Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1924, Page 4

OIL AFFILIATION . DENIED BY KNIGHT Exchange of Telegrams With California Lawyer Is Made Public. Samuel Knight, whose nomination as special counsel in the Standard Oil Company of California lease case has aroused opposition on the ground that he was counsel for a bank in which the Rockefellers were interested, in- formed government officials before accepting it that he had never repre- sented oil interests. This was disclosed today in an ex- change of the telegrams leading to his appointment, made public at the White House. Rush L. Holland, assistant attorney general, sent this telegram to Mr. Knight on March 1: Do you now or have you at any time in recent years represented an oil company? Are you in position to accept without embarrassment em- ployment to represent the govern- ment in litigation whichewill involve the state of California and the Stand- ard Oil Company as to sections 18 and 36 In naval oil reserve No. 17 1If so0, about what compensation would | vou expect and could you undertake it at once, coming here for confer- ences on notice? Wire fully, collect, and treat this telegram as strictly confidential.” Denles Oil Connections. Mr. Knight's reply, sent March 3, Watson Ignorant Of ‘Senator Jim’ in McLean’s Message Mention ¢. ‘Senator Jim” in a telegram exchanged between W. F. Wiley of the Cincinnati Inquir- er and Ira E. Bennett of the Washington Post led Senator James E. Watson of Indiana to Is- sue a statement today saying he knew mnothing about it. “I do not know Mr. W. F. Wiley. 1 do know Mr. Ira Bennett, but he never at any time talked to me re- garding the inquiry contained in W. F. Wiley's telegram Smithers, the White operator had boen hi “I was told to asi knew lots of operators, about work- ing the wire,” Ducksicin sald, “and Smithers, when I talked to him over the telephone, said he'd hie to met the job and make some extra money by_working overtime.' McLean had told Duckstein to “put himself in position to decoda tele- grams,” the committee was told. “How did you do that? Senator Walsh asked. . Got Code From Burnx. “I simply went to Burns and asked him, because T knew Mr. McLean had a department code book,” Duckstein said. “Burns told me, old | code book, go ahy i S0 you put vourself in position to decode by askinz Mr. Burns for the iouse telcgraph Smithers, who { “Yes, My - Mr. Smithers, as one Y o that you White demo- sy put in crat, Washington. The witness laughed slighest idea of that,” he 58 to the snator Dill, “I never had wa ‘Have not at any time represented an oil company or oil interests and wom in & position to accept without em- harrassment employment to represent the government in the litigation refcr- red to in your wire of March 2. Diffi-, cult to determine in advance what co pensation 1 might reasonably expect and am willing to have it determined by department or authority = having| atter in charge, If selected I can ar-| range to undertake matter at once and | come to Washington for conference| whenever requested.” i The telegrams were made public be- | cuuse of statement of _Senator | Walsh, democrat, Montana, and other | senators that information had been ecefyed by them indicating that Mr. Knight had done some work for the{ quitable Trust Company of New York, which, he said, was a Rockefeller bank. | COOLIDGE EXPLAINS WIRES TO McLEAN| ued from First Page.) uncertaln when he could get ¢ from Washington Duckstein wis placed on the when the reading was conclud- ed. She said that W. J. Burns, chief of the Justice Department’s bureau of investigation, had changed previous plans to go to Florida because of a belief that the oil committee might need his assistance, but a that other expressions 'in_her had been personal between end her husband. Phone Operator Takes Stand. Mary Quigley, a telephone operator for the Washington Post, mentioned | in some of the telegrams exchanged, | was called. John Major of the Post, | wiring McLean, had asserted she had | listened on the lines while W. O. Ducksieln was talking. “I repeated the conversations Duck- stein had wi his wife in an ofthand | way,” £he said, “mot expecting them to be printed in every paper In the iand. 1 plugged in and out on the wire. T heard him say ‘I'm going down to Palm tonight: I've got them all to me now.' «n I heard Mrs. Duckst say: you've got the right Beach bowing t last.’ n't hear all the conversation. He might have been talking about anythin I've reyeated a lot of to Mr. Major fro of