New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1924, Page 11

DOHENY OFFERS T0 | CALL OFF CONTRACTS I States That Govt. Can Call O - Tea Pot Agreement ‘Washington, Jan. 26. — E. T Doheny, California ofl magnate, who testified he loaned former Interior Sacretary Fall $100,000 while he was a4 member of the cabinet, informed 1he senate oil committee today that he was willing to cancel the oil con- tract with the government, upon, however, to reimburse the Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Co, for its actual expenditure under the contract. Thus is a medification of Doheny's original offer to cancel if a board of experts decided that the contracts were not advantageous to the govern- ment. Mr. Doheny's offer was made by his | e government would be called he said that in the particular case that Tuck's conduct as a lawyer had been both conscientious and com- mendable, pointed ,to the code of thics, which says “that in fixing fees should never be forgotten that the profession is a branch of the admin- istration of justice and not a mere money getting trade. - GONGRESS TALKS . VARIOUS MATTERS Taxes, Farm Relief and Muscle Shoals Attract Attention Washingten, Jan. 26.—Taxes, farm relief and Muscle Shoals all struggled today for a share of the congressional | spotlight recently monopolized by the oll industry. None of them, however, got far. th the semate in recess and the house working on the dry detalls of \ COUNT AND BRIDE | ¥AMS ¥in Resengen LEAVE OUR SHORES Yon Hoogstraten. Are on Wy eyt Abroad for Honeymoon — Secretary of Trades Union Suggests That Great Britain Acts Upon ‘By The Agsocisted Press. | México City, Jan. 26—(By Radio | ia Fort Worth Star Telegram)—John Brown, secretary of the International Federation of Trade Unions announc- P C ie | @4 last night he had cabled the new New York, Jan. 26.—Count Ludwig |y 00y 15hor ministry In connection {Salm von Hoogstraeten and his bride, ity British recognition of the soviet |the former Millicent Rogers, heiress |government, declaring that Great {to the millions of thé late H. H. Rog- | Britain is the only power which has ers, one of the founders of, Standard | not recognized Mexico, while Mexico Ey % |is the only nation not recegnizing Ofl, salled for Xurope on the Veen- |y, .nq and suggesting the advisa- dam today, expressing the hope that Lility of altering the present status. | their six months’' absence would tend Brown recently returned to Mexico {to reconcile the count’s father-in-law | City after accompanying Obregon to |and mother-in-law to their recent|various points on the Jalisco front. | gucret marriage. | —— The parents, Colonel and MNrs. | FENN TO ESCORT AHAM {Henry Huddleston Rogers, were not{ ;,gge Alling recelved word today {aboard the Veendam to see the party ;.4 Congressman E. Hart Fenn will o o Y ather member of lescort Representative W. J. Graham e bride's family either at the pler | ¢ oy washington to Hartford when or aboard to wish the palr bon voy- |y, japter comes north to speak at age and a happy honeymoon. The| e L4 _‘ TR LOCATED | rms. up ang | Maln celiar, o5, #ch 503 6 2759 ms. 3d floo; 7 comb. ) A% ol buzes for Scle Clevelnd 4 OR ' RARGAIN § Neither Bargains Nor Opportunities Have counsel, Gacin McNab, but no im- mediate action was taken on it. an appropriation bill, members of |both sides scrambled for places as count, asked if the disapproval of| |Colonel and Mra. Rogers had dimin- the McKinley agsociation dinner. reservations - plications for banquet are reported coming in fast. Last year Mr. McNab made this statement: “Mr. E. L. Doheny yesterday pro- posed to your committee that he ‘would cause the Pan-American Petro- lcum & Transport company to recon- vey all interest in the contracts of that company known as the Pearl Iarbor contracts, if a board of ex- perts were appointed to examine into the contracts and that beard decided they were not wise, advantageous and the best that the government could have made, upon thé condition that the government reimburse the com- pany for its actual expenditures made under the cgntracts without profit. “At the héaring on January 24, the chairman of the committee asked Mr, | Doheny if he would be willing to have these contracts so reconveyed without the intervention of the board of experts, “Upon further consideration of the matter, Mr, Doheny now wishes to in- form you that he is willing, in order that there may be no basis for critl- cism of his company's dealings with thie