Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1924, Page 4

\ J G. 0. P. ORGAN FLAYS WHEELER AND ‘GANG’ Sedition and Treason Charged Against Senator for Work in Montana. CITES STATE COUNCIL'S ACT Alleges Legislator Was Condemned as Unpatriotic Citizen. Sedition and treason are charged \gainst Senator Wheeler, prosecutor the Daugherty investigating com- mittee, “and his Montana gang,” by he republican national committee in . detailed attack issucd from its news bureau last night. The attack was headed: *“What Everybody Should Know About Senator Wheeler and His Montana Gang.” The statement is based on things <enator Wheeler did or permitted to be done by others while he was United States attorney for Montana, ind it openly charged that during \is term “the state became the hot- \ed of treason and sedition, the lead- in the treasonable and seditious Hfused to interfere. State Council Aeted. “inally,” says the statement, “the jecent patriotic Americans of Butte ook the matter in hand, hanged one 't the leaders, ran the others out of Butte and then called a meeting of ‘ne Montana state council of defense or the purpose of trying Whecler for ais actions. The Montana state coun fense consisted of the eight other men and one woman. was evenly divided politically, being omposed of five republicans and five democrats. _The gOvernor was i democrat. Wheeler was put on trial. During the trial ‘Big Bill Dunne’ and @ number of other radicals charged with reason were heard The re- sult of the trial was verdict deciding Wheeler w and he' was condemned as patriotic citizen Demoerats Condemn Walsh. “A meeting of the democrats of the state of Montana was held in 1918, and resolutions were vondemning United States S I Walsh for allowing Wheeler *o lon, t position of Sta district attorney, because of 1is failure to represent the govern- ment and his open sympathy with the radical, anarchistic and seditious ele- of Montana, . charges, contained in {h news sheet” issued by the public- wu of the republican national deseribed nator Wheel and Timothy the 1. W. W, of “the non- partisar in Montana." “Statement to Radicals.” - i the attack on Senator Wheeler news bureau statement reprints what purports to be ment rad puthizers « ecutiv corke guilty an un- passed week- Fium radical and sym- al worker: s berg. ex- * I Ruth ary national ¥, who cribed as intimate of Dunne.” and otorious radi in the Minot. ind “an ardent Wheeler.” berg d and Dory one of 1 S porter o It ou Our vro that tk L= sup- nator e saying it clear vidual corruntion. that It is inseparatdv bound with the es- sense of the cunitalist government We must exnlain (hat it is not a ca of kept men in the government, but that the United States has a kept government. We shall arrange, as soon as possible. mass meetings iu every big o and industrial center. Weo must prepare the mass meetings mo carefully that they shall be real mass meetings We must show that what we did inthe lLenin memorial meetings we an do also against the American gov- rnment Attacks Witnessew' Character. At the same time, the news bureau fssued a blast at the proceedings of the Daugherty investigating commit- ee, makiniz un attack on the charg acter of the witnesse “If the innovation of proving hon- men and public officials guilty of high erimes and misdemeanors by in- froducing testimony of convicts and nvicts, crooks, fors bribe murderers. train her criminals is to be followed, s the prone pent. “then there d in sight of the present vestigations until all the inmates of Sur penitentiarie o been put on LOST 23 REPORTED ON JAPANESE SHIP Steamer Rammed in Fog by Ger- man Craft Off Coast of Scotland. FIFTEEN OF CREW SAVED Others Believed Sleeping at Time of Collision. Iy LON ON, Mareh the 26.—A messuge to North Foreland repo that a name unkrown, from station amship sunk after coliiding with the German nst ticimdal in dense ieimdal the Japanese crew and arrived at bow damaged. There were nainder of th near Dungeness fog last night. The fifteen members of said the message, took o no signs of the re- Japanese crew, who believed to have heen asleep at the time of the collision and to have wone down with the ship, A later message said.the sunken steamer was_the Tokufuku Maru, nd from Bremen for Japan, and ce of her crew are tonnage. ast have - arrived Rot March 7 reported to terdam on Ship in Distress. WICK, Se. wrch 26.