Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1924, Page 4

WHEELER RESENTS | TTACKBY DORENY S'gnator Sees Move to Muddle Issue—0il Man Hits at .“Character Assassins.” Y FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE ©Ofl Max hitherto not provided fuel for much merrtment in Washington. There is at last cause for a loud, lang and legitimate luugh, Tt is likely to roll gaily across this community of rumor, recrimination and remorse when disclosures herein for the first time made come to public notice, President Coolldge’s spectal coun sel appointed to represent the CUnited States government in the oil investigation, have had offices us- slgned to them in immediate proxim- ity to the “oll interests™! To be pre- cise, Messrs, Pomerene and Roberts have been ensconsed in suite 420-421 of the new Transportation building 17th and H streets, while In suite on the same floor, is the “Washing ton branch” of the Standard Oil Con pany of New Jersey. No official protest has been launch- ed by the bi-partisan legal commis- sfon as to the character of thelir plu- tocratic office neighbors. But to dis- tinguished lawyers from outside of Washington who were in attendance t last week's session of the Ameri- can Law Institute they are under- stood to have registered their disap- pointment that they do not find themselves In a somewhat different environment. 80 tana, ator Wheeler, democrat, Mon- today charged E. L. Doheny attacks on him was trying “to irhw @ red herring across the trail of the ofl’ investigation.” Mr. Do- heny hud requested that Mr. Wheeler be ralled before the committee in connection with a Senate speech men- tioning the oil operator. Senator Wheeler said he had ob- atned no dnformation regarding At- totney General Daugherty or Mr. Do- beny from Gaston B. Means, former Depurtmient of Justice operative, al- though Means ‘had called on him, Maans was indiete sunimer in ‘onnection with involving charges influence with th Tust cale of alleged Department of DOHENY LASHES CRITICS. 0il Man Says Some Senators Have Chocolate Eclair Spines. NEW YORK, February 2. a- ward L. Dolieny lashed buck at his | ties last night, calling them character assassins” and “senators with chocolate cclair spines.” Al though domocrat of many years' standing, he accused his party of misreprescnting the matter of the 21l Jeases to the public in an attempt to obliterate the remarkadle pros- perity a republican Tministrution has brought to the nation. Mr. Doheny, at his home, 15 East Sith et last night, definitely charged with mak- ne false ttements, and said that Senator Borah, who attacked At- ey General Daugherty, “Is not fit believed.” Senator Walsh is lous to Le the next President, he declarcs, and that will explain ‘Mr. Walsh's untiring activity in “putting stutements {nto the mouths of the witncsses he examines,” Plunges Into Attack. Mr. Doheny looked more like a Eindly, elderly collegs professor than | « business man, but us soon as cgan to speak the ncademic atmos Dhere about him was dlspelled. His eyes flashed behind his gold-rimmed | speetacles and his face flushed as he riunged into his attack. Senator Wheeler lled when he sutd Daugherty was a friend of mine,” he sald.” “T met him only once and that WaS threc Yewrs ago next May at the Mctropolitan Club, with four other members of the cabinet We discussed oil, but it was European il - 1 have neither met nor had ny communication with him since that tim igned to Ofice, Inquiry as to how Messrs. I'om rene and Roberts came to find thein- selves plumbing the depths of civil and eriminal law us 1t may affect the ofl developments in proximiiy to a Standard Ol Company headquarters brings lu the durean of the budget. It that to Gen. Herbert M. Lord's division of the Treasury De- partment is asslgned the tusk of hiousing speclal governmentul cc missions that suddenly require of space. The official of the budget reau charged with this duty is “ehief cu-ordinator.” That post is now filled by Col. IT. Smither, . §. whose staff cons! of other auctive oficers The “Chict co-ordinator’ itself conducted from prive —the Arlington Luilding. Predict he is a u- the te_property 1t would he W Constructed with care and the finest wood available at the time, the in foundation timbers of Mount Vernon. George Washington's home, on the Potomae, will possibly be in- tact as late as 8§00 years hence, the National Lumber Manufacturers' As- socfation estimates. Shingles on the roof huve been renewed twice sin Washington's death—first {n 1860 and again in 1913, but the timbers and lath and siding of the house are in excellent condition, The Mount Vernon estate was one of several owned by Augustine Wash- {ington, the father of George Wash- ington, and was originally known as the Hunting creek estate. half brother of George, suc to the estate on his father's death. He named it Mount Vernon, after the Rritish admiral under whom he served a West Indles mpaign Lawrence, in 1742-4, bullt the orlginal house between the two chimneys, part of which still stands. Took Possession in 1752. The property passed to George the death of Lawrence, the first President taking possession in 1 . Remodeli was- begun in May, 1 smpleted in Sep- tember, 