humor. Tong cros: Throughout stubbornly she clung Duckstein Takes Stand. Senator Walsh asked about distance calls to Paim Bea She said she supposed there was a record of such calls, but didn't re- member when they took place. W. 0. Duckstein then took the stand. Duckstein said he had used “an obsolete Department of Justice code” in wire messages to his employer. Then a new code nad been put into the McLean scrvice during January and February, he suid. “That Major telegram doesn't mean anything to me,” Duckstein sald, when asked. “I think it was the outcome of a pathological complex. That's all 1 can see out of it after several read- ing: “The stuff” which the telegram said he was “turning over,” he said, con- Sisted of envelopes McLean had or- dered him to give to the publisher's attorney, Wilton J. Lambert. Duckstein said he had not the slightest recollection of the telephone conversation referred to Major's message. Axked About “Mary” Messages. The witness was asked about the #Mary” messages. He said he had turned thém over to McLean without comment. Each is claimed to carry a hint to McLean to resign as a dollar- a-year secret agent of the Depart- inent of Justice. Questioned about the special tele- graph _wire between the Post and Palm Beach, Duckstein said that E. W. Smithers, chief of communications | at'the White House, asked for the job of manning this end. ‘Wanted to See Burns. Some of the messages about Burns Thad been exchanged, Duckstein said, because he wanted to “talk with Mr. ¥Burns personally.” “There was a damnable story pub- lished with the implication that Mr. McLean was rkipping the country,” Duckstein said, “and I wanted to talk ith him to see what we could do to stop that sort of thing and get re-{ ress. Burns is an old friend and a ery able man. I wanted his advice. Senator Waish asked why E, W THE EVENING STAR COUPON “THE AMERICAN By Frederick J. Haskin { que | Lean’s | per, | suge. | out | Be { that the committee had decoded it on {the advice of another telegram from | ve ncver met Mr. Smithers be 't know of such a telegram. snator Dill returned to the code stion, and Duckstein said he had never taken the code book out of ofiice. bo you know who ¢ or “Apricots’ were “1 haven't the slightest idea.” Senator Walsh asked about the Me- Lean safety deposit vault, to which Duckstein said he held the keys. “Mr. McLean told me to get a box, he said, ° nd later gave me somie sealed enveloves, saving: ‘B these in‘Your denosit bows v Put There 1 ¢ or four * or envelopes the Duckstein explained, nothing of th commitren j box, and th Apples; ‘Cher- ckages deposit box, but _he knew r contents. The whole ined in queries about the n excused the witness., Starek Called to Stand. Fred Starek, a director « nee Corporation and ashington correspondent Cincinnati Enqui alled to the stand. ¥ mentioned in e grams desiring to get with McLea “Your name has bee one o the War formar for Me-! a h Major tele- in touch| one nf to McLean,” paid T Will you ten about the purchase Starek e in touch with him about Major volunteered L i With Mr. McLean of newspa- ited to get it. and Mr. send w mes- Expected McLean Call, “And what you wanted to see Me- Lean about was a prospective pur- chase of the Post?" Y I thought I wouid get a telephone call from Mr. McLean, but I never did.” The committee then went into ex- ecutive sessioh to go over further telegrar One of the open hearing Beach by Francis Co. messages read at the was sent from Palm McLean December 28, to is McAdoo, care Miller, Otis & New York city. It said: Mitchell Palmer is going to glve @ statement for me today. I will have it read to you from Washington If you approve of it tell them to make it public. “Be very careful, as Palmer is rep- resenting Fall and SWclair, and I do not want to have myself used for their Lenefit. Wire me results.” A telegram sent to McLean at Palm ch, January 26, signed J. V. Fitz- ald, a McLean employe, was read Mr. Walsh, with the explanation | tzgerald for McLean to “omit every other word” Omitting every work the telegram read: “Understand ~ Montana man _has stories printed yesterday, one telling your iliness and the other that you had been Diegel's partner when he broke course record Friday. If you want plan to straighten out what may be embarrassing tangle advise me, Harrington Hotel, and it on wire.” Fall Telegram Rend. rom Palm Beach on January 11 Fall sent this telegram to “Gus T. Jones, Department of Justice Agent, San Antonio, Tex.:” “Get In touch with Buckley