Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1924, Page 1

WLEATHER. Wair perature for twent yesterday ; lowest, 50, at 5 Full report on page 7. tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow ; gentle variable winds. four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 65, at 2:15 p.m. Tem- :30 a.m. to- Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 @h e ——— 0 99~ No. 29123p, Sieredasasson £ntered as second-class matter hington, D. C. - REVERSAL OF VET ONBONUS MEASURE SEEN AS DOUBTFUL Repassage in House Declar- ed Certain, But Senate | May Sustain Coolidge. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS | CANVASSING SITUATIONi i Public Reaction to President's Stand Is Being Awaited With Interest. Characterized by President Coolidge | being unsound economically and Naving “no moral Justifieation the soldiers’ bonus bill will be taken up | 7 the House tomorrow with advo- | ates claiming more than the rc-’ tiuired two-thirds majority to over- ride this veto. | Opponents of the bonus bill in Con- ETess today are bending every effort ent votes to prevent r the veto. It has been conceded that the Housfli would zive the two-thirds vote nec- | essary ‘to put the bill through not- | withstanding the presidential veto. | = predicted today that when the | votes tomorrow. that body will n found to be consisiently | bill senerally Senate Passage Doubtful. The chance for sustaining the veto | of the President, such as it is, lies in the Senate. While supporters of the Fanus bill have relied ufticient | to put the through | the veto, it was learned today that the a growing hope among the onpo s of the measure and i somew iminished assurance on the part of those who favor the bill The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 67 to 17. wtih twelve senators not Yoling. With a full Senate it would be ¥ for the opponents of Whe measure to cast 33 votes to sus- Gain the veto. The veto nessage 1t was admitted is stronz. The the bonus bill ) and despite of the President the Capitol today, | Senate cannot vote on | until after the House not at all unless the the veto. Whether nate will reach a vote on the ure tomorrow after it has been cted upon by the House is still un- ded. The probalilities are, it was d by leaders today. that the matter would have to g0 over until Monday, £ not longer. e senators who | desire 1c vote not be able to be in the Senate before Monday Keaction Is Awaited. in meanti the the re dent reaction of ‘s veto | < be v awaited. If ion is favorable to the Presi- longer the delay before a| in the Senate the stronger will | the position of the opponents of the measure, A ting that “we owe no bonus » able-bodied veterans of the world war" and that the nation is “meeting | its obligation” to disabled veterans and dependents of those who died. the President his veto message declared an adequate insurance plan | already had been in 1917, and that the bill calied a “gratu ity” which “our countr ford,” which “the veterans do not want,” and which by “all our American princi; If this bill becomes a law “we wipe out at once almost all the progress five hard years have accom- plished in reducing the national debt. | It we now confer upon a class a| sratuity such as is contemplated by | his bill we diminish to the extent of | the expenditures involved the bene- | fits of reduced taxes which will flow not only to this class, but to the en- tire people. in provided Meanx $40 Annually. “When it than $40 average policy there is s considered that 1 would pay for the ! provided by this bill, | ound to assume that the veter mselves would be bet- ter off to make that small payment ind be relieved of the attendant high | raxes and high living which' h legislation would impose upon them.” Enactment of irgued. would o wenty year 1ge annuul and leave, at the sity of selling (o the 1100.000 bond issue “We mus theory of bill.,” he said hought_and NI ne of war m “ttempt to maike Wt of the earnings those who ar phy financially able is t our most cherished Ame strong ns ti costs i, Mr. Coolidge | amit the nation for ! end, the nece: public a $2.500, this | stism which is | for is not patriot- | - 1o our country in aus saerifice, * o s To | « money payment f the people to ally well and don one of an ideals.” Afford Cost. cannot whole Cannot “Our veterans country afford it The do not want it. | All our American principles are opposed | it. There is no moral jurisdiction | for it,”” the message concluded. In his discussion of the bill, when | he declared no bonus was owed able- | bodied veterans of the world war, the | Presidgnt said: “The gratitude of the nation to these veterans cannot be expressed in dollars | «nd cent The