a statement. Mr. Ford's statement, issued in an- swer to a request that he join hun- dreds of other Michigan citizens in urging a fair deal for Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy and a Detroiter, sal T have been asked to join other citizens in Michigan in securing a falr deal for Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy. It is alleged here that because he has less political influence than other members of the govern- ment a pretext may be sought to make him a scapegoat. My reply hus been that I am sure that we can repose full confldence in President Coolldge's sense of justice, which will not permit him to condemn any man without just cause nor injure any man's_reputation without good rea- son. The Senate also, without doubt. will accord every man & full hearing and opportunity for self-defense. No one in Michigan who knows Mr. Denby has ever believed him capable of personal dishonesty in pubiic or private affairs. ‘Would Not Limit Probe. “Nothing in this statement, how- ever, should be construed as desiring in any way to limit or weaken the investigation now in progress. Let the {investigation proceed without personal or partisan fear or favor until all the facts are disclosed. It is not enough to know who are the immediate persons concerned. Let probe go deeper until the interna- tional banking houses who conceived and financed the d are exposed, for in the last analysis they are the sources of the corruption in which other men are caught. If the in- vestigation is pushed beyond surface facts more than our rights in the naval ofl reserves will be recovered: we may also gain a knowledge of what inspires weakness in public office. “The dangerous element in this matter is not alome the greed and weakness of individuals, but thelr readiness to weaken the country defenses by giving up the Nav fuel to private exploitation. The committee might also do well to look into the possibility of a connection hetween ofl interests and our attitude | toward the Mexican difficulty.” PUSHES GOV. HYDE FOR SECOND PLACE Missouri G. 0. P. Delegation to Or- ganize Soon, Says Kansas City Paper. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo., February 8.— An effort will soon be launched to or- ganize the Missouri delegation to the republican national convention for Gov. Arthur M, Hyde for Vice Fresi- dent of the United States, according to an article printed yesterday by the Kansas City Star. The state administration leaders, who, the article states, support Cool- idge for President, Hyde for Vice President and Dr. E. B. Clements of Macon, Mo., for national committee- man, will come into the open after the Lincoln day banquet in St. Louis next Tuesday, it is declared. Gov. Hyde has dented he was & can- didate for Vice President as the ‘Mis- souri “favorite son,” and has an- nounced he will support Dr. E. B. Clements of Macon, .Mo., for national commisteeman to ‘succeed Jacob L. Babler of St. Louts, The revival of the Hyde-for-Vice- President movement, slumbering for several months, be, the Star says, after appointment of Asa W. Butler of Albany as the Coolidge pre-conven- tion manager for Missouri. Butler ‘was indorsed by Hyde. Dr. Clements {s now state chairman and has the avowed backing of Gov. Hyde for national committeemas Representative L. C. Dyer of 8t. Lou! is also & candidate for national com. mitteeman and has been indorsed by two congressional district committees in St. Louls e TWO BURN TO DEATH IN OVERTURNED AUT 0 GREENWOOD, Miss., February 8.— Two persons were burned to death and two others were seriously in- jured yesterday when the closed INUMBERING OFU.5. | WORKERS PLANNED Need of Preventing Duplica- tion of Names Said to Make System Imperative. Government employes are to numbered. Determined to avold mistakes anl duplications caused.by similarities i3 names, two government agencles— the Civil Service Commission and thy bureau of pensions—are proceeding with plans for numbering feder:l employes. As yet the plans are only tentative and have been discussed in none but an informal way. The neceesity of numbering federal employes who are entitled to the benefits of the retire- ment act and annuities Is declared to be imperative. May Be Adopted Soon. The Civil Service Commisfon, whici is required under the retirement act to certify to the pension bureau tic annuities paid to retired emploves, may adopt a scheme of identification within a few months, which will ap- ply to all departments. Under one of the two schemes pro- posed, John Smith, a government em- ploye with a name very common in government records would bear tha number 183,579. The first number of this combination would be the key the department in which he wor while the other numbers would iden- tify him. This identification number wouid remaln with him all through his con- nection with the government, & though the key number might bn changed If he was transferred from one department to another. Another system proposed would give the of birth, including the year and nar.. for example: John Smith, 6 Thus, John Smith would be born June 6, 1887, and his age could quickly computed. This system, advocates contend, is ideal for poses of the retirement division. Would Aid Estimates. The Ci Service Commissior, adopting the number system for ideti- tification, can immediately find how many employes of the gover ment are entitled to the benefits of the retirement act—a fact it does no now know. The commission estimates about 60 per cent of the government employes are entitled to such bene fits—in - 6ther words, 60 per cent o the federal force is on the clas: roll, and those who constitute t percentage pay 2!z per cent of the annual salary’into the retirement