Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1924, Page 4

- ‘ —_ ‘WILL MAKE 'EM JUMP,’ - AL JENNINGS SAYS En Route Here to Testify Before Senate Committee on “Plun- derbund” Story. | Upham Continues His Trip to West Despite Oil Probe Summons By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Aris, Mareh 4. pearance before the Semate ofl investigating Committee Wed- nesday, March 26, a date which he waid preciuded his ar- rival in Washington. as indi- cated, Fred W. Upham, trems- urer of the republican national committee, left the Salt River valley last night for Pasadena, Calif. Mr. Upham telegraphed Semate committee n reiteration of hin denial of kmowledge of Harry Sinclair's $75,000 contri- bution to the republican party, reparted in dispatches gquoting Will Hays' testimony. He wald Le planned to proceed to Pasa- dena on a business trip and wax not_certain when he would go to the Capital SINCLAIR IS CITED FOR CONTEMPT, D. C. COURT ACTION ASKED (Continued From First ¥ WILL DESCRIBE “BIG DEAL” “Many Would Like to ‘Bump Me Off," He Declares. By the Associated Press. ALBUQU! M., March 24 Jenning: Oklahoma out- w and now an evangelist, last night reiterated his statement made in Les Angeles last week that he will offer startling testimony to the Senate committes investigating the Teapot Dome oil scandal Jennings is ¢n route {rom Los An- Eeles to Washington 1o appear before the committee for questioning in con- nection with was quoted ment Al i | i i sh pay-| $1.000,000 bought the nomi- | Warren G. Hacding at Chi witness, Harry F. Sinclab called before the committ the stand, refused t questions that might be him by any member of .i {as set forth in the report mad, mmittee to the Senate on Sature thie said 22d Gay of March. 1924, a copy of which report is hereto appended and made a part hereof. “That upon such statement so being made by ths saild witness, Harry K. Sinclair, questions pertinent to the in- quiry beinz prosecuted by the committee were addressed to the w ness as set forth in the said report so submitted on Saturday, the 22d day of i March, 1924, which the witness sever- ally déclined and refused to answer as therein set forth. “And now your committee reports to the Senate that the sald Harry ¥. Sin clair, having appeared as @ witness be fore your sail committee, refused to answer questions rertinent 1o the ques- tion under inquiry, and is in contempt of the sald commitiee and of the Senate Chase's refusal ¢ a committee m. dozen witnesse answer any ropounded to committee by the v Jennings' Wa befor some disclo- investigating will prove have to co lieve sation at T mething “1 made ‘h &t Long nd fo me & about Hamon led to questions, and before | knew it [ was telling u fow of the inside facts that had come ong acquaintance with mon_and a long residence in 1did pot tell all T knew, < ways, but what | said got Into print and it was not long until got interasted. » keep still then, I were summoned mittee, thers what I knew Sure enough, the and T am on my way meett lappen me ai the end of ting at which a half wern examined on s many subjects, zud just before the case of Sinclair was formally re- | ported to the Senate with a commit- tee recommendation that the facts be passed to the district at- tornes. Committee members were unable to say whether the same course would be followed in the case of Chase. Would Bump Me O aid would tell the million-dollar i by liamon the vention at Chicago intimated that some it figure in his the along X 0il Counsel Return jumping. me peopie ing to tel bump could, While the Senate was idering the Sinclair resolution brought in by the comm would f they I helieve or Luy me ttee, government counsel in its returned from the west, conferred with President Coolidge, : and announced that criminal proceed- {ings in the cases would begin before {a grand jury here about April 10. As if the committeemen had deter- mined to push their task of investi- DISTRICT GIVEN DAY {at the big committee table, and most of them were dismissed with only & Non-Controversial Measures to Be| ALt embiance of croxsexamination Carmi_ A, Thompson of Cleveland, . one of President Coolidge's campaign Taken Up—Unanimous Con- cent Obtained. managers and a close friend of the late President Harding. testified that he had no knowledge of an “oil deal” at the republican national convention 0. o ¢ian, a reporter for the S = b s : New York Times, told the committee the House by unanimous consent. i\ g Yoceived confrmation from the House lLeader Longworth had sked | New York office of Will H. Hays that the House that day aside for |F would testify to a stock trans- e R & i action by which Sinclair belped wipe consmderation of District legislation. 