Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1927, Page 4

4 * GOFF TAKES STAND IN DAUGHERTY CASE Assumes Responsibility for Approval of $7,000,000 Metal Claims. By the Associated Press FEDERAL COURT, NEW YORK, I'ebruary -18.—Senator Guy D. Goff of West Virginia took the stand in the Daugherty-Miller trial today and as- «umed all responsibility for the allow- anco of the claim for the $7,000,000 mpounded assets of the American Metal Co. in a volce that rang down the courtroom Senator Goff declared, “I'm the man,” in reply to the question, Are vou the man who passed these claims?" Denles Talk With Daugherty. Senator Goff was an ill man at the first trial of Daugherty and Miller His answers were given in a weak voies. But today he used the wit- ness chair as a_dais, from which he 10ld the world that Harry M. Daugh- erty “never once spoke to me about those claims, direciy or indirectly.” “Did Jess Smith ever speak to you about them?” he was asked. ‘No,” came his vociferous reply. ““Jess Smith never spoke to me. I venture to say that if he had 1 would have ordered him out of my office. “1 want to take this occasion to tell the court, this jury and the world that neither Daugherty mnor Miller nor Smith ever spoke to me of those olaims, and if they or any one else had, it would have done them no good.” Woman on Stand. The trial opened today with Mrs. Thomas Creighton on the stand de- nyving that Daugherty, as Attorney General, received daily phone calls from the late John T. King, then na- tional Republican comnmitteeman from Connecticut. The Government called witnesses who testified telephone calls between King and Daugherty were frequent. Mrs. Creighton, who was assistant sec- retary to Daugherty, said the former Attorney General never to her knowl- edge cailed King and that King only called Daugherty several times while Daugherty was in office. Miss Katherine Carroll, personal sec- retary to Daugherty as Attorney Gen- eral, took the stand to deny that tele- phone calls were frequently exchanged by Daugherty and King. Yesterday W. Frank Gibbs, onother secretary to Daugherty, gave similar testimony. Testimony of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant United States Attorney General, in favor of Daugh- .. was part of the court record, Called by Defense. She was called by the defense in an effort to prove Daugherty had no personal knowledge of the release of $7.000,000 impounded assets of the American Metal Co. Mrs. Willebrandt testified that all claims on the alien property cus- todian in 1921 were handled by Assist, ant Attorney General Goff. She was cross-examined by Federal Attorney Emory R. Buckner, her subordinate. “You are really one of my bosses, en’t you?” “Well, if you mean that 1 pass on 21l you do, and approve of it, Mr. Buckner.” The courtroom erowd laughed and Mr. Buckner, red in the face, shouted: “In this case?” In this case? Do you mean you approve my work in this case?” “1 have nothing to do with this prosecution. Mr. Buckner. Mrs. Willebrandt was appointed Assistant Attorney General by Presi- dent Harding in August, 1921. ARMY RETREATING BEFORE CANTONESE IMPERILS SHANGHAI ___(Continued from First Page.) enroute to Guam with 1,200 Marines, was ordered to proceed directly here. Twenty-one warships of five for- eign nations, the United States, Eng- land, Japan, France and Italy, swing at anchor in the river here. On the northern front, the Manchu- rian troops of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, generalissimo of the northern alli- ance, were reported to have arrived at Chengchow, important rail center of northern Honan, where they will be joined shortly by their allies, the Shan- tungese, advancing from the east. The combined forces will sweep southard in an offensive on the Nationalist con- trollad Yangtze River Valley, with Hankow as the ultimate goal. Tt also was indicated that Marshal | Wu Pei-Fu, independent militarist, might have decided to join Chang in the southern campaign. Reports stat- «d that four of his divisions had been reorganized as a part of the northern army. MISSIONARIES FLAY FENG. Four to Leave “Christian” General's Territory, They Announce. PEKING, February 18 (#).—Feng Yu-Hsiang, the Christlan general in Shenshi Province, who is reported to bave a following of 120,000 - well equipped trpops, has become ‘‘thor- oughly bolshevized” in the opinion of two American and two British mis- sionaries remaining at Sianfu, prov- incial capital. Word from the missionaries received here today said they were preparing to leave Sianfu because since the ar- rival of Feng there their treatment ,had become worse. NOW HOPE CHEN WILL SIGN. London Cabinet Instructions Designed to Win Canton Approval. LLONDON, February 18 (#).