Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1924, Page 4

A ‘SAYS CREAGER CASE 1 HALTED BY OFFICIAL Page Reads Telegram to Senators in Which Grand Jury Action ‘Was Forbidden. FTURTHER PROBE WANT: Message Said' No ‘i’rosccution De- sired Till Inspector's Work Ended. A tclegram directing that no evi- dence be presented to the grand jury “or action in land cases if it involved B. Creager of Brownsville, Tex., un- 111 Postoffice Inspector O. B. Willfam- had completed his report, s dic- ed by Williamson to the pbstofice =pector at Kansas Clty, the Senate nittee investigating alleged land auds in Texas w told yesterday. The messa dated November 9, 41921, as read by Jame Page, un- fieial prosecutor, was signed “Shook, g." Page asserted that the tele- m was written by Williamson and Tot by Daniel S. Shook. chief clerk in o division of postofiice inspectors. At that time Chief Postal Inspector ush D, Simmons was in a hospital, Yaving been hurt in a train wreck ‘Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, au- 1hor of the inquiry resolution, has al- Deged that Creager, who is Republican nal commitieceman for Texas, was olved in fraudulent land deals in ge, Chief TPostal Inspector Simmons, occupied the witness stand, as- that so far as he knew. "no given to anybody to n connection with in- land_companies. this is one of the ould have gotten to,” to a question from o was “T_wouldn’t we never aid in reply Page. xplaining that some 3,000 cases of ud were now before the depart- for action, Simmons added “this ¢ t the only case we haven't been ‘able to finish.” Explaining that he was hurt in a train wreck toward the end of Octo- 1921, when the alleged frauds being investigated by the Post ce Department. Simmons was not able fully to resume his duties until a year afterward. The committee has adjourned until {Monday. : —_—— THE WEATHER } District of Columbia—TF row increasing clous unsettled by tomorrow ntinued conl: moderate to the: and east winds. and—¥Fair tonight: tomorrow el s, probably b unsett v tomorrow nigh continued cocl; fresh northeast and t winds reinia—General probably sho tral portion t nued cool; cast winds. West Virginia—Mostly cloudy ‘right and tomorrow, proba ers tomorrow: continued coo Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., € 12 midnight, 51; 4 am,, ir tonight; ir tonight, e: in W, fro pm., ht, 3 - von, 30.31. ‘mperature, occurred rday. Lowest tempera- rred at 6:15 N, today. emperature ‘same date last yvear— Highest, 68; lowest, 43, Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the ,water at § am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, condition, slightly 30.01; Highest at 4 p.m. ture, 44 Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tid 20 a.m. an, p.m.; high tide, 1:45 Tomorrow—Low tide, 9:534 p.m.; high tide, 3:13 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:17 a.m.; €:55 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:16 am.; gets 6:56 p.m. Moon rises 1:48 a.m.; sets 11:59 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. 8:56 . and 2:15 p.m. 9:24 am. and 49 am. and sun sets sun *4a3a w0, Abileve, Tex 30.14 Albany 30.36 Atlanta L 00 Atlastic City 30,28 Daitimore .. 30 Birmingham, 30,05 Bismarck Raston Snowing Cloudy " Cloudy Cloudy Thiladelphia; 30.32 Thoenix 5. Francisco. 30.02 S Lonis Pt.cloudy Cloudy Clear, Clear Clear, FOREIGN. (8 am., Greenwich time, today.) stations. Temperature. Weather. Jondon, England. . 52 Part cloudy Taris, France.. Part cloady Copenhagen, Denmark. yart cloudy iStockbolm, 'Sweden. Clesr dlorta (Fayal), Azores. Samilton, Bermufla. ... Cloudy an Juan, Porto Rico. Clear i Clegr Part clondy o S FIND LAWLESS BAND. Polish Police Arrest Fifty-Two of Gang Robbing Border Towns. WARSAW, April 26—The Polish ipolice have unearthed an organiza- ion in Volhynia, the eastern border- and, which, they declare, combines ihe business of burglary with that )i political agitation. Seized docu- ments are alleged to show that the prganization maintains headquarters. at Kharkov, soviet Russia. A band operating under the aus- pices of the organization recently frossed the frontier and started plun- dering, but the police fell upon them and chased them back into Russia iThe Polish authorities thus far have «rrested fifty-two members of the or- vanization, all Russians. 0 36 28 Cloudy ! T0 SPEAK ON BLUE LAWS. , Prof. C. S. Longacre, international ecretary of the Religious Liberty As- fociation, is to lecture before the wnembers’ of the Free Lance Club of orge Washington University on “Sunday Blue Laws” at Green Couft, 1310 Massachusctts avenue, tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock. —_— . Hawalian women have banished ad- vertiaing billboards from the island 4 Dl sald he | ness, prob- | 1| preei | OF THAW’S SANITY Counsel for Evelyn Nesbit Files Motion in Behalf of Thirteen- Year-0ld Son. | By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 26.