government, to recommend the ncceptance of the modification of his original offer suggested by the chair- man, “Of course. you aware that \ir, Doheny has at all times contend- ed and contends that all of his eom- pany's leases and contracts are en- tirely . legal und valid and that this letter is without prejudice to him and his company’'s position, if the ar- rangement herein referred to be not coneluded. “The following is an approximate statement (made up as accurately as possible at the date of this letter) of the sitwation regarding the Pearl Harbor constryction: “Cost as per contract of Hurbor facilities to December 1623, $4,500,000. “Value, us per contract, of fuel ofl dellvered to Pearl Harbor, (completed contract), $1,986,000, “Total, $6,486,000, “The excess of development operating expenditures over are Pearl 81, spectators when the Teapot Dome committee opened its doors early this afternoon to again hear Archie Roose- | velt, At the house end of the capitol the military committee made plans to set up a rival attraction by inviting Hen- ry Ford to appear early next week and {explain his bid for Muscle Shoals. | Forgetting their milking stool ri- valries, Secretary Wallace and Mag- nus Johnson put their heads together to consider farm relief at a senate agriculture committee hearing, and |later the committee was able to re- {port progress toward completition of |a bill to promote crop diversification. Taxes got a flicker of general atte tion again when the ways and means committee threw out Mr. Mellon's suggested | recommendation to do away with the’| community tax !husband and wife eight | combination now legalized by states. | Another question likely to arouse | conslderable argument later—the plea of Porto Rico for more self de- |termination—was laid formally be- | tore both senate and house. On the senate side the memorial was deliv- ered over to a committee but in the {house it was presented in a speech |from the floor by delegate Davila. SEN, FALLS NOTE " PRODUGED IN WASH Lawyers Show One Given in ' $25,000 Loan~Also Checks Washington, Jan. 26. — When the oil committee resumed its ! sonate and | pearing today, G. T. Stanford, one of | income | ty6 Sinclair attorneys, produced thd derived from sale of production from | ;o6 which J. W. Zevely testified yes- | a) roserve lands amounts to $500,- | ¢,.qgy that former Interior Secretary | { « :::g}:;::::’&;"::fl&j d:’"';"‘z‘:h ":: {many who failed to apply early were |reconcile them to his acquisition mlumxble to secure table accomodations. the famiiy. | Tt is expected that about 100 men and The countess, not loath to talk te “°™e" will répréant this city. [the small army of newspapermen |aboard, and posing for newspaper photographs, decried her recent ex- periences with news writers. “I'm bored with them—bored be- yond words!" ghe ejuculated. *“I shall g0 to Africa while the count is en- | gaging in Olympic tennis play as a member of the Austrian team and try | in's Island, a private game preserve I to find a new hrand of monkey.” |in .Great Peconlc Bay, owned by | 'l;he'"vfounwut sald thlryl!;‘r-t woulgi.vamo- W. Lane, torpedo manufac- | go to e count’s ancestral ome, an i that her husband later would go to | l.urer, e haiog: aod we 4 cache fop | southern Francé to play tennis with | llauor runners from the rum fleets off | | Vincent Richards in preparation for the Long Island and Jersey eontu.‘ the Olympic games, prohibition men discovered tqdny.‘ ®he countess interspersed her re- Five prohibition men on a visit to | marks to reporteds with sharp asides the island before daybreak surprised | to her brother-in-law, the Count Otto | # number of runuers carrying liquor Sal mvon Hoogstraeten, who sailed |10 ® hunting shack. The runners fled, with them, He had misplaced m”lnnp-d into their boat and escaped. passport. Jhifty cases of whiskey were confis- | “On, do be quiet,” she admonished | cated. | hig as he complained of the loss. After g |answering a reporter’s question, she again turned to Count Otto, “It's in | : - HENRY HARRIS DEAD 'LANE GAME PRESERCE IS | BOOTLEGGERS' RENDEZVOUS i New Suffolk, N. Y., Jan. 26.—Rob- | | | | Count Otto participated in a polite of Moving Picture Actress. |attired in a business suit, possessed been loaned his party, An usher sct- |picture actress and “former wife of the pavement after he had been | ‘ ’ | The police are hunting for the taxi- | “I saw to it. Quit your fussing.” The | N led in Altercation passport later was found in the trunk. v('hloun Mo w8 With Taxi-Driver May Be Father | altercation at the Metropolitan Opera | house last night with a stranger, who | himselt of one of the remaining un- | Chicago Jan. 26.