1o, {he republican national committes \ subcommittee from the ldeficit after the 1920 campaign. Vivian District committee already has A with Honse ILeader Long- Speaker Gillett and members republican steering commi t Monday will be District day in to set ¥ speein! {Joseph O'Neill, director, but O'Neill read to the committee den J Hays publicity telegram od it Brands Steries Liex. prozram non-controversial | to be calied up. The next witness, Martin 1 Philadelphia. denied w P story that Isaid such a story was told to him by | man of thelins, H t committee is prepared measures next Mon- unfinished bill for pre- against one is for street. giving the National to is t he was interested in any sapot Dome then brand as “ignominious other stories he said ulated about him He was succeeded stand by Michael Circelli, also of Philadelphia. who, in turn. deniec yme of the testimony of Powers. Immediately after Chairman ladd way in proceeded t lies” various had been cir- on the witness the District ‘Witness business on the Giihert vention and uard extension of 1ith Dew main entrance to the method of capital pu bmitted the comuittee. T = s ? ce report, mak U District to substity ing the citation, the committee prose- ure s the new salars the Sinclair case be certified (o the Dis- achers and oflicials in trict of Columbia courts for grand jury . Before (he questioning of Thomp- SOVIET READY T0 SIGN‘W‘ began there was a brief excur- !tribution to the republican nationai DISARMAM ENT PAcT}(nn\n\\(l ¢ to help make up the {paign. Senator Spencer, republican, - . Missouri, remarked that he had no- i¥red A. Upham, the republican na- GENEVA, Ma —Soviet Rus. | tional treasurer. has st notified the secretariat S gz “I now ask that we subpoena the T rmament treagoirantes pact #0d|chairman and secretary of the demo- he league. tor Spencer. “I notice Mr. L 24 0my Olher nations that have|poheny testified he gave $75,000 to tand and Esthonia, all of which ac- | e cepted. {while its records show, as published, {only 38000 from him. ' Since we are ito_get both sides. Senator Walsh., Montana, suggest- HELD COSTLY TO U. S.iinvesticated only no far a8 thes were e nvolved in the oil leases. and Sena- ef{:h» r:-]pul:!h.an administration had Channel Deepening Results in i{been elected and this made the in- = AL the suggestion of Senator Walsh $9.000,000 Loss Yearly. he committee deferred a decision lost. son, Who was ut the Chicago con- through the government's failure to s etk complete channel development of the cntion as a Harding supporter. The » 4 Hamon, oil operator and former re- Smith of St. louis told the House ok rivers and harbors committee today. publican national committeeman for he |any kind to Senator Harding or his Aesociation, said |arspciate f ihis loss represented the interest at S e, ol the “He certainly < nide in uncompleted channels. Sev- | sition to mer: he nadeqC SUCH Propo .nty per cent of the country's ex- in the twenty-five states in the river vstem which also produces 45 per| 1Reading from a prepared state- ment, Thompson said: MRS SARAH w|NsLow DIES Ir:" Rh(.)ul a statement which one . Tiffin Gilmere (deputy. secretary of that 1 was alleged to have made {him _concerning political . qeais - ‘and Reslasut Thisey sEenns national comvention held i ion he! n C Mrs. 5. B. Winslow, eighty- | “If Mr. Glmore was (.uml'a"?o'f-' Winslow, & veteran of the civil war,|the conversation he wis e fhent of this ity Tov mars [bhve han Sm i oie N hon eed, 0 lience, the Octavia apartments. 1669 |3 o'clock Sunday cxening. t <olumbia road northwest, yesterday,|ately after the Cun‘t'eflllon‘gfl‘:"{\r!::sd):. Funeral services will be conducted | I did not go to Washington At the residence tomorrow morning | the convention. T ook tihe mom Petor of the Grace Episcopal Church, | Twentieth Century Limi il Cofficiate, Intcrment will be I8 | day, immediately following. tan SI0- Mrs. Winslow is survived by two Y hwhii s on e fouin phoe cni aughters, Mrs, Hawin S. Keen and| o Claveland T met seveomi Gricogo children, all of this city. ley and wife and John Price and wite, = il of Cleveland. 1 engaged In eon: SERVICE MAN INJURED. |rom Chicazo to Cleveland, When 1 was not with them I was visiting who_discussed with me the outlook for business. Being engaged in the Knott. Was a matter of much interast A lighted match reported by the | 323 & FIALST OF Mich tnterest to both lity of gasoline spaled on the cellar i loar at W. B. Crow's gasoline sta- Did Not See Glimere. ton, 1001 Rhode eang o ® Anthur | "1 do not recall seeing Mr. Gllmore lnott, thirty-nine, 307 I street south- lire” oceurred, about his face and |ject referred to by him at any place llanda He was treated at Freedman's | or time. Mr. Gilmore must have been day. One fhese sial disease. Another Lapit. A third is w tion for hangi Th, cutor, Senator Walsh. recommended that achools proceedings. tsion Into the matter of Sinclair's con deficit resulting from the 1920 cam |ticed that u subpoena was out for Prothe Associated Prose Anks Democrat Books. of the league of naticns that she will ’ the powers by the last assembly [crat national committee,” said Sena- replied thus far are Belgium. Fin- the democrat national committee, SR . R'VER PROJECT FA“_URE {going into these matters we ought d that the republican funds had been !tor Dill, democrat. W i L Says Abandonment ; biatncion. rad fquiry into republican funds pertinent. Nine million dollars is lost annually | 204 began the questioning of Thomp- o e e o Tl | witness said he did not hear Jake Smith, who is president of the | oxiahoma, “make a. proposition of h klaho ega i per eant on tho investments aiready | il LIS portable products, he said, originate Reads Statement. cent of the manufacturing output. “I have been called before you to state of Ohio) testified before you Widow of Civil War Veteran D. C.