fund. But such a figure Is only an esti- mate, and the numbering syste would bring to the commission unc the retirement division a definite idea of the actual number of employes-e titled to retirement and annuity b ts. be —_— OFFICIALS PREPARE TO OPPOSE BREWER (Continued from Firet Page.) mittee of the House, which gave Brewer audience, saw his “evidence” and has Initiated action in the House, looking toward congressional inquiry. Two measures introduced vesterday by Representative La Guardia, re- publican of New York, calling for Inquiry into Treasury methods, and authorizing congressional supervision of bond cancellation and destruction will probably be referred to the banking and currency committee. In a conference held by a commit- tee of the congressional group, whicn saw Brewer's “evidence” and House Leader Longworth, it was tentatively agreed that the resolution and bill introduced by Mr. La Guardia, should {be so referred. The committee who waited on House Leader Longworth consisted of Rep- rosentatives King, La Guardia and Frear, republican, of Wisconsin. “Mr. Longworth showed u ver friendly diepoeition o see that t truth is brought to light, and thut | all we want—to let the truth speuk for itself,” sald Representative King Explains Type Difference. He explained that his committee had not yet conferred-with Chairman MacFadden of the House banking and currency committee regarding th uppointment of a subcommittee which would secure possession of the can- celed bonds at the Union Trust Com- pany. This is due to the fuct that Representative MacFadden Is out of the city, but Mr. King's committee ox pects to confer with them on Monday. Secretary Mellon, answering one of the charges made by Brewer, declarcd today the difference in type and style of numbers on some bonds was due to 1 addition of new numbering machines to the bureau equipment during the war. When the great rush of bond fssues forced the bureau during the war to expand its equipment sud- denly, new machines had to be pur- chased quickly, and the Treasury was !'unable to obtain machines of the same constructlon as tiose in use. The bureau equipment had been altered little in thirty years, prior to the war, Mr. Mellon said. Every piece of equipment had been standardized so that when the exigency arose the Treasury failed to find equipment fitted with the same type and styie of ‘numerals and characters carried jby the old machines, Brewer Lists Charges. Brewer, among his conclusions from his investigations, as set forth in doguments before the court said “There are between about 3,000 known pairs of duplicate bonds and about 4,000 known pairs of duplicate coupons. Duplicates are still coming "™.that duplicates are being held by parties with guilty knowledge awalt- ing destruction of the bonds which would prove their duplication. “That much that could be told has been held back by employes who fear the consequences. That Treasury officlals from the |atart have given no real effort to of- ficlally determine the course of duplica tion; that some impelling motive ha caused them to intimidate employes to join other enemies of the writer in other war fraud cases who are of- ficially on record as seeking his dis- charge for two years; and to attack him themselves ‘in the public press; and to falsely assail his honor in the same medium; to defy President Harding, to deceive Mr. Melion and to temporarily deceive President Coolidge.” ACTORS’ EQUITY MOVES TO INCLUDE FILM-STARS | immigration bill from 1910 to 1890 | gutomobile in which they were rid- | By the Associated Press. constitutes and is intended to oper- ate as_a virtual discrimination against Italian enndldldtasl for ldm;:- sien. to this country, declares a pe- tition - adopted by the Holy Rosai ly .| Parish Men's Socfety last night, which will be forwarded to the Senate for consideration when the immigration bill | comes up in that body for action. ‘The society wants the basic year to be 1918 in fixing all quotas. “No substantial ground,” the petition con- tinued, s advanced for this grave pine Independence Commission ex-|gng piinted discrimination against a | race that has generously and unre. servedly contributed to the material enrichment and moral and Intellec- tual reinforcement of the republic. ¢ | end"ot" he ing, voted to- attacks on ing was struck by & Yazoo and Mi sissippi Vallev railroad passenger train near -Minter City, twenty-five miles north of here. The dead are John Lindsay, thirty- five, and his wife, of Money, Miss. John Farmer, thirty-five, a salesman of Itta Bena, Miss., driver of the 1ll-fated machine, ered burns th: will probably prove fatal, physicians sald. L L rr of Money was badl burned, but it is expected he wiil recoves The automobile burst into flames as it was pushed along the tracks by the train, which was backing ‘into the station. The imprisoned automo- bilists were helpless and Lindsay and his wife were burned to death befo! they could be dragged from the bur; ing car by passengers. - ¥ NEW YORK, February 8.—Negotia- tions to place the film studios at. Hollywood on -a Union basis by ‘ex- tending the Actors’ Equity Associa- tion to include 3,000 principals em- ployed in motion pictures probably will_be completed soon, it was said by Frank Gilmore, executive secre- tary of the equity. Mr. Gilmore has Just returned from a trip to the Pa. cific coast In the jnterest of the plan. N6 attempt will be made at this time, Mr. Gilmore sald, to introduce the equity, or closed shop into the film actors’ branch of the association. The quéstion of wages also have been omitted from the discussion, in ac- cordance with the union's policy of leaving this matter in the hamds of 1ndividual actors and producers.