—Motion for a mew trial for Harry K, Thaw. declared sane last Tuesday night by a jury, was filed today by Willlam Al Gray, counsel for- Evelyn Nesbit, Thaw's divorced wife, her t teen-year-old William Thaw. Miss Nesbit's son, Russell son had been per- mitted to, intervene in the sanity proceedings because of his. antic- ipatory interest in THNaw's estate. Miss Nesbit opposed Thaw’s release on the ground that he was still. in sane, and that if released, she con- tended, he might dissipate his estate. In addition to the request for another trial, counsel obtained an order granting him five days in which to file specific reasons for a retrial. The petition for a second trial sets forth the usual contentions that the verdict of the jury was against the evidence and against the charge of the court. Thaw is still confined at the Penn- sylvania _Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, pending hearing on the petition. e ALLIED “BIG FOUR” ACCORD COMPLETE ON DAWES REPORT (Continued from First ] perts’ repor “documents of the hest value” continues: ‘The contents of the two reports being considered as an indivisible whole the royal government notes with satisfaction that the reparation commission adopted them in their en- tirety and is sure the commission will | be able now rapidly to continue its work. For its part the Ttallan govern- |ment is from this time disposed to adopt integrally the condlusions of the experts well as the ‘principles which Inspired them, being persuad- ed t these conclusions® and these principles constitute an equitable basis for ‘the regulation of the question of reparations and the questions connected therewfth fn conformity with the line of conduct constantly pursued by the royal government.” The Teply is signed Mussolini. Poincare Writes Reply. France's reply to the reparation commission regarding the experts’ re- ports was written by Premier Poin- care. After saying he had studied the reports with the greatest interest, the reply continues: “They fulfill exactly the tasks as- med them by the commission and an extremely interesting complete whole, and 1 can only con- gratulate myself on having taken the tive in requesting the French egate on the reparation commis- n to propose the convocation of the experts. I am glad to take this op- by Premier §: | portunity of paying tribute to the | great competence they have shown, | to their impartiality and to their ap- ation of the actual facts. xpects Commission Ruling. “The commission now is in a posi- tion to pronounce judgment, and the governments have. the right to ex- pect from it a definite decision which will embody the conclusions of the experts’ reports, suppert thefn with argument and give them practical fcrm (since in most cases they are drafted, as is only proper in the case of reports from advisers, in the form of mere indications), and will com- plete them on certain points which the experts left to the commission itself to deal with or on which they did_mot express any opinior “It is only when the commission ha completed thls work and thus has clearly defined all the matters com- ing within its competence under the treaty, and those not within its juris- diction, that it will be in a position to communicate the latter to the gov- ernments concerned. “The governments will not be able to take useful action until they have exact information as to the practical effect which the reparation commis- sion gives the experts’ proposals.” Warns Commission. M. Poincare warns the reparation commission that it must be in a posi- tion to find out whether Germany has talen the measures necessary to car- ry out the commission’s decision. He | stresses the point that no d an taken until the commi | has approved the drafts of law: decrees it has requested Germany to “ubmit for the execution of the plan, and he reiterates that only after that decision will the allies be in a posi- tion to arrive at their own decision “Under the circumstances the man and the allied governments can- not, in fact, be placed on the same footing,” he continues “Germany is entitled to a just op- portunity to be heard,” the premier's reply goes on, but afterward, he says, the reparation commission “must then zive a decision with all the authority the treaty confers upon it.” Asks About Guarantees. Then, taking up the expe: ion that the economic and unity »f the Reich should be restored coon as the plan is put into ex- tion, the premier says: ince the commission has decided to accept the conclusions