| other matters at the 1920 republican three years , widow of George|rectly in the mewspapers, he said that than thirty years, died at her resi- |sylvania train leaving Chicags nbont following an illness of one week. ington.” at 11 o'clock. Rev. Henry L Durant.| york Central train known as the t;ouverneur, N. Y., her old home. wvention, direct to Cleveland. Mrs. Charles Fettis, and three grand-| among whom I recall Mr. C. B. Stan- versation with them most of the time % with a prominent steel manufacturer, Filling Station Fire Burns Arthur ore and pig iron business myself, this ) olice to have ignited a small quan- j &k A% 6 ST Ha LAGH HITE B H tion, 1001 Rhode Island avenue north- on the train, and I did not have a cast, who was working where the I“ospital by Dr. P. P. Parker, and |confused in this matter. 3 with Mr. conversation with him upon the sub- taken home, “1 became acquainted THE EVENIN BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ! Senatorial passion for investigation is not only holding up national legis- lation. It also costing unpre- cedentedly large sums of money. For the fiscal ar ending June 30, 1924, Senate officials inform this writer, expenses of inquiries and investiga- tions” will amount to roundly $250,- 000. That is twice and a half the fotal salary and allowances received by the President of the United State: Ordinarily the Senate budget se aside $100,000 for inquiries and in- vestigations. During the past two or three years the appropriation has never been exhausted. Usually $20,- 000 or $25.000 has been returned to the Treasury. But the present ses- sion of Congress had not been long in progress when it became evident that a $100,000 budget would be en is NG Senatorial Orgy of Inquisition To Cosi Uncle Sam About $250,000/ ON TEAPOT DOME TOPIC STAR Expenditures for Witness Fees and Clerk Hire Alone Make National Housecleaning Expensive Luxury. nesses from Michigan and in tran- scribing the reams of detailed testi- mony hey gave. The _investigation of Josephus Daniels’ administration of the Navy Department during the war, which ‘occupied the Senate naval affairs committee for three months in 1920, was a costly operation, too. The firn of shorthand reporters who took down the testimony was paid $6.000 for its work. In 1919 the Sen- ate investigated the of the Fedoral Tr < and paid two special lawyers $3.000 for a few months’ work. Shorthand re- porters employed to cover the “al- Jeged dye lobby” in 1922 put in a bill for $3.407. A special clerk for the Halti-Santo Domingo investigation in 1 was paid $2,600. The point has recently been raised as to whether money now being spent by Senate investigating com- mittees—on the oil and Daugherty inquiries in particular—is “legally” spent. Authorities who question the right of the Senate to act as a “grand Jjury,” as Senator Borah alleges it is doing. wlso question the right of the tirely Inadequate. It was decided to i to $125,000 B interna revenue, iun propaganda and other in tions long since exhausted } d budget. By June 30 wi { have been necessary to provide for at least §250,000, and probably more than that. The Veterans' Bureau in- vestigation alone cost between $40 - 000 and $50,000. estimates arc yeo possible as to what the oil and De- partment of Justice inquiries will L A total of $75.000 cach is a iservative guess. investigation expenses pile up in a great variety of di tions. Une of heaviest items is the steno- graphic bill incurred for reporting and transcribing testimony the Muscle Shoals hearing in 1823 it amounted to more than $4.000. Wit- nesse summoned to testify recel a per-diem allowance of $3 a day, |addition to railroud and expenses. In the of d from as far away Pacific coast the cost of nts to high figures mittees frequentiv hi counsel_and pay them as much as 3100 a day. A well known Washing- sn lawyer was emploved as counsel for a sub mmittee of the foreign re- lations committee in 1 . when the fortmer soviet ambas: Martens, was being investigated, and received for seven weeks' work. The of senators themselve pear ntly in the itemized accounts 0 “inquirics and investigations. They put in bills for expenses cover- ing every minuts they'rc away from Washington Comt of Past Probes. The Newberry investigation in 1919 and 1920 was pensive lusury for Unecle Sam. Many thousands of d lare were expended in bringing wit- ase persons Texas or witness- enatorial specis the Jake Hamon after he arrived in Chi- cago for the onvention. 