—Fresh tnstructlons forwarded to China after last night's cabinet session led to an expression of hope at the foreign office today that Foreign Minister Chen of the Cantonese regime and British Charge O'Malley would soon sign an agreement regarding the future status of Hankow. It is understood Great Britain de- clines to recognize Chen as the spokes- man for all of China. but insists upon dealing with the realities of the local situation at Hankow, which was the scene early in January of serious anti- foreign rioting The British authorities are credited with the belief that if the local prob- lem# of administration are cleared up, ing to a late Hongkong sailed today for Shanghai. The Daily Telegraph urges that the time has come for Great Britain to define precisely what she will and will dispatch not agree to and call upon Chen to | make a decision. Must Watch Beaten Army. “Great Britain,” the paper says. “can derive no support from continu ance of diplomatic dealings which a will for a reasonable adjustment ob viously is absent from the other side.” The Daily News foresees the possi bility of North and South China join ing to oppose foreigners. The statement that Shanghai will be saved from looting by the British de- ! fense troops sent to the city from L. C. M. Amery, secretary for the colonies. Speaking at Hackney. he sald the government had been justi- fled in dispatching the soldiers, for he belleved that within a few days the rabble of a defeated army would be overrunning Shanghai. 49 Missionaries Leaving. CHUNKIANG, February 18 (#).— Forty-nine missionaries, the majority of them Canadians,. evacuated this 8zechwan Province city today. and were put aboard the steamer Iping, flying the American flag, which ::?ded down the Yangtse for Shang- comes British Ships Go to Shanghai. HONGKONG, February 18 (.- The British cruisers Caradoc and Durban left here for Shanghai today. U. S. GETS NO APPEALS. Americans in Shanghal So Far Not Panicky at Situation. By the Associated Press. With Cantonese forces closer to Shanghal today than at any time dur- ing the recent developments of the aivil war in China, official advices to the government were curiously silent on the subject. So far there has been a complete absenoce of appeals for protection from Americans in Shanghai. Neither have the official dispatches mentioned the capture of Hangchow by the Cantonese. A message received yesterday said Hangchow was being attacked, but gave no details. Officials were inclined to believe that the army of Sun Chuang-Fang, com- manding the northern troops opposing the Cantonese advance, are disinte- grating. They would not be surprised at some movement by Chang Tsun- Chang, the Shantu war lord, to seize control of the Shanghal area in the name of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin. That would mean the squeezing out of Sun as a factor in the confused po- litical and military situation in China. Absence of distress calls from Americans in Shanghai, in contrast to the extreme anxlety they formerly exhibited over the approach of a Can- tonese army, is regarded by some Washington officials as due to two factors—the prospective presence of 2,800 American Marines, and, to some extent, to the actual presence of Brit- ish troops at Shanghai. 1,600 MORE MARINES SENT T0 NICARAGUA FROM U. S. BASES inued from First Page.) force from San Diego will consist of eight officers and 80 enlisted men. Officers at the Marine base said that it the Melville is to take 200 Marines from here the men will have to come rom some other place than the local Marine barracks. There are only 100 lable at the base for urgent duty. Both the Altair and the Melville are expected to sall for Corinto to- day. TRANSPORT READY TO SAIL. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DM, VOGELEESANG * RIES TOMORROW | Funeral Services to Be Held ! in St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 10:30. Funeral services for Rear Admiral Carl Theodore Vogelgesang. 58 years old, commandant of the light cruiser division of the United States Scout- ing Fleet, who died in the Naval Hos- Wednesday, will be held in Episcopal Church, 917 Twenty-third street, tomorrow morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock Rev. George Atkinson will officiate. Interment, | with full military honors, will be in Arlington Cemetery. Pallbearers will bs Rear Admiral . M. Taylor, U. 8. N.; Rear Admiral foffet, ( Rear Admiral “hofield, U « T. Lownde: fCept. T. R. Kurt . 