Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1924, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. -C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, Who's What, Banker ALLIN THE DAY’S WORK. ; ‘ —By WEBSTER. (QOrgeuization of Associated Press Asks After He anid Son : “Revolution of 1893, Stone Says . THE MAN WHD TVE 66TTA WRITE SomeE PALMETTO GROVE (S WOrOERFULLY Wed Mother and Girl w"e‘cvsswe‘ ") STufe For A BoorLeT LoCATED FoR OUTDBOR RECREATION, By the Amsociated ‘Prese. 1924, . - TAELPEPSD OLDWHIEHOLSE ' CHAMBER OF & ARE MO DULL , SAIRITLE S5, 6Loomy, BLuges Fon COMMERCE of PALMETTO ‘men “HELD AS WARNING Failure of . Marion Star Charges Regarded. Lesson w for J:hm Waggers. BY FREDERIC 'WILLIAM WILE. Frank A. Vanderlip's complete fail- ure to substantiate the Harding- Marion Star gossip before the Senate oil committee is regarded by public men in Washington as one of the most salutary episodes In cotemporary times. They expect it to prove an effective lesson for TumMOr-mongers. They belicve men and women hence- forward will be scrupulously careful about traducing people in high sta- tion, whether dead or alive. The necessity to face an inquisition before @ congressional committee, amid piti- less publicity, is designed to deter frresponsible talkers, just as the libel laws restraln newspapers and news writers from uttering chatter of pure- 1y hearsay value. Congress Prone to Err, While politicians and federal offi- clals n»jfl‘h-» over the prompt action taken by the oil investigators to nail the Harding yarn, it is admitted in the same br h t Congress itself is prone to lend r to idle reports. Often a member of the House or the Senate, acting in entire good faith, s spurred ‘1o demand an_investiga- tion of this, that or the other alleged wrongdoing in feder: tairs. W h- ington during the past twenty d investigations without num- luminous hearings are held. is worked up before me they are in prog- 8 Heavy expense to the gove ment is entailed. Weeks and months of time, which members of Congress might a devoted to T ly im- portant national affairs, asted. Reputations Rul Frequently reputations imes blaste d re injure The mere come to though tted and reti of once : nvestigat often remains. It is a commonp! on Capitol HilL, too, that only r: do congressional anywhere."” inal ived in political motiv They usurp the limelight for a brief spell. | The newspapers headline day- by-day developmen Witnesses, times with axes to grind, c: ranted aspersions. The in’ ends with nobody convicted of any- thing, but, perhaps, with any number of worthy people indelibly besmirched in some way or other. 'All that re- mains, in addition, is a_bulky volume of proceedings, printed at government expense and high cost, recording hear- ings which, in seven out of ten, authorities v, might just as well never have been held. Loose Talk Rampant. Small talk and loose tall rampant in W on. of being “interesti hundreds of people in it. The Capital long Known as the “whisp the nation.” The rumo shining marks. men suffered , more uel t hands than did Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding. Short of felonious eonduct in office, there misdemeanor that the tongue of ship did not allege against them. Pressed for evidence of their mall chin-wageing, the gossip-merchants usually took refuze in the alibi that they’ “heard” this-and-that on ab- solutely reliable authority.” They sel- dom could be induced to guote the source of their misinformation, But that did not induce them, ordigarily. to stop circulating it. = One Notable Incldent. On one occasion. known to this writer, it was sug d that a Pres dent of the United States ought to o to court to put an end to some rrilous stories persistently mak ing the rounds in \Washington. It was pointed out that the present King of England, George V, did not shrink from taking ch stéps on a!l similar oc on.. ¥ rs there had circulated in Great Britain a gir cumstantial report that, before As- cending the throne and while still a young wvrince. Geor contracted a morganatic marri: and had Rn.] other wife and family living. The story was universally bandied about | and was believed by gnillions of | people. Finally some hdventurous seribe dared to put it into print. The | law officers of the crown, in the | king's name, sued h!m for criminal, slander. The defendant testify that he k knowledge ‘whatey his allegation. Ha vears, he came to Dossessed absolutely way of fact Evil of, Tale-Bearing. Tale-bearing and the consequence it often leads to in Washington—a congressional investigation—is seri- ously affecting the federal service. member of President Coolidge’s ¢ inet told the writer within the month that it is becoming increas- ingly difficult to induce men to ente the government's em- ploy because they're