1 did ot hear him make a proposition of kind to Senato Harding or ssociates for the dclivery of lahoma delegation. H. made no such proposition As to the oil lands that more sSugges that 1 was in, perhaps in souther: desire 1o say that I have never owned | or have been interested in any real estatc outside of the state of Ohio and the state of Minnesota. “I have not at any timc owned an interest in an oil lease or lands pur- porting to contain oil I have never | bought, either directly or indirectly., sold or owned a share of oil stock.” | Senator Walsh recommended that the committes understood from Mr. Gilmore's testimony that Mr. Thomp- son wus not interested in ny oil iland pervonally Axked of Nomination. a his the | certainly , to me. | Mr. Gil- | interested | alifornia, [ i “When did you first learn that Mr. Harding would nominated? Senator Walsh asked { “I learned along late in the ning prior to the nomination, | Thompson began, hat the d iwas hopeless between the three lead- ing candidates, and that Mr. Harding | jwould be iiven additional votes next jday, with i whether he cou The itness be in i | i H eve- | e object of develop strength. ‘was excused seeing | jfice in New York, denying that he had ever authorized a newspaper state- ment to the effect that Harry F. Sin- |rlalr had given the republican na itional committee ,000 shares of Sinclair ofl stock. O'Neill said he had jabsnlulv‘)‘ no knowledge of such circumstance. |, Harold A. Vivian. a reporter for the New York reporter who wrote| ithe story referred to, saying that | lfl was understood Hays would testify lthat oil stock was involved in the i Sinclair contribution, then was called {to the witness stand. He testified that O'Neill had told him Hays would testify that Sinclair had given 75,000 shares of stock to wipe out the party | { deficit. Said Hays Would Tell All Vivian told of being instructed to see Hays, to learn about the latter's jappearance before the committee. On the search for Hays, he said he found O'Neill, whom he described as ‘“‘as- jsistant to Mr. Hays, in charge of { publicity. {7 “Hays is going to tell the commit- tee he got the ock,” Vivian quoted O'Neill as saying. “I suppose he got it from Harry Sinclair. The two have been friends for years i O'Neill conveyed the impression that he was thoroughly in Hays' con- fidence, ihe witness said, and talked about his principal receiving *and in- come of 340,000 a year from his In- diana law firm. Vivian continued that later he had | a telephone conversation with O'Neill, before the story was published, con- firming the stock transaction, but ar- ranging for its publication without Guoting Hays. Senator Stanfield asked what 75,000 shares of Sinclair stock was worth at the time of the alleged gift and Vivian put the figure at “somewhere about $1.600,000.° 1In his discussion with O'Neill, however, he said the | tigure of $500,000 had come up. | Didn’t Ask for Proof. “Mr, O'Neill didn’t submit any proof, did he, to verify this story?’ asked Senator Bursum. “I wouldn't Vivian replied. O'Neill's telegram, the witness s was “almost in its entirety false. Martin J. Powers, attorney, then was questioned about a story by Charles E. Oeclschlager i that Powers was to share in the lease of Teapot Dome. “I never owned a blade of grass Teapot Dome,” Powers said, in deny ing Oelschlager's statement made in a magistrate's court in Philadelphia ’ower told of being interested in a Philadelphia brewery, now a near- beer factory. He told of being ac- quainted - with James G. Darden. whom he met in 1922, “I've been accused of sending brandy to Mrs. Harding.” the wit- ness put in, “and I want to say tha an {gnominious lie.” Didn’t Know Daugherty. He sdid he didn’t know Attorney General Daugherty. “You haven't any interest in Tea- pot Dome, then?” Senator Walsh | asked. ¢ “Not one_farthing.” Senator Walgh then asked if Pow- ers hadn't tol certain people that he was engaged in raising $40,000 for a Teapot Dome lease. “That's a mean and contemptibl he was alleged a; ask him for that.”| d. He” matd Powers. The men to whom flatters activitics, | feel | =ola | tried | Wast | “astonish the oil expert® by the ap | ed restricted production. | {lease if th a_Philadelphia | casury to finance the expenses of such “usurpation of jurisdiction.” If, 1 various constitutional experts are owadays contending, the legislative branch of the vernment is “en aching” upon the executive arm 1 seeking (o censor and regulate the then. it is pointed out. there is no constitutional war- rant for using federal funds for the purpose Low Unto Itself. But Congress appears to be a law unto itself in_this connection. The Senate sets $100,000 a year aside, draws it from the Treasury, spends it through its own disbursing officers and merely renders an itemized ac- ountins through the annual report of the sccretary of the Senate, Rep- resentative Cramton, republican, of Michigan, is interested in new legis- a 10 give the government, in 1 “stronger grip on public hefore expended. instead of an _auditing and certain re- power after they have been Whether such