—An in- tercepted ra e from Wilhel- <haven states that an _unknown \merican steamship is in distress at 1 north 7.27 east in the North Sea. She had apparently lost bLoth her screw and rudder and was badly dam- ged. NEW YORK, March 26 —Officials of the Dollar Steamship Line said today hat the twenty-five passengers aboard the steamship President Mon- aground off the Florida coas near Miami, were being transferred 10 tugs for removal to Miami. From iere_they will be taken by rail to ey Weset and placed aboard another noat for Havana, where they will go on the Dollar liner President Harri- on to continue their round-the-world J Reports $6,000 Fire Lo: Fire Marshal Seib yesterday after- noon concluded his ¢xamination of the buildings at Pennsylvania avenue and Tth street northwest, where fire «ccurred in the store of the Cenmtral Drug Company early in the morning. He reported a total loss to buildings «nd contents of $6,000, & ovement being friends of Wheel-| Senator Wheeler, it is charged, w unanimous | April, | nator T.' United | ‘state- | robbers and | in- | Dover today with her | were | $33,000,000 OIL DEAL | PROFIT IS HINTED BY | MISS ROXIE STINSON (Continued from M=t 1" j from the one glving $25,000 to Attor- ney General Daughertsy. 1t was the duty of those who had charge to flle this fow the court's in- spection,” said Senator Ashurst. _Miss Stinson considere the courts. Chairman Brookhart put in a letter written by Smith to Miss Stinson, dated in December, 1922, telling her | to “sell White Motor and hold Pure Oi1” "It spoke of the Daugherty im- peachment proceedings before the House, and said “everybody was full of fight.” Wrote Senate Was Stacked. About Christmas, 1922, Smith told her “the Senate was stacked” to pre- vent Daugherty's impeachment, On January 3, 1923, Smith wrote from Washington that he was coming to Ohio with the Attorney General | ifor “an unexpected visit” A later lotter in affectionate terms told her “not to worry about finances, but let me know.” i On February 6, Smith. in Washing- ton, wrote to Miss Stinson at Miami | \Beach, Fla.. telling of the illness of {Attorney General Daugherty. “He sees no one except the nu land myself," the letter said. He in- jclosed a check. | “How much was that check for |Chairman Brookhart asked. . { “I don’t remember—several hundred dollars,” she said. i Tigh Cost of D. C. Living. | *This has a relation to the inquiry.” | | Senator Ashurst put in. “I think j¥ou said once that Mr. Smith spent| a good deal living. { “He told me that they—and ‘they’ {meant Attorney General Daugherty— spent about $50,000 a year just to |live' in Washington” NMiss Stinson said. “lt was much more, this money than he had been used to EIVIng ¥ |before he came to Washingto | Chairman Brookhart asked. “Oh, ves, much more.” “Did you ask him ywhere the money leame from?” “It was a delicate subject—even when we were together,” she sald. "I never liked to ask him a direct ques- | tion.” {"Uhe objected to answering, but the | {committee pressed the point. Tells of £13,000,000 Deal. } ‘Well, he told me in the 1 of | that five men had made $33,000.- { she said. *I think the deal was nelair Oil." | . Asiced further about the $33.000,000 deal, Miss Stinson said she would “rather have the things come out on -examination. enator Jones questioned her atti- | tude | ss questions are asked of me,” | “T'm going to say just | can. I'm here because | Senator Wheeler came down to my | {house and told me I had to." She turned back to the letters {Smith wrote her in February, 1923 that he was “blue and depressed.” | while Attorney General Daugherty | | was “worrying too much about things | lat_the office.” “This is getting on my ner: the “I am afrald I will fiy | to Keep vour -own counsel, | |and don’t you get sick.’ ; Breaks Into Sobs. il | The witness broke into sobs when Chairm Brookhart . read one of nith's letters, dated in 1922, 3. MeLean's cottage in ‘I am not_drifting away. i €aid in {t. He also wrote that McLean and 1 think much { on %o many things’ the writer ‘him very much.” Chairman Brookhart was gOIng | | hackward on dates. and the next let- ter was dated October 5. 1821. it} 1wm personal. Smith spoke of seeing mporiant ien” and cgoing up. to | York fopaconferences’ several {times, He put a stock certificate in this letter for_twenty-five shares of White Motor. Miss Stinson - said ! Losing in Stock Deals. | 1 was at home, in my apartment at Washington Corners,” Miss Stinson | said, “and Jess told me he was iosing | Jarge amounts of maney on the stock | market. “He said he was going to stop. L "Rie waid five fellows just made | {$22,000.000 on_the stock market in! | three days’ 1 asked, ‘Were You and | Harry in on it? and he said i [ that's what we are sore about” and | ! went on to say they were men they | { had been din | e would lke to know especially | ir McLean of these.” said | Chairman Brookhart i Miss Stinson bit her lips and stop- | | ped ! { New Reluctant to Testify. i “I don’t like to tell for the simple reason that 1 don't like to,”” she said. 1 ve my reasons.’” 