Imme- | diately. Ask him If he can come here at once as my attorney and adviser, | This is very hmportant. Must see him before he sails. On February McLean, signed “E. 1. B." was sent | Tru)}); Washington which read: “Have appointment to sce party 4 o'clock today.” B i The following morning, 14, & telegram, signed “B., MF. McLean. It read: “Will have conference with H. before 1 o'clock.” | On January 25 a telegram signed “John” was sent to Mr. McLean at Palm Beach. It read: i “Zev_testified that 'he had loaned Fall $25,000 for European trip. Willis | has attended to matter.” New Messages Read. .e More telegraph records received from Palm Beach were read into the record. On January 22 “Johns” sent a mes- sage to E. B. McLean at Palm Beach saying “subpoena for Fall today. Returnable Friday. . Another “Mary” message in code was presented. Like the other it was addressed to W. O. Duckstein, a McLean employe at Palm Beach. “Burns_ states,” the message sald, “lawyer friendly to department said that an inquiry was on foot to as- certain whether McLean was regular appointed dollar year man a; him to find out. Al aukeq “Department lawver came to Burns m to Mr. February was sent D. 1 | i GOVERNMENT” | Present this coupon and $1.00 at the Business Office of The Evening Star and secure your copy of the book, a 5-color map of the United States, 28x22 inches, ' and a 32-page booklet con- taining the Constitution of the United States. Mail Orders—Add for up 0 150 milew, 6ei 300 mites, Soy greater distances, ask Dostmnse ter rate for 2 pounds. Clubhouxe of George Washington morrow, at INZ9 I street northwest, w SMUGGLING ALIENS TAKES NEW DISGUISE Argentine Ring, Exposed in Fake Documents Sale, Offers U. S. Entry Without Vise. BY CLAUDE 0. PIK| By Cibie to Ti Star and Chicago Daily News. ht. 1 ' BUENOS AIRES, March 6.—Ex- of the operations of the Buenos Afres organization which was slipping into the United St documents e the posu! usual ure t tigations show that there activity now at the offices nr agents. It is reported that tter are refusing to guaran American consular vises now that Con- 1l General Morgan fs working daily in the alien vise department and personally passing on applicants. Close questioning of emigrants and breaking down of stock answers, re quiring correction of documents, ap parently has brought the practice to « stop, Tt is intimated that the gang | is trying a different course, offerini | for 1,400 pesos ($425) to put the emi- ants into the United States without consular vise. The method is kept secret and the emigrants are merely told to be ready to board ship on short notice. The difficulty is of breaking up the cstem s partly due to the fact that | invar.ably deal with ship-, ping agents, refusing to transact business with the regular shipping | lines. As a result, the emigrants are | greatly overcharged, but they still | stick to the shipping agents. The transactions are carried on in cheap rooming houses and in the back | rooms of saloons. Therefore it is practically impossible to witness the exchange of money and documents. Naturally the emigrants refuse to talk because they are participants in, the scheme. They are also fearful of | their lives. The gang has powertul influences behind it. o JEWELRY BROKER HELD IN ALLEGED SMUGGLING New York Man, Silent Partner in Vienna Firm, Accused in Conspiracy. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 6.—Arthur Medi- | ansky, silent partner in the Viennese Jewelry firm of Moritz Kraus, who came | here in October to establish a branch of that house, today was arraigned be- | fore Federal Judge Garvin, charged, with others not yet arrested, with be- ing concerned in a conspiracy to smug- gle large quantities of jewelry into lhel TUnited States. { Mediansky was released $5,000 ball, pending final pleading. Government detectives declared they had selzed in connection with the al- leged conspiracy between $100,000 and $130,000 worth of exquisitely wrought assorted platinum jewelry, set with diamonds and other expensive gems. Named with Mediansky in one in- dictment were Emma, Ada and Felix Kraus and Victor Reich, an importer with offices here and in Miami, Fla. A bench warrant was sent to Florida for Reich's arrest. It was charged Reich and Ada Kraus delivered gems, liable to_an 80 per cent tax under the law, to Mediansky, at whose 5th ave- nue office the seizure was made. A sec- ond indictment, specifically charging smuggling, was returned againt Medi- ansky. S —— in and inquired. Burns said Attorney