a scheme ccepted by Congress, as far ures for investigations are is a question In this two-or-three-billion-dollar ountry of ours an item of $250,000 for Senate investigations is. after all. a flea bite. The country will| that this vears record cxpendi- | ture, for instance, was money well | spent, if it not only results in the! revelation of hidden corruption, bLut, ! what [ more important, brings about house-cleaning of inestimable future value. American has ever 1 fortresa since Benedict Armold trafic with the British for Point. it's likely to be a long ne befors another high officer of state barters with big interests for federal property ¢ private profit to | covery disb; wou concerned, (Copyright, 1924.) t2 have made this statement were ! given Ly Senator Walsh as Michael Cireelli” and Charles Oelschlag. Powers said Circelli was “a man who is tr a living without work hlager was an | architect hasn't made much | progress «lli. called to the witness stand, identified himself as a real estate broker. and told of meeting Powers in the office of Oelschiager some time in The three met there four or five ] i who speak of an interest in | chich he was taking with sked Senator Walsh. | was the reply i Told of $225,000 G. 0. P. Gift. | Powers told him, he said, that Darden ! | Teapot Dom Col._Darden “Yes,” Fad contributed $225.000 to the repub- ampaign fund said that he and Col. Darden and | John MofGiynn were contemplating a big leal on Teapot Dome.” celli went on. | “Powers claimed gremt influence Washington.” id e was “pleading” Powers payment to him of $6.000, but that Powers insisted he w ittic hard up because he had to raise $40,000 for Teapot Dome.”" The $5,600 had been paid to Powers on a whisks deal, he said, to “pay taxes” on 150 barrels of whisky. The deal. “for my part, was legitimate.” he added, but he never did get his money from Powers. Oelschlager took the stand and said he heard Powers say that he and Darden. MctGlynn and two others were to put up $40.000 cach toward a lease of Teapot Dome i ‘I heard Powers say Darden had | contributed $200,000 to the republican national campaign,” he added, and was excused. | The committee then called W. W.; Tarbell of Bethel. Conn. who said} he “was born in the oil business.” | mean my father was in it,” he| and I've followed it ever since | s eichteen years old.” { had drilled wells, e said. of the oil states. and was as ated with the Pure Oil Company until 1912 said. Questioncd Abount Artiele. Tarbell was questioned by Senator Walsh about an article he wrote about Teapot Dome, saying the lease to Sinelair “was not in the public interest.” The article pointed out that no cash bonus was given in the lease, and said that the terms| parent great size of the royalty pro- vided. This, it was ariued, encourag- Sinclair's pipe line conlract, sup-{ plementary to the Teapot Dome lease | itseif, Tarbell said. “had a lot of sure | money in it" regardless of whatj came out of the Dome. “They could put a pipe line to thel Gulf of Mexico out of this,” he said, after reading the terms of the lease. “and still make a good thing out of 1t. He declared that “supposedly in- nocent clauses” gave Sinclair “a per- petual contract to carry all of the government royalty oil from Wyo- ming. Says Oil Firms “Sore.” There was a “good deal of sore- among representatives of 1 the witness said, over the | He declared a ness companies.” lease of Teapot Dome. }dozen oil companies would have bid on the Wyoming reserve, and that | the government would have gotten a large sum “right at the start” for the had been open compe- tition. | Cenator Kendrick democrat, Wyom- ing, asked about the 50 per cent roy- IF YOU HAD A : NECK AB LONGASTHIS FELLOW, AND HAD SORE THROAT PISO’S forcou , WASHINGTON, | ten of Chicago, who h, {from a | southern n it ana, said tod; | Americ | Payne outside th | Wilson ITarbell said he never had any WAHLBERG, IN CUBA, MUM Informed Senate Committee of Il Health, Sinclair's Former . Secretary Says. By the Asmociated Pross. HAVANA, March 24.—After having evaded newspaper men for two days, G. D. Wahlberg, at one time secretary for Harry F. Sinclair, and for whom the Senate Teapot Dome investigating com- mittee has issued a subpoena. last night talked for a few minutes with them. He #aid he had come (o Cuba for his health. He would not discuss the Teapot Dome situation. Mr. Wahlberg indicated that he would be in Cuba for some time. He had in- formed the Senate committes, he said, that he was'in ill health, due to an operation performed ¢n him last month. DECLARES SCANDALS HURT U. S. PRESTIGE Britten Says Cubans Lose Respect on Account of Much Muck Raking. Warning that muck raking hurts the prestige of the United States in Cuba, Representative Fred A. Brit- just returned two-week inspection of al stations, and a ien. Crowder, our ambassador to Cuba. is much more than & diplomatic representatives; he is to a certain de- gree an adviser and controller Cuban affairs political, and is the dean of the diplomatic corps at Ha- vana. “Although