Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1924, Page 4

STUDY SEPARATE * BL FOR SEAVEN Senators Believe Immigra- tion Law Should Protect Alien Sailors. A separate immigration bill, deal- ing with admittance of alien seamen, was predicted Ly some members of the Senate immigration committee today as a result of determined ob- jections raised to that feature of the ! pending measure by representatives of the National Seamen's Union. Andrew Furuseth, president of the told the committee the power broposed to be miven the Necretary of Li to require individual bonds rrom &ailors entering American har | the | flectually repeal ould result, P Wi RS tainty that the American government would keep the men “imprisoned on the ships while in port.” He indorsed the prop a Utah, ship T for the me ind requiring the return on t he sane number who arrive. The comnittee approved an ment which wouid authorize payment of wertime to immigration inspectors for abor over eight hours and on Sundays nd he reimbur panics exempted. al of Senator to make each it brings at ship of amend- g RENT BILL EXPECTED IN HOUSE MONDAY The Lampert bill life of the District for two years probably ip for consideration next Monday. There is at present a tug of war to <ce whether the rent bill or the Zihl- man bill for extension of 14th street through the Walter Reed Hospital to continue the tent Commission will be called in the House zrounds will be given first consider- | ation. House leaders are in favor of iving first consideration to the 14th street extension measure, because 8 a sontroversial measure and nously supported by the Dis- War Department s interested Lampert, however, ious to get the earliest po bie consideration of the rent measure, because the Rent Commissio s due to_expire If the up ahead of the or other Distri block all Dis eril weeks, bec bors of have 14th st bills it probably will ct legislation for se: 1use four or five mem- District committee on of vig- sure. Lampert the ally, © of the rent bill assured. he has helped 1 early pass: NEW TRIAL ORDERED FOR REALTOR’S SUIT Judge Barber of the United Court of Customs Appeals handed down an opinion of the trict Court of Appeals rev fudgment of the Mun which had directed a verd of an owner who had been sued by a realty brok commission on a sale which he declined to confirm. Eugeneo Fugassi placed a property In the hands of Arthur Tsangares, a broker, to sell or $17,000 and the broker obtained ome dis- arose over t the sal leged t whole day nate surv States today Dis- -rsing the 1 Court, t in favo) when he pre- the latter de- red b 100 late, as he had sold t for a higher price. Tsangares the sued for his commission, but the 3 nicipal Court held against him. The appellate tribunal reve ment and orders a new trial. INDIAN LAND FRAUD CASES TAKEN UP IN the nted it o | iy ithacew his id today | nd will make | Harreld, had any “political Interest in this thing is all bunk.” He merely had “stirred the matter up in Washington" with relation to the civil suits, he said, because he felt it was his duty as chairman of the Senate Indian committee. Booth Called to Stand. Booth followed Senator Harreld, and also was questioned in regard to the Oklahoma Indian land cases. He identi- fled letters from the Interior Department transmitting the Miller cases to the De- parment of Justice. They were dated in April, 1920. Senator Wheeler said he would show that “Fall tried to get the case back’ from the Department of Justice later. A letter from Secretary Fall, dated in April, 1921, was read, Sug- | gesting that the Miller cases be con- |tinued to the fall term of court, chiefly because of the absence from Washington of the new Indian m- m oner, who, the letter indicated, wished to make further investiga- tion. Peck had testified that the proposed continuance would have taken the {Miller cases out of hands as prosecutor. A * and_confi- : auih- S poeinE e o ned ina Pointing out. “rumors Poidical influence also was read by Booth. el Wi {1 Lol Mr. h- | 1 Letter Says Fraud Clear. letter, said J. J. McGraw of lOklahoma had been enlisted to aid |the defendants, and asserted them to | be learly pilty of defrauding | Indians out of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of land.” The correspondence between the In- departments showed informed that his s must be pro eque Correspondence betw land R.W. Kellough of s |cated that Kellough desired that the Miller cases Ko over. There was con- siderable in these letters about fed- eral appointments in Oklahoma. I, J. McGraw, an OKlahoma banker and political leader, on December 1, 1921, wrote Daugherty, suggesting the name of an Oklahoma citizen who might be appointed to make “a per- sonal investigation” of the Miller case. On December 8 Daugherty