Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1924, Page 16

HEFLIN ANSWERS CREAGER'S ATTACK Charges Hays and Daugherty Helped Stifle Investi- gation. Replying In the Senate to what he said was the “scurrilous, slanderous and cowardly” attack made on him by R. B. Creager, republican national committeeman from Texas, in a letter published yesterday, Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, declared that if the information he had regarding alleged land frauds in Texas was true, Mr. Creager should be in the penitentiary. “And if I can get the investigation 1 want,” Senator Heflin sald, “I be- lieve we can put him in the peniten- tiary.” Senator Heflin read into the record lotters from several persons Wwho alleged fraud in land sales in the Rio Grande valley. ¥A former Postmaster General is involved in this investigation,” he sald. “The present Attorney General is involved. I have alleged that Creager and others came here to Washington to see Attorney General Daugherty and Postmaster General Hays to have any investigation of the land companies stopped. And it was stopped. “Why does not Mr. Creager appeal to his republican brethren ‘to let there be an investigation?" Senator Heflin made no reference to Mr. Creager's direct challenge that he state on the floor of the Senate his “past and present Ku Klux Klan affiliations,” and his “relation with the Mayfield contest and Klan friends and counselors of the senator whose cause you are secretly espousing and directing.” The challengo to Sehator Heflin to declare publicly whether he is af- flliated with the Ku Klux Klan was sent to the senator Friday night by Creager. In 2 letter replying to Senator Hef- lin's recent attack on him, Mr. Crea- ger declared that his accuser was either a member of the Klan or a propagandist for it, and called on him “to declare on ‘the floor of the Senate your past and present Klan affillations. Again Denles Accusation. _Again denying In detail the sena- tor's accusations that he had inter- ceded with Attorney General Daugh- erty and Postmaster General Hays to prevent prosecution of land frauds in Texas, Mr. Creagar pointed out that all of these charges had been made “under the cloak of senatorial im- munity,” and declared it unfair that X parte statements should have been nut into the record without his hav- ing an opportunity to reply. “I charge you,” the letter continued, “with gross misstatements of fact, ®7e'* I charge * * * that you never had any idea that the United States Senate would undertake an investiga- tion of this character. “I charge that * ¢ * the alleged land frauds are a mere pretext seized upon by you to discredit, if possible, my persistent obposition to the Ku Kiux Klan and its political practices, resulting_in the gertification of the name of Earle B. Mayfield as senator- elect from Texas, in which covert de- fense this resolution was conceived and introduced. “I charge that the introduction of this resolution is the masked and hooded political action of the Ku Kiux Klan, directed against me solely be- cause of my earnest endeavor, to the extent of my limited power, to bring about platform declarations by both great political parties against this merican secret political soctety, of which you are a member or else an active and sympathetic propa- ndist. “I challenge you to specifically de- clare on the floor of the Senate your past and present Klan affiliations and Your relationship with the Mayfield contest and the Klan friends and counselors of the senator Whose cause you are secretly espousing and di- recting. “Your failure to answer these charges in the forum in which you have launched your base attack and in which 1 am denied adequate answer will be another evidence of the cow- ardice and utter irresponsibility that has characterized your entire political career.” Cramond (0. 402404 Seventh Street Coast Guard Preparing to THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 10, 1924—PART T. BATTLES WITH RAGING FLOODS | OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER BEGIN SOON Rescue Persons and Save Property in Spring Freshets—Perilous Deeds Recorded in Log. i The United States Coast Guard is preparing for the annual battle with the “Father of Waters.” Its fleet of two river boats Is being overhauled and stores of food, tents and rellef equipment are being 'loaded. Flood time is drawing near in the Missis- sippi valley and the coast ghard is looked to to prevent loss of life. Two typical paddle-wheel river boats, the Kankakee and the Yocona, have been the means In the past of saving many lives and great quanti- ties of property. The Kankakee is based at Evans- ville, Ind., and the Yocona at Vicks- burg, Miss. When a flood is reported these two boats go down the river with the flood. Perhaps the lookouts will spot a house partly submerged two or three mlles across a flat. Life boats are launched and the crew row to the marooned people. It they are in no real