the United States vear did $470.000,000 worth of bu ness with Cuba (five times as much as with all of the Central American states combined). it was quite evi- dent to me that American prestige bas lost much international favor through hysterical congressional in- vestigations now gaing on, Wwhere murderers, blackmailers, bootleggers, hearsay dummies, ex-convicts and re- formed railroad bandits are given the center of the spotlight for the sole purpose of playing politics. “Muckraking and character ing disguised as ‘evidence’ is cast and accepted as the many quarters of the world. “Foreig apers ridiculing morals and politics. Sug- gestions for political improvement 1 Cuba are set with cartoons of Uncl lyneh- broad- truth in Sam smeared with muck, mud and oil ind labeled, ‘Why not clean your own e first?" am glad to note, however. that opinton in_the United States is fast changing from am. disiust at a proceeding which degencrated into a wrecking crew.’ e DEMOCRATS EXPLAIN LEASING UNDER WILSON Say Terms of Law and Precedenl' Followed by Payne in Dis- posing of Lands. A statement ued by the democratic national committee today going at great length inte a history of the Wilson administration’s policy as to leasing oil lands. It was ex- plained that the statement was issued with approval of John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Inmterior under President Wilson. The introduction of the statement was s “The attempt to justify the secret leasing of all the naval reserves, the entire Teapot Dome and Elk Hills nclair «nd Doheny by the spe- and confusing statement that leases were made by e naval reserves, that certain lands or wells v Icased in a naval reserve during the administration, is like com- ing the making of a back fire. to Pervent the spread of a prarie ire, with the deliberate starting « incendiary fire such as ed destruction of Smyrna. at Wilson administration did was to fol low the national policy established by Presidents Taft and Wilson and by the Congress when it passed the 1 ing law to protect and conserve the naval reserves—to keep the oil he use of the Navy for some cweat creency: while Secretary Fall and Denby deliberately defied this na- tional policy and secretly leased thy rescrves, thus destroying the reserves. e the alty provisions in the Teapot Dome contract “The Mammoth Company 3 protected,” Tarbell replied. “The &0 per cent is for a 1,000-barrel well. Those fellows will never produce that unless they shoot the sands, and You has itself ! can't make them do it under the con- tract. The government will never get | but a one-sixth comtract.” Questioned by Senator Spencer. per- sonal knowledge of the Teapot Dome oil structure. Studied Contracts. “I studied the lease and contracts voluntarily,” he said, “after my at- ention was called to it two vea ago.*but without any idea of comin before the committee.” The witness gave it as his opinion that there would have been no sub- stantial drainage from the Teapot Dome if the oil had been left in the ground. . Chairman Ladd read into the r ord a telegram from B. L. declaring “as utterlv devoid of truth the testimony of Heury Woodhouse that Doheny’s companies had enter- ed into negotiation companies for from the California naval oil reserve. Refuses 1o Reply. Clarence C. Chase, collector of cus- toms at El Paso and son-in-law of ex-Secretary Fall, was called. T decline respectfully to answer any questions on the ground that my testimony might incriminate me, Chase cut in on Senator Walsh's first question Do you intend to make that an- swer to any question?’ “I_do. “You are excused.” After approving the recommenda- tion that Harry K. Sinclair be cited for contempt. the committee ad- journed until tomorrow. s D. €, MONDAY, MARC American Prelates Elevated 1 In Ancient Rites at Rome ptof of | an' | the for | Doheny | with British | the delivery of oil | H 24, 1924, (Continued From First Page.) ! peal with a promptness and gener- osity which at once placed them in first ranks in'this crusade of char- ity. ““This beneficence, where and by all, continued for a long time; we can say it even &till continues, ' though gradually reduced in proportion as the days advanced in_which the need diminfhed Later we intimated tha miseries and necessities had arisen in various parts of the world. 