Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; slight- 1y warmer tonight; lowest tempera- ture about freezing; temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 36, at 3:15 p.m. ves- terday; lowest, 25, at 3:30 a.m. today. Full report on pago 17. ot Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 27 «)e post office Washington, D. C. No. 29,143 Intered as second-class matter WAL WL W, ORBY NAMED 0 SUCEED + HILL AS ENGRAVING - BUREAU DIRECTOR Secretary Mellon, in Letter tol President, Gives Assuranceg That There Has Been No! ' QOverissue of Securities SAYS ALL BONDS OUT HAVE BEEN PAID FOR Treasury Head Recounts Mode of Checking Paper and Output of Plant Precludes Any Chance « Slip — Temporary Obligations About Replaced by Permanent. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon today announced the appointment of Maj. Wallace W. Kirby, Engineer Corps, United States Army, to be acting director of the burcau of en- graving and printing. Maj. Kirby succeeds Louis A. Hill, resigned. At the same time Sccretary Mel- lon made public a Ictter to President - Coolidge, declaring “the public can rest assured that there has been no overissue of government sccuritie and that the integrity of the public debt cannot be attacked. The announcements brought to aj vital turning point developments at Phre burcay, following the abrupt dis- missal of former Director James L. Wilmeth and twenty-eight chiefs, in March, 1922, and sensational charges of Charles B. Brewer, special attor- ney, Department of Just there had been duplication of go ernment securities and irregularity at the big plant. Mr. Mellon's letter to President Cool- fdge s the first official summarization of the whole bureau affair. While du- plication had been discovered in the | numbers of about 3,000 pieces of gov-! ernment security, Mr. Mellon said, | “there was no duplication or overissue of the public debt on this account.” Probing Brewer’s Report. In ‘addition, Mr. Mellon added in-| 2 latest Brewer report irregularities, was formaliy that t alleging sim being investigated by the Treasury. that judging from long experien running down Brewer past the Treasury e e in cted to find in p bie Jatest charges “nothing materia Maj. Kirby has been appointed acting dircctor through special detail from the War Department, the Tequest of President Coolidie, and will not leave the Army during the assignment, It 15 expected n permanent director ma; W De chosen “ufter the bureau is raore in good working order.” the appointment of Maj. Kirby wa | but | charges in the | | federal government has been as intervene in Williamson county |to guard lives and protect property rights and to make an investigation {of the riot here last Friday, it was |learned last night. The official statement concerning | J. WALLACE W. KIRBY, Corpx of Eugneers, U. S, \., who was appointed today acting director bu- renu of engraving and printing, suc- ceeding Louls 3. Hill, resigned. DEBT COMMISSION CALLED BY MELLON Secretary Admits Pressure to Spur Powers to Some Agreement. Secretary Mellon today called the Debt-Funding Conimission to meet nest Monda; wiich time the whole ques- tion of policy with respect to future dealings with the foreign debtors will be considered. While declining to discuss in detail the subjects to be taken up by the com- mission, Secretary Mellon admitted that strong pressure was being exerted in many_ quarters to remind_the foreign powers owing the United States a total of about $7,000,000,000 that the commis- on awaited any funding offers they | might make. th:nti known to favor definite steps toward Some of the commission members are resumption of funding negotiations, but j others hold that such a move might not be w U.S. INTERVENTION AT HERRIN SOUGHT Hospital Owner Asks Protec- - tion and Investigation of @ WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEEKS INDICTMENT @nd Hunter conspir: just before Chris OF 5U.5. DEPUTIES INLIUOR INCURY Federal Prosecutor Lays‘ Charges of lllicit Traffic Be- fore Grand Jury. 30 OR MORE ARRESTS SEEN AS PROBE GOES ON New “List”” Discovered Containing 81 Names, Including 7 Prominent Hotels. Indictment of the five deputy United States marshals who were suspended during the Investigation of alleged activitles in illicit liquor trafic by the special agents of the Internal rev- enue bureau, It iy understood, was requested today when their cases were presented to the grand jury. Those suspended wero John J. Clarkson, John B. Newman, Ernest J. Weaver, Charles IL. Marshal and Pat- rick H. Burteman, After