1 ! "Senator Brookhart said the com- mittee wouid take up the question of { further eviden as to the nam of | these five men “in exefutive ses: n. | The witness hegan examining tele- { grams she received from Smith, and | was a reference to a $100,000 | se in Ohio. H have asked me if T -knew | ! where Mr. Smith had more money.”; witness put in. “In the spring of 1923 1 wa hinking of buyinz a hotel ) Columbus and the price was $100,- s Smith told me to g0 ahead uy it, and he never would unless had had the money.” o Se w]:ul:u.hnl(‘s reverted to the ‘.»ilA {600,000 deal. and Miss Stinson sal ! che had told no one the names of the I five men,’ “‘not even Senator * Wheeler.” ! Told Yo Oue In U. S. “I never told anybody in the United ates any more,” she said Chairman Brookhart excused her, !saying Senator Wheeler desired to bej present at the cross-cxamination. chairman then began reading ms that passed hetween Smith berty, 15 B. McLean Some of the messages to | $ W <izned “I,” and Senator | Brookhart said it would be shown| later who "I referred to. One sent to McLean at Palm Beach bruary 5, 1923, by Smith, said Daugherty's health was improving. On February S, McLean wired an invi- {tation to the Attorney General to icome to Palm Beach. Most of the messages constituted a | monotonous record of Daugherty's iliness and recovery, day by day. Reference to Slaying. i Smith's telegrams in the latter| part of February began to show more | businesa activities. in March there begamn to be refer- ences to the Dorothy King murder mystery in New Yark and to the story told the authorities by Draper Daugherty, the Attorney General's son, about his acquaintance with the | murdered woman. Smith expressed | | anxiety as to how Mrs. Harry Daugh- ! | grty, who is an invalid, would re- | ceive the news. H “I saw Mellon this morning.” Smith | wired to McLean on February 1 { 1923, “quick action wiil be obtained. On Fobruary 23 Smith wired Mc- Lean “We are working to end _th We can accept your kind invitation. Smith usually referred to Daugherty in_these messages as “my friend.” There were a number of messages exchanged between “Roxie” and “Jess” on various personal matters. Dozens of Messages. H While the Senate was convening the ! committee lingered in session reading !dozens of messages on mlmost every | subject in the world. One referred to {the furnishings for an apartment. One related to the repair of a suit of clothes for Jess Smith. One spoke of | the orage of furs” for Martin. 1 To Smith, on April 11. 1823, from | Washington Court House, M. S. Daugh- erty wired: “We desire to take up bonds de- posited with alien property custodian fand return to party. Will deposit | surety bonds.” 5 { 1 the same month Smith exchanged telegrams with M. S. Daugherty and i stitute schedul committee member: {Cormick {member |with would be made to reopen the e lcen ed by Secretar: {of { the | that in Jersey City some one had re- THE PUTS BONUS COST A AT '$3,300,000,000 i (Continued from First ‘Page.) ' accepted by the House, insisted the government would not have to may this nterest if it invested the appro priations in outstanding government bonds, thus cutting off the interest which had to be paid on those securi- ties. Regardless of such a procedure, Mr. McCoy said, the government would have to be paying interes. on the same amount of outstanding se- curities so long as no Treasury sur- plus existed and there waus a public! debt which had to be cut down. The prospective surplus, ne argued, would be eliminated by the proposed tax reduction, and if taxes were not re- vised he' predicted there would be nQ_Sury.us in two years. The 'committee reached no conclu- sfon on the probable cost, and the | hearing of the two governmen: ac- tuaries will be continued tomorrow. ¥Have Substitute Schedole. Upon completion of the hearings | Chairman Smoot said the finance | committee would proceed with sideration of the revenue bill. There was little indication that the | democrats would sesk 15 have thel income rates section reopencd for further action in commitie:, Testing on the action of the republicans in placing the Mellon rates in the bill. Senator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking democrat on the committee, | however, continued work cn a sul which he =aid demo crats would offer for th when the bill rea Indirect word w v St | Senator Me- | 3 republican umittee who wa nt last night and was not vote )Xy on the question of writing | Mellon was displeased | the comm e action. Should he ask. however, to have the schedule reopencd, the vote would have to be | on .