1t was ) only an intimatjon. as, indeed, di retion counseled, but it was sufli- nt to enkindle again everywh fresh ardor to bestow money and ma- 4 terial according to the varying pos-i sibitities. | celled in Charity. “The slight intimation wus suff cient to move the hierarchy. clergy and people not only to maintain their primacy, but to push forward and upward, so they are seen to excel even the grand and wonderful deeds of charity they had previously per- formed.” shown ever: fresh pression of Gratitude. impossible to ex- our heart felt| f historic ca- “Finding it truly vress in words w regarding such scries of lamities and the not le historie and even epic charity, we have re- solved to express it by an act which, touching the very summit of the sacred hierarchy, would be visible and clear to all in its mute cloquence, and proclaim it especially to the great and noble people and country which ained so laudable a primacy in such a glorious undertaking. “We have just elevated to sacred honor two dignitaries who Ly their personal qualities, by the importance of their respective Sees, by the zeal and merii of their pastoral ministry, ‘:.Irt-ndy have shed lustre upon the heirarchy of the United States America. i “If the act is extraordinary, ihe { moment which insisted it is also ex- traordinary and unexampled.” Consoled In Italy. Passing to Ttalian affairs the pontift | expressed himself as greatly con- soled at seeing the crucifix and relig- | ious instruction restored in thef | “Bxtra Omnes.” Istation at the entrance. jover. chools. He recommended the co-op- eration and vigilance of the Episcopal clergy that the results desired might obtained. He welcomed the pension of the legislative disposition | which threatened works of charity and religious endowments, as he wel- comed ulso the cconomic amelioriza tion and military exemption recent decreed for the clerzy. Not on_this account, he added, does the church re | nounce its rights in matters in its domain. and it considers | concessions mentioned as but acts of partial restitution. ample of France. | Having referred the mysteries of the lenten seas the pontiff e pressed his satisfaction the de- voted welcome with which the bishops and clergy of France received the encyclical on the diocesan associ- { ation. He held up the example of the { faithful in France to the admiration | of the Catholic world Atter referring with emotion to the universal celebration of the sec- ond anniversary of his coronation, L holiness spoke of Archbishop cepliak and of the numerous priests nd other religious persons incar- lcerated in Russia, recommending them | to the piety of the faithful and to the | humanity of those upon whom their fate depended. Regarding the European situation {in general, the Pope found indications jof some slight amelioration, both in | particular states and in international caying this was also aus for religion also referred th the gratifyihg i ious development in China, to be {further aided by the first plenary | council to be held in that country. Expects Many Pilg Treating of the ho i Vatican missionary exhibition, the Pontiff said he had no doubt about the coming of Catholics to Reme in { great numbers from all parts of the world, all united in sentiments of penance, in the desire for the fullest | reconcliation with their consciences and in resolution for a more gener- ous profession of Christian life. He also believed that the pilgrims and visitors to the exhibition would { be led still further to appreciate and promote missionary work. The pontiff concluded with the fer- {vent hope that the holy vear would | {promote the most abundant sanct {lication of souls and a much wider { expansion of the kingdom of God, and |at the same time bring about a more | intimate and fraternal feeling among men in the effort to bring to comple- | tion in fact that program which was the aspiration and invocation of his | heart, “pax Christi in regno Christi.” | | The consistory was participated in | by all the cardinals resident in Rome. The hall was a dazzling mass of color. | { The striking violet robes of the ca i | dinaly hanging to the ground in | 87aceful folds, mingled with the pur- { ple of the monsignors of the papal I to at tinns. imx, ¢ year and the household, Swiss Guards in their mul- ti-colored medieval uniforms | bearing halberds. papal officers of the Vatiean 1 numerous fun and gendarmes, armed forces onaries in his- | toric garb added to the picturcsque- | ! ness of the scene. The cardinals were jranged according to runk, with Car- | OFFICES FOR RENT | | There are only a M few vacancies in THE EVENING STAR BUILDING (NO PARKING LIMIT SOUTH OF AVENUE) Outside room, 3rd floor, facing 11th st.; 11 ftx21 ft; $45 a month. i Court room, 4th floor, 11 ft.x 17.5 ft.; $30 a month. Court suite of two rooms, one il 11 1tx17.5 ft, other 11 ftx325.5 | ft. Rent, $65 a month. Apply 621 Star Bldg. { Phone M. 5000, Br. 116. “FO- NP> 830 13th St. N.W. Phone Main 4874 'W. STOKES BAMMONS, Proprieter { other | dinal Vannutelli, dean, at the head. Entrance of Pope. The ringing of a bell announced the approach of the Pope, who entered amid profound silence. He wrs clad in white, his robes standing out in bold contrast to the rest of the colorful ar- ay. He walked slowly, flanked by a group of Swiss Guards and members of the household. Bach prelate knelt as e approached | When the pontiff took the throne the cardinals y age, each in turn appro ing the papal ring. At the conclusion the papal master | of cezemonies in « low voice announced, their octogenarian his place on id him hom- ching and k Guards at Entrance. Ail but the Pope and members of the sacred college began to retire from the hall. When all those who were not to participate in