General was only person who could give information regarding such ap- pointment. “Evidently preparing * for mud slinging. Burns states impossible to say when he can get away. Being Kept here'on dome hearing. Depart- ment liable to be called upon at any time for investigation and to prepare injunction: Another telegram disclosed that Me- Lean was informed directly from the White House that C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the President, was leav- ing for Palm Beach. This telegram was signed by H. E. McKenna, chict doorkeeper at the executive offices. “The secretary leaves tonight,” this. message sald. It was dated Decem- ber 22, 1923, and addressed to Mc- Lean at Palm Beach. MeLean Wired Baruch. On_January 6, McLean, from Palm Beach, wired Bernard W. Baruch of . New York, at Georgetown, S. C., ask- ing when he would be in Washington. “Will be in Washington January 6 and 7, sald a telegram to McLean signed with “affectionate regards. On January 27 McLean wired Fran- ecis T. Homer, a Baltimore lawyer, asking if the oil committee could compel him to testify where he had $100,000 on deposit. “Think over certain prominent peo- ple and that time,” the telegram said, “and you will realize whv large cash funds were kept.on hand at that time." At the time in'December when the ~ommittee was trying to get A. B. #all to come to Washington to testi- 1y, he telegraphed J. W. Zevely, coun- sel for Harry F. Sinclair, that he was| Proceeding to Atlantic City from New York, and asked Zevely to join him | there. On December 17. MoLean wired to| Atlantic_City that he would arrive | to_join Fall. | ®overnment B 1, first unit of the American Legion, which ix to be dedie h ceremonies, both at 4 and 8 p.an. 0L PROBESTRANS NERVES OF CAPITAL IStht References to Men in| Public Life at Once Ex- cite Suspicion. BY DAVID LAWR has the atmosphere her become since the Teapot Dome dis- closures were made and so sensitive officials and public men gener- ally about the reckless way in whie doubtful {mputation being giv tu acts which ordinarily would be garded as poutine that W developing a bad case of n revelation that ¥ had sent a_telegr ward B. Mc an, pub- Washington Post, agree- consult him about the appoint- me 1\‘1 of a Commissioner for the District of Columbia was regarded as of such importance as to require an imme- tl‘m(v statement of explanation by the President. Mr. McLean telegrams from friends in Washington keeping him posted about the activities of the committee befors w' 'h he was to testify have been made the sub- Ject of considerable discussion. though when analyzed there isn't a bit of in- formation” which McLean wouldn't have been able to get himself, it he had been In Washington, from the re- porters of his own newspaper. Awalt McLean Testimony. Just at the moment the Investiga- tion {s drifting alon® aimlessly, the prosecutors hoping that they will stumble on something which will un- cover a sensation. The testimony of McLean is, of course, awaited with intense interest, as he will be asked no doubt all about his relations with officlals and what he knew about the negotiation of the ofl leases by the Doheny and Sinclair In- terests, but nobody expects him to reveal that he was a principal in that affalr. As an informant, the commit- tee expects much from him, for he enjoyed the confidence of the highest officials. Meanwhile it begins to look as if the Teapot Dome inquiry will be overshad- owed by the Veterans’ Bureau inquiry and that the real political dynamite for the coming campaign will come out of the latter. Indeed, the renewal of the drive against Attorney General Daugherty is attributed to the reports S tense is shington is ves sident Cool- fdzo to Palm | that the Veterans’ Bureau scandal has already involved some men who were so0 close to the Attorney General as to excite public curlosity concerning Mr. Daugherty's knowledge or lack of knowledge of their doings. Is a man | responsible for what his friends do? Public officials know that on the fringe of the government are many who trade on their friendships. Judge Kenyon Mentioned. Discussion of a successor to At- torney General Daugherty has been going on in administration quarters on the assumption that the retire- ment of Mr. Daugherty before long is inevitable. The mention of the name of Judge William Kenyon, who resigned as United States senator from Iowa to accept an appointment from President Harding to the fed- eral bench has in it interesting pos- sibilities. It ix