‘1 substitute an, Chairman Smoot of T a of the | Incomes Rate. { indicated the that a move | rned for further discu: a 25 per Earned enator s some Simmons likelihood come sio; provision This provision allow reduction on taxes on incomes which are earned. It was recommend- | fifl-llon without limi- ouse, however, T stricted th» zmount of income (o which such a reduction could be ap- $20,000 and the finance com- ast night cut this down to Al incomes under $5.000 e declared earned for purposes of reduction by the House, and this was agreed Lo | \ttacking the estimates of Mr. Mc- Coy on the bonus, Chairman Green said the figures failed to take into ount the fact that the first sixty days could not counted, even for those who served more than that time. | The days of i service, fiz ured by Mr. Met'o) is wrong, Mr Green said, declaring it was taken from the report atiached to the Ford- ney bill last “which was o migtake in calculations.” The corre.t number of average days of service of the veterans, he said. is 525 days. He insisted also that the esti- | mate was much too low on the num ber of days to be deducted on account service in exc of the limit of 500 days . The estimate thta the credit due each vete compensation would “an absurd conclusion, i argued. i Concluding his attack ry estimates, Senator the methods of the Treasury Depar ment are becoming known. the gen- 4 eral public does not re i ation, and many person by the figures issued from the de nt.” tation. The session, average cash adjusted Walsh said CKATEAUX’ éITY GmENS. e i From the New York Tribune. 1 Many French chateaux. with won- derful old gardens with sun dials, were partially destroyed in the war. Their fire-scarred ruins still stadd. In many cases their parks have béen | taken over, just thev stood, for | city gardens i The artificial water makes the vil- lage pond The flower beds, much trouble, have been converted into part of the public garden. The former owners, dead or dispersed, would hardly know their own houses and grounds if they could see them | today This work of transformation a sort of object @ crude onc in France proc- slowly evolving and = less is going on elsewhere, 100. estates arc being broken up and sold in Belgium as well as France. and_what served for the amusement of a single family is now the part property of perhaps a hun- without s like very {dred ter for Wednesday that T must attend to and after that all will be setter.” At 12:30 p.m. ths committe ed until 10 &.m. Lomorrow. EDGE HITS TESTIMONY. { ce No Foundation for Mentioning His | Name, Says Senator. Senator Edge of New Jersey, in a formal statement today, denica em- phatically there was any foundation for testimony conmnmecting kim with testimony in the New York trial of J. H. Foley and others in a prohibi- | tion case. i Denouncing the allegations con- cerning himself as “on a par with efforis to bring the President into oil leasing scandal Senator Edge announced his intentions of go- ing “to the bottom of this intrigue ator Edge issued this statement: “it's too contemptible to discuss, but. of ocourse, self-respect requires | ome reply. 1 .have been informed or weeks that efforts were being made by political opponents, no mat- ter how indirect or remote. to have name brought into these hear- T am not entirely unfamiliar with the process that has been em. ployed. FOr counsél even to permit a witness to repeat such ridiculous, unconfirmed gossip is an outrage. Story Based om Rumor. “The whole story seems to be based on what one man said that some other man said, and that scme other man_had dn acquaintance with still another man who held a puiitical of- fice—about the standard of presen-day testimony—and pretty clearly indi- cates the political animus inspiring it. “How is it possible for public offi- cials to prevent unscrupulous wmen from using their names?" ( Fitty thousand dollars to a cam- paign fund. How utterly ridiculous. Vew Jersey's senatorial primary does