the consistory had withdrawn the doors were closed, and a group of Swiss Guards took up their The Pope rose from his thra uttered a short prayer lllhvrh:"hflnri;! ghost for the guidance of the con sistory. He next r d his allocution The clection of the 1w new crion l||A‘h‘ ook place and occupled bu a brief time. Th pontff announced | their In‘dlhr\ and then asked the ry auired question: ~Guid fquia viqe: tur?"" "Has any one aught Lo sas o | Aunounces List of Bishops. Fach dean cardin arose beginning with in turn, bowed to the Pope and removed his skull cap as a sign of assent. The pontiff then an- nounced t of bishops and other nominations and the tory the con Descending from L Pope departed betwee dinals, who genufle and was escorted ba ments by Swiss Guard of the household The cardinals descended to the court of St. Damaso, where their carriages awaited, and were driven to their residences. the crowds outside paying them homage as they passed through St. Peter's Square AL the same time retary to the papal departed with papal the Americans of th new cardinals, men-in-waiting, throne, 1k rows of car- ed as he passed, to his apart- and members Mz retary of state, couricrs 1o notify eir elevation. The attended by gentle- ived him clad in the tments archbishops, and each replied to the biglietti with a short address of gratitude. Receive Robes Tharsday. While beeoming candinals from the moment of their notification, American dignitaries must wait until Thursday morning to be ted n the scarlct robes and hats and insignia. their office. This ceremony, which is open to the pub- lic, is even more colorful than teday's ceremony. To accommodate the large numbe Americans to witness it. the oeremony will be held | in the huge basilica of St. Archbishops Hayes arose e tions to as announcing th cardinalate. Both prelates spent hour after sunrise in fervent prayer, surrounded during this func- tion o by the members of their ecclesiastical party. Just before the hour approached for the day’s ceremonies their secre- taries opened a few envelopes of the stacks of congratulatory messas they have received. Speech by Mundelein. | Bishop Mundelein upon receiving | | sec- inv of desiring Poter's Mundelein rly with last-minute prepar: receive t 1 | and lon the the the biglietti announcing his tion to the cardinalate said “Today an entire nation rejoices | at the great honors that have come to two of its sons. For in tho con- sistory of this morning the holy REYEM Fashson Exhibse—OQutfit No. 1 as offe: MEVER HAT— N I See This Outfit in Our Window b Meyer 1331 F Everything for the the | father has called the heads of the two greatest American sees to becoms scarlet clad princes of the holy church and form a part of.its highest senat “No one recognizes better than that it v no personal merit mine that this honor has come me. It has come by tne great fathel kindness of the sovereign pontiff, who desires in my humble person to rc ward his good children of Chicago and likewis: in a particular yoenner to recognize the sterling Catbolicit of that vast territory lyving west of the Allegheny mountains. “But for that very reason this new dignity will, with the gzrace of Gorl be an’additional incentive for me to labor more zealously for the sprea:l of God's kingdom in’ Chicago and the” west, to train and equip a large bods af splendid ministers of the gospe that our priests and people ma: ways be an ornament to the ch a credit to America and a sourc strength and consolation to the hol is “Monsignor. 1 am grateful precious message you have brougt me and 1 beg you to offer to the holy father my heartfelt thanks and assure his holiness that on Wednes day afternoon, in response to his ir vitation, 1 will be present at th Vatican to receive from his reverend hand the biretta of the cardinalship ® Replies in Ttalian. Archbishop Hayes received the b glietti, notifying him of his slevatio; to the cardinalate, in the presence o a large number of friends. He spoke in Ttalian in responding to the Pope greetings. and then ing croup of Americans present, said “The thought [P day, that the 1 creating two snized as from the nt to cay wi serve sane land. for the i comi ST w thos to he native deepest humble, in the a me from the chi time serve M3 gratitude for t who ehose rat ranks than a superior But God called me sponse to the holy receive the high d tened sou May God grant me His bered to Serve the church with coneentration: may the holy to serve 1o be Jeader America one D and in re futher 1 came with « father may long e <pare and zuide the church of ¢ Wme in @ greater ser and savior of the world, needs salvation in this great ho He then reterred sme Cardinals O'Connell, Faicon . d Dough Who also received iett the American Colleg LAFLIN Will Make Glasses for Your Individual Needs GLORIOUS HEALTH F you knew that you had only ta stretch out your hand to regain your health, to get back your youthfui vim and animation, how quickly you would grasp the opportunity! 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