1759, When it was done a single 'story or u story-and-u-half house had been made two stories and a hall. < It measured fifty by thirt¥-two feet and contained twelve rooms. In 177 | Washington began the work of ad ing two wings—one for u lbrary and the other for a banquet hall. Each wing is twenty-two by thirty-two FOUR MEN DIE IN FIRE THAT BURNED HOME Three-Apartment Dwelling De- stroyed by Blaze Believed Due to an Upset Lamp. T MeLe: 2 I have never even him in lifc, regardless of what Senator Wheeler savs. e r marked ‘everybody knows' about ;ol;ri times in’ his speech. That's a £00d name for him—Everybo Rnows' Wheeler, Er s “He Is a coward that takes ad tage of his immunity as a to make miestatement body knows' that he is a lar. More- over, knows' where he supposed informetion and from Gaston B. Means, Denies Gift for Wood. “Four years ago Borah said tha had contributed $50,000 to Maj. Gen. Wood's campaign fund. T was u dele- to the democratic national con vention and voted more than times for MeAdoo at the tim. wired asking him to correct his s ment. Although that telegram was wd on the fioor of the Senate, he sat his sest and made no reply. stands convicted of lying.” T Ar. Toheny pointed out that former *eretary of the Navy Denby had been gusted in the hue and cry, although had oven been dccused of are planning to bowl ovew ang arcer ad: other of the pins and sen cn. not think that C: ith his keen mind, w ) be on after an- | abinet members like nine- | them from oflice disered- ‘alvin Coolidge, 1 allow Daugh- pushed ‘from his position,” rked. “Daugherty wis to See the late i, presidential - possivili ou or [ did. He was of Mr. Harding and stuck i arding ng et friend to Hits Certain Senators, Mr. Dolieny then paid his respeets to U TS Who come from the wheat i country, which he sald W because of conditions in Burope, bolshevik sen; ttors,” he de- e afraid of their constitu- have chocolate eclair i « need {n this whole mie one to pin down the Who are talking recklessly and ‘Who teid Where did | Jou hear ity of them would | wve to admit, as did Mr. Vanderlip | N the witness stand, that they were mply hawking rumors, “I think I have a right to say that iese men who are stirring up this ¥il are character assassins,” For just a moment the oil magnate d that he had felt the innuen- es and charges against him. He ked old. Then the youth and the Dt returned “I tell you there is no ofl sc: Tal. There never has been any oil scandal, No gne has Leen corrupted. If any one got any a ituge out of those ofl leases [t was the United States Foverny You must remember t the ofl reserv Wus cre ed at Vearl harbor before the four-power treaty was signed. “I “welcome court action in this thing. 1 want a dispassionate | to hear my side. Senator Ish put words into my mouth that never sald. He asked questions i that eould not be answered and then :nade speeches about them that went into_the record. “Now that the President has tw 500d men to conduct this ipvestiga- tlon why doesn't the committee quit and let them go to work. I want to| tell my story before an impartial court. Tt I go to the penitentlary there are others that will go, too. Every one that has had anything to do_with these leases, including Admiral Robi- son and my assoclates, who negoti- ated the deal. And let me tell you that it was no easy contract to get. Admiral Robinson i3 an expert and he had all of the advantage before nego- tiations were over.” CHEF STUDIES DISHES OF VARIOUS NATIONS Makes Round of Embassies in Prep- aration for Continental Dinner. By the Assoctated Press. PITSBURGH. Pa., February 25— | Four men were burned to death fin !a fire which destroyed a three-famlly dwelling house at Iitna, near here, curly yesterday. Two other men es- caped by jumping from a second- story window. An overturned ofl s believed to have started the All tha bodies were recovered from the ruins, but only one has been identified, that of Andrew Dabic Three of the victims were slecping in an upstairs room when the fourth was belleved by fire offictals to have upset an ofl lamp on the first fioor and to have been overcome. Thelr escape cut off when the fire spread to the Etalrs, two other neeupants of the sccond floor jump- ed from windows, escaping unhurt. The other families in the house es- caped without difficulty. iy SAYS NAVAL PARLEY IN ROME IS SUCCESS “All Cards on Table and Divergent Views Made Clear,” Com- mander Hodge Declares. By the Assoclated Prese. ROME, February 25—“Everybody has put their cards on the table at this ~conference,” sald Commander Hodge of Great Britain, secretary of the naval disarmament conference, to the Associated Press today. “We all have learned Romething,” he added. “We know just where we all stand, and for that reason this meeting is bound to bring good re- sults on the question of limitation of armaments. “Eor instan,e take Russia. There was a great problem on which we all were at sca. But we heard the Rus- slan_viewpoint frankly discussed by the Russian representative, we of- fering our counter viewpolnts. Then arriving at some basis, everybody has learned the other man's case. I am sure this feeling prevalls through- out the whole commission Commander Hodge refused