doubtful, however, whether Judge Kenyon would accept. He left the Senate largely because he wanted to escape from the po- litical melee. He was then leader of the farm bloc; In fact, he was its mainspring. _ There was talk of Kenyon for Phesident on the repub- lican ticket in 1920 and gossip has it that many of the republican lead- ers would not be averse to the nomi- nation of Kenyon if anything de- veloped to disqualify Mr. Coolidge. Judge Kenyon has the confidence of western republicanism whose ald is So vital to the decision of the next presidential contest. Indeed, a ticket composed of Coolidge for President and Kenyon for Vice President, would be a distinct advantage to the Cool- idge campaign. Acceptance of the portfolio of attorney general might bring such’confidence throughout the country in the administration of the Department of Justice as to warrant the Coolidge supporters in urging Judge Kenyon to leave the bench, take the attorney generalship and with tht vice presidential nomination. Mr. Kenyon was an assistant attor- ney general in the Taft administra- tion and made a splendid record in Posecuting trusts. Judge Kenyon did not participate in the selection of Mr. Brookhart as republican senator from Iowa, but he was not displeased by the cholce. He is by no means unsympathetic with the Brookhart attitude, something which the conservatives of the east would have to swallow if they drafted Kenyon. . (Copyright, 1024.) —_— CINCINNATI GIRL HELD IN GANG CONFESSION Alleged to Be Member of Robber Band of 25—Admits She Knows Members. By the Assoclated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 6.—Nine- teen-year-old Vera McDonal, allas Ethel Smith, Indianapolls, s being held pending Investigation by Cinein- nati police following & confession by James O'Connor, Boston, that he was a member of jang of twenty-five Criminals, of which, he said, Miss cDonal was the I er. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1 t i ted to- | i TRIAL OF $100,000 CANDLER SUIT BEGUN Atlanta Millionaire Accused of Attacking Woman on Ship. i | | | Son of ] { i By the Associated Tress. DECATUR, Ga., March ¢--Trial of the uit against Walter T. Candler, son of Asa G. Candler, sr, Atlanta millionaire soft drink manufacturer, for $100.000 damages, brought by Mrs Sarah Byfiell, also of Atlanta, was icalled toduy in the De Kalb county superior court here. Mrs. Byfield's suit grows out of a cording to her pe- titiofl. taken by a party which in- cluded Mrs. Byfleld, her husband, Clyde K. Byfield; the defendant, Mr. Candler, and his two children. The plaintift charges in the petition that while on board the steamship Bere ‘garfa. en route to Europe on J 117, 1922, she was attacked by the de- |fendant in her stateroom. Her screams, the petition i brought her husband to h two men engaged, the petition stated, | |in @ fist fizhe | i | Buropean trip, ASKS BANKS TO0 AID |t 1924. DENIES CONSPIRING TO DEFEAT BONUS| Mellon Says He Made No Con- tributions to Funds for Fighting Bill. REPLIES TO CARAWAY Says He Does Not Know Acts of Business Associates. Sweeping denial ha Secretary Mellon to cl arges that- the was interested in propaganda against the soldier honus. In a letter to Senator Caraway, democrat, Arkansas, the Secretar: answers specifically each question propounded to him by the senator. The Secretary, in his letter, outlines both questions anq answers, as fol- lows: ‘First: 1Is it true that H. B. Rust, president of the Koppers Compan and tvHKt- S. Davison, official of the Gulf Oil Company, contributed sub- stantial sums to the Anti-Bonus League? : ‘Answer: [ hay 0 whather or 1 1 ison con Anti-Bonus League, : ond: Would You are inte lons mentione. relations mention. been made by © 1o knowledge as ot Mr. Rust or Mr. ributed any sums to the on mind telling ested in the corpora- L or have you business the two gentlemen Stoekholder in Both. “Answer: 1 am interested as a stockho each of the corpora- mentioned in question 1, but I ave no officiai connection with el nnectio th either { these companies, with ! panies, nor business re- e two gentlemen ex- 1 kholder in the com- | in Which they are office Ird: ‘It i charged that em- the ;’,‘hl I.Ad Bi-Product K 1 4 subsidiar. T requested to write lett i TS to the I? mbers of Congress opposing ad- justed compensation. Do you know ‘f:x’”;:‘l‘( l'h).! is true or not, or have o en any steps whether it be truer © ' ascertain ‘Answer: I have no Wwhatever as to whe! ployes of the Coke Compan, requested to w of ¢ pen information vhether or not em- Chicago Bi-Product were commanded or ite letters to members DETess opposing adjusted com- tion, and have taken no steps Aieertain whether that is true Fourth: These charg. 