not occur until next September, and these statements appear by the agents' testimony to have been made 35 ear and a half before the primary. YOnly a few days ago 1 was per- sorally informed by & federal officer | cently reprasented himself as inter- Caied in my coming campaign and had solicited a contribution. I di- rected the officer to secure an affidavit to that effect and, if successful, bring the matter to the attention of the next federal grand jury. Frankly, 1 am glad these reports have been so early brought to my attention and I hope this publicity will at least help put a stop to many deliberate | hold-ups. “] see the testimony includes allega- || tions invelving Director Chamberiin. | In his defense, 1 think it is only fair | to say, that Commissioner Blair. his chief, ‘whose department has been conducting an investigation of Cham- berlin's _administration. advised me two weeks or more ago that the in- vestigation, which covered a period of several months, and which followed the publication of former Senator EVENING _STAR, | te {committee M Ine ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY. PROPOSED IMPEACHMENT PUSHED DESPITE RESIGNATION OF CHASE | Senate Adopts Resolution Charging Conspiracy With ; Fall, Asks Hous Customs Collector. resignation of Clarence C son-in-law of Albert B. Fall, as collector of customs at Bl Paso, Tex., submitted immediately after his refusal yesterday to answer any questions before the oil investigation committee, will have no effect upon the proposed impeachment proceed- ings against Chase, senators said to- day. Almost at the same time ghat Chase's resignation was being Dre- sented the Senate was engaged in adopting a resolution by unanimous vote charging that Chase had con- spired with the former Secretary of the Interior to “mislead and deceive' the oil jnvestigating committee, and calling ‘upon the House, which has the sole power of initiating impeach- ment proceedings, to take such steps “as may be appropriate.” When it reached the House the Senate resolution was referred with- out comment to the judiciary commit- which met today, but took no tion. Members indicated that there would be no undue haste, but that some time in the near future a course of action would be recommended to House Resignation Not Yet 0, K.'d. ot of Chase's resignation had anpearcd before the oil comm \ some time after the Senate ac after Sec- retary Mell had conferred with President Coolidge. Later, Treasury officials were in conferonce, but they did not indicato whether the resigna- tion would epted, in view of the f the Senate s stated at th had personally handed hi: resignation to Assistant Secretary Moss, in charge of customs, explain- ing that he did not desire to embar- ruse the department by remaining in ot after the developments before the committee Before his refusal to testif: Price McKinney of Cleveland had told the that Chase had come to him late last year to request that say that he had loaned Fall $100,000. nney refused. he stated, and dis- Treasury that POINCARE RESIGNS AFTER SENSATIONAL DEFEAT OF CABINET (Continued from First Page.) diately began the task of setting forth France's pesition that Germany must be made to pay in full the rep- aration decided upon under the treaty »f Versailles. Consistently for a vear reiterated that France would not linch from her position A tireless worker, Poincare threw all his energies into his task. spend- ing days at the Quai d'Orsay. with hardly any rest. examining docu- ments with meticulous care and di- recting personally all the ramifica- tions of government Finally, in January, 1923, he cast aside the warnings of Great Britain nd embarked on a policy of forcing Germany to pay. French troops, which had been in the occupied sec- tion along the Rhine, marched into the Ruhr, and Poincare declared they would stay until Germany had set- tled up. From then on the Ruhr occupation has been the pivot of Framce's for- eign polic Opposition Active. the cabinet resigned, the according to precedent. sent for President Doumergue of senate and President Peret of the chamber to ask them for their advice as to the formation of a new cabinet The opposition became active im- mediately the downfall of the cabinet announced. All the groups After president. was { began consulting aspirants for po=t- | folios and actively situation . jeorge Leygues, who presided over one cabinet that bridged over un interval, was seem arm in arm with former Finance Minister Klotz, the two leaders