respect and honor of ‘heir country will rightfully be theirs forévermore. But patriotism can neither e bought nor sold. It is not hire and <alary. It is not material but spiritual, it is one of the finest and highest of human virtues. To attempt to pay money for it is to offer it an un- indignity which cheapens, de- nd destroys it.” as 0 House Demands Vote. The veto message was read in the liouse promptly upon its being re- ceived there, and as the reading was oncluded shouts of “Vote, vote!” rang out. Amid some confusion Repre- -entative Longworth, the Republican cader. asked unanimous consent that » bill be voted upon for repassage on next Thursday. This and a simi- Tar request to delay a vote until Mon- iy were objected to. Tepresentative Rankin, Democrat, Mississippi. in demanding an immediate ote, characterized the message as an insuit” to the world war veterans. .wcaders of both parties maneuvered, {nwever, to delay the vote until to- morrow. This decision was reached i a vote of 179 to 171, advocates ontending their ranks ' would be {rengthened through action of ab- sentees by & vote at a later date. This_is the sccond time a bonus (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) | timer and the pol Bomb Sent Dr. Koo Injures Servants a1 . DR, WELLINGTON KOO, By the Associated Press. PEKING, May 16—A box. which an unknown messenger brought today as a gift to Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese foreigrt minister, ex- ploded and critically injured three servants whom the minister had ordered to open it. Dr. Koo, who was in another room of his resi- dence, was unhurt. Wellington Koo, a member of the council of the league of nations, s very well known in Washington, where he was stationed as Chinese minister for several years. He is a_graduate of Columbia University. Afier completing his education in this country he returned to China and as appoinied secretary to the cabinet, luter secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, and in 1914 as counselor. A year later he was ap- poirted Chinese minister to Mexico, but before proceeding to his post was transferred to Washington. Dr. V. K. CHARGES MORTIMER PLOT TO KILL FORBES Wife of Former, Suing for Divorce, Gives Tip Resulting in Sus- pect’s Arrest. PRISONER NAMES OTHERS Names Veterans’ Bureau Case Witness Author of Scheme. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Tata, Philadelphia, was arrested to- day after Mrs. Elias H. Mortimer, who has appeared as a witness in the Veterans' Bureau investigation, re- ported to the police that Tata told her of an alleged plot to kill Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the bureau. Tata is being held on a charge of being a suspicious charac- ter, pending an investigation of hi story. Tata was arrested as he was leav- ing the home of Mrs. Mortimer's par- nts, Dr. and Mrs. George Bowler Tullidge. where concealed policemen had listened to an alleged conspiracy told by Tata. According to Mrs. Mor-. emen, Tata named husband and three other men, who, he said, figured in the Veterans' Bureau investigation, as having offered him money to hire men to do away with Forbes. Mortimer, who is suing hushand for divorce. told the that when she arrived home from Washington today she received a tel- ephone from Tata, who said he had valuable information for her. Tata wanted her to meet him at a railroad station, but consented to come to her home. “Mrs. Mortimer notified the po- lice and a detective and a policeman were on hand when Tata arrived. According to Mrs. Mortimer and the tening officers, Tata said he had met her husband through man named Codina, and said it was in a_resturant in a foreign section of the city in Oc- tober, 1922, when the proposition was made to him, with an offer of money. After his arrest Tata said he was a tailor, and had given up business to pbtain money to “play the ponies” and had lost Tata is alleged to have said that he did not intend to Eo into any such cheme, that he “fooled” the men along for a time and refused to go into the thing. The police. while skeptical of Tata’s story, said he seemed to have consid- erable knowledge of the Veterans' Bu- reau investigation. e ATTACK CONSTABULARY. PESHAWAR. British India, May 16, —A small force of constabulary has been ambushed by a gang of a hun- dred natives in the vicinity of Tank. Ileven of the constables were killed May 16.