to give any of the tonnage figures discussed, saying that all the members of the commission were sworn to_secrecy until the meeting ends. There is evident disappointment regarding Spain‘s stand for the tonnage sho re- Quested and her withdrawal from the ence. confer ok The head chef at the La Feyette Ho- tel is still making the round of vari- ous émbassies in order to learn the national dishes that comprisc the menu for the “continental banquet’ of the International Association of Arts and Letters dinner next Thurs- ay. While the menu is a_secret, it s undert6ud that the chef has just masterea the recipe of the legation cook for Czechoslovakian pudding. Ho also spent an hour at the Persian le- =ation in order to master a Persian digh that will be on the bill of fare. Diplomats from the five continents| ™ Commander Todge, f he will make a toast at the dinner. The | thought the conference might bé con- entertainment as well as the menu | sidered successful in_overcoming di- will be made up of the national|vergencies of the South American dishes and amusements of the various | countries with regard to naval arma- countries on the continents. ments, replied: “Yes, I think it has Reservations for the dinner may be|been. The delegates have discussed made by writing to the banquet com- | their particular clalms with great migtee. at room 401. 1415 K atreet|candor and now know each other's scfthvest. e viewpoint better. |Oil Counsel Put in Quarters { Near Standard’s Rooms in Transportation Buildifig Assigne And Pomerene Furnish Amusement About Washington. 5= THE EVEN Office Here d Roberts with a passion for a joke at any pri who would sug- gest any “co-ordination” in lucating the government's dri'lers for ofl frreg- ularities n fields Ol Company of New Jersey ready staked out u claim. Tihe chief of the Washington branch of that corporation is J. Z Walker, who 1s known s “branch manager. There are 1o other oil tenants in- the Transportation buflding — except the Ballard Ofl Equipment Company, which is evidently not an ofl-producing con- cern. = only be a cynical sc had al Bullding Unantistactors. At one time it was suggested that Messrs. Pomerene and Roberts would be given offices in a building “about midway between the White House and the Department of Justice.” One answerlng thut de cription stands at the corner of 15th and H streets But {t probably was found unuyail ablo because 1t contains the Wash- ington offices of the Mexican Petro- leum Company—a Doheny subsldiary of the Pan-Amerfcan Petroleum Trans Company, th e of the 1 naval ro i California. svery ofly step is be- hysteri- would on against sta- ofl lawyers at cal aund have been another rea tionink the governmmnent that particular pla the str . -stiop, i% the hotel in tongued vin_ McNab, s Washingto ‘t from the building h M ritn are B. Fali's special o A distinguished re cently the guest of President C at the White Hous him, banteringly, if e wias in oil. “No, ot now, formerly. T burned a when T was & college Mossrs, Pomerens ve no obiection ation building in White House, the Mctrop and the State, War, and X ing are just around the coruer. if their friends are to b they'd hail & chunge of ve soni t less cleaginous site least to u less fragrant floo (Coprright, 1924.) ‘mixed u replicd, I eTosene student.” d Roberts to the lamp avy bui Tut, Mount Vernon Timbers ill. Last for 800 Years More! Lumber Experts Declare Wood in Excellent l.‘muli-{ tion at Present and Is Withstanding Onslaughts of Time. terations portion of the ce time ! wers nt | the house. | The work lagsed on s | revolutionary war, hut were completed by 1778, | Washington returned from { the front portico and the | connecting the house wi | butldings in the rear w Timbers of the mansfon are of |hewn and cut from tre tation. Part of tha section of ths hous the other from the time of the re- modeling and extension. The ends are mortised and fastened together with wooden dowels. Much of the original flooring remains, for exampl {that of the banquet hall, which iy now about 150 years old. Sawmills Were Slow. Siding of the house was probabl sawed from local pine at a nearby water-power mill, which was also a | flour mill, as was the custom of those days. The capacity of the eabinet satws then used was s0 small that it {took several days to produce enough | slding for one house. One large saw mill today, according to the lumber manufacturers, could make enough lumber in a day for twenty Mount Vernons. Judging from some wooden buildings of Iurope, th manufacturcrs clatm, it is possible that the present timbers of Mount Vernon will be intact as late as 2750 A. . So far Mount Vernon is re- sieting the encroachments of time better than the Carlisle house, of about_the same age, at Alexandria, Va. The Carlisle house is of sand- stone. and it has been necessary to give it a protective coat of cement. TEST FOR AIR MAIL coount of the both wings und before the war mnades of th rough in the ma ate from 174 of t old { ) Pilot Delivers Sacks in Nine Hours. Eighteen Days Required by Dogs + for Same Trip. By the Associated Press. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, February United States Afr Mail Pilot Carl Eiln- son completed a successful initial test fiight for the mail service into the in- terlor of Alaska Thursday, it was an- nounced here. The trip was made in nine hours of flying. With specdy dog {team relays the trip usually requires | about eighteen days. The air trip, how- | ever, wus not made without mishap. Eilnson was lost for : the wilderness of the Kantishna valley, in the vicinity of Mount McKinle had to make an emergency landing to get his bearings. The trip from here to McGrath, the interfor terminus of the flight, made in two hours and fifty minutes, The delay was on the return trip, and due to low visibility and a faulty com- Efinson said he ex second trip soon. URGES BASE FOR NAVY AT ALAMEDA, CALIF. Oakland Business Declares Site Only One Available on . Pacific Coast. Advecating establishment of a naval base at Alameda, Calif. Joseph E. Caine, representing the Oskland Chamber of Commerce, told the naval committee today that the government could not find another site on San Francisco bay large enough to accommodate future mili- tary naval and air activitles on the Pacific coust. The Alameda site, he contended, 15 well situated from a transportation standpoint to insure cheap and prompt movement of supplies, and would be {Insured an adequate labor supply with more than a million persons re- siding within a few miles. HOLDS UP FARM SALE. Supreme Court Says U. 8. Cannot Act Without a Hearing. The Supreme Court today prohibited the sale without ahearlng of a farm to satisfy the federal gavernment for penalties arising ‘out of a violation of the federal prohibition law: Fred Violette of Montana was con- victed of distilling intoxicants with- out paying taxes mposgd upon dis- tillers, and the government sought to_collect the taxes through-the salg of his farm. Dpeets to make, the G STAR, iy SUCCEEDS IN ALASKA! S WASHINGTON, /G.0P.NEWS BUREAU SCORED BY WALSH Senator Charges | Against Him Are Malicious Misrepresentation. chere the Standard | 1 The news bureau of the republican national committec was charged to- ay in the Sehate by Senator Walsh, demacrat, Montana, with *a delib- erate and malicious” misrepresent tion of the facts in a statement it {issued yesterday that the naval oil | leases were made under an act spon- sored by him. svery facts mad here who knows the these leases were not undey the terms of the general Jteusing taw,” Semator Walsh satd “This act expressly excluded from its {provisions the naval oil reserves ex- Pt that it guve authority to the «cretary of the (nterior to lease pro- duecing wells on the naval reserves, Bere Wers no such wells in efther reserve one (California) and reserve number three (Wyoming).” The Montana senator explained that 4 ned by Harry F, Sin- 3 Doheny from Albert Sccretary of the Interlor. nted under the provisions of to the naval appropriation =d in June, 1920, fonr months general leasing one know were s w trider” bl en: iter Origin of Story. Walsh sall the story given Ly the republican nafion nmittee’s news buresu did not riginate with that organization, hut with @ repullican newspaper in his Bome town, [e explained that he had telegraphed to that paper givine presumed it bhad been verts n error. 1 cannot give to the repub tional cominittee or its new ng 1ed into . “The misrepr ntation on their part wi perfe deliberate and mulicious™ erted that Josephus of the avy in the tion, wus responsible the Taw which per- and thut Senute s unchest Stutement, in part, ina for the migs the Wilen v rran Hull Hull with ti party such an reput certuinly 1 of the democratic sertion he be- such 1 Jo of the e. ftor- ' democri Burton' Payn the Interfor. Suyx Walsh Fathered Act. { “The lenstng which gi |the Sccretary Navy and th weretary Interior the nd power to lease public Serves to p te interests thered by Senator Walsh tan, act, of the the r section of the act retury Denb: ses to Dohen only sv 3 but was written by ord for word as it 1o He frankly h power in do exactly subsequently und in sign {inclair reta him pi now Appear stated that h order t. hut d. h S the le was not v Danie ctically w in 1 him to W {ai Cltes First Application. “The leasing act received its first application under the administration of Josephus Daniels and John Barton Payne of the Navy and Interfor de- partments, respective Under their admintstrition gove: nt oil lauds Loth within and without the naval oil reserves were leased to private inter- sts to be developed by them on a royalty basis. R So If there nything wrong in connection with the leasing policy, as democrats are now trying to make it appear, the iniguity rests upon the heads of Senator Walsh of Montana and for: ecretary Daniels’ And if ther. ything wrong in the action of Secretary Denlby polying the provisions of the act and agreeing to the leasing of rights in naval ofl re- serves to private corporations, he had precedent in the action of former Secretary Danlels.” $245,000 ESTATE LEFT BY CHARLES E. FOSTER Will Offered for Probate Here. Sister and Niece Will Receive Bulk. The will of Charles E. Foster, who died at Ardmore, Pa, February 10, was offered today for probate. It dis- | s of un estate valued at $245,000 i res the Washington Loan and {Trust Compa s executor and trus- tee.” In