assembling the members of their group for consultation. There is thought to be considerable “hance for another ministry ad in- terim to carry on affairs until after the May elections Soclalistx Veice Joy. The socialists and communists, who usually take little interest in the formation of a new cabinet, over- flowed with joy. when the vote was announced. They remained around the chamber until the result of the meeting at the presidential palace was known. Then when they felt sure they had gotten rid of Poin- care, they gave free expression to their glee It developed after the excitement over the ministry's defeat had died down somewhat, and what had hap- pened could.be recanvassed, that not more than eighty deputies were actually in the chamber when the vote was taken. The votes of the ab- sentees were cast by their friends and by the ushers. who held proxies, permitted under the rules of the chamber. Their votes against the mynistry’ naturally were cast in ac cordance with the instructions the had been given before hand. News of Defeat Slow. There wa® considerable delay in no- tiftying Premier Poincare of his down- fall. The room in which he was ad- dressing the foreign affuirs commit- tee ut the mement the surprise vote was taken had the notice posted on the door: “Entrance absolutely forbidden even to ushers while the premier is being heard.” The unforeseen effect of this was that nobody dared to infringe the or- der even to inform the premier of his defeat, especially as no one was over- anxious te break the news te him. At last one of the permanent sec- retaries of the foreign affairs depart- ment, over which the premier pre- sided. appeared and decided to open the door. The news stupefied the meeting and all eyes were turned upon M. Poincare. The premier rose and said, simply: “Well, gentlemen, we shall con- tinue the sitting a little later.” The communique, usually given out by the minister of the interior, sim- THE EVENING canvassing the Frelinhuysen's attack last autumn, had develeped no scandals or infrac- tions of the regulations. the | { e to Act Against closed that Chase's visit to Cleve ¥ was after he had received a le: 1 from the former Interior Secretary | making a similar request as to the | loan, | Procedure Not Determined , i After considering the Senate resolu- tion, the House judiciary committee | will report its findings to the House. | Exact procedure has not yet been de- | terminod upon, but should it hold that ! there is ground for impeachment and | the House concurs in that view by | formal vote, the trial will be held by | the Senate, sitting as a court. i Under the Constitution “judgment . in cases of impeachment shail not ex- | tend further than to removal from | office and disqualificatipn to hotd and enjoy any office of honor, trust or; profit under the United States, but the | party convicted shall, nevertheless, bo | liable and subject to indictment, trial, ! judgment and punishment according | to Jaw.” With impeachment voted by the Hous peachment would b House would appoint notify the Senate and role "of prosecutors at trial. For this procecding the S wolld be .resolved into i court senator would b. required to loath to administer justice impar- | tially and a presiding officer to et as judge would be elected Would Be Allowed Counsel Chasé would have the rigl » be represented by counsel. wiho would interrogate witnesses and zue the case. Senators, however. would ‘not have the right to put any qrestions verbally, the rule requirin< that they put them in writing and preseat them either 1o the “prosecutors” ur coun sel for the defense, as the case might be. House officers said lprc('rdvn', 80 far as they could fin. for a request from the Senate 1« appropriat, tion against an offi of the government, b they ¢id not question the right of the Scnate to ] make such a request There have peachment the Senate, Chase is brought to triul he the first minor official 1o face such a proceeding proceedings there was 1.0 fust nine im- and . ply gave the text of the premier's let- | of resignation It read Mr. President The ving 1 n put in a chamber jn a v £ erning pensions, | lonor to present the collective Sig- nation of the cabinet S The vote in the chamber was upon | referring back to the finance com- } mittee the general bl on civil ana| iilitary pensions. to which various | amendments had been offered. nota- | bly one concerning certain categor: i of workmen's old age allowances | Finance Minister de Lastevrie took | the