—Caesar Mrs. Mortimer and three wounded. The natives were | believed also to have suffered casu- alties, but details of the attack were lacking. Reinforcements were sent from Tank. INis believed here that the attack was in retaliation for the recent defeat of a gang of native ralders by constabulary in another part of the northwestern frontier province. — Movie Star to Marry. LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 16— Edna Wallace Hopper, actress and exponent of the modern theory of rejuvenation, announced here today that she wili be married to a former British army officer in China next month, the Los Angeles Examiner says. She declined to reveal the name of her prospective husband, ex- plaining that she had “already lost a couple that way. Sun Not Dead, Is Says Aide, But Interview Denied Ry the Associated Press. HONGKONG, May 16.—Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the South China gov- ernment. whose death was reported to have occurred Tuesday, is alive and per- fectly well, his confidential secretary declared emphatically today to a repre- sentative of the Associated Press sent from Hongkong to Sun's Canton head- quarters. Rumors have been current that reports of Dr. Sun's death were untrue. Upon being assured that the South China leader still is alive, the correspondent requested an interview with him. her | police | WASHINGTOX BUSINESS MENACE FEAREDBY HODVER - INTAXPUBLETY Sees Smaller Man Placed at Mercy of Corporations if Returns Are Published. CITES CHAOS BROUGHT BY: SYSTEM IN PAST Field Opened to Fraudulent Con- cerns by Provision Regarded as Vast. Secretury Hoover in a formal state- ment today declared the provision of the new tax bill opening tax returns | for inspection will jeopardize smail business and place it at the merc)" of larger competitors. The Secretary recalled that pub- | licity of tax returns during the peri- od of 1867 to 1872 contributed to “the industrial and financial chaos of the time,” and charged that the provision | of the new tax bill opens new fields for fraudulent concerns. ! “l1 am advised that the prn\'i:lenl lin the tax bill that tax returns shall | |be open to inspection is so worded | | that they may not even have the very ‘lndefinhe protection that Tie: around‘ |other ‘public documents.” said Mr.| Hoover. “Even the protection of | ‘public documents’ insufficient guarantee of confidential character. I Man Jeopardized. “We thus have is Sm serious jeopardy {that & man's business may be re- vealed to his competitors. large cor- porations already publish these facts through reports to stockholders, and this requirement therefore does not materially affect them. Such publi-| cation would be likely to become the basis of credit rating in the smaller business, and the vital factor of character and reputation will be ! undermined by the tax return of any bad vear, thus working grave in-| justice on firms undergoing momen- tary losses or those that are unavoid- | able in times of depression. i “It_will enable strong competitors | to take advantage of temporary weak condition of smaller concerns, and on the other hand fraudulent concerns would gladly pay few thousand | doliars a year falsely disguised as| | profit in order to misiead the public. | People who wish to disguise their | wealth will be stimulated to further evasion. It can add nothing to revenue returns. First Move of Kind Failed. may be well recalled “It that | publicity of ta 1872, contributed to the industrial | and financial chaos of the time. One serious effect might be to undermine confidence in the whole system of taxes on incomes, which would be a great pit |CRAMTON PLAN FOES HEARD BY SENATORS Citizens’ Fiscal Issue Case Present- | { ed This Afternoon Before Dis- | trict Committee. | The case of the people of the Dis- trict of Columbia against the so-called Cramton amendment to the District | appropriation bill, doing away with | the 60-40 plan of appropriating for the District and substituting a lump sum contribution by the federal gov- ernment toward the maintenance of the National Capital, will be fully pre- sented at a hearing before the Senate appropriations subcommittee this aft- | ernoon. The District Commissioners, Ed- ward F. Colladay and Theodore W.| Noyes, representing the citizen: joint committee, will discuss the fis cal relations of the District and fed- eral governments and strongly urge that the Cramton amendment be re- | jected. The subcommittee met at 2 o'clock this afternoon. It was expected that it would be possible to complete the hearings on the District bill before adjournment this afternoon. Officials of the government will be heard in regard to the public parks and pub- | lic_buildings, and in regard to water supply for the District. 112,000 MINE WORKERS i ANSWER STRIKE CALL Every Colliery of Lehigh Vul}ey;‘ i Coal Company Shut Down ! by “Walkout.” By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa., May 16.