the event of the death of the tchief beneficiaries without issue the bulk of the estate is to go to the Washinaton Home for Incu: : Spegific bequests include $5.000 each to - Marguret Rebn and Rose A. Rehn, $10,000 to Marcy C. Browne, $500 fo A.'E. T. Hausmann, $1.000 to Lydia Hepburn and $1,000 to the Home Industrial School and Peace Memorial at Asheville, N. C. Two- thirds of the income from the re maining estate is to be paid to his sister, Mrs, Flora F. Smith of As- pury ‘Park, N. J.. and one-third fo a niece, Mrs. Anna B. Taylor of Roa- noke. Va. ‘One the death of the bene- ficiaries without issue the estate is to €0 to the Washington Home for In- curables. FIGHTS WIFE’'S SUIT. ‘Resident of Germany Says Action Here Is Out of Jurisdiction. Otto T. Post, a resident of Schla- dern, Germany, today filed an answer in the District Supreme Court to a jsuit for an absolute divorce brought iby Ethel Post, who claims to be a iresident of the District. Mr. Post com- s the m of residence and says his wife Is not entitled to sue him outside of Germany. He asks the court to require his wife and two children to return to Germany and requests the German em- jbassy be asked to care for the chil- dren during the court procceding. Post denies the charges of his wife and makes counter charges she fall- ed _to minister properly to her house- lhold duties. He savs he has asked his wife to return and should not be- | quired ‘to pay altmony in the light of hor refusal. —_— ’ ASKS NOTE REDEMPTION. Equitable Trust Company Brings Action Against U. 8. Officials. The Equitable Trust Company of New York today asked the district supreme court to require Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, and Frank White, treasurer of the United States, to redeem $500,000 worth of notes of the Imperial German govern- ment out of funds of Germany seized under the: trading with the enemy act. The company, through Attor- neys McKenney & Flannery, declares it bought the notes June 1, 1916, and that its application to the President for payment out of the seized funds has been denied. GETS FINE OR. JAIL. “¥Forty dollars or forty days In jall” was the sentence handed Bennie Richards, colored; charged with as- saultiug his wife, when he was tried branoh of _Police Court today _ Judge Schuldt D. ©, MONDAY, FEBRUARY McLean’s Finances Florida Trip Probed by Oil Body (Continued from First Page.) | | meetings with Fall and McLean, but he did ask the former Interior Sec- |retary what the facts were. Advised to Read Record. “Young mun, read the record,” | Slemp quoted Fall as replying, “T have sald all I have to say on the| Slemp sald he went to Palm Beach, Fla, December 22 and return- cd January 16. Mr. McLean and A. B. Fall e in P'alm Beach at the time. “I was in Palm Beach for 50 per cent of the time” Mr. Slemp said, | nd toured Florida for the rest of time. 1 met Mr. McLean casually, ral times. T can't fix dates. 1 was e for health and recreation. olned the tourist crowd in Palm Beuch and there wasn't much inter- est in oil until it turned out you (Senator Walsh) were coming down. There was more conversation about | the Volstead law." 1] t Anked About Comversation. “1t's quite likely you could tell the committee about what vou talked with Mr. McLean und Secrctary Fall? asked Chatrman Lenroot. “I will say there was no privite or confidential tulk between us,” re- plied Mr. Slemp. “I wasn't an inti- mate of either man. Mr. Fall looked ill; 1t seemed the desire of his asso- elates to avold the subject. “I met the two men at dinner or lunch. It was possible 1 met Secre- lary Pall twy or three times ulsh 1 3 ( all this, :d ne responsed 1 wish, the record. senuto; voung yowd read understand 1 had no mission down “1 wasn't rep- Coglidgy but sceking recreation. Le duy before Senator Walsh arrived there U met Mr. MceLeaun, who told me he was Bolug to tell the committee the whole thing. T think I told him 4 hoped he would. 1 didn't want my trip to be politi- leal, though it was given out it was €0, and I recelved a continual stream of callers, who talked about local polities, and 1 got ruther accurate in- formation about tha I didn’t about tters. T dldn’t get a chiance to these gentlenen so rauch a you'd think cur to me that it would be sutural thing in th orld ersation with Senator Walsh knowledpe there,” ] resenting T for vou those gentle pursued. Wan Determined to Sta “I do recull that after the testi- mony was given that Mr. McLean did not furnish Secretary Fall $100,000," Mr. Slemp went on. “I was at Mr. McLe. and Secretary Fall was said his physiclans advised him to go to Bermuda. But that he Wwas going to stay {n spite of health, until the comniittes got the fac ceretury Fall said there was a gentleman. who had been assoclated with him for thirty years who knew the truth, and that man should tell the committee the facts. 