afraid of losing their reputations at the hands of ir- responsible talke If the Vanderlip Harding affair leads to more discre- tion upon the part of people fond of juggling with ‘the names of public it will turn out to have been a blessing in disguise. (Copyright, 1924.) MISS HEMPEL GIVES JENNY LIND CONCERT Furnishes Delightful Entertain- ment to Audience Which Fills Theater. In the guise bitually indulge ng ealle: monge of was compelled to d o first-hand on which to base ni heard it for helieve ft, but | nothing in the | ¥riedw Hempel's charming person- ality and voice, together with Jenny Lind's type of program and costume, save a delightful afternoon’s enter- tainment to an audience that com- pletely filled Poll's Theater yesterday. Miss Hempel appeared to be in an unusually happy mood. She used alk the ‘quaint gestures that belonged to the.period of her lovely blue hoop- ! skirt dress trimmed with garlands of pink roses. Coenraad V. Bos, plan- fst, and Louis P. Fritze, flutist, who wave the singer fine support, both nstrumentally and in sustaining the atmosphere of Jenny Lind's period, also were costumed according to the styles of 1850. Miss Hempel opened her program with “Casta Diva,” the aria from “Norma,” said to be the first number Jenny Lind sang in,America. The “oloratura Soprano wis in fine volce and gave her cadenzas with color and wkill. Schubert's “Licbesbotgchaft, Schumann’s “Du Bist wie Eine Blum, and “Frulingsnacht” were beautifully sung. The famous Norwegian “Echo Song” was the feature of this group. Miss Hempel played her own accom- Daniment to this number after the manner of Miss Lind, who is quoted uw saying it was her favorite song. “Feto Galante,” by Hahn, was the en- core. Miss Hempel's most _pretentious number, perhaps, was the “Shadow Song” from Meverbeer' inorah,” sung with vivid color and subtie shadings to_fluta and piano accom- paniment. Then .came “Dixle,” with the famous Lind accent; “Suwanee River” and Dby request, Lieurance's “By the Waters of Minnetonka.” In her last group, English songs; e " or entertaining, | ince has been } < love ¢ In latter-day times no . : hacaly a | | ‘The popularity of these Jenn: NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Febru- ary 16—Just after ho was married yesterday, Theodore Wult, banker, discovered- that his som, besides being Mrs. Wult's step-son, was her Son-in-law, and Mrs. Wault found that,her daughter, in addi- tion to being her husband's step- daughter, was his daugter-in-law, but that nevertheless the step-' daughter and step-son were not step-sister and step-brother. Mr. Wult, who married for the second time, and the former Mrs. Sophie Lake who marrled for the third time, had stepped into, their limousine from the church, when Wult, jr. stepped on the running board and offered congratulations, “Now it's your turn to congratus late me,” suggested the son. “What for?” asked the father. 1" the son explained, “tharried - Mrs. Lake's—that is step-mother's —or rather Mrs. Wult's daughter, day before yesterday. You might congratulate me on the choice of a mother-in-law." WARSHP RESCUES ) FROMEXCO Four U. S. Oil Men Among Refugees as Puerto Rebels Stir for Battle. By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ, February 16.—The United States cruiser Richmond has rrived from Puerto, Mexico where a battle is brewing, bringing four American oil men and thirty-eight other refugees, including Englishmen, ! Spaniards and Frenchmen. The Amer- icans are J. A. Balducette, John B. Orynski, J. Langstroth and R. K. Manning. - The new arrivals say the rebels are feverishly cngaged in erecting forti- fications and otherwise preparing to defend Puerto Mexico against attack by government forces from Santa Lucrecia. s | “The rebel general, Benito Torruco, in charge, has received reinforcement of 400 men from Yucatan, and the gunboat Zaragoza will be used in the The refugees, however, say ¥ believed the federal re better organized, will ju > town, which is said to be running short of provisions. In addition to Puerto Mexico, the rebels also control Minatitlan. FEDERALS AFTER TUXPAM. Rebel Stronghold Important Be- cause of Oil Fields, ICO CITY, February 16 (By to_the Fort Worth Star Tele- |&ram). —Tuxpam, especially important because of rich oil fields in the re- {gion, is the next federal objective. {Part of « Martinez' 10,000 men occupying Vera Cruz have been rushed there t. erate with forces un- |der Gen. Luis Gutierrez and Gen. Espinosa Cordoba. Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, military com- mander of Mexico City, declares he is only waiting Gen. Obregon's or- ders to start toward Tampico to head military operations against rebels there. OBREGON TO CONFER. Ir Quits Guadalajara to Meet Gen- erals, Who Won City. Press, SCRETARY OF. WAR AIN, Guadalajara, - 15.