—Answer- ing a strike call issued last night by | the general grievance committee, | 12,000 employes of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company in the Pittston- Wilkes-Barre district, did not report for work today. Every colliery of the company was shut down, accord- ing to reports received at the head- quarters of the miners’ union. A reduction in the rate paid for yardage and the alleged refusal of the company officials to confer with representatives of the austrict pres- ident were given as the reason for the walkout. Perfectly Well, ; | “This was denied,” the correspondent cabled to Hongkong. *“The secretary said Sun Yat Sen did not feel called upon to prove to anybody that he is not dead in view of categorical statements to the contrary which have been issued at Sun’s headquarters. Dr. Sun, the secretary added, is “per- fectly well after an indisposition that could not be termed an iliness.” How- ever, the opinion still prevails in Hong- kong that if the constitutional party chief is not dead he at least is suffering from a severe mental breakdown. It is said his condition has been such that none but members of his family is per- mitted to see him. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1924 —-FORTY-EIGH'] PAGES. — M RucTionss s 7o IR GERMANS LOSE PLEA [Continued Quakes {FAVORS U.S. HANDLING FOR ZONING CHANGE Hoover and Mrs. Wilson Among Opponents of Plan to Remove S Street Restriction. NEW AREA Apartments Are Prohibited in Row-House Section. IS CREATED The application of the Germar ernment to change its property on the north side of § street between Phelps place and 23d street from “A restricted” to “B arca,” which would have permitted erection of an apart- ment house. was turned down by the Zoning Commission today. Apart- ments now are banned there The commission postponed decision on the question of prohibiting apart- ment houses in several large areas Iying between RogigCreek Park and Wisconsin avenue,- which proposal brought spirited debate at the public hearing vesterday. Action was de- x returns, which was |ferred to enable the commission to | ; | somal inspection of the | required during the period of 1867 to ! Make a persona | Ao el ve further | Educators Express Appreciation of |t areas affected, and to recei arguments in writing When this item was under discus- sion vesterday property owners in that section of the city appeared in support of the restriction against apartments. while another group of builders and owners contended against the restriction Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and of Commerce Moover we those protesting the change by the German government scretary among sought New Area Created. The commission decided to adopt a new section in the zoning regu tions creating what is to be known | as “B restricted areas.” The “A re- stricted areas” are principally de- tached home sections, in which apart- ment houses are prohibited. A "B re- stricted area” will apply to & resl dential section of row houses, in which apartment houses will be banned. The commission did not have under consideration any par- ticular neighborhood to which "the “B restricted’ regulation applied. but it is understood that an application will be filed for the zon- ing of the residential part of George- town as "B restricted.” The proposal to ask Congress for lan amendment to the zoning law that Would enable the Commissioners to Withhold building permits pending a | blic hearing before the zoning com- Thission was abandoned. Application to change property 100. 1011 13th street from residential to | first commercial was turned down. osal to establish an indus trial "zohe on the east. side of Sth street northeast. from Hamlin street o Michigan avenue, was denied The commission granted a request changing three lots mear Sth and Franklin streets northeast from re idential to industrial. A request to reduce the height limit of a 'section of Georgetown from Sixty to forty feet was granted OVER-RULING PARDON OF COOLIDGE STUDIED Justice Department Seeks Prece- dent for Court Action on Sa- loonkeeper’s Case. With Philip Grossman held in jail in Chicago despite an extemsion of presidential clemency, Department of Justice officials have begun a study of legal authorities and precedents for the action of the Chicago court in overriding the President’s action. Attorney General Stone feels that the situation has developed involved and technical legal points that re- quire careful consideration. For that reason he has declined to ex- press an official opinion. Grossman, a former saloonkeeper, was sen- tenced for contempt of court and the sentence was commuted by President e department officlals hold the view that the President's authority is supreme in the exercise of clem- ency, but it