all witnesses before the grand jury in cases not related to speclal agents' investigations were excused 4nd requested to come back some other time, Ageuts Cox and Goldin, Who have been Ieading figurcs in the Tocal liquor consplracy Investigation, were summoned Into the anteroom of the grand jury. They were in conference for a short time with Asslstant United States At- torn West. who has been placed on | the e by District Attorney Peyton Gordon. All signs pointed to the fact that behind closed doors of the grand jury room the men would testi- ty what they knew of charges on which the deputy marshals were sus- pended, : Ready for Long Stay. Cox and Golding had their hats and coats off and shortly before noon were ready for a long stay at the Courthouse. It is known that their investigation of the case, in so far as the deputy marshals arc concerned, was completed a few days ago and that they had already been casting about for new angles to the Hickey cy cases launched mas, It was leerned at the headquarters of the speclal agents that other angles are yet o be looked up, and thirty or more arrests may be expectcd. Thus far the investigation has centered upon the aNoged distribution point of liquors coming into Washington from out-of-town sources. 5 Sesins The next link In the chain, it is|to make a fort drive a reality irame- diately by designating a certain route by having the! Engineer Department put the paving | along that route in good condition rapidly as possible out of regular ap. propriations. Legixlation Need. expected, will be formed during the Investigation of alleged activities of Pullman porters and conductors, who Bee the “stuff” safely to the National Capltal. Announcement was made unofficial- | 1y by David H Blair, commissioner i of internal revenue, yesterday that Recent Riots. jiaE tncarnn Higy ¥ By the Associated Press. 111, February 14—The ed to both Dr. James T. Black, owner of the aade by President Coolidge, but given fHerrln Hospital, which was besieged to the public the Treasury, and by a mob of men Friday night who, reads as follows: Called Expert by President. “The bureau of engraving and print- ng is an ntial part of ment operations. For the years its organization has be turbed and it is uot now func with snoothness. Aftey with the Secretary of the have asked the Secretary of W v detail as act s rean Maj. W, W. Kirby of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, who Is an expert in the work done in the burcau, and who served with dis- tinetion in the American expedition- ary forees in France in battle maps and map- Kirby will retain his commission in the Army, and after the bureau is put once more in good working order a permanent director will be appointed. “Th sent director's resignation will ted without prejudice to his consideration for reappointment.” Text of Mellon's Letter. Seerctary Mellon's letter follows: “Dear Mr. Presiden “T am writing to advise situation which has deve ction with the <5 made by Mr. rewer as to alleged du- of liberty bonds and d_frauds afecting the Brewer has been investigations “or dis- ing nsultation - you of the ed in con- public debt. conducting i nore than two years and he has made s report under date of January 15, ‘ . This report rcached me on Jan ry 26. and the Treasury has since Deen checking it up, with a viey to answering it item by item at the par- st poseible moment. In the m time. however, the report has bec me Istavle ¢ ;hnd Deputy S ywas seriously wounded, were taken to Dr. Black's hospital. Several {hours later & mob of men surrounded ) [the building and demanded entrance, that killed Cag them adriission, and the doctor®said the. mob opene wrecked the building with bullets, Dr. Black sent the felegrams after the troops had arrived. His message read: last night and practically every win- dow and door was done because I would not send a visi- tor out to be shot by an insane mob, about 300 men opened fire and i on the hospital and raided the nursr:zsd' Lome. They never gained admission. tection for my patlents, my hospita and my visitors. Send investigatoress an- | statement: through procecdings broj . Brewer in the Distriet of lumbia courts against the Secrd of the Treasury and the Atto ticneral, and since it is ney doubts as to the integrit ile debt, I believe it is time to n : clear statement of the f nswer once and for all the which Mr. Brewer has brought Ligainst the Treasury. | harEes | isick and as long as T remain a doctor | T will serve any man who it is said, fired about 2,000 rounds into the building, last