—President Obregon left ara today in the direction of . after a conference with of War Serrano, Gen. Amaro, federal commander on th« Jaliseo front, and various other lead- ing generals. who participated in the victorious attack on this city. According to official reports the main body of the Cefeated Jalisco in- cctionists has concentrated in the vicinity of Ciudad Guzman. Gen. Sal- vador ~ Albarado, commanding the cbels there, is reported through re- liable channels to have ordered the cxecution of Gen. Crispiano Anzaldo, to whose direction the rebf forces at Ocotlan attribute their defeat. A split between Géns. Dieguez and Enrique Estrada is reported, the lat- ter, it | s said, blaming Dieguez for the debacle at Palo Verdes where Es- trada was forced to flee half clad, leaving his coat withimportant docu- ments behind. COMMUNICATION CUT. By the Assocate Western Front Commanders Out of Touch With Capital. MERIDA. Yucatan, February 16 (by radio via the Dallas News).—Mexico v is cut off from communication with Ocotlan, Guadalajara, Tampico and the western front, Deputy Otilio onzalez, director of publicity for the revolutionists. declared here last ight. Although there have been official messages sent by the Obregon au- thorities claiming #hat they have taken Tuxpam, in reality this place and_the entire oil fleld regions are in the hands of our forces, which oc- | cupied that section after displacing the impositionistas (federal lowing the successful attack fol- eral |days ago by Gen. Jose Moran.” Deputy Gonzalez stated. “Gen. Moran's ad- vance has been pushed beyond San Juan Casiano, on the main Tampico highway. . “The report that American finan- ciers are supplying aid to the revolu- tionary movement is entirely without foundation. We count upon justice of our cause and by the self-dental of our soldiers, who obtain their sup- plies in meager amounts from day to day, with no promise for the mor- Tow. u.s. WORKEEENDS LIFE. Chemist Hangs Self With Iron Cord—Drinking, Wife Says. NEW ORLEANS, February 16— John M. Shea, a government chemist, committed suicide last night by hang- ing himself with the cord of an olec- tric iron in the kitchen of his home, according to police. Shea was twenty-nine years old and employed by the governthent at the New Orleans mint. Mrs. Shea told the police her hus- band " had been drinking and had threatened on several occasions to kill himself. —— Miss Hempel was particularly charm- ing. Bishop's “Should He Unbr‘;id." and “Home, Sweet Home," were sung {with feeling, and Taubert's “The Eve- ning -Bell” and “Bird Song,” the lat- ter written for the Swedish nightin- gale, were equally lovely. The first encore, an old English song, “I'd Be a Butterfly,” was a dainty bailad, d the old favorites, Stranss’ “Blue Dan- ube Waltz,” and Flotow's “The Last Rose of Summer” sent her large au- dience home apparently highly satis- fied. Lind empel was shown in the applause and.gifts of flowers. Mr. Bos; sympathetic as Miss Hem. pel’s Becompanist, proved & fine plan. ist in the Schumann-Liszt ‘Dedica- tion,” Chopin’s “Larghetto” and “Po- lonaise,” and a Brahms “Waltz.” Mr. Fritze played “Aire from Spite,” by Aubert; Godard's “Allegretto” and Beethoven's “Minuet,” as solos. concerts as ‘rteuntsd by Miss WINTER RESORT FOLOERS 7 READY 7 - AMD ALWAYS,OUT YOMDER IS GLITTERING, SCINTILLAMT THE TEEMING INTERESTOF FIMEST HARBORS, AND OLD OCEArM, GREEM - BLUE -OFPAL UMDER THE SURNSHINE, SPICED AR, LIKE PERFUME, 1S WAFTED - I IMAGINATION IS SUDDENLY COLORED WITH GOLD AND . SCARLET AnD THE BLUE oF STORMLESS SKIES, A. MAG1C WAMD. HAS MADE You YOUNMG AT HEART Anp 18 SERT * LooPR. 1934 (. Y. WORLD), PRESS FUB. CO. SHARP TILT MARKS SENATE DEBATE ON t OIL PROSECUTORS | «Continued from First Pag {the committee felt this would dis- | qualify him. The correspondence also showed {that the committee acquiesced in the “roqu(‘ st of Mr. Strawn for withdrawal {of his name because of possible pub- lic criticism of his banking conne tions, but had expressed their ;‘full est confidence in the tegrity of Mr. Strawn. President's Letter. The correspondence included this letter addressed by the President yes- terday to members of the Senate com- mittee: “Gentlemen: ‘ “Inclosed is a copy of a letter from counsel in the investiga leases. As you will see by the letter, Mr. Strawn consented to come into the case without any knowledge of the facts since disclose His reputa- tion I8 such in the community in which he lives as to merit the fullest confidence that any client which he serves would receive his best possible jefforts, even though such, action i might result in his own personal dis- jadvantage. But under the circum- etances, I want to take the opinion of the committee as to whether they think he should proceed with the case or be permitted to