is conceded that the precedents are confllclins‘. Upheld By Daugherty. The case of Controller Craig of the city of New York recently presented a question similar to that involved in the holding of Grossman and in that case Attorney General Daugherty upheld the President's right to act in contempt cases gov- | would be | Still Destroying 1 Towns in Turkey| By the Axsociated Pross | | CONSTANTINOPLE, May 16— | Dispatches received today report that further earthquake shocks | have been felt at Erzerum, Has- | san Kale and Kars. Entire vil- | | lages in the neighborhood of Has- | | san Kale are reported to have been destroved. The number of additional victims is given as 120, A Cons Wednesday tion of inop! reported dispatch on | the destruc- veral villages and the ut firty 1 in a vi earthquake in the region um Ic lent Erze of |ORATORY WINNER MAY ' BE NAMED TOMORROW - Star Expects to Be Able to An- ! nounce Judges’ Selection Among | Eight Finalists. i | | | | | ALL CONTESTANTS HOPEFUL Contest Results. he Star expects to be able 1o an- nounce tomorrow the results of the | finals in the oratorical contest on the | held as part of the na- | tional contest to culminate here June | | 6. when secondary school orators | from all parts e country will | compete with the 1 winner | | f lection of local grand prize { winner, who will represent the Dis- | | trict of Columbix in the national con- | | test. is expected shortly at the hands {of the judges. Justices Robb, McCoy {and Siddons | Plans under way today made it| | seem likely that this paper will find | it possible to announce the local | winner tomorrow, also the name of {the alternate choken. To the gra ! winner will go a prize of $300. | Awarded Prize of $100. Constitution, loc the | The candidates for the high honor |of representing the National Capital lin the final oratorical meet. over {which the President of the United States will preside, each have been |awarded a prize of $100 by The Star. !Ther have been heard individually | {by the judges. who now are marking | them 50 ner cent on their oration, as | such. and 50 per cent on delivery | Duringz the past two weeks the board | !of judzes went from school to school, | {heatinz tre chosen orators | | Those from whom will be selected | the grand prize winner and alternate | | engineers of the | velopment | public |are: Ruth Newburn, Central High School; Frank I. Winant, McKinley ! Manual Training School; Edith Miley | Business High School; Rozier Gad dis, rmstong Manual Training School; Lillian L. Washington, Dun- | | bar High School: Ruth Greenwood, Eastern High School; Ruth Craven, | Holy Cross Academy. and Dorothy B. | Smith, Western High School. . Each contestant, his or her school's | | chosen orator. carried today the high | | hopes and wishes of hundreds of as- | | sociates and friends as the time for | | the final selection drew near. | Appreciation Expreswed. | Local educators today expressed | | appreciation of the contest, which | aimed to create interest in and love ! for the Constitution of this tounlry.l From expressions -of high school | principals and teachers it is evident that all feel that the local contest (Continued on Page 2, Column The Rambler Comes Back! The special Sunday ar- ticles of the Rambler were long a feature of The Star, but were discontinued some time ago on account of the illness of the writer. Now he is back on the job again, and his article will appear in The Magazine Section of Next Sunday’s Stag GREAT FALLS PROJECT Gen. Black, Former Chief Engineer of Army, Sees Abundant Market for Power. TYLER ESTIMATES AMPLE House Committee Told Work Could Be Done in Sections. Water-power development the Potomac River can be done cheaper by the government than by private interests; there is an abundant mar- ket within economic transmission dis- tance for all the power that can be generated; the entire project as esti- mated by Maj. M. C. Tyler can easily be done within the cost fizured by him and can be done in sections—the Chain bridge dam first, the three stor- age reservoirs next and then the Great Falls dam. Based on forty years' experience in engincering werk for the govern- ment, Maj. Gen. Willlam M. Black. U. S A, retired, formerly chief of AYmy. gave these facts to the special subcommittee of e House District committee today. Gen. Black emphasized that in his opinion, as in_the opinions previously expressed by Maj. J. A. O'Connor. b p Tyler in his report, by Wiiliam Kelly, chief engineer for the federal power coinmission. and by O. C. Merrill. the executive secretary of the federal power commission. that the Potomac River hydroelectric de- should not be undertaker without a_definite contract with loc utilities