Saturday morning nt telegrams to the Department of jvern- |Justice at Washington, Senators Me- t two (dill, McCormick and McKinley and Representative 2. Dennison asking {for protection and federal investiga- {tion. Axks for Protection. In the riot last Friday night Con- esar Cagle, who was killed, eriff John Layman, who Dn Blas Dr. Blac! 1efused fused fire and literally “The Herrin hospital was fired on shot out. This was “I refused them admittance and “The militia is here. I want pro- Hilack Iswues Statement. Dr. Black also issued the following “Two, ears ago when eighteen or E0t ltwenty wounded and dying men | ary | sought refuge and medical treatment | in my hospital I was criticized by a certain eclement in Willlamson “My work as a doctor is to help the Directors of Steamboat Company L holders’ Meeting. needs my Goen Into Charges. i help, regardless of color or creed. T “Mr. Brewer charges in substance 2hat there have been large issues of duplicate liberty bonds, and at least ! implies that there has been a ¢on- ials of the Treasury, to suppress the tacts and make it possible for the <uilty parties to realize on the dupli- ate bonds. His charges cover prin- ipally the issue of temporary bopds luring the years 1917, 1918 and 1919, am not a member of the Ku Klux Klan, the Knights of the Flaming Circle or of any other organization that either for or a spiracy, affecting even the higher offi- | Klan. gainst the The incident of two years ago referreq to by the doctor was the m In “Which ‘twenty two. men- Jot - tae lives. At that time, it was saiq, Dr., Black received numerous threats, some of which were to tlie effect that his hose and, as appears from the report, were | Pital would be blown up, made first by Mr. J. W. McCarter of South Dakota, in letters publisheq in “McCarter’ Corporation,” a fanjily corporation organized by MeCarter in ihe interests of the Non-Partifan What action, if any, the federalégov- ernment contemplates taking, could aot eptember, 1920, in the mame of fthe | be learned last night, Three Men Implicated. The coroner’s jury investigating the | death of Constable Cagle returned a League. It appears from the records | & Donstatle ot the Treasury that Secretary Hous- | Yeidict Sesiorday nfternoon in which It ton made a thorough investigation into the matter at the time, and sub- sequently stated in two letters which were made public on September 28, 1920, that the charges were withdut ’§undation; that they were mahi tly based on misinformation wafsunderstanding, and that, thoul there were instances of duplicate } gerfal numbers on liberty bonds, mo ommendations. The men implicated Had mot been arrested last night, and it could not be learned whether steps were being taken to apprehend them. As a result of the verdict every aman who had been arrested in connection with the murder was released. ‘This included Sheriff George Galligan, C.. E. Anderson, mayor of Herrin; Ora Thom- §s and Hugh Willis, mine union offi- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.), (Continued on Page 2, Column %)™ Bolders held previously t directors were re-elected for the coming year: Milton E. Alles, Charles J. Bell, D. J. Callahan, Clarence F. Norment, Clarence F. Norment, jr., Willlam E. Penuoxl: ?%:'“ l?b Smith, ”’33:4%&‘.“"%&3;«.!“-. oo Vhas [for a divorce between Ralph Pulitzer passed his niretieth birthday, was|of New York and his wife have been congratulated by his assoclates on his re-election to head the company. $20,000 IN SCHOELKOPF by the thieves. All the gems, val- ued at $20,000, had been taken from their settings. P 304 who has peen given {publicity as an “under-cover” agent | of the speclul agents is not and has, not been officially employed by the spe clal intelligence unit. Elmer Irey, chief of the unit, stat- &d that he came to this office with in- formation which he proffered u: the investigation of a case and which we thought at the time might be reliable. He asked f6r cxpenses'and we paid for some of the expenses. Later we discovered that the man was Tiot rellable and we severed the co- operative agreement we had with him.” Jrey said he was an in- former, but that he was not on the payroll. in Find New List. A new “list” popped up today to strike terror into buyers of illicit liquor in Washington. It contains éighty-one names, Including the| names of seven prominent local hos- telries and it is in the hands of Dis- trict Commisstoner James I. Oyster. it was learned at the District build- ing today. What 18 to be done Wwith it was not Jearned. But it is known that