retire. If the ! committee is of the opinion that he ishould retire, I very much wish they would communicate their opi | me, and I should in that se, course, withdraw the nomination. ' “It is exceedingly important that counsel be secured with the single end in view of having the ability to ion of oil direct the proceedings in’ these cases | for the purpose of protecting the in- terests of the United States. I can- not find such counsel outside the {ranks of those who have had ‘experi- ence. I shall undertake to select counsel with the view of securing present ability and character who will take up these ca®es and push them to a speedy conclusion. l “I wish to thank the committee for ’thelr helpful suggestions and their desire to co-operate. This is a case where we must join together without respect to party for the purpose of protecting the interests of the peo- ple of the United States.” . Mr. Strawn in the letter Inclosed by the President, written under date of Tuesday, quoted the statement made by Mr. Coolidge on January 26 with respect to appointment of coun- sel and then continued: “You honored me by submitting my name to the Senate for confirmation as one of the special counsel to carry out the purpose you expressed. Pend- ing senatorial action you instructed me to immediately proceed with the investigatfon, in order that no time might be lost in the protection of the public interests: This, in collabora- tion with the other nominee, ex-Sen- ator Pomerene, and our assistants, I have been doing. Cites Travlor Statement. “At an executive session of the Senate committee on public lands and surveys, held this afternoon, I was told that earlier in the day Mr. Mel- vin A: Traylor, president of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, | had made a statement to the com- mittee substantially as follows: “That his bank was trustee under a debénture agreement securing an issue of securities of the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company, which is owned, one-half gach, by the Standard Oil'and Sinclair companies; that his bank participated in the s tribution to the public of securities issued under the debenture agree- ment and of other securities issued by the Sinclair Pipe Line Company, which is also owned jointly by the Standard and Sinclair companies; that the Sinclair Pipe Line Company is building the pipe line to the Heas. pot Dome, and that the Standard Ol | Company "of years depoglf Natlonal Bank. of Chicago. . “Mr. Traylor further stated that T am now and- for several years last past have been a director and stock- holder of the First National Bank of Chicago and that recently I have been made a director of the Firat Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago; that I am not'the attorney for the bank and that I had nothing to do with its business; that as a director I merely attended a bbard meeting once & month, heard the reports of the officers and went my way. 4 Has First Information. “This statement of Mr. Traylor's re- ! peated to me by. the committee was £ Indiana had for ‘many GROVE 1S GETTING OUT, AFTER You TYPE (¥ - Car 60 HomE ability and in- | 8 { investigation now being conducted bY ycation for any land in the naval re- ( members are, they are one the committee would not to the mind | serve had I not expended so large a | desire and demand that th ! 3r. Strawn, whom I have proposed as | funds in the First! Amp KEEP v Lwves N = BLABLA BAY, OME OF THE WORLD'S| CoLD DAYS, PUT Or YouR SPoRY COSTUME ‘or. PALMET Yo GRoVE WHITE DUCK. , BARE-HEADED. STHE BEMEDICTIOM OF THE SumN 1S A BIRTHRIGHT - FRom THo SETRoPIC ISLES AROUND WHICH HISTORY HAS WOVEN RoMANCE EVER SINCE THE FIRST SPAMISH GALLEO™ SPREAD ITS SAILS [ THRow BACK THE L1D OF THE GEM- DRAW FoRTH THE FISHING RoD oR THE GoLF BAG , THE OAR OR THE Poro fory SET JeweEL CAse ), AH-p! s (5T WEATHER ! G1MME TH GooD SMAPPY ZERD STUFF Every Time ! | FEEL LikE A OF Sevee! N .5 N = N the first information I had ever had that the First Trust and Savings Bank had acted as trustee or had participated in the distribution of the securities as above stated. As stated by Mr. Traylor the subject was not brought to the attention of the board of directors. Might Cause Doubt. “Some members of the committee fact that I was a director of a bank | | which acted as trustee of and dealt] lin some of the securities issued by | one of the companies involved in the | of a lawyer in any way disqualify or | prejudice me in acting as one of the ecial counsel provided for in S. J. 54, that, nevertheless, my director- | ship might arouse in the public mind | uspicion of lack of loyalty, how- er thoroughly, efliciently or fear- Iy 1 might do my duty. t is inconceivable to me how any air mind could conclude that a law- .r_who is fit to practice his pro- jon could be subject