8, Comdr. W. A. Fiteh, U, S, . Admiral Vogelgesang had been in in the Naval Hospital about three months, having come here from Nor- folk. where he left the U. 8. & | Trenton shortly before the scouting fleet was preparing to steam to South- for Winter practice. His widow. Mre, Zenaide Stevens Shepard Vogelgesang: his son, Shepard Vogel- gesang. hoth of whom arrived here from ltaly, Tuesday, and a brother, Alexander T. Vogelsang, Assistant Secretary of the Interior from 1916 to 1921 and a practicing lawyer of this | were with him when' he died. Wilbur Was Classmate. | Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who | was a classmate of Admiral Vogelge- | sang at the Naval Academy, expressed | deep regret over his death, which was declared a great loss to the Navy, | while a special communication was | received from the Brazilian minister !of marine expressing his sympathy and telling of the warm spirit of | friendship created by the late admiral when he was in charge of the naval mission in Brazil. The possessor of a long and en- viable record in the United States Navy, Admiral Vogelgesang had served in many important capacities. He was awarded the Navy cross for his serv- ices during the World War, with the following citation: “For exceptionally meritorious serv- ice in a duty of great responsibility as chief of staff to the commander-in- chief of the Asiatic fleet. | Born in California® Born in North Branch, Calif., Ad- | miral Vogelgesang was graduated [ from the Naval Academy in the class of 1890 and made a lieutenant, junior grade, in the early part of 1898 and a lleutenant in the same year. Subsequently, he was pro- moted to lieutenant commander July 1. 19 and to commander March 4, 1911, and made captain August 29, 1915. He was advanced to the grade of rear admiral October 15, 1922. His early duties included service on the Bancroft during the Spanish-Amer- ican War and as navigator of several ships, including the Louisiana. He also served as commander of the Mayflower during 1907 and 1908. In 1914 he served at the Naval “War College and left that duty to serve as chief of staff to the .com- mander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet. In 1918 he went to Brazil as the senior member of the naval mission. Commanded U. 8. 8. Idaho. Upon his return to this country he commanded the new battleship Idaho, which was being constructed at Ca In 1920, upon his detach- miral Henry B. Wilson, commander- in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. In 1922 came another tour of duty in Brazil as chief of the naval mission, and he returned to this country in 1925 and assumed command of battleship divi- sion 2 of the scouting fleet, holsting his flag on the U. 8. S. New York. Besides the widow, son and brother, Admiral Vogelgesang leaves two other ihrmhers-—(‘,harles A. Vogelsang of San Francisco and Edward D. Vo- gelsang of Fresno, Calif.—and four sisters—Miss Dorothy Vogelgesang, Miss Emma C. Vogelgesang and Mrs. A. E. Bechtel of San Francisco and M"Tf Fred A. Eckstrom of Stockton, Calif. Elect Comdr. Stoddard. Lieut. Comdr. George K. Stoddard, U. S. N., was elected president of the Fillmore School Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation at the meeting last night in the school. Stoddard succeeds Elmore T. Burdette, who resigned. man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. Henderson Awaits Lifting of Fog to Leave Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, February 18 (P). —The transport Henderson, which has been conditioning nere for some time and taking on suppiles for the fieet in Southern waters, pulled out to mid- stream at the Philadelphia Navy Yard today and awaited the lifting of a thick fog before departing for New- port, R. I. Af the New England Naval Station the Henderson will tuke on board a large contingent of Marines and saflors for replacements among the ships at Guantanamo. Stops il be made at Southery ports to take on additional men,Bonie of whom may see service in Nicaragua. The Henderson was expected to sail several days ago, but trouble with her electric generators delayed her de- parture. Nicaragua’s navy consists of one small patrol boat, which is stationed on the Pacific side. to borrow. For each 350 or}. fractionborrowed, you agree to de- posit 31 per week in an Account, ‘ may be the note when the negotiations may later be turned toward a general settlement of Anglo Chinese relations Satisfaction was felt in nearly all quarters today that Great Britain had not vielded to the pressure to hold the Shanghai defense troops at Hong- kong. The reported impending arrival of weveral hundred American Marines is ‘egarded as further insurance for the international settlement at Shanghai agains«t possible mob violence accom- panying or following the entry of a victorious army into the city. The detense force will be further increased shortly by the arrival of a battallon of the*Suffolk regiment, which accerd- monthly you prefer. 