re- | plied that “to be frank with you, Jim, it is not practicable outside of the | regular service to make an investiga- | tion after indictment has been found.” i Dry Agent on Stand | 9 Brice F. Armstrong, prohibition gent in Chicago, followed Booth on | the stand. He told of a case involv- ing the White Eagle Brewing Com- P Seizure of the Brewe for ack of permit was recommended by ,Chicago prohibition officials, h said, {but nothing had been done my |knowledge.y “Have you ever been charg { dope selling, dope using, or convicted tof crime? ator Wheeler asked. “I have | “Well. v the s o n u will be when vou leave - commitice prose- y or some of his ou still working for I was until Saturd night,” be by Monday said or. nst the company in 1923 sed by instruction from Department of Justice, Arm- {strong said, although he had ‘“‘con- d on lots less evidence,” in liquor bition agents prosecution in he said, but, the je { na ! the {the “ditigation { hibition bureau mend” such a cours Political Influence. his opinion, Armstrong added, he cases were not pressed because “the~ local politicians” did not want them pressed. The witn Sees ! 1 ! then told of cases |where he alleged that persons con- Inected with the office of the attorney general of Ilinois brought pressure to bear on himself and other federal <uppress liquor prosecu- that “there are about now working in the agents to ons. H ight brew v _of Chicago. hey are working under protec- asked Senator Wheeler. undoubtedly are.” mentioned the tion? “They Armstrong ot case es this judg- DAUGHERTY PROBE | nued from Fi Department of Justice whose reputa- tions are above objection. be allowed to_come here.’ “Here is one of them now,” Senator Wheeler observed, pointing to Booth. tor Harreld had been mentioned this connection in the testimony of ormer United States Attorney Peck of “rklahoma, who worked up the cases. He 1id he heard “rumors” that Peck wa 1o be replaced be the Miller brothers wanted prosecution” be wial, use. ore the Wanted to Avoid Seandal. He went to Attorney General Daugh- ‘rty. the senator continued, when he heard that Mr. Todd, Mr. ormer law partner, had been retained ¥ the Miller brothers, He urged that ned to prosecute these g was done. His chiel nterest, the senator said, was to avold any “scandal.’ Mr. Harreld said he was “surprised” car that pleas of guilty had been epted In these cases by direction of Department of Justice. when he heard that no civ been filed to recover the lands in- olved, he reported that fact to the indian bureau. Friends of t isked him to half in W. said, but added that he o into that” unle tee desired to press it General Daugherty had > assented to his sug- tion that the pending change the United States attorney’s office in Oklahoma should be deferred so that Peck should handle the Miller -ases. Senator Harreld sald Mr. Daugherty did not know at that time hat Todd had been retained by the Millers Senator Harreld explained that he thought there was “seed for scandal” T he e Miller brothers had ntercede” in their b did not care the commit- in the fact that Todd was to defend | eorge L. Miller and his associates. Praises Peck’'s Record. “To Mr. Daugherty's credit, he saw the point immediately.” Senator Har- reld said, explaining how it had been arranged that Peck, the district at- torney in western Oklahoma under the democratic administration, should continue as prosecutor. The senator declared he regarded Peck as “a clean, fine prosecutor. When no civil recovery sults re- sulted, the senator continued, the Indian office sent a man down to in- vestigate. He scored George L. Miller for his public statements. “I am afraid he's one of that kind of people who believe that wrongdoing is all right if they aren't caught in it,” he ommented. “ITts a funny thing for a fellow to plead guilty to a crime and then talk about a plot against = The senator said Miller cratie leader in the state.” that any suggestion that he, Senator Daugherty’s | hington, Senator Harreld | in! it 4n Time Deposits Nl | Tve MunsevTrust Ca MUNSEY BLoG WastiNGTON,D.C. to get him out of the | cases came to | 1 i | —interest on check- jng accounts on daily balances—ocom. pounded monthly. terly. | | The Book That Shows Uncle Sam at Work. ed with | —interest _on ordi nary savings accounts —compounded quar Every Day Is Interest Day The Munsey Trust Co. Munsey Building Pa. Ave., Bet. 13th & 14th Sts. NNW. THE EVENING S]] AR, WASHINGTON! D. CE MONDAYE APRIL 7, 1924, the Western Brewery Company at Belleville, 11L, as one of those in which “local politicians” had inter- fered. He sald Mayor Dever was trying to enforce prohiBition, but that the breweries there were “slip- ping out from his control.’ The witness said he did not know what the relationship was between Attorney General Brundage and Fred W. Upham. The present United States attorney at Chicago had made it pos- sible “to close 'em up as much as we have,” he said. The White Eugle case “put over” on the United States he said, by an assistant who “juggled” the matter. On_arresting a_Chicago saloonkeep- | \er, Armstrong said, he wsa told by | John Glazer, whom' he identified as a speclal investigator for the attorney general of Illino! that the cases hould be dropped. He quoted Glazer | telling him that he “held a politi- 1 office and must get on the wagon | with the rest of the boys” if he ex- pected to keep it Snys Case Juggled. Armstrong, the witness, said his cases against the “Puro Products Company,” West Hammond, T1., had been subjected to “juggling,’ saying that Special Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Middlekauf was reported to him to involved in an agreement with the “brewery owners under which | fodernl injuction brocecdings Would be handled So as to permit a sale ol the brewery property i be made. ! ol bt 1 hat he wen! L Wiliams the matter Furs Products plant was Armst Rov. ana ronj = che told him by others, and the commit- tee considered calling the men he named as his informants. Asked if his *house had been blown up, Armstrong said ‘a little: bomb was pl d at the back door.” He agreed that this was probably due to his activities against Chicago breweries. He had been warned by “Druggan” in the Standard Brewing he sai that Druggan would me* if ‘the enforcement cam- aid he received one a barrel for seven brew- | e would “stay away" from | Asked who brought him this offer the witness “Fred H. department. The I1llinois Beverage Company, Armstrong said, “got a permit” to keep on brewing “over two viola- tions."” Lowell B. Mason, a Chicago attorney, was “the man who is successful in g ting these permits from Washington over | ions “The common report in Chicago is tha Homer K. Galpin, the republican county | chairman, is the man who tells them what to do in these cases,” the witness added. The Tow. committee recessed until tomor- ———— NEW SEAPLANE SUCCEEDS | PN-7, Built for Sconting Purposes, to Supplant F-5-L Type. A marked advancement in the de- sign and construction of scout sea-| planes has been taken by the Navy with the successful testing during: recent fleet maneuvers of the boat- seaplane P The ship was design- ed by naval aeronautical engineers at the naval aircraft factory, Philadel- phia. Officials at the burean of aero- nautics here anticipate that this new type of aircraft will completely sup- i nt the -1, old reliable of the Navy which now is engaged in patrol- 1ling the coast lanes and_other duties. like the F-5-L, has two 1d a hull, but it is said of former that it ‘can fly rings around” the F-5. Its speed with motors open is about 100 miles per hour and its cruising speed is more than fifteen miles per hour faster than the F-5. Its thick wings also | give it a greater lifting power. The motors in the new plane are twelve- flinder Wright T-3s, which can de- than 1,000 horsepower. ciperts now are working to produce x metal-hull type PN-7 which is expected to be even more rugged for operation with the fleet at sea. the WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE. Sarah Waskow today filed suit in the District Supreme Court for a lim- ited divorce from Jacon Waskow charging cruelty, desertion and non port. They were married March 1918, and have one child. 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Kistler of Tulsa, Okla., president of the Producers’ and Refiners’ Corpora- tion. He said he was not at the republican national convention at Chicago in 1920, but identified himself s a republican “at this time.” He was not requested to solicit campaign funds in 1920, he testified under further questioning. but was asked to make & -contribution, which he did, subseribing $325. The Witness insisted, questioning _ by republican, Missouri, . Davidson of the Na- Bank, New York, never had requested him to solicit campaign funds, nor had he told any one that Davidson had done so. Call Hamon's Friend. J. B. French of Oklahoma City was the third witness to be called in fifteen minutes. He identified him- self as an ofl operator. you know Jake Chator Walsh. Sald the witness with him in busi ntil the time of his under re- Senator pencer, that Henry Hamon?" 1 i Irench amon sieh R Pede nmal Wl fion. “Hrimon had wanted at first o be elected republican national com- mitteeman for Oklahoma. he said, nd then to help nominate Gen. Wood _“While the national committe fizht & on,” the witne: dded, “he and Wood broke and then he w ‘nl for Gov. Lowden It was his intention to control the Oklahoma delegation.” Aiscussed man Wouldn't Be in Cabinet. don't think the President Jake Hamon would French said. “Aft omination of Harding 1 mon if he would be in the c and he told me he would not.” what Hamon's campaign for rational committeeman had cost, French said Hamon told him it had cost him “too much” and that he was sorry he got into the fight. As to the general election, French said lamon told him he had spent $400.