of the ex- perts as a whole the French govern- ment ventures to assume that on this point of capital importance it does ot intend to modify these conclu- sions. The governments will have to consider together under what condi- tions the securities now held by r'rance and Belgium shall be merged Into or exchanged for those which will be handed over as an undivided whole to the allies. “These operations cannot, however, take place until Germany has effect- ively put the plan into execution and lit is for the governments to deter- mine by common agreement the guar- intee these operations may render | necessary. “It is, moreover, understood that in the course of the conversations to be entered into the French government, which appreciates the work of the | experts, as do the other allied gov- ernments, will, In a spirit of concilia~ tion and mutual understanding, make every necessary _effort compatible With France's vital interests to fa- ecilitate the prompt execution of a definite decision to be communicated by it to the commission.” The most important part of the French reply is toward the end in which the question of restoring Ger- many's economic and financial unity is taken up. On this issue, which means the economic evacuation of the Ruhr, for one thing, the French reply appears to mean that consultation among the governments will be neces- sary to decide the conditions under which the Franco-Belgian economic hold on the Ruhr may be exchanged for the securities for reparation pay- ments provided for in the Dawes re- port. The reply also refers to “the guaran- tees these operations may render nec- essary,” the premier declaring the “operations,” apparently meaning the exchange of securities, cannot take place until Germany has “effectively put the plan into execution.” The use of the word guarantees in this con- nection, while somewhat obscure, may indicate the view of the ¥French pre- mier that it will be necessary for the aliies to agree in advance to apply certain penaities to Germany in case of her default. Slain -Americans - Returned. NEW YORK, April 26.—The bodies of Robert L. Coleman of San Fran- Ccisco and George B. de Long of New York, who were killed by bandits near Tirania, Albania, arrived here on the steamship Duilio, D and | | SAY, WALT, | Know You'Re A BRIDGE FAM BUT DI1D You EVER PLAY MAH JOMGG 7 THERE'S A GAME ! in behalf of| PRESIDENT HINTS HE MAY VETO BONUS Agreement With Borah Speech So Interpreted by White House Observers. A likelihood that President Cool- idge will veto the bonus= bill when it is submitted to him by .probably within 2 week, is seen by a number of White House callers in his indorsement yesterday of views expressed by Senator Borah, Republi- can, Idaho, during an address in the Senate Tuesday in opposition to the measure. The President made it clear that his agreement with hte Idaho sena- | tor's arguments was not connected with the paid-up insurance plan, which formed the basis of Mr. Borah's discussion, or with any other par- ticular bill, but that he regarded the address as being in line generally with his own frequently expressed 'im Private Rooms | DIDN'T THINK I'D CARE FOR 'T AT ALL BUT WHEMN) GOT INTO 1T 1 FELL LIKE ATON OF BRICIE, VT'S AVERY SCLENTE! GCAME . MO FooL CAar PLAM 1 V' GoInG To GET UP A GAME FOR YOou THIS EVENIMG, WALT, WHEM You GET A TASTE OF IT YOU'LL NEVER WASTE TIME OM BRIDGE AGAIN - | shoula Congress, | anacted easily with the required tw in the Cold Storage Department the Safe Deposit Vaults; for paintings, pianos, art objects in the heated Art Rooms; for motor cars (dead storage) in the Vehicle Department ; for luggage and for furniture and household effects BRIDGE 15 ALL RIGHT | SUPPOSE BUY MAH JONGG 1S A GAME OF INFIaTE POSSIBILITIES HAMD = onE, AS THE MATHEMATICAL SIOE OF MAH JONGG 1S INTERESTING . FOR IM STANCE | THERE ARE 8 SEASOMS IN THE SET OF 44 TiLES. YOU GET 13 TILES FOR YOuR ORI\GINAL OF THE SET. YOUR CHANCE |sq-“'o GeY § OF THE 8 ARE YOUR OWN NUMBER JOOR. CHAMCE T GET ANE OF THESE Twa 15 2 OR ABOUT 4% Yol AGAINST \T " OF EXTREME opinion as to the desirability of econ- omy in government expenditures. His visitors, however, interpreted his re- marks a8 an indication that he also agreed with the senator's stand against the bonus measure. Senate and House conferees will meet Monday to seek adjustment of differences between the two cham- bers over certain provisions. Many of the conferees think one day will be sufficient to get together on the measure, and leaders generally have declared that even if the President veto the bill it can thirds majority. UPHOLDS BONUS BILL. Veteran Leader Praises Supporters in Congress. The Mutual Union of World War Veterans and Soldiers of American