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The regimen They were ordered on duty by Great Britaln to protect the international settlement of Shanghai, and to avoid a repe- tition of the Hankow riots. "Y : U L) [} [y [} 1 " ’ Chinese tneater of war, showing how the Cantonese are approaching Shanghai. Sun’s forces from Hangchow, a key position to the lower Yangtze Valley. Sun's troops are concentrating at Kashing, miles from Shanghal, for a last desperate stand to save the city. only 7 PEKING © TIENTSIN FENG - -HSIANG % LHHC.' HOWFU CANTONESE GOVT. CANTON | FEBRUARY 18, 1927 INDIAN TROOPS DISEMBARKING AT SHANGHA Yesterday their troops drove Baronet Satin Slips $1.29 Green, tan, gray. black and other shades. full cut, in sizes 36 to 44. $1.00 All Over Silk Hose 59c¢ Pure silk and rayon silk from toe to top, every new spring shade. Per- fect quality; all sizes. $1.00 Leatherette Boston Bags 59c Large size, black only, lined, strap and buckle. Boys’, Mii v e Aunother Sensational Shoe Sale School and Dress Shoes ‘hoose from dozens of the shoes and oxtords to be arrafiged on tables for quicl 10 make room for our spring merchandise. Genuine all leather made. Sizes 8% to 2 and 2% to 8. Charge Accounts Invited ARRY 1316-1326 Seventh St. N.W. Final Clean-up of All Men’s uits & O’Coats Group No. 1 $1 4.75 $25 to $35 Values into two groups at $14.75 and $19.75. extra charge for regular alterations. Dress in Style, Kconomically New Sprin Dresses Sizes Sizes $6.9 16 to 12 44 to 50 $10-$12-$15 Values Flat silk crepes, sorrglla crepe and georgettes with silk slips, in a huge variety of splendid styles, materials and trimmings. We will put these dresses agamnst any sale held in Washington for real comparison for materials, styles, make and‘ trim. All the season’s new colors Regular Extra s’ and Growing Girls’ Army UFMAN: 335 to $50 Values For a grand clearaway, in fact, it is almost a giveaway, we have bunched our Suits and Overcoats, also Topcoats, It’s a sale people wait for and realize ’.,‘.5 a real chance to save money. Garments for wear now and in the Springtime as well are here galore and every one a world-beater for value. Sizes 32 to 46. 36 to 45 inches wide. ————— Sturdy pants for street wear or work. A sure fit, in sizes 29 to 42. No $2.00-52.50 Silk Fringe anel Curtains $1.00 Choice_of Filet an d Nottingham lace, ivory and ara- bian, 2%4 vards long, 51_00‘ Silk Stripe Union Suits 59c¢ Wool tint, just the correct weight, sleeveless, knee, reg- ular and extra sizes, Men’s Goodyear Welt and Dress Shoes $2.95 Another latest and most popular styles of selling in order Werpiis satisfaction. OECBRORD desired style t value in the most leathers and lasts. made to give perfect izes 6 to 11. PO OO GENERALRALIAY STRKE INMEAED Walkout in Sympathy for| Shopmen, Whose Wage Demands Were Refused. B the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, February 18.—A general raflway strike went into effect In Mexico at midnight. It was called by the Federation of Transport | Workers in sympathy with the strike of shopmen whose demands for higher pay and reinstatement of some dis missed workers were not granted by the National Raflway lines. The strike has been declared illegal by the department of industry, and officials of the National Railway lines say traffic will continue to move about a8 usual because some untons do not approve of the movement and will not stop work. The Federation of Trans port Workers, however, declares the unions will present a solid front. The government will hold the execu- tive committee of the Transport Workers Federation responsible for any disorders arising from the strike. The department of industry and com- merce has notified the federation that this attitude is being taken on ac- count of the refusal of representatives of the federation to confer with repre- sentatives of the National Railway lines to seek a solution of the dispute. PROTEST LAUNDRY ANNEX IN RESIDENTIAL AREA Burleith Citizens Opposing Con- struction at House of Good Shep- herd Near Western High School. Opposttion to the erection of a pro- posed annex, to be used for the pur- pose of enlarging the laundry. at the House of Good Shepherd, opposite the Western High School, will ba made tonight by members of the Burleith Citizens’ Association and parents of ‘Western High School pupils. 1t is proposed to treble the capacity of the laundry at the institution, the work being done by the inmates of the home. Contention of the Burleith citizens are that the erection of the laundry in a locality that is largely residential will tend to depreciate their property. The proposed laundry would be built between the school's new $1,000,000 annex and the Western High School's athletic fleld. Both members and non-members of the Burleith Association and the Par- ent-Teacher Association of the school, are invited to attend tonight's meet- ing at 8 o'clock, in the music room at Western High School. The border line between the United States and Mexico is about 1,200 miles in length, with about 600 miles of it a purely imaginary line. That part of the boundary line defined by the banks of the Rio Grande is well marked throughout its entire length UST as embassies have their attaches, the best dinners in the capital have theirs. ‘The de luxe sealed pint package of The Velvet Kind ice cream is the at- tache of the perfect meal. Attach yourself to one ori the way home. SouthernDairies —where you are made to feel at home. The FEDERAL-AMERICAN ommend u: Wise motorists take no sub- stitute. 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