position that the proposed amend- | ments involved too heavy an x- pense, and he thus demanded a vote ! of confidence. i When the chamber reassembled at | o'clock this afternoon, 300 mem- : S Wwere present, but no ministers i were on the government's bench.e Several of the deputies demande that the record of this morning's vote be chauged. Six of them. belonging to the national bloe. supporters of | the government, declared they had voted for the government and yvet had been recorded as voting against it Another member said he had voted against the government, hut remained above everything a “Poin- carist.” The rules of the chamber, however, do not admit of the rectification of votes, which must stand as recorded. even if an error has been made b holders of proxies. U. S. OFFICIALS SILENT. in bl the | on the have Ambassador Herrick reported resignation of Premier Poincare and ! his ministers today, but said merely | that the action had followed an ad- verse vote by the chamber of deputics on the pension bill. Tt was said at the State Department | | that until the new ministry and its | poiicies are known comment on such subjects as war debts. reparations and other outstanding queslions which from time to time had heen : | taken up with the French govern- | ment” would be withheld. - | APPALACHIAN PARK TO BE PUBLIC BOON Secretary Work Tells Committee Advantages if It Is Established. Gathered together for the first time { st the Interior Department this after- noon, the newly formed Appalachian | Park committee, named to select a site in the eastern Appalachians for a new national park. heard Secretary of the Interior Work declare that a great boon will be bestowed on the | People of the east by creation of 4 ! national park in the eastern mountain | !rz;gm | The committee is composed = resentative Henry W. _‘_mn;mneg(i Pennsylvania: William C. Gregg of | New Jersey: Maj. W. A. Weleh of New York, manager of the Palisades In. terstate Park: Harlan P Kelsey, | chairman of the New England can. ference for the protection of national | parks, and Col. Glenn S. Smith of the | ":':x’fi'mll he i ressing the committee, Sect v stowing a great favor on the peopic | of the United States and particular'y | lon the citizens of the hea lated eastern states, tional park with all its wonderful op- | portunities, will be a boon of inesti mable value if established. So far the western states have had a virtual monopoly on the nasional parks. the only one in the east be- ing the Lafayette National Park on ! Mount Desert Island, Me. There is no question of the superiative value from every conservation and public us standpoint of the western park areas, but despite the fact that travel to| these points is growing from year to year and far exceeds the million mark, there is a great mass of citizenry in the crowded east that cannot under- | take the long trip to the west, and there should be scenic reservations | measuring up to and maintained, de- | veloped and conserved along national | park standards set aside in the cast to serve the people of our nation.” STAR COUPON te 150 miles, 8c; 300 greater distances, ask postmaass ter rate for 3 pounds. This is the book that is generaily |aetails of the arrangement | MARCH 26, NDURAN PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED Rival Rebel Leaders Plan to Restore Order Under New President. 1924, A group of the rival revolutionary leaders of Honduras have combined to re-establish order in that countrs by agreeing on a proclamation making Fausta Davila provisional president The proclamation was i ed on March 24, and was signed | Ferrera, Carias,” Tosta, Martinez, Funes and other revolutionary leaders. Elec- tions are to be held as soon con- ditions permit and constituent as- sembly called for revising the consti- tution, For the purpose of maintaining order, four of the revolutionary generals have been assigned as the chiefs of | four military zones into which the country has been divided Advices received here do not give <y | DR. BRINGHURST DIES. Confederate Veteran to Be Buried | in Dr. E. Bringhurst ears old, u Confedernte an, and father of Miss Mary Bringhurst Interior Department, who r in_the «CConnecticut apartment, died at 7497 Blair road northwest, to day. Funeral services and interment | will be in Clarksville, Tenn., his old | home. Dr Clarksville, Tenn. cighty-two vete Bringhurst was horn in Clarks- ville, June 10, 1841 At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the Confederate army and served under Gpn. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia throughout the war. Some time after the war he attended school in Chicago, graduated, and became an specialist. During the last few years he had made his home in Elberton, ¢ He came to this ity lust August A brother in Clarkesville ANNUAL FOLLIES TONIGHT. Y. W. H. A and Y. M. H. A to| Give Show at Willard. ““The *Y' Follies,” the anny tion of the Y. W. and Y. M be given at the New Willa night. Adlai Mann, who is diree production, has written which will be given their presentation. Maurice Bisg head | of the proposed new Jewish commu nity center, will be introduced to th. publi Following dancing. P be devoted present Y. until the building is ¢ William R. Bringhurst also survives him produc- will ting the several songs <t public the s there will eds of the affair w maintenance of th H. A headquarters | ommunity center to M w TR | Assaciation e COOLIDGE RETAINS |LAYS 18 DEATHS TO TNT. MARGIN IN DAKOTA, | r.vor BUT RACE IS CLOSE | Nixon Blast. | TRENTO) J.. March 26.—Deto- {nation hy TNT accumulations in the plant of the Ammonite Company, Inc |was responsible for the explosion im which ght persons were killed and between two and three score in- |Jured at adjacent to the north- [tan arsenal. according to a report submitted by Dr. Andrew F. McBride commissioner of labor, to Gov, Silzer vesterday afternoon. Commissioner Reports on ____(Continued from First Page.) ports from some of in this section inc first returns from iral districts © into the President’'s margin. | Senator Johnson's best territor: the face of the incompl official figures, was in | castern part of South I he ran about three to c | the large cities ased, although at Nixon Rari- The Black Hills district and the outheastern section of the stite were the districts in which President Coolidge’s strength was outstanding Although tor Sterting had an- | nounced his support of Mr. Coolidge, | the former's vote fell behind the r: | ana being maintained by the Presid . | which On the other hand, MeMa repub who boosted Senator Johnsoh, ran | is one ahead of the Californian in the num- ber of votes reported so far. SPEARING IS NOMINATED. led by M. mitteeman J. Muivihill was held that of the Li M. H. Daily ican state ex of the leaders, m national com in’ Vicksburs, on_faction, irman of ve comm in Jacl | IDAHO FOR COOLIDGE. | Eleven Delegates Pledged to Pres- ident. New Lawyer Defeats Daughter of Champ Clark. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, March 26 —J. Zach Spearing, New Orleans attorney and past president of the American Bar 4 was nominated in yes- s democratic primary to s d the late | ative H. land Dupre o ceond cong sional dist ating by a com- bined majority of 1.269 votes Geny- vieve Clark Thomson. daughter the late Champ ¢ T. Semmies torney first the race ‘for the wife of lisher of the Orleans Byt Associanted Press. LEWISTON, Idaho, March 26. the Coolidge lumn. an state convention yesterda: | pledged its eleven delegates to t | Cleve convention 1o vote for nomination of the President Indorsements given by convention were confined approval of the state a administration John W. Hart of Menan, for twelia years nutional committeeman, was eded by John Thomas of Good Ydano he re | pubt the state chiefly nation ) ing CALL CONVENTION IN JUNE. we to nal seaf, is Thomson, pub- Orleans Item JOHNSON TOURS NEBRASKA. Attacks on Coolidge Three Towns. Jume | By the Associated Press. i PAUL, March 2 ‘he Hope of the Farmers ustrial Workers,” the Farme Lahor party today sent out a call u national convention here June at which. it was said, selections third party candidates for president v president may he cxpected ifty thousand copies of the formal call were printed today for distribu tion througzh the mails tomorrow and about 200,000 other copies betrige printed in leaflet form he call denounces the and democratic parties eq the instruments of the privileged | class in using the governmental pow ers against the farmers and indus trial workers.” It asserts that the time has come for farmers and la boring men to organize a political party “to present « united from gainst the parties of the privileged elass —Witl Repeats in By the Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. March 26— Hira Johnson, conducting his second pre- primary campaign tour in Nebraska for the republican presidential nomination, addressed crowds at three Nebraska towns yesterduy. 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