5 fean Legion, Mr. Quinn. also supported by an afidavit by s Allen, and they purport to show that ¥ou had advised and counseled possibly contributed, Yourself o or compan in which you are inter- ested, this activi Will yo € e whether this s trger 000 el Denfex Contributions. “Answer: Your letter and that which 1 have read in the dally papers is the only knowledge | have had of charges having been- made by Mr. Quinn of the American L fon with respect to the subject matter in ques- tions 1, 2 and 3. T do not know who Mr. Alien is, to whom you refer, nor what his source of Information ma be upon which he relies for makin; the affidavit mentioned 1 have not been consulted with nor contributed personally to this activity. I have no knowledge of what my former busi- ness associates or their companies have done in the matter, IN GUARDING FRANC | French Finance Minister Warns Against Speculations of Foreigners. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 6—Minister of Fi- nance de Lasteyrle, in his efforts to | end speculation in exchange opera- | tion harmful to the franc, addressed a letter yesterday to the president of the Union Syndicale des Banquiers de Paris et de Province asking their help. The letter, which, at the re- Qquest of the finance minister, is to be sent to the heads of all banks in France, reads: “I have the honor to draw your at- tention once more to the serious in- convenience caused at present by banking operations carried out by foreigners, or for the account of for- eigners. At a time of strained situa- tion in foreign exchange it is indis- pensable that the banks abstain from | supplying clients with means for in- tervening on the exchange market in any way prejudicial to the franc. “I beg you, consequently, to remind at once, and in the firmest terms, all the snembers of the Union Syndicale des Banquiers that the government considers that until further notice all operations calculated to furnish funds in francs to foreigners without ad- equate security should be suspended, cspecially in the case of the following operations: “First, future dealings in francs for the account of foreigners outside France; second, loans on stocks and other securities to foreigners; third, guaranteeing future payment for goods bought by foreigners, or for thelr account.” POISON RUM DEATH DECLARED MURDER Drastic Amendment in Prohibition Bill Passed by Virginia House. | By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 6—The person who makes or sells intoxi- cating liquor which poisons and kills the one who drinks it is made guilty of first-degree murder by a senate prohibition bill passed in the Vir- ginla house of delegates late yester- day. This provision is embodied in a house amendment, which must be concurred in by the senatée before it becomes law. The vote was 73 to 11. The house general appropriations i bill, carrying $24,387,313.89 for the biefinium, was approved by the upper branch of the general assembly yes. terday afternoon, after Senator Gar- rett, chairman of the finance commit- tee, had charged on the floor that state officials have been conducting “a powerful lobby for salary in- i creases. . The_bill passed by the senate embodies an {ncrease of approxi- mately $213,260 over the appropri- ations proposed in the original form of the measure as it came from the house, much of the increase resulting from proposed advances in compen- sation of state officials. —_— LENROOT IN SOUTH. Chairman of 0il Committee to Rest ‘Week or More. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., March 6. ~—United States Senator Irvine L. Len- | root, chairman of the Senate oil com- mitfee, with Mrs. Lenroot, arrived here yesterday. ifth: Particulariy 1 would like to know if you authorized or co-oper- ated with Mr. Davison in raising a fund, the ultimate amount of which was said to be, or was to have been, $20,000. The purpose of said fund was that it was to be used in propa- ganda against the soldiers’ adjusted compensation measure. nswer: 1 have never authorized nor co-operated with Mr. Davison or v other person in raising any fund atever that had for its purpose any propaganda against the soldiers' ad- justed compensation measure, or any other measure that has been before the Congress during the time I have occupied my present ofigce. 