danger, supplies are left with them. If their lives are men- aced, however, they are taken aboard along with their fyrniture and such of their live stock as may remain, Sometimes Use Lighters. When the boats become crowded, lighters are attached and towed along. People in the valley when they see the high water come have learned to look for the two-masted white boat that means their salvation. The following, taken from the log of one of the boats in an Ilinois flood, is a good illustration of the romance and adventure in the work and of what problems the boats meet. “On_arrival at Kampsville got through to Fairbanks territory; found | a farm house five miles in from river over flooded area with four adults with just a few potatoes; impossible to get through a patch of woods ‘Wt night, and working only from sunrise to sunset on the water; on the 224 again at Fairbanks; there found a deat and blind man alone in a house nearly submerged and living in the attic with chickens and dogs, but with food which had been left him, but which he was unable to use be- cause unable to see; took him to dry land; got wagon transportation and placed him where he could be cared for: on the 23d found a family of eight, several young childrem and a baby: no food, no water fit to drink; gave them food. PARTY TO ESTABLISH POLE FLIGHT BASE Four From Washington Leave for Alaska to Prepare for Shenandoah. To establish an advance base at Nome, Alaska, and select a site for a mooring mast to be used by the U. S. S. Shenandoah on her contemplated Arctic expedition, a .party in command of Lieut. B. H. ‘Wyatt left Washington yesterday afternoon for Seattle. With Lieut. Wyatt were Aviation Chief Ma- ,chinist's Mate R. J. Castor, Quarter- master (first_class) Albert Francis and Machinist'’s Mate Jackson, all of ‘the naval air station here. They will be Joined at Seattle by Lieut. F. R. Hughes and Inspector Jack, a civilian. A De Haviland 4-B airplane, equipped | with skis to permit landing on snow and fce, which was acquired by the Navy from the air mail servi was shipped to Seattle at the same tims Plans of Lieut. Wyatt, in charge of the advance party, call for leaving Seat- tle, February 14, on_the steamship Alaskan for Seward. There the plane will be transferred to a train and the officers and men will_journey to Fair- banks. Then Lieut. Wyatt, with Castor and Jackson as_passengers, will fly 700 miles up the Yukon river to Nome, Alaska, the remainder of the party making the trip by dog sled under the guidance of Leonhard Seppala, a Nor- wegian dog musher. The temperature in_this region will be about 40 degrees below zero. Gasoline will be located at various points along the route. Those in the plane and the men on the ground will_make deep studies of aeroiogical conditions throughout the route and Jater establish ~a permanent ad- vance base for the Shenandoah. Lieut. Wyatt will act as liaison officer between the base and Admiral MofTett, who is in “Elderly coupls with nine children, no food, one dwelling with water within one foot of upper floor, no fo0d, no boat; five men; all the above were succored; Stebbins, near Valley City, on arrival carried men to right levee and got. to Scott county levee | just after the break and found family | of seven marooned in house with water to first floor, and rising rapld- 1y; one man frantically building some makeshift boat with which to escape; furnished them food and transporta: tion; one man on levee in improvised tent: fed him; fed a bunch of laborers who had heen without food while working on levee; found two men of whom one was very ill in a house- boat to which they were driven; cared for them; one woman and her child driven to’levee, no shelter, no food, husband absent, put up a tent for her, furnished with food. “This'was at a distance of two miles from river, the water pouring through a gap in the levee 150 feet wide at tremendous force and went with a roaring noise which could be heard for a considerable distance; could see men and women escaping on horseback as fast as they could go and watched until they were safe, the spreading out of the water from the &ap gave them time to get away, but the horses were then ankle deep in Stebbins' skiff with against a current at one point. He suceeeded in riding through the gap in the levee with a surf boat; assisted thirty-three people at Scout county levee, where two men had been forced to move four times by the rising water; camped on levee without shelter that night in order to be at hand and to rescue the laborers case their stretch of levee gave wa; on 22d found levee engineer and fa: ily, consisting of wife and three chil- dren, marooned in second story of pumping station calling for help with no food and no water; got them out on 23d; Stebbins and Fricke joined forces in carrying more food to Fair- banks; Fricke found three families at Pearl, who had been driven to that point from the flooded area, food- less and friendless, the