to such a suspicion merely because he happened to be one of twenty-nine directors of a large bank which Is organized for the purpose of dealing in securities }and acting as trustee. |~ “However, if it is the final judg- iment of the committee that the con- !nection above indicated disqualifies {me to act as special counsel, then I | respectfully request you. in your dis- ! {cretion, to withdraw my name from ifurther consideration, in order that !a nominee more acceptable to the | committee may be selected and your instructions to protect the rights of the public be obeyed without further delay.” Lenroot's Letter Given. ‘The final letter in the series was from Chalrman Lenroot of the Sen- {ate committee under date of today, and it sald: “Yours of the 14th Instant relative to Mr. Strawn was placed before the committee on public lands and sur- veys, together with a copy of his letter to you of the 12th instant, and considered by them. “I was directed by the committee to inform you that while the members of the committee expressed their fullest confidence in the ability and integrity of Mr. Strawn, in view of the disclosures by Mr. Traylor concerning the comnec- tion of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chlcago, of which Mr. Strawn is a director, with certain debenture is- sures of the Sinclair Crude Oil Pur- chasing Company, and the possible pub- lic criticism that might result by reason of that condition, that for this reason, and this reason only, the committec should acquiesce in Mr. Strawn's re- quest that his nomination be withdrawn a8 one of the special counsel. “I might also add that the committee is convinced that Mr. Strawn knew noth- ing about the connection of the First Trust and Savings Bahk with the Sin- clair Company until it was disclosed by the testimony of Mr. Traylor before the SHAFFER TELLS OF DEAL. Publisher Supplements Testimony Before Committee. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 16. — John' Shaffer, owirer of the Chicago Eve- ning Post and other newspapers in the middle west, who appeared be- fore the senate committee investiga- ting government oil leases Thursday, last night {ssued a statement supple- s { menting testimony before the committee. not have data concerning the facts before him when he_testified. In his statement Mr. Shaffer said that he had never had any informa- tion concerning the negotiations of ! former Secretary Fall with Harry Sin- clair until he read of it in the new papers and asserted that he had per- formed no service for the Ploneer Oil Company in its attempt to secure a lease in the naval reserve, Nefther were his newspapers asked to use their influence in this deal, Mr. Shaf- 1 fer sald. ! Details Purchase of Rights. © Mr. Shaffer’s statement detailed his purchase of drilling rights from the ; Teapot Ol Company of Wyoming in 1917 and of subsequent efforts to drill pany, organized to develop the prop- erty. He personally had expended 1$115,000 on this proposition, the state- | ment said. i Mr. Shaffer said ‘In'the statement tthat in 1917 he made application to}] Secretary Payne-for-a-lease, and was told that if the government opened the naval reserve his application would receive just ¢conslderation. He renewed the hpplication after Secre- tary Fall took office and received the same, answer, according to the sta ment, He said he learned of the lease 1o/ Mr. Sinclair In 1922, and wrote to Mr. Finney, assistant secretary of the in- terlor, 'calling his attention to his. application and Secretary Fall's prom- ize. “When 1 returned from Californta,” committee on Tuesday, the twelfth in-| stant. Itre-uom last night. in = well for the Maryland Oil Com- |' K10 the statement continues, Secretary Fall; he had the lease with’ Mr. Sinc I called on then made but_he Sinclair that he wanted 200 acres of this land reserved for me because of my early application for the same. I had two conferences with M r Refuxed Request. Sinclair to give me eage in Section 29, next to my -xpressed the opinion that while the | Maryland ofl land, but he preferred | should be the agent or joint reporter to set aside other land, and proposed that he would handle 420 acres in a separate lease, and * ¢ that he would divide the net proceeds of the sale of the oll fifty-fifty. “I would not have made any appli- sum of money in development of the Maryland land, which bordered di- rectly on the naval reserve. “Mr. Sinclair sent me a contract for the development of 420 acres, but 1 returned the contract, stating that it was unsatisfactory to me. * ¢ © 1 have not heard from Mr. Sinclair Blackmer and Mr. Aiken of officials of the Pioneer Ofl which company claimed Denver, Company, i mineral rights and the right to drill | for oil in a certain portion of the naval reserve, stated that inasmuch as I had