that they would use or distribute_all of the power that could be generated so as to get the greatest reduction in cost to tie con- sumers that would be possible by the full development in vestigated Many Times. Gen. Black explained mittee that the Potomac is an old which vestigated many term of office many times & of steam production of coal hegan to scribed Maj fully p to the River project has been in- times during his It was turned down cause of the low cost before the cost increase. He de- Tyler's report as care- pared. conservat » and said that Ma Tyler was an able en- gineer. Gen. Black explained that he accepted the chairmanship of a com- one, ¢ Foening Star, | ' DOHENY | by special representatives of the gov- | Col | ing the refusal of young Doheny to - | ANsWer the question: 1 com- | ters mittee representing the Washington | Chamber of Commerce, which inves- tigated the Tyler plan. In reply to question from Repre- sentative Thomas L. Blanton, Demos crat, Texas, he made it plain rhat this work was undertaken as a civie duty and that he was not hired. After going thoroughly into the project, he expressed himself as fully con- vinced that Maj. Tyler cstimates are ample and that the work will probably be done under the figures included in the report. The ~ost of power produced in a steam plant is 7.14 mills per kilowatt hour at the switchboard in the most efficient steam plant in the city. In the p; posed hydroelectri plant the esti- mated cost 6.75. including amorti- zation in thirty years. The actual | cost of production of energy will be nine hour. That tenths of. without is the 1 mill amortization charges. figure that should * be per kilowatt | Justification | | compared with the steam production | cost. Gen. Black explained. After amortization power from Great Falls can be sold with economy at a rate of one to two mills per to the distributing company. Two Classes of Power. Gen. Black explained the two classes of power—first, primary, which is the only one considered in the Tyler re- port and on which the estimates were based. This is the amount of energy which can be produced day in and day out; then there is the secondary power, produced by the flow of the river at certain periods of the vear, which is a surplus supply, available in certain seasons and is about equal to_the primary power. Much of Gen. Black's testimony was technical. He explained that the Pproject is so large that it is proposed to construet, first, a dam at Chain bridge. This would have immediate beneficial effect on the Distriet, he said. He would next recommend the construction of the three storage res- ervoirs to increase the pri er, and then build the Great Falls dam, hich would double the power capacity. Within forty years the cost of the entire plant would be paid and cur- rent could be delivered at switch- boards at a cost of about 2 mills per kilowat hour. The cost of transmis- sion and distribution would be brought up to 2 cents per kilowat hour as compared with the 10-cent charge at present. It would be very unwise, General Black said, to undertake the project without a contract that the power is to be distributed through existing stems, that is by the Potomac Elec- ic Power Company, which already " "(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) ilowat hour “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington hames as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,475 TWO CENT England Tipping - SYITH PROTECTION COST HIM S250.000 REMUS TESTIFIES Distiller Places Safeguard Cost in Vast Rum Business - Up to $300,000. By Scientist Shows} By the Associated Press | LONDON, May 16.—The Jsland | of Great Britain is tipping east- ward and has tilted several feet in that direction within the last 300 vears. This statement was made by C. H. J. Clayton recent- Iy in a paper read before the Society of Engincers at Burling- ton House A study of the east coast his- tory and physiography, he said £0€s to support the theory that tie island is tilting, and 4 good deal of what is calied “erosion” may be as much due to the rapid alternation of the relative levels of sea and land as to other cau Between Cromer and Mundestey the rate of erosion is about fourteen feet per annum ’WAS SENT TO PRISON DESPITE GUARANTEES Was Promised Daugherty Would Keep Him From Atlanta—Un- able to Say Money Split. 