12 the man didn't, Secretary Fall said he would himself, und 1 advised him to do_so0." Secretary Dill, democrat, Washing- Testifies Oil Firms Daugherty Rul, [ Mr. Slemp was excused and Miitor E. Afles, president of the Riggs Na- tional Bank took the stand. He sub- mitted accounts between Mr. McLean and that bank. One of the accounts of Mr. McLean was marked “spectal” Mr. Afles said “and the other is the Jjoint account of Edward and Evelyn McLean. Senator Walsh took the “special” &account record. It had one item en- tered, on April 23, for $1,000, and was a “dead balance” Mr. Afles said. The joint account was likewlise closed, with a single deposit and check. Mr. Alles was excused. H. Foster Baln, director of the buréau of mines, testified that rep- resentatives of several ofl companies had urged that the Interfor Depart- ment get the opinfon of Attorney General Daugherty as to the legality of the Pearl Harbor (Hawail) oil tankage profect upon a contract, Senator Walsh called attention to the letter written by Baln on May 12, 1922, to Fall, referring to the un. willingness of the Standard Oil Com- pany of California to bid on naval reserves ofl, and saying that *“nonec of us want Mr. Doheny to get into trouble.” The letter also suggested that Attorney General Daugherty be asked to give a written opinion on the legallty of the naval oil leasing policy, but said there might be ob- Jections to such a step. “Off company attorneys su the Attorney G ig«zted v neral be asked to give an opinion,” Mr. Bain said. “My understanding was that the depart- ment of the Interlor considered the leasing legal, and that this was the opinion of the Navy Department's solicitor, the judge advocate general. Explains Objections. “What were the cbjections to ask- ing - the Attorney General for an opinion?” Senator Walsh asked. “The Secretary of the Interior had executed & contract,” Mr. Bain sald. “To aek the Attorney General for an opinion then would throw doubts on the validity of the contract. “Then there was a second objec- tion. Before the contract was made Secretary Fall took the position that the solicitor of the department had called the transaction legal and that it was not mandatory to seck the Attorney General for further opinion. “We'd made a good bargain, and I, as one of the officials administer- ing a oontract, didn't want to see it declared _invaitd. We belleved it legal and didn't want to cast any doubt on Its legality, even by merely asking an opinion.” Secretary Fall had told him, Di- rector Bain continued, that Attorney General Daugherty had raised no ob- Jection to the plan of leasing. My impression was that the gen- eral policy of leasing had been dis- cumeg. either at cabinet meeting of after,” Director Bain continued, “and that the Attorney General had ap- proved informally. This was two and a half years ago and I can't remem- ber details as to the conversation. ‘But_you belleved the Attorney General had approved the legality of the contracts?” Senator Walsh ooy 1 terms, yes. n general , yes. Under questioning by Chairman Lenroot the witness sald profit Mr. Doheny could make in this deal, we thought, was in the possi- bility it gave him of using one or two of his tl:fl:l ships which would otherwise tied up.” h'i)lrector Bain said also that there were attorneys outside the depart- ment who held the leasing legal Senator Walsh asked him to furnish coples of such opinions. The committee adjourned at noon until 10 a.m. tomorrow. ‘At the reopening of the ofl commit- tee public hearings today, Chairman Lenroot read into the record a letter from E. L. Doheny, demanding that Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, be called to testify as to his state- ments on the floor of the Senate that Attorney General Daugherty ,was a friend of Doheny. 1In response to resolution offered by Senator La Follette, republican, . Wis: consin, Secretary. Work today sent to the Senate a voluminous report cov- ering each separate lease upon gov- ‘the only | 25, 1924. | | of ' and Slemp’s ton, interrupted to fix the date thls conversation as January 1%. H Informed White Houwe. Senator Walsh, asked If the wit- ness had “communicated: wifh the | White House as to these remurkable ., Slemp said all the facts had | been “given to the press by the com mittee ‘in the fullest way,” but that | he had sent messages to the White | House. These, ha suld, right he con- sidered confidentinl. e doubted the idvisability of the committee taking the records. “I have the messages he but ax a matter of fact, none of them relate to the ofl matter, There | is a question of precedent &8 to malk- ing them public, i Senutor Walsh did not take: the message copies. Mr. Slemp sald he did not know Sinclair or Doheny. Ro- plying to another question, he de- clared that in testifying “I have SO0UEQt no advice from any member of | the cablnet or administration. Chairman Lenroot asked a question & to the President’s statement on oll Prosecutions “I've got to preserve eve tlon between the President and hie secretary us confidential,” Mr. Slemp I vary t stom so far as to | s on Saturday night, and | » President was down the his bout about 9 pam.” “On Saturday evening, be President went down the river,” Sen- he said, | | | i i the | paid_employ = |the county by any one. Tt further de- river on | |BRITISH DOCK WAR . BENEFITS GERMANY A HERRIN KLANSMEN DENY YOUNG ASKED TO LEAVE Dry Raid Leader Has Support of | All Law-Abiding Citizens, | Coal and Iron Industries of Rul Saya/Htatement. Profiting by Strike in England. February 25.