the land bordering the naval reserve, they would be pleased to have me have an interest in the Pio- neer company. I stated to them frankly that if it meant that T was to go to Washington and use my in- fluence to secure a lease for the Pio- neer Ofl Company. take any interest in the Ploneer com- pany. They replied that thev only desired my co-operation if they se- cured a lease. “They subsequently, about Decem- ber, 1920, sent me a contract signed by the officers of the company allot- ting to me one-eighth interest in the Ploneer Oll Company’s rights or claims In the naval reserve. “These gentlemen had never asked me directly or indirectly to use my personal influence or the influence of my papers to secure anything for them personally or for the oil com- panies which they represénted and were interested in. I was not con- sulted in the matter of selling the rights of the Pioneer Company and aid not know that the same had been done until some time after it had Dbeen accomplished. “I_did not perform any service for the Pioneer Oil Company, neither did any other person interested. except the officers that negotiated th: with the Sinclair Oil Company.” ASSERTS NEW POLAND MONUMENT TO WILSON By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 16.—The reconstructed Polish nation is European monument to Woodrow Wilson, James W. Gerard, former ambassador ‘to Germany, told mem- bers of the Polish Democratic Club at memorial services for the former Mr. Wilson was eulogized in'a let- ter from Stefan Grotowski, Polish consul general, which sald: “We Poles shall never forget that when a dead silence prevailed all over the world in regard to Poland's fate the powerful voice of the great leader of & mighty nation broke that silence. The names of Woodrow Wilson and of the United States of America will be inseparably linked Yith the resurrection 0f Poland.” RESCUED CREW LANDS. LONDON, February 16.—A Cadiz He explained that he did [dispatch to Lloyd’s reports the arrival of the captain and crew of the aux- illary schooner Republique, which 'was burned at sea early in the week. 'The men were rescued by the Spanish steamship Romeu, which brought them into port. The Republique is a total loss. SRRERIRIRIREREPRPIARPRARRIREERT Awnings Shoul You can mar the ap) A front or your residence by lack of judgment in the char- acter of Awnings you use. It’s our business to study and with the estimate you will \R. C. M. Burton & Son 911 E Street N.W. The_Copeland Company. P Franklin Square 18313 K Street NuW. that I could not | aturally we'll know what Afi( scheme should .be carried ou:bin every ilt:shne&-ud it's part of our service to guide you aright. But - le‘te: get together NOW_while there’s time to go into the details deliberately. Tent and Awning Section Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assn., Freed Nation of Menace of Privately Controlled News | Distribution, He Tells Minnesota Editors. Refutes Klan Attacks as False. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., February 16. —Organization of The Assoclated Press-in 1893, freed this country from the “menace” of privately controlled news distribution agencies then op- crating, Minnesota editors were told here last night by Melville E. Stone, counselor of The Assoclated Press. Addressing the Minnesota Editorial Assoclation at a banquet given by the Minneapolis Journal, Mr. Ston who was general manager of The A soclated Press for twenty-five years, termed as “the revolution of 1893” the action of western editors In forming the co-operative news gathering’ as sociation. ¢ “When, in this country,” Mr. Stone sald, “we speak of the revolution, of course we refer to the contest which began at Concord bridge and ended at Yorktown. Little more than a century later there was another revo- lution in our land, which seems to me to have been also of distinct con- ! sequenci Private Control Also Mennce. “Government control of the press was universal throughout the world for many centuries and through the first clause in our bill of rights was broken down in this country, but W did_not appreciate that private cor trol was no less mallgn than gov- ernment control. “If it were desirable that the gov- erned populace ot our republic should be intelligent, it was all important that there should be an honest, im- partial news service. The gathering and distribution of news, however, | had been from the beginning under private control. In the late fortie: a few of the New York journals or- ganized a little company called Th Assoclated Press and its news they | s0ld to the papers in tho hinterland as these papers developed. It was a close corporation. Tributaries Are Formed. Mr, Stone said as newspapers creased in the back-country small tributary organizations were formed. Tn 1892, he said, the central group