mother in one family suffering from tuberculosis assisting them; the supplels we are now issuing have been provided by our own purchases, for which author- ity has been given us by the Salva- tion Army; this promptitude on the part of the Salvation Army in giving us authority has been invaluable. “MOLLY." DR. COPELAND TO TALK ON SUBJECT OF HEALTH Senator Third Lecturer in Series at New National Museum. The public is cordially invited to attend the third lecture of the series of pubflic health talks which are given under the -auspiceg of the Woman's Welfare Association. Dr. Royal §. Copeland, senator from New York, will speak this afternoon at ‘clock in_the auditorium of the New Nauonal Museum, 10th and B streets northwest. His subject is “Methuse- lah's Secrets. Dr. Copeland has won a nation-wide reputation as a writer on medical topics. as a practicing physiclan, as a medical educator and as commission- er of health of New York city. The fourth lecture of the series will be delivered by Dr. Eugene L. Fisk, medical director of the Life Extension Institute of New York, on_Sunday, February 24, at 3:30 p.m. His sub- ject will be “On Extending the Health Span and Working Span of Life.” Ad- mission {s free to all these lectures. e COMMISSIONED IN 0. R. C. Four D. C. Residents Given Rank in Army Unit. Four more residents of this city have been commissioned by the War Dep: ment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army. They are: Roscoe B. David- son, 1122 Spring road, as captain in the judge advocate general's department: Henry ~A. Mildrum, 4002 Chesal street, as second lieutenant in the Quar- termaster Corps; Willlam W. Sager, 1414 Girard street, as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, and William H. ille as first lieutenant in the air command of the Arctic expedition. Next Door to R. Harris & Co. Ihe fulius Lansburgh gfuraiture (o, Ninth and F Open an Account Pay Weekly or Monthly { Entrance 909 F St FEBRUARY FURNILURE REDUCTION REDUCTIONS are more than ever the big vital feature of this event. The past two weeks have been a revelation to our customers—because of the Supreme Values these REDUCTIONS have made possible; and to us—because of the undeniable proof of the strong position which this institution holds with the folks who recognize Genuine Value-Giving and Straightforward Square Dealing. Here are a few specials, each an example of generous REDUCTIONS of the sale for Monday. as usual whenever desired. Sample - Mat- tresses Floor samples, slightly sho p- worn, but good ¢ o ndition, izes 3 ft. and 3 ft. 6 ins. Your choice, at— n THIS HANDSOME BEDROOM SUITE IN WALNUT VENEER, with mahog- 50% Off The marked prices and Chifforobe. THIS THREE-PIECE OVERSTUFFED exactly as pictured, consisting of Settce, Arm- chair and Wing-back Fireside Chair, spring seat construction; covered with Baker's cut Velour. February Reduction Price.. any interior finish, is a real bargain. as shown—Large 48-inch Dresser, Full Vanity, Bow-end Bed Chair, Rocker and Vanity Bench extra. Many Other Values Too LIVING ROOM SUITE, $190.00 Many Other Values T ao. Numer.ous to Mention Quality That Endures All Cedar Chests 20% Off Genuine Temnssee Redwood 1t contains four pieces, $260-00 Numerous to Mention Dignified credit All Odd Box Springs For double or single wood or metal beds. These are floor samples, slightly shopworn, but otherwise in fine condition. Y our choice, THIS 10-PIECE WALNUT VENEER DINING ROOM SUITE as pictured, comprising Large Buffet, Enclosed Server, China Cabinet, Extension Table, Arm- chair and five side Chairs, with genuine leather seats. February Reduction Price........... $255.00 Many Other Values Too Numerous to Mention Mahogany Top Davenport Table February Rcduction Price These Sport Coats are in un- usually- attractive Models—in the Materials that are being wom this season. You will find them both practical and comfortable. Belted and embellished with fancy stitch- ing. Large Collars.and deep Cuffs. 95 at February Sale Discounts. Polychrome Bridge Lamp Georgette shade. February Reduction Price— $13.50 0% 0 = Polychrome Floor Lamp Silkoline shade. February Reduction Price— $16.50 SILK SHADES, 20 floor samples. In the February Re- duction Sale at oo ahoany Smoking Cabinet With_Cigar Humidor. ruary Reduction Price— $14.50 Sale of Odd Chairs For Bedroom and Dining Room; in some instances three and four of a kind. Many sold as high as $20; in a variety of woods and fin- ishes. February Reduction Price. 2.98 and $4.98 This Screened Crib and - Mattress February Reduction Price Feb- A fime assortment of cleverly designed and excellently made Dresses in the popular models. Prettily trimmed and most stylish. Very special at P 4 With Single Burner s 95¢ All Shades Sizes 16 to 44 . sm_ozv.g BED, SPRING AND MATTRESS, includ Sims Continuous _ 2-inch ’21£ Reduction Price ling mons .2 Post Bed with 1-inch fillers, Link Spring and good Cottom Matiress, Februery Reduction Prics. s L]