—After a | Ku Klux Klansmen here yesterday Samuel Sterns, jr., John L. Whiteside and Fred Simpson, official of the klun, issucd a statement deny- | ing reports that S. Glenn Young, their had been reguested to Williwmson county. As a result of a series of liquor alds conducted by the klan, led vung, the anti-kian and klan foree clashed at Herrin recently. Two re rents of the Nutional Guard were alled to rextore peaceful conditions | By Calic to Tiw Star and Chivugo and at a compromise scitlement of | Copsright, 1924 the factional differences the klan agreed to dismiss Young from their cmploy. The statement declared that Young had not been requested’ to leave the county and that restriction had b placed on his activities withia meeting of LIFE-SAVER Follows Long Period of Depression in Invaded Area. | BY WILLIAM E. NAsIL BOOM HELD DIt fain's tuni nitude notul February Ger: siderable to th LDORF, difficult Protit are is any ruing s coul wnd iron the British do v its co s Rulir lustrie &5 a re; strike, the clured that Young hus the ers’ 1 govd will of cvery law itizen of Willlamson county ing ANCIENT CATHEDRAL | " ENFEEBLED BY AGE |’ support | biding sinee occuy, has Bulr For the 1 of It the b understood from foreign fir Liz steel order placed et the government by Frene the Ay shipmen overse; a ugn order, Ke ar ts of ! full of For example, ¢ as a ve- Krupy | \ ! St. Paul’s Leaning Badly and Suf- | ¢ ator Walsh intervened, “wasn't there a4 statement given out that the Presi- dent had ordered an investigation by Mr. Hollahd and Mr. Sevmour?” Not to my knowledge.” Mr, said. The witness the President ent on th case us prevared during the evening tilp dows ll’w(ulmu' on the Muyflower. Fall Planned to Tell Facts. enator Dill took back to a dinner at Mr. McLean' tage in Palm Beuach. On the witness said, Fall declared h going to strajghten out th matter “and give the fact ‘And Mr. McLean, before that, t ou he was ‘going to tell it al Benator Dill pursued. “Didn't that rouse your curosity? T said 1 hoped he would,” MMr. emp responsed. It was all 2 sur- prise to me, as much as to you.” W. A. Glasgow, @ Philadelphia at- torney, was at Mr. Slemp's hotel, bhut Mr. Slemp sald he had “understood that Mr. Glasgow refused to become counsel for Secretary | Pl iwyed golf about ns np sald, “and way tinued that nigit state then fam the examinat ¢ nta | 745 want to put in the veeord the fact that I din't know Mr. Fall w t Palm Beach when 1 we and hadn't made an to meet him.” He e investization hands and was tryine t “1 have just one jol ident,” nu And wl d about telling the truth to Just & matter of public ny citize I left Palm Beach us curions about these things as & body els T've not eéven talked any member of this committee." u must have regarded this - nation us remarkable,” sald Senator Walsh. “Didn’t_you thinic the Presi- nt bad something to do fu such a atte “I don't want to make any cor on that question,” was the re aian’t think there was anything for me to do about it. Urged Fall Get - ing on Oil Leases sarve b m ernment oll reserves Nos. 1, 2 and 3, and upon public lands outside the leases. The report comprised a dozen voiumes containing photostatic | copics of ' the contracts themselves and of all correspondence bearing upon the subject of leases between April, 1922, and Februar 1924, It was referred to the ofl committe: {U.S. COAL LAND FOR LEASE Secretary Work Orders Offer of 240-Acre Tract. Secretary Work today directed the lard office at Pueblo to offer for lease a tract embracing 240 acrcs of | public coal lands in Huerfano county, Col. The lease will provide for a government rovalty of 10 cents per ton. APPROVES INQUIRY 1 INTO INDIAN AFFAIRS! ! {glass. Referring to the alleged mis- | House Committee 0. X.'s Appro- priation of $25,000 for Probe | in Oklahoma. Investigation by a joint congres- sicnal committee of the administ tion of Indian affairs in Oklahoma is favored by the House Indian affairs | committee. Approving 2 resolution by Repres- entative Carter, democrat, Oklahoma, proposing an inquiry, the committee in a report made public today recam- mended the appropriation of $25,000 for conducting the investigation and that the committee named should have authority to employ an attorne supoe; witnesses oaths. Mr. Carter based his demands for an investigation on charges contained in a report made public rtrude Bonnin of the Indian welfare com- mittes of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Charles . Fabin, American Indlan Defense Assoclation and Matthew K. Sniffen, Indian Rights Assoclation, which the com- mittee in its report sald contained “sundry and sensational charges vir- toally constituting an Indictment of Congress and the goverment as guardians of the Indlans.” Three members of the House and three senators would serve on the in- vestigating committee, |APPEALS FOR U. S. PROBE OF CLOSING OF MILLS Fall River Mayor Asks Federal Trade Commission to See if Restraint Is Practiced. By the Associated Press. FALL RIVER, Mase¢., February £6. and adminster jcurtailment” of the Fall River cot- i ton mills to be conducted by the fed- jeral trade commission, was requested by Mayor Edward P. Talbot In a |texegr.m which he sent to the chair- man of the