1 believe the forcgoing Aanswers cover the information which you have requested. No doubt Mr. Davison and Mr. Rust, it called upon, will respond promptly to any inquiries on the sub- ject which you may desire to make of them.” ‘BARSONG,’ SHE SAYS,) IN NATIONAL ANTHEM Woman Spent $16,000 to Kill Third Stanza in Interests of Peace. i By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 6.—Mrs. Au- gusta E. Stelson, who financed the $1,250,000 First Church of Christ, Solentist, n this city, testified yes- terday before Deputy Commissioner of Accounts Loudon she had spent $16,000 for advertising space in New York newspapers in a campaign to strike the third stanza from “The Star Spangled Banner. Subpoenaed for the deputy coms missioner's investigation of financial sources for an alleged flood of propa- ganda_against the natlonal athem, Mrs. Stelson declared her advertl ing was prompted by a life ambi- tion to foster peace and good will on earth. The third stanza of Franols Scott Key's poem was sub- versive to both peace and good will, and the musio was that of “an old English_bar song.” she declared. Mrs. Stelson told of erecting the First Church of Christ, Sclentist, here, and of having spent $179.000 here in the last three years in the publication of Christian Sclence doc- trines. 3 Deputy Commissioner Loudon said he had learned by a special trip to the archives at Washington that the melody of the national anthem was from a popular song of revolutionary days, and that it originated in the hymn, “Anacreon in Heaven." Mr. Loudon announced he was pre- paring an “authentic history” of the origin of the anthem. RICH BALTIMORE DRY QUIZZED ON LEAGUE GIFT W. F. Cochran Asked by State Attorney About Donations of $5,000 to Anderson. By the Assoclated Press, S BALTIMORE, Md, March 6—A third conference between Willlam F. Cochran, wealthy Baltimore prohi- bitionist, dnd State's Attorney O'Con- ner, concerning contributfons to Wil- Ham H. Anderson, former superin- tendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York, recently convicted of third degree forgery, took place yesterday. Mr. O'Connor said important mat- ters were discussed which would be made public soon. Mr. Cochran sald the conference was confidential, and that he did not care to discuss the mat It is understood that Mr. O'Conner had received another letter from As- sistant District Attorney Pecora of New York. ! contiict. | properties valued at approximately "HAN BRI of Notes, But Doubt ‘RENCH DISPLAY LESS OPTIMISM TISH OVER CO-OPERATION lReah':se Atmosphere Has Been Cleared by Exchange if Fundamental Dif- ferences Can Be Done Away With. BY FRANK H. SIMONS. Special Cablegram to The Star. PARIS, March 6.—Hope with hesi- tation is the French state of mind at the moment. There is frankly less of optimism in the French cap- ital than in the British, a large ap- preciation of the reality of diver- gences between French and British views upon essentials, less belief that settlement is assured by mere re- moval of obstacles growing oyt of mutual distrust incident to past cab- inets and still recent foreign office disputes. ¥rance has been too often disap- pointed in the past five years to be lieve casily that any miracle, any substitution of one British prime minister for another, can remove the real barriers to the final liquidation of war. In England you have sense of hope based upon tne arrival of new men, a new spirit; In France you have an enduring consciousness of the presence of old problems, old men. Faith in Macdenald, Paris, official and unofficial. does full justice to the frankness and di- rectness of the new labor prime mig- ister in Britain. There is a disposi- tion here to believe that on the whole Macdonald will prove a more honest, direct negotiator than any of his British predecessors. From the larg- er outlook thi is mot only to the ¥ 1, but is great deal to the good. On’ the other hand, there is here less profound reliance upon the tle- ment of atmosphere than in London There the fecling which I met is that a large part of the Anglo-French dit- ferences grew out of misunderstand- ings which could be removed: here the feeling is that, important though misunderstandings may be, useful as the removal of these obstacles would e, in the end one is hrought face to foce with the essentlal facts, the complete divergence of national in- torests and points of view. not upony minor but upon vital issu ‘Waits on Experts. France is waiting upon the report of the commissions which have Amer- jcan members, the more important of which is headed by Gen. Dawes. Much of the general import of the report has already become public Property. but there remain details which are too important to permit any real crystailization of opinion until lheyl are clearcd up. So far, on_the testimony of every- body. the French government has ziven a free hand to French members of the commissions; the same is true of the Relgian, British and llnlla!