of a* few papers in New York passed into the hands of three men who were | bent only on money-making. “The menage was obvious” Mr. Stone stated. “Not only were the newspapers dependent on the ca price or worse of these men, but away beyond that the public was sub- ject to any sort of mirnll'vrmxlllo N “This was the immediate cause the revolution of 1593. The news paper men served by the Western Associated Press, mindful as well of our public duty as of our private | duty, revolted against this sort ol | control. There followed a_ struggle | of four years' duration. It was a bloodless contest, yet none the less revolutionary. | yational Organization Formed. | “The western men set out to form| a national organization * fDI.’x’:'e it in the hands of & purel | operative n;g(-”;.: haan tion that should tell no news. l’l: profits, declare no dividends, but | s members. * ¢ ® | T ere re about 1,300 daily mews- | papers in the organization. They | repre nt every conceivable point 4 | view respecting politics. religion and | economics, However prejudiced these e organi- | rnish unbiased news and ‘zl:llxg“as‘(‘:-uth(ufly as human frailties | v mit. | e privately owned organization went down in defeat and in bank- Tuptey in 1897. The wisdom of the | plan of the founders of th Associated [ Press in refusing to deal with tribu- {tary or sectional organizations was | | apparent. The bitterness growing out of our civil war had not ullo{v[h‘r: disappeared. But when, under the | revolutionary body, the Yankee editor | and the Confederate editor met they | saw that neither was as bad as he| had believed. | North and South United. 80, a vear after the close | of “our revolutionary contest. Joe | Wheeler, the gallant ex-Confederate | | chieftain, marched side by side with his old-time Yankee opponents to do battle for the republic in the Spanish war. And in the great war of 1914 we went in as a united nation, know- ing Ro north, nor south, nor east, nor west. “This, I_believe, was largely the outcome of the revolution of 1893. As a feature of the organization it was expected and desired that it should be the subject of criticism. It was controlled by a board of directors elected by the members, and I know of no institution that has been s0 fully self-governed. “To those of us who have been en- gaged in the work it seems strange that there should be any doubts as to either its usefulness or its integ- rity. All of its activities are carried on im the daylight, under a blazing sun. There are no secrets about it: in fact, tbere can be none. The news which it furnishes to the nexw: paper membership is furnished, in the phrase of Mr. Lincoln, ‘with mal- ice toward none, with charity for all. No Trick About A. P. “There has been no trick about the have borne their part in the effort directors have come and gone, lived and died. They have been of every conceivable religious, political and economic affiliation. Yet all of them have eborne their part in the effort to make the Associated Press worthy of public confidence as a source and aistributor of truthful and unbiased ne Every man who has sat on its board and has participated in Jts management can ook you full in the face and tell you that there has ever been a painstaking endeavor to make it honest, impartial and faithful to the trust reposed in it. “And yet in Mr. Bright's words: “There has been no want of ample criticlsm,” Criticism good and bad and indifferent. Sometimes amusing, Sometimes _irritating. Intelligent, truthful criticism, which is welcome because it is helptul. Refutes Klan Criticlsm. “Ignorant but honest criticism, which Is not objectionable because an explanation is all that is necessary. Malicious and untruthful criticism, Which is not hurtful because, in the words of the President who dled the other day, ‘the truth will prevail.” “Attacks have been freely aimed both at its form of organization and its method of operation. ' For In- stance, it is openly charged by an of- ficer of the Ku Klux Klan that it is controlled by Jewish influence or that it is pro-Vatican in_the tendency of its news service. It can hardly be necessary for me to say that I am “And d Be Consistent ce of your store- your 'particular needs— ask—make suggestions that Inc. ‘Capitol Awning Co. Wm. E. nsell 1508 North Capitol Street ‘Walter J, Procter Co. 210 te 314 H Street N.W. not a Jew nor a Catholic. On both my father's and my mother's sides 1 come from a lon line of Metho- ts. “While I trust every one connected with the organization approves the first article in the bill of rights adopted by our forefathers freedom of Worship in this and while in the past thirty y least five directors have been clected every year—the board consisting of fifteen members—it happens that one Jewish gentleman alone Is or ever has been a member