Lieut. Davis and Sergt. McQuade, chief and fubchief, respectively, of the vice squad, were called into consultation with Commissioner Oyster to talk over the launching of a new cam- palgn against Imbibers, venders and manufacturers of beverages which come under the ban of the Volstead act. The launching of the campalgn will Dbe surrounded with secrecy and plans for the collection of evidence in the making of cases, will be lald at a secret conference between the vice squad_leaders, Commissioner Oyster and Maj. Daniel Sulllvan, chief of police. WOODBURY RENAMED ‘N. AND W. SHIP HEAD Also Re-Elected at Stock- " Levi Woodbury was re-elected pres- éational Bank of Washington. Other officers named were: Vice president, Clarence F. Norment; second vice Callahan; secretary and treasurer, Cdell S. Smith. : At the annual meeting t;tnstm': e following = JEWELS RECOVERED By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, . February 14—One sag “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 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g : % FEBRUARY 14, 1924—FIFTY PAGES. VANDERLIP'S VICIOUS VALENTINE MITH’S DRY SESSION | TO BE DONNYBROOK FAIR New York Governor Refuses to Elaborate on Remark Regard- ing Coming Parley. BOULEVARD LINKING QLD FORTS NAPPED |Engineer Department Of-| ficials Take First Step to Make Drive Reality. | The revenue blll carring a com- plcte revision of the federal tax rates was taken up in the House today un- A.F. of L. Agent, at Hearing, Says 70,000 Workers Want Board Continued Here. E February 114.—A enforeement called by Gov. Smith next Wednesday “a regulur Do srnor said today }, He did not amplify this prediction, but sald no stute prohibition legis- WHS necessary the Volstead act, which New York's county authorities could enforce. prohibition” ybrook fair, to supplement The first step in a boulevard plan to link up all the old civil w skirt the National Organized labor today appealed to subcommittee House District Committee, r forts that as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,362 TWO CENTS. MACDONALD’S HEALTH DISTURBS ENGLAND Baldwin's Sympathetic Reference Due to Knowledge of Pre- mier’s Frailties. ted Press, February 14—stanley Baldwin's sympathetic reference in| being borne by the prime minister was based, according to parliu- mentary w Ramsay Macdonald is actua very poor state of health. Like many other muscu! PROBERS DISCLOSE the house of commons to the burdens | FRESH SENSATIONS iters on recognition that| they say, he has physicul fra which prescribe limits to his c like a horse” since he was called to office he has probubly overtaxed his strength. The writers predict that tlons and as he has been “working | i unless the premier conserves his ener- | gies he {s likely to suffer a physical breskdown, necessitating a lengthy rest. Mr. Baldwin's reference to tt matter was: | { PUBLISHER SHOWS EASE We all hope that the immense double burden of premicr and minis- ter of forelgn affairs, which Le has assumed, may not be—as we fear it will be—too” much for him.” IKCUTNEASAE ' TAKEN UP IN HOUSE : General Debate to End Mon- | day—Insurgents Likely to Join Democrats. ! der an agreement to close general debate by Monday at 4 p.m., after| | which the bill witl be r to amendment. Opposition to the major provisions | of the bl including the income tax rates sections, which already com- prises the 207 democrats as a unit, 48 a result of a party caucus vote yesterday, was strengthcned today by members in the raks of the in surgent epublicn goup. After a meeting of the insurgents, leaders expressed the opinion their organization would vote for the dem- ocratic tax reduction plan, should their own proposal to be presented by Representative Frear, Wisconsin, for and open | group of engineer Is drove over the ter- proposed route. Representative Lampert of Wiscon- sin is chairman, to extend the life of the District Rent Commission indefi- nitely on the ground that the land- lords have in the past been guilty of “holding up,” “gouging” and “merci- less profiteering” on the housing ac- commodations SO SO FLED GAINSTWESTLAKE Guaranty Corporation Re- " ceivers Charge Losses Due to Mismanagement. department offic ritory and mapped ou working for many vears for legislation to acquire the fort sites and to make the necessary changes tem to create a continuo: the street sys- drive around The plan of Ca assistunt engine Edward F. McGrady, agent of the A. F. of L., said that the organization is in favor of continu- ing the commission and that he rep- 70,000 members of the