\. governments, The reports, when they are at last issued two or three weeks hence, will all _probability be na ous But then W come e e uestion of whether the French government will dare or care 'h'rfic- Smmend unqualified adoption. By re- fraining from all interference before the reports are made, Poincare has at one time avoided hampering the work of the commissions and kept a free THREAT OF WAR SEEN IN BESSARABIA ISSUE Russian-Rumanian Parley Regard- ed as Final Step to Avert Military Action. it 1 By the Assoctated Press. BERLIN, March 6.—M. Krestinsky, Russian ambassador to Germany, is in Moscow recelving instructions| about the conference between Ru- mania and soviet Russia which is to open in Vienna about March 10. He will head the Russian delegation. Europe is watching the attempts to settle the Bessarabian question with great interest, as military aotion is| feared if diplomacy fails, and a clash | petween Rumania and soviet Russia | along the Dniester river might in-; colve Poland. There are some who believe that it might embroil all the little entente countries and lead to a general Balkan-central European Rumania and soviet Russia have extensive military forces on opposite sides of the Dniester and the feeling between them is acute. Both Claim Territory. Rumanta claims Bessarabia {s hers, whila soviet Russia insists that the Mmajority of population is Russlan and that a plebiscite today would bring an overwhelming vote for Rus- sia, as Bessarabian land is largely In the hands of great owners and the peasants want it divided. The Russians insist they will not consider exchanging Bessarabia for | | OhHen { OhHenry! Oh hand for himself in the end. France is terribly worried by the fall of the frane; it is disappointed by the recent collapse of the francophile Belgian cabinet of Theunis. The whole situ- ation is floating. profoundly affected by a sense of insccurity and doubt. Political change here is at least pos- sible, if not probable: the Poincare minfstry has only temporarily sur- vived severe attacks and remains vul- nerable, if for the present possessing a renewed lease of life. Trifi= More Hopeful. Writing from England, T empha- sized the general note of optimism In this first dispatch from Barls T would at least lay equal emphasis upon the note of caution which under- lies all French comment from all quarters. France is a shade, perhaps more than a shade, more hopeful than in the recent past, but also its finan- cfal situation is more alarming. There are obvious reasons why there should be even a forced note i In two or three w commissions will make r s which will break new ground, submit methy 0ds and means for the restoration of German finances, for balancing the German budgets, They will certalnly insist upon larger German payments n the Germans expect, they Wwill place at a higher figure than any one expected the amount of German which has fled the countrs. are just as certain to insist the economic unity of Ger- many, that is, upon the termination of the cconomic phase of the occupi of the Ruhr. Nation Undecided. upon merely or mai: this decision? One nk with a degree of that the chances of French acceptance have increased very ma terially in the last few weeks, but to judge from the first preliminary round of the Investigation it seems to me that the French mind is not ve made up, that it is too early to fare- cast the French decision with any de- gree of accuracy. Macdonald has re- moved the element of =uspicion. French and British exchanges are more cordial, more frank, than at any time for years. But there remains one dominating question: Is ther even possible line T the vital tries, assum- confidence on and both s That wh remains a 1 say that whi tion is not less discoverable. We are approaching a great crisis, the chances of adjustment are improving, but with the atmosphere favorable the realit problem remaiy solid in t mind, and have not yet been in any degree dealt with. (Copyright, 1924, by the MecClure 10 |:YHn D on: that nry! O Oll’\yHen nry ! ry OhHenry! 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