'S REFUSAL | TO TESTIFY UPHELD Son of 0il Magnate Within Rights, Rules Justice Hitz, Refusing to Force Replies. A detailed story of payvment “‘protection money” aggregating mor. | than & quarter of a mititon dotlas t0 W. Smith, fricnd and con stant companion of former Attorne General Daugherty, was told to the POMERENE SCORES MOTIVE | Scnate Daugherty committee toda: | by George Remus of Ohio, who sa | he made a fortune out of inlicit liquo: sales before he was convicted an: sent to the Atlanta penitentiary Brought before the committee unde: | Buard, " the witness related how - oyt | a string of distilleries | Edward L. Doheny, jr., son of the | Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky after th California oil magnate, does not have | Volstead act was passed, arranme: to) ADAWEr Guestions DEoDOGHASY to ;h’r“ll)ugh“;la. “gentlemen’s agreement o wer rong . “ith Smith to get withdrawal permit him by the ofl grand jury. Justice|gng oy onrgranten from prosecutior Hitz, in Criminal Division 1, so held (for a vear and a half while ne when he dismissed a rule issued last| complished the distribution of son. week at the request of the grand 50000 or 500.000 gallons of liqus . > under the pretense of selling it for jury, which complained to the court that young Doheny, although assured Jess Declares Intent Is to Shield Father f and Not Self. medicinal purposes Remus could not recall just much money had been paid Smith, he estimated the total at about 060 to $300,0 declared split- with was dispen: ernment that they had no criminal charge against him, declined to an- swer queries of counsel before the grand jui Doheny claimed that he could not required to answer because the evidence might tend to incriminate | him. He relied on his constitutional | right not to bear wtness against him- self, Justice Hitz said: “I think gentle- | men, the privilege exists and that this ‘witness is within it. If the refus- al incidently serves to benefit some- | him Attorney General Daugherty. w one else, it does not detract from the see that clemency was extended. right of the witness. 1 discharge the Smith killed himself a year ago th rule.” | month without having made the promis: Former Senator Pomerene, as spe- | good. cial counsel for the government, pre- | “What was told vou as to Smith sented the application of the grand |connection?” asked Senator W heelt: jurors and asked that Doheny be = o compelled to answer the question. | owe te Daugherty. The ex-senator attacked the goed “He was very close to the Attorn: faith of voung Doheny in claiming |General” Remus went on. “He agrec the privilege of not bLeing required |that for a consideration of so mue to answer. He charged that the Der case he could get the permit young man was not defending him- |There would never be any proser self, but was claiming the privilege | tions.” for 'the protection of his father, Bd- | “What did you pay him first>" ward L. Doheny. The grand jurors| “I think it was $50,000. did_(heir duty in Teporting the re- | “What was the aggregate” fusal to the court, said Mr. Pomerene, | “I can’t remember exaotly as they doubted the good faith of | “You've got some checks? young Doheny. “Yes; in a secluded spot: Edward L. Doheny, sr, came from |amount to about $1,800.000." New York {o be present at the argu- id you give him that?" Not all that, some of that was ment istilleries.” “How much did you pay Jess Sm in the aggregates? “Oh. about $250.000 and $300.0u ‘That was for protection?" Was Pay For Protection. “Yes, and for permits for in_withdrawing liquor. abo various institutions in which concerned Remus necessity of the the money we one else. The whisk cd ostensibly to variol drug stores, he said, but really rea: ed the public through bootlegge in_several middle western states Even af s conviction in Oh the witn id, Smith promised h that he “never would see the pe The plan was, if the case went to ti Supreme Court, to sccure a pardon, & | the witness insisted that Smith had Cites Old Precedents. Carrying his precedents back near- 1y 100 yvears, Frank J. Hogan, defend- put to him be- fore the grand jury. cited as an il- | lustrious example the action of An-| drew Jac then President of the United States, declining to furnish evidence sought by a committee of the House of Representatives which Wwas attacking him and the members of his cabinet in 1 President Jackson’s letter reads, in part: “After the reiterated charges You have made, it was to have been expected that vou would have been | prepared to reduce them to specifica- tions and that the committee would then proceed to investigate the mat- | alleged. But, instead of this, ser was asked for the permits to_explai payments. H for taking whiske from distilleries to drug concern- There was an understanding tha: Smith was also to receive from $1.50 to $2.50 per case on each lot whisks that was_ handled through the Remus distribuon system. ““Melville Sternberger” collected th. Ppermit payments in New York and You resort to generalit €ven more | “Jydge Hart” was prohibition direc vague than