of the board And as to the Catholic afiifation of members, in all the thirty vears, I think it is true that there never have been more than two members of the Catholic Chirch on the board at any time and not a half dozen altogether, I am making this statement not be- cause anybody that 1 know of has ever undertaken to determine the re- ligious beliefs of the members of the board as a ground for judeing their qualifications, but as an illustration of the false charges made against the institution. Born of Ignorance. “As 1 have said, many of the criti- cisms are born of ignorance of the For instance, a man reads something in a newspaper and either overlooks the credit line of it may be there is no credit line, and he as- sumes that it is an Associated Press telegram and at once charges us with the responsibility for it. 1t may also interest vou to learn that by actual Rnvestigation in the thirty years that have passed, al- though thousands of words have been sent out daily, znd although there are aily nawspapers printin, patches. the total cost of la ers’ fees and all other payments in- ental to libel sutts have been less the cost of the lead pencils in the service. This must b me proof that accuracy is earnest- 1y sought. I do not pretend that the Asso- ted Press is perfect. Absolute in- errancy is impossible. The frailties of human nature attach to its work as they do to others, hut §s certain. that it is not intentionally untruthful. ' AUTOMATIC CONTROL FOR TRAINS IS URGED “Had an adequate automatic train- control device been in use at this poiat, this accident probably would have been prevented.” With these words of warning the Interstate Commerce Commission has concluded another accident report, the latest of several score such re- ports, most of which ended in the same way. The particular accident on which the commission reported to- day was one that occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad, near Colum- bus, Ohio, which resulted in the death of one e¢mploye and the injury of three. Block signal reports of th enough. The it appears from the commission, are not human factor—the en this much CUSTONS RELATE Proctor Says East Room For- merly Was Open to Public Visits All the Time. Some of the old customs of the White House werg recalled by Join Clagett Proctor in an address before the Society of Natives at the Wasii- ington Club last night. Mr. Proctor explained that years azo it was the custom at the White House to leave the east room open to the pub- lic, and any one could visit it and lounge around at will. He explained that ‘this custom was stopped in tie Garfield administration, when it wa found that the furniture of the-room Was in such a condition that ft was necessary to burn it. John B. Mc- “o rthy also elaborated upon this cus- Willlam Franklin, the son of Benja- min Franklin and governor of New Jersey in the colonial days, was in- | carcerated during the revolutionary war because he was a British subject, Mr. Proctor said, in telling of inc dents of the life 'of Benjamin Frank- lin. After the war William Franklin went to England, later returning to this country, he said. Jesse C. Suter, president of the so- ussed the plans for a barn- ommemoration of “District April 15, and the laying of the corner stone of the District at Jones point, April 15, 1791. Fred Emery was appointed chairman of the ba quet committee. Support of the historical being planned by Mrs. Marie Moore | Forrest was given and Mr. Proctor was _appointed chairman of = the pageant committee, consisting of Judge Gus A. Schuldt, Miss Nannie Hungerford, Mrs. Hodge and Miss Etta Taggart. pageant gineman in the locomotive cab — is fallible, and, although he is always makes mistakes, as the dent reports have ared. The Penn; vas caused by a false clear indication signal, and the re- port indicated a_ defect in the sig- | naling system. The signal remained in clear position until after the acci- dent. when it should have warned the engineer he was approaching an open switch. The regularity of the conclusions of the commission with regard to instal- Jation of train-control devices lead railroad men in Washington to be- lieve the commission is attempting, By repetition and force of argument, Yo impress further upon the railroads of the country its argument for train- control dévices. The commission many months ago ordered forty-nine major railroads to install on at least one engine division an automatic train-control device which filled the specifications of the federal regula- tory body. Forty-three other rall- roads were ordered to install similar equipment on at least one engine divi- sion by January, 1926, and in the meantime the first group must have installed the device on another engine division. 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