Wars, through E. D. W. Martin, chair- man of its national legislative com- mittee, today declared Congress had had the courage to pass the bonus bill "in spite of the opposition of predatory interest and war profiteers. “Veterans' organizations all over the nation.” he said, “are grateful to the reresentatives and senators who supported and fought for this bill.” of Space Storage. C. A. Aspinwall, President Place Furs in Early for Safety MAUSEA THAT'S 7' MOTHING To WORRY ABOUT. TUST A CASE CONDITIONS FOR U. S. LOAN GIVEN BY MORGAN (Continued from First Page.) next summer or autumn, M Barthou believes. because much legislation is required in Germany and some per- haps in France before the experts' report can be applied. The new German Reichstag, M. Barthou pointed out, must adopt a whole series of bills establishing the gold bank, transferring the railroads and providing for debentures on the German monopolics. Even_ though these bills should be pushed by the government, the legislative proced- ure might take many weeks. The French parliament, he said, also might be obliged to revise the legislation affecting its_delegation’s powers to comply with the new min- istry of control set up-by the ex- perts’ report. - Morgan and his wife were t today at the christening of grand nephew, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Pierpont Hamilton, by Dr, Beekman, in the American Church of the Holy Trinity, This morning Mr. Morgan, accom- panied by H. H. Harjes of the Paris branch of the Morgan firm, went to the reparation commission's head. quarters in the Astoria and conferre \ith M. Barthou and Sir John Brad- ury. Established 1390 as the Storage Depariment American Secunily end Trust Ce. 1140 Fifteenth Street (between L and M) A safe depository for férs, clothing, rugs, tapestries, curtains for silverware and valuables in Packing and shipping by freight, express, motor van, parcel post, “Pool” cars (to Pacific Coast at reduced rates) and “Lift” vans (abroad). Marine and transit insurance. 4 Blocks North of the White Hounse COLD STORAGE REJECT FORD BID, URGES J. R. GARFIELD Former Interior Secretary Says ‘Water Power Act Useless if T. 8. Acoepts. SAYS PLEDGES LACKING Declares No Distribution of Power or Cheap Fertilizer Provided. James R. Garfield, former Secretary of the Interdor, told the Senate agrical- ture committes conducting public hearing on Muscle Shoals that if Henry Ford is given Muscle Shoals under the terms of his bid the gen- eral power act might zs well be re- pealed. The Ford bid “violates in every sense” the general principles of the federal water power act, Garfield said. No mention is made in the Ford bid for ths distributien of power and the contract does not bind Kord to produce cheap fertilizer, he leclared. T. L. Kirkpatrick, representing the chambers of commerce of Charlotte and Salisbury and other North Carolina or- ganizations, and E. C. Dwelle of Char- lotte, vice president of the Chadwick Hosking cotton mills, protested the sell- ing of Muscle Shoals except in strict and no actordance With the terms of the federal water power act. “We appeal to you senators to hold inviolate this sacred trust and to administer it economically and in- | telligently in order that the tax- | payer may enjoy from it the fullest truition of all his hopes and expecta- tlons,” Kirkpatrick declared. First evidence of resorting to the subpoena privilege by the committee came today when H. F. Taff, district superintendent in Washington of the Western Union Telegraph Company, responded to » subpoena and presented to the committee a file of telegrams E. G. Liebold, ord's private secretary, and James ) Miller, a former Washing- ton mewspaper correspondent, and Willlam J. Cameron. DAYLIGHT TIME BEGINS. New York to Go on Summer Sched- ule Tomorrow. NEW YORK, April 26.— Daylight saving, optional in Ne state and made operative in York City by a m ordinance, will becoms effe o'clock tomor- row morni will continue in effect until k the morning of September 28. Clocks will be put forward one hour. While rallroads generally will con- tinue to operate on standard time, they will conform, in some cases, to daylight saving time to facilitate suburban traft exchanged between Henry F TWO WAUGH M. E. SERMOXS. Sermon subjects at Waugh M. E Church by Rev. William M. Hoffmann tomorrow are: 11 am., “The Storm,” and § am., “The Magnificence of Sin.” 2 KILLED, 30 HURT IN TRAINS CRASH London Tunnel Scene of Terrible Disorder Following Accident. Cars Telescoped. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 26—Two were killed and hetween forty injured in a train smash jus outside the Euston station this morn ing. 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