organization in the District. “We cannot take the landlords who say that if the com- mission ceases Yo exist they will not increase rent. We know that they did hold up and gouge the workers in the past until Congress itself had to step Mr. McGrady said that vote was taken he believes that people in the District would be unanimous for it and he s that the workers would. C. F. Adams, 8 8th street southeast, Commissioner, followed and resents over Willlam B. Westlake, former presi- WOrdjaf she ident of the District Guaranty Corpo- Lexislation still would be needed to |Fation, is named defendant in a suit ! purchase those of the forts not ai- | to recover $70,000 damages filed today ready in government posses some street changes would later be!Fred B. Rhodes and David W. Fox, as necessary to create a continuous, wide | Teceivers Wood believes a fort drive can be mapped off imme- using existing fares, putting them in good condition and improving the illumination along District Supreme Court in and stop it. i Rt f a referendum charge is made that the corporation suffered losses totaling that amount during the presidency of Mr. West- lake by reason of “gross carelessness | w and mismanagement of its business.” Representative Hammer had Mr. Adams said the conduct read into the record. that while it was impossible for : considerable number of the organiz: tions he represents to appear at the hearings, he speaks for 75,000 wage- earners, in addition to their familie several hundred res diately on thi recommend ornamental local motorist or the tourist over it sightseeing aty; weuld be brought into existence. EBach of the old forts have i connected with them, Washingtonians. plan Capt. Wood will against William s trading as W, jalleged to be due the corporation in connection with the sale of its stock by the partnerghip. ment with the fiscal agent, it is to the extent of $17 ! was sold by the fiscal age {count of which heen paid to the cor) a balance due of $6,509.28. should be added, esting history Opposition to Board. The resolution of the Central Labor Union sets forth that “this commis- slon has been performing in a just manner covering Under an agree- present generation. points from which the Union troops defended the Capital during the civil ration, leaving land equitable period of about five years a necessary the court is told, a 50 per cent reduction in the normal | rates and no change in the surtax; rates, be rejected. Would Tip Balance. The insurgent organization cast seventeen votes against Speaker Gil- lett in the House organization fight| and this number of votes combined with the democratic unit would give a majority for the democratic plan.! if all of the 435 members * of the House were voting. The democratic inconie schedule provides for a 30 per cent reduction | in normal taxes and & maximum sur- | tax rate of 44 per cent instead of 25 per cent cut in normal income rates and maximum surtas of 25 per cent. as proposed by Secretary Mellon and | carried in the bill. In the general debate on the bill to- day Chairman Green of the ways and | means committee made the opening statement, explaining general pro- visions of the measure. Representa- tive Garner, ranking democrat on the committee, presented his party views. Chairman Green confined his re-| marks to technical features of the measure, presenting only formally the income tax pfovision, the surtax rates of which he has disagreed with. Representative Garner, however, launched imediately into a discus sion of the income rates, attacking as unprecedented and “humiliating" the appeal of President Coolldge in his speech at New York Tuedday night “to_the people to ask Congres to_pass the Mellon tax bill." Represcntative Mills, republican, Sew York. called attention to “Woodrow Wilson's direct appeal to the public in his fight with the Sen- ate over ratification of the treaty of Versallles.” Cont of Exemption. oft by Capt. Wood yesterday covers thirty-nine miles, nearly all of which is already in good condition for mo- Here and there a stretch of roadway was encountered that needs resurfacing. From Water Street. The route taken yesterday began and ended on Water street mear the municipal fish markets, and covered the following area: street to Washington barracks, to the navy vard, to St. Elizabetn's Hospi- tal, to the National Guard rifle range in Congress Helghts, forts in the southe $9.660.81 for cash advanced to or on account of the fiscal agent by the cor- poration. making a total alleged to be and invaluable service to the com- The life of this