—Henry Harris, occupled chairs In the box that had father of Mildred Harris, the motion tled the dispute by inducing the | cpapies Chaplin, died carly today of i st e | injuries received by his head striking knocked down twice in an altercation with a taxicab driver. lclb driver, | Los Angeles, Cal, Jan, v |Harry R. Harris, mother of Mildred Harris, said today she dld not belleve inp’ |that her husband was the man killed Lenine's Funeral Wil Be Held at 5" chivuge"&he St That"her S |band's name was “Harry R, Harris,” and that he had never been known Particular Seasons It is never the wrong time to buy real estate or a home. Neither bargains nor homes are sonable. sea- If you are interested in real estate, or a place to live, you do not have to wait until a “better time”—the best time is now. Just read the “Real Estate For Sale” or the houses for sale ads in the classified columng each day and you will find several attractive inducements. Herald Wants Ads Satisfy Read Them! Volume - Variety - Honesty Jot frontlag ua b e, ASThN"ES: 5 DIPROV! D2 10 sehouls | o with ale 0. E ——— NETHRIY L sre 455150 wm . . rves, 1k NTRIW n " ofiah, S0 wede 4pd & 'R R 2 | all had given him as evidence df the | 1825,000 Liberty bond loan made him | by Harry Sinclair, The note was dat- 4 p. m.-Preserve ,986,000, “Value of royalty products deli Hm md Bramu “Henry.” She separated from ‘H-rrl- 20 years ago, she said. ercd Ly government to company, $ 485 3 t $3,003,000. wre will be credited this approximate amount the value of working materials and supplies on hand and which can be utilized else- wiere by the company, “In wdditlon to the foregoing company is obligated on construction contracts herctofore let to expend ap- proximately $2,000,000 in connection witli the Pearl Harbor development. Should the government not wish to complete these contracts and cancel the same, the company’s obligations |sation he had on Jan, 18, 1924 with | to the sub-contractors would be only the estimated amount of profit on the contracts cancelled, “Mr. Doheny does not understand that the several small leases compris- ing approximately two sections alto- gether and the leasing or which was determined upon for the purpose of drillng offset wells to prevent drain- | age by wells on adjoining private Jands, has been in any way subjected to criticism by the committee and he takes it that the committee and con- gress will desire the continued oper- wtion of these welis in order that the government interest may be protected. “As 10 these lcases, whether or not they are recognized by the committee ue valld, Mr. Doheny is willing to recommend that they be operated by his company until such time as the entire net revenue therefrom (includ- ing royaity oil incuring o the govern- ment), together with any other credits which may exist, shall have equalled whatever balance Is or may become due to the company for expenditures heretofore made or incurred as here- inbefore state, said amount to be de- termined by govrenment audit, and that they then be surrendered to the | government. Parls, Jan. 26.--Harry I the American oil magnate, is being fept fully advised by private eables g* the senate investigation of the Yeapot Dome lease but is resolutely fietermined to make no comment Mwhatever in regard to the proceedings ‘st present, Mr. Sinclair's visit here is de- scribed as one of budiness, He will remgin in Europe until this business 1= completed, according to his orifgi- | nal plans. He is seeing numerous per- | sons, presumably 'in relation to the Persian oll concession in which he is Interested. JUDGE REPRIMANDS Bench States That Practice of Charg- ing Big Fees in Liquor Cases is Un- ethical. 2 Hartford, Jan. 28.—In a decision in the court of common pleas here to- day, Judge Edward C. Dickenson not only cut the fee of Attorney Louls H. Tuck of this city In a liquor case, making it $75 instéad of $150, but took occasion to discourage the prac- tice which he said has’ developed among some lawyers, of charging ex- horbitant fees in such cases. Judge Dickenson attacked the prac- Uce on ethical grounds and aitheugh Sinclair, | ed May 28, 1923, | Stanford also presented two feplled checks of Zevely's corporation by {connection with the expenditure : r | Zevely of $115,000 loaned by Sinclai