your orlginal accusations, |tor at the time the hermits ser. and in open Violation of the Comsti- | jgxued. the witness saja tution and of the well established How did You pay money?" maxim that all men are presumed (o | man Broolhart acbod o be innocent until proved guilty “In cash always—somet cording to the established ru) 000 or $300 bills law, you request myself and the | This first $50.000 heads of departments to become our | jow w that 2° Own accusers and to furnish the evi- “In $1,000 bills.” dence to convict ourselves ‘Was that the largest amoun’ gave him at one time ™ “Yes. Chair es in 31 to Jess ‘Smiti = von Mr. Hogan decried what he the latter-day suggestion that one who asserts the protection of the vital provisions of the fifth amend- | ment to the Constitution. :hereby im- pliedly admits guilt, and, secondly the alarmingly growing tendency o side the courts to treat lightly en- croachments upon constitutional rights. He pointed out that this pro- tection had been sought by even the President of the United States, and the declaration that it is in no man- ner an admission of guilt was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in the Burdick case, in which the court expressly ruled that one who so avails himself “does not in fact or in law, expressly or impliedly, there- by furnish that from which any ference that he has been guili: any offense may legitimately drawn.” The called en in Summer of 1921. ‘What was the date 2° Wheeler. n June, July, or August. “You were protected the liquor—how long? man Brookhart. “For a vear and a half.” “What amount of liquor did you v« lease ™ “That's a hard thing—I can’t eve give ¥ou an approximation—I should say 600,000 of 300,000 gallons. I pa the government $800.000 or $1.000,0¢ axes at §1.20 per gallon.” nd_in addition. vou paid mith §1.30 or $2.507 “Yes." Remus said he saw Smith dianapolis. “at the time Judg: son dismissed the coal ca “How much did you pay Says Goff Present. answer that witi my bank account, 777777 e said.: “It was around $30,000. | sequently saw him at the with the Attorney General. I CHANGE IN RAIL BILL yith the Attorney Gener HITS STRIKE TIE-UP| T Sauioh compans. st s, |olis. Remus said, was “one of his institutions.” “Isn't it a fact that you drew | cash checks for $275.000 for payment to Jess Smith, between the time vouy first met him and your conviction? Remus said he wouldn't be able | tell within $50,000." “I'll produce all added. He always met he said « Would know” a little about the del “I met Smith at the Deschier Hotul Columbus, during June, July August, 1921, to pay him money thre or four times,” he Asked about a meet ‘Washington. he said: “The whisky was coming througl, pursuant to our gentlemen's agre ment. He had something coming Lo him. 1 met him to settle up the cur- rent account.” Sold to Bootleggers. The whisky, he said, was being so to bootleggers in a half dozen centrui states. “Did you pay him money every tim. you met”” asked Senator Moses, Repul: lican, New Hampshire. “That was the purpose of meetings,” Remus said. “There no_sentiment in our relations.” “Did you meet him after vour in dictment?” asked Senator Wheele:. “Yes, he told me there would be i vigorous prosecution, that the De- partment of Justice would put up - fight, but that | would never see (i penitent asked Sen 1 0 distributine put in Chair in In b Ander lawyer claimed there was no for the report by the to the court of the re- grand jury fusal of Mr. Doheny to answer, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 1 can't erence to 2y 1 sul statio think out Senate Committee Approves Amendment Providing U. S. | Receivership Suit. the checks,” I A railroad strike or lockout threat- ening a transportation emergency would result automatically in suits by the government to throw the roads affected into receivership under an amendment to the Howell-Barkley bill approved today by a Senate sub- committee. The bill itself, which provides for abolition of the Railroad Labor Board and substitution of a system of adjustment tribunals, on which | both the roads and their employes would be represented, then was re- ported favorably by the subcommit- tee to the full interstate commerc: committee. A similar bill is to come up in the House early next week. Means ot Avert Crisis. The amendment reported by the subcommittee provides specifically that when a strike or lockout results on a railroad which the President considers may bring a transportation crisis he shall at once instruct the Attorney General to file a suit for receivership and shall seek appoini- ment as receiver of a man “who has no financial connection with the rail- road." Smith personaliy me of my men at a hotel in ur was