- 000 through 4,000 persons in Okla- homa. had have the o ed Was Heavy Borrowor. Records of Hamon's estate show that he was a heavy borrower of money, French said, but added that he could not say whether any of the loans negotiated in New York, Kansas City, Oklahoma City and other p had been o or about the time of t n Touis, wbout money %&Q&@.fi%@.fi?fifi&?fig 3-Piece Overstuffed Living Room Suite A handsome suite of three pieces, con sofa, frame, 3427 GEORGEPLITT CO., Inc. Painting, Paperhanging, Upholstering and Radio sisting of larze a upholst Sunfast V Was $600. . 1325 14th St. NW. CHHEFEEEE combination of style and individuality CARNARVON TOP COAT BROAD ENGLISH SHOULDERS — LONG LOOSE TUBULAR DRAPE—SHORT VENT. MAJORITY IMPORTED OR OF IMPORTED MA- TERIALS %30 to *75 | | fam & EESWHES REYEM SHOES Walsh. > “Yes, sir. He sald, T gave $25,000 50 that the hotel bill of Mr. Harding at the Congress Hotel could be fixed." ” “To whom did he say he gave it?” “To Bill Miller." Miller, a former attorney general of Ohjo, managed Harding’s pre-con- vention campalgn in Oklahoma. “Did Hamon ever tell you what he expected to get out of all this?' pur- sued Senator Walsh. “No.” French replied. Hamon was quoted by the witness as having said that he told na- tional committee he would take care, of Oklahoma in the general election. Senator Spencer, taking up the cross-examination, asked French if he was a democrat. “Yes, a Texas democrat, God, the reply. “Was anything ever & about oil Tand leases?” neer. Nothing whatever.” “When you spoke of a $25,000 pay- ment for Mr. Harding's hotel ex- penses, yon did not mean his personal expenses.” “No, it was for the Harding com- mittee's cxpenses—headquarters ex- penses.” Switehed to Harding. Asked why Hamon switched his subport from Lowden to Hardin FEURCh satd the former nationsl com mitteeman had told him Mra Hamon had requesied that pe make the thank aid by Hamon asked Senator switch “Hovw was SRS SAhh N sent Into the various pre sincts,” the witness said. e added that the $400,000 was Hamon's own | mone. Robi lisher of the Ohio X i supporter of Leonard Woo 1920 preconvention campaign, called to the stand. From various source ator Walsh, “information to us that you know something about offer made to Gen. Wood to en- wpass his nominatior 1 know nothing about Wolte said. firat 1 heard was when it in the pap since this investigation began Went to See Show. Wolfe said he took no part in or-| posing Harding at Chicago: that Harding was a publisher in a nearby town, and for that reason he had decided not to actively oppose him “What did you g0 to Chicago for? asked Senator Walsh. “Just to sce the show, just as 1 ng to Cleveland and New York this year.” The witness said he never had thought the Chicago fight was be- tween Wood and Lowden—that he had expocted from the first that Harding eventually would be nom- inated. Senator Walsh questioned Wolf about the early morning meeting of | republican leaders at ihe Black- stone Hotel, hich the decision was made to nominate Harding, but 00,000 payment | 4 nutor Stanfield. the #t F. Wolfe of Combus, pub- ate Journal and 0od in the | was | that” £ it A Genuine Example of Plitt’s Reductions dakekok b8 Lhddd K, W two armechairs, tapestry seats :50 Main 4224 AT ES SRR Meyer’s Shop =———=————| MALLORY HATS '= ! .00 Vill Buy Enough Paint to Cover a Ford—and Also Include a Brush! 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Main 1751 Plenty of Parking Space he said he had no first-hand Infor- mation about it Denles Making Statement. “Information has come to me from many sources,” Senator Walsh pur- sued, “that you stated on. the day Harding was nominated that a deal had been made for the nomination of Harding and that Wood's case was hopeless.” “I don't beliove T made that state- ment,” the publisher replied, adding that he had arranged the night be- fora the nomination to return home and had visited the Wood Ohio dele- gates and told them to stand firm for Wood. Wolfe was the last witness of the day. When he left the stand Sen- ator Stanfleld said that if Senator Walsh was going further into Hamulllu xpenditures the executor of Hamou's estate should be called. He also asked that former Altoruey Gen- eral Miller of Ohio be called as to the story of Hamon's payment of the liuyrdlnl: committee's hotel expenses. ?,.h, —m,o“z”:d to nnld the commit- e a urned unti! morning. 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