commission will soon terminate, and a powerful opposition on the part of real estate bodies of the District, assisted by like bodies throughout Suit Directed by Court. Through Attorneys Ralph harty and Paul Dulaney the receivers the court they rected by the Equity Court to insti- They point out that Mr. Westlake was president and had the general management of the af- fairs of the corporation from October the country bending every effort to prevent the extension of the life of the commis- have been di* “The rapacious greed of the prop- erty-owning class is so manifest by before the Rent Com- mission that the Central Labor Union believes that the interests of the rent- ing public will through the enactment of legislatio that will provide for its continuance. The resolution, which is signed by {A. M. Rogers, secretary of the Cen- tral Labor Union, concludes that: condemn the efforts being made to re- fuse the extension of the life of this admirable commission and instruct our legislative committee to render every assistance possible toward se- curing of legislation that will extend the life of the commission so long as it continues'in the future the equita- ble and falr treatment as it has in tute the suits. From Water the case now best conserved 18. 1921, until his resignation in Octo- During that time, e disobeyed, disregarded instructions of the board nd made loans In excess of $5,000 without submitting the ap- plicaticns to the board, and failed to jmake reasonable or sufficient {nvesti- rd | gation into ‘the value of notes and Georgia | securities bought Ly the company or as to the “financial standing or re- sponsibility of persons to whom the money of the corporation was ad- ignored and t, through Ala- d, | of director: South Dakota Bladensburg Harewood road, Blair gan_avenue, Longfellow avenue, Military road, through Rock Creek Park, Rittenhouse street, Chevy Western I\"enuc. treet, Belt road, Wisconsin,avenue. Nebraska avenue, 46th streef, Foxall road, Reservoir street, R street, across Q strect bridge, street, New Hampshire avenue, Wash- ington Circle, to Potomac Park to Water street. On_Saturday Chase Circle, Incidents of the alleged misman- agement are speclfied, being the charge that Mr. Westlake bound the company to pay a debt of $10,000 due to a local bank by a cor- poration described by the receivers which ‘proved a total loss to the guaranty corporation. number of loans of $5,000 are be uncollectible. Attorney Fleharty stated that the sold stock $200,000, and that the present value; of the securities in the hands of the receivers will not éxceed $80,000. SINCLAIR LARGE FACTOR IN ITALIAK OIL SITUATION Certain News Agencies Said to Have Suppressed His Name in Reporting U. 8. Case. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. one of them Cane Applied to Labor. R. A. Dean, representing the Wash- Association Owners and Managers, questioned the labor representatives. they would be in favor of a bill ap- i pointing a commission to determine a falr rate of wage for the workmen Both Mr. McGrady and Mr. Adams said that they would Mr. McGrady also in reply to a question sald he. was opposed to compulsory arbitration and explained in ‘his opinion, ference between arbitration on wages and the duties of the Rent Com- afternoon Engineer i Commissioner Bell will drive over the . Wood was accompanied y W. B. Hagley, electrical engineer; L. R. Grabill, superintend. ent of suburban roads, and J. S. superintendent of water de. ident of the Norfolk and Washington | partment. Steamboat Company at the annual meeting of directors today at the as insolvent, He asked if they represent. —_— PULITZER DIV FIGHT BEGUN IN PARIS - | Whether New Yorker or Wife Is Applicant Unknown Outside was the dif- Mr. Dean asked Mr. McGrady if he ould submit statistics to substan- tiate his claim that rents had been Increased 150 per cent and to submit for the record the names of the vari- ous labor organizations in the Dis- trict favoring the proposed legisla- tion to extend indefinitely the life of the Rent Commission. Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, a member By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 14—Proceedings In connection with the proposal advanced yesterday by Senator Ral- ston, democrat, Indiana, to exempt from federal income tax all persons with incomes of less than §5.000, Rep- resentative Bacharach, republican, New Jersey, made public today a letter from Joseph McCoy, govern- ment actuary, declaring such exemp- tions would ' cost the government about $240,000,000 in revenue annual- ly. This will not take in consldera- tion any cut in the normal or surtax rates. Mr .Ralston pointed out that the taxes pald on incomes of less than $5,000 in 1921 amounted to about $92,- 790,309, . - Mr. McCoy made his estimate last November at the request of Repre- sentative Bacharach, who was ther considering ralsing the exemption to $4,000 for singlc persons, and $5,000 for married persons. The loss in rev- enue, estimated- by Mr. McCoy for such a scheme, more than equais the lcss he has estimated will result from cutting the normal tax rate 25 per cent, and maximum sur-tax from 50 per cent to 25 per cent, as proposed by Secretary Mellon, and placed in the revenue bill by the ways and means committee. The democratic caucus yesterday voted to bind the entire party mem- bership of 207 to support the income tax rates proposed by Representative Garner, Texas, as opposed to the Mellon schedules carried in the bill. Of 168 democrats at the caucus 164 approved the action to bind members. Rules of the membership provide that if two-thirds of the party mem- bership approves of such an action it will be binding on the entire party unless a member shows that he had made a pledge to his constituents prior to_election which would be :(llol;ul‘l by carrying out the party tct: GOLFERS TO MEET. By Cable to The Star and C) of the Rent Commission, testified that the increase in rent has been 125 per cent over the pre-war perlod for the types of houses occupled by the These houses were which formerly rented from $12.50 to $26 a month, where the great- est scarcity exists today,” Mrs.. Tay- lor told the committee. Aversge of Wages. In reply to questions by Represent- ative Lambert, Mrs. Taylor sald the average wage of this class of women was $1,100 and §1,500 for both men She clalmed that many of these Were paying at least 60 per cent of their wages T Contmued o Iygs ROME, February 14.—The new: paper Popolo calls attention to an fact in connection_with Sinclair ofl activities in Italy. It as- serts that certain news agencles re- porting the American ol suppressed Harry Sinclair's name. The implied allegation is that the Sinclair company has powerful in- The paper also_states that Sinclair obtained an Italian monopoly for .boring and seaport It is known that Sinclair was offered suck a concession, but it has been asserted that he refused and that the Anglo-Persian Company ob- Nevertheless begun In the French courts. to the sécrecy observed by the courts In such cases information is not ob: tainable as to which party is the ap- plicant, but it is understood the ap- working people. Pulitzer has been in Paris until re- cently, when he went to London. NOTED HOOSIER DIES. hundred precious stones stolen from | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., February 14. Mrs. Hugo C. P. Schoelkopf of Butfalo | —Dr. Henry Jameson, seventy-five New Year eve, 1922, were recovered | years old, chairman of the board of for the police today by John Mahan, terests_here. directors 'of the Indianapolis Street the jeweler to whom they were sold | Railway Company, and known as “the father of the Indianapolis boulgvard system,” dled yesterday following an attack” of puneumonia, and women. are lively in this in_rent. Repre- part of the world. Rock Creek Park Players to Or- ganize Tonight. Golf enthusiasts who are regular patrons of the Rock Creek Park pub- 1lo links, in order to form an organ- izatlon, have called a meeting for 8 o'clock tonight in the parish hail of the Chapel of the Transfiguration, Gallatin street, just west of 1ith street, All patrons of the Rock Creck Park linke are expected to attend. Three members of the proposed organiza- tion will be selected to act as Rock Creek’s representatives in the newly | to testify re and “gave up nothing ard Oil Company of retary ment that an opinion be obtained fror: Mr. Daugherty, plied that Sed “unnecessary tana, led in questioning of Mr. Sut who posal was referred to the president or vice p company, with the usu pass upon the sufficien posal: wh constitute a legul cont ¥ the pro . conetitute a valid ¢ the purchase of oil that the cont would not be legal and that I ¢ not approve it." which h under which he held that the 4, 1920, did not tary of the Nai K for anything except fuel oil. Tx- change for any other thing, ti fon continucd, would defeat “the In tent of Congre: authorizing the Secretar: naval oil reserves. of this opinion®" asked Seuator W also about the hearing before Se tary Fall at the time of the dismissal of the proccedings brought by the