commission Saturday night. The mayor said that he was not in- timating that the cotton manufac- turers’ association was gullty of restraint of trade, but asserted that he was not sure that there was not “some understanding” among the mills to bring about widespread “cur- I talling of operation.” Mayor Talbot Isald that untold suffering was be- ing caused by the closing of the mills in_ Fall River,” “the largest cotton manufacturing city in the world. He asked that the board determine if there has been any waste, m! m: “‘::nw gross mneglect by the manufact! whose' mills have sus- pended indefinitely. ; { constant duty | 10 1 it —An Investigation of the “continued ! fers From Vibrations { ‘T-,f,,'m.. of Traffic. iod of depressic markets drifted to od of p on this By the Associated Press LONDON, Febru Paul's Cathedral, t | Las lorded it over all { the peak of Ludgate Hill, is showing signs of fatigue. Its stones, black- ened by the fog and soot of bygone |ages, are getting w ry from the vibrations caused by the roaring trafiic that swirls all around i the structure and the unrelenting {pull of the Thames upon its founda- tic erra London fr »f normal capici to 70 per cont statistics upening dail ingr and proving. he Fre leaders claim. Propaganda Drive Planned. re mines and facto 1ting at a loss inst F11 the Micun cwed and iron ceording to furn outp ! With °h den ro the Ruhr so impover: ndustr! The south transept begun to hed as they lean toward the river and the south- West tower has dropped several inches from perpendicular. Something must be done soon to th crowning achiev teet, Wren, Mery ftectural adviser to large sum of money will b £peiit on the cathedral b long a; board of co at present s const ! pusaly for fts preservatic { An American firm, w I pinned some of New ¥ | serupers. { recommended underpit for its architectural { commisaic | method. | In the clay | straps were pu of the transepts to { together, and sinec Eary at vari i repairs t, the malignments caused by the movement of thc cath- wdral Twenty years ago it was discovered t the Toof under the western pedi- 1ent had dropped & few inches, al the present decade it has becn essary to repair two of the piers. 15 expected that repairs to the :r six plers, some of the masonry ich hus rotted, will requi thirty years to complete. Meanwhile the stream of busses and motor lorries which flows past tho i i ad ne n savs 1 the deun. i very W P t onditio tzn w the re; pro- H ing under heas t ation fro adinitte Micum them, a v temporary o fied as to pron : buildi he opinlon sarvers, British as Rui all the alll as Fre is is s It Ruinel sion on repurations de obobdy cares to « with the with consequent vastating vibrat! =t increase in the fis evi dence that the two parties doubties will arrive at son w comproz FRAUD IN CASKE | S ATE COMPENSATION LAWS ARE RESTRICTED STOCK SALE DENIED ST Howe Says He Made No Fraudu-| suypreme Court H lent Promises on Progress of Firm. olds Them Inap- plicable to Stevedores on Vessels in Navigable Waters. = I The act of Ci | Ralph A. Howe, former vice presi- | Workmen |dent and director of the Crystal;cable to {Glags Casket Company, testified to-|Vessels Iying own behalf before Justice deciared tuda Hitz and a jury in Criminal Division {0 be unconstitu where he is on trial with James! The uttuck upen W. DeCamp and Edwin C. Reed,|reached the Supreme Court other cfficials of the company. on brough the stat of Ci charge of conspiracy to defraud W : Justices conncction with the fale of £tock injund sed the company. Howe denied that he'ep had made any fraudulent promises, reuare persons to invest in to; 65 000 Life | + of the corporation ) ed his belief that glas At > L conld bo made. | utars und ilgsirac ¥ tounded 1863, The witness fold of a Visit to Ada. | sy ovel 830000 s Okla., where he said a glass concern | leNey Gufr, €10/ Woadwacy 20 there had actually made caskets of | — “SLIP COVERS MADE TO ORDER dissentin fisfirance for 346.90 rth for partic- representation about the purch h & manufacturing site at Nitro, W. Vi jthe witness sald the local company was In negotiations to buy the prop- erty sevegal months before the sign- ing of the contract of purchas Mr. Tlowe identified about forty letters ifrom the files of the company relat- ing to the purchase of the plant, The reading of these letters by Attor- neys T. Morris Wampler and Harry A. Hegarty for the defense occupied |the larger part of the session of the court. Howe will be cross-examined by ant United States Attorn Biibrey. CORNELL WAIL ALUMNAE HERE ORGANIZED. Alumnae ity living _in san- ized the Alumnae Asso- ciation of The asso- ciation already < planning a drive 1o raiss money for the Syracuse cn- dowment fund. Mr: Woolever president of the association. Other |officers are’ Miss Lucy Grahum, vice | president; Miss Katherine Steinle, | treasurer; Miss Anna B. Stiles, secro- | tary, and Mrs. Helen Arnold Heacock. correspondent to the alumni news. NACHMAN’ A CORRECTION | despite winter winds MENTHOLATU is softening, heal- ing, antiseptic have o PENNA. AVE. & 8th ST. S.E. Three-piece Genuine Fiber Living Room Suite adyertised in Sunday Star is sold WITHOUT CUSHIONS. “This fine suite: ... $1 Cash~—50c a Week 1