Californiz.within the confines o naval reserve No. 1 in California. Tic declared the government was repre- sented at the hearings and the whol situation canvassed. wrote to_Secretary organized District’of Columbia Public Links Golf Association, VANDERLIP IS KEPT WAITING WHILE 01L Banker to Be Questioned Tomorrow on the Rumors of Corruption in Sale of Presi- dent Harding’s Newspaper. IN GETTING OIL LANDS John C. Shaffer Reveals How Sin- clair Interests “Took Care” of Him on the Strength of Verbal Promises Made by Secretary Fall—Lease Legality Questioned. A subpoenn for Fdward B. We- Tean, publisher of the Washington Fout, was insued today by the Sen- ate oil committee. While Fra A, Vanderlip waited rding his referen to the sale of P'resident Harding Marion Star, the Senate oil commit- tee produced a fresh flock of sensa- tions today from other witnesses. The committee decided shortly lafter 1 o'clock that Mr. Vanderlip would not be questioned until to- morrow. John C. Shafler, publisher of the Chicago Post and other newspapers, testified that in connection with the Sinclair Teapot Dome lease he got @ one-eighth iterest in the Pion 0il Company, a Standard subsidia n return. He had an old clain pending, he saic and Secretary Fall promised merely for the asking, that he would be taken care of. Objections to Opinion, A letter by H. Foster Bain, director of mines, written before the leases were made, and put into the com ord, 5100@" that Attorney General Daughert had given ing the Mr. Daugherty he ‘gave any opinion. dressed to S written opinion be aske Attorney General, but fcded that, 1 realize the objections to asking such opinion.’ Ittee T4 eclared that the writer “‘under n_informal opinion uphol lidity of the leasing poli previously has den The lette 1, suggested for trom th cretary Fi Oscar Sutro, counsel ror the Stanc “alifornia, had suggested to Assis inney of the Interior Depart that he but that Mr. Finney re etary Fall thought to take such a step. Thought Proposal Ilegal. Senator Walsh, democrat, Mo the, first witness called to- He asked whether the witness knew of the advertisement issued by the N stru Pear] Harbor. y Department for the co tion of ofl storage tanks “T do,” replied Mr. Sutro. bid ‘your company bid?" do not think we made a formal bid.’ T W My collection is that the pro- e by eithey ident of our 1 request that T pass on it. A part of. my functions 4 and s to attend to thes matters her its acce request t make. 1, if s my opinion th ipted, would no ntr. “One of the compan offers said there was a considerable quuntity of oil involved and that we would 1 to have it. 1 made as thorough igation as I was capable of mak- ing. and rendered a written opinfo to the vice president of the company who was particularly in charge of ‘1 uld Sutro read the formal opinio delivered to his company e of January 1922, in of June uthorize the Secre. to exchauge fuel of opin ng the act to work the in pi “Was the Navy Department ad ed of our at- “T know they we titude. I don't think they were glven a copy of the opinion.” Sutro then related a conversatior with Assistant Secretarsy Finney of the Interior Department. in which he ex pregsed the'hope that the Attorncy Gen- eral would p ss on the opinion. fr. Finney's reply, in substance, was that it_was not the wish of the Secre- tary of the Interior—; that expresses it. He tary of the Interior considered it necessary to have the opinion of th Attorney General.” J don't th aid the Sec The Standard Oil counsel was ash overnment to acquire title to o Finds held by the Standard OIl « “The Secretary did the only thing he could do in dismissing the proceed- ings,” Sutro said. John Holland, secretary to Senator Walsh, testified that he ‘had found : copy of Sutro's opinfon in the files of the Interior Department, and that there had heen official correspondence tabout it. As a result of the testimon the committee instructed its secretary {10 search the files of the Department |of_Justice. H. Foster Bain, , at Three Rivers, N. M, adv him of the Sutro opinion. “None of us want Mr. Doheny fo get into any trouble and propose tu do everything in our power to ma it easy for him,” =aid the letter. Text of Bain Letter. The text of the letter follows: 06 Custom Place, ‘San Francisco, Calif., “May’ 12, 1922, Albert B. Fall, Three Rivers, 3. Dear Mr. Secretary: I have been here for the last few days arranging for a transfer of the “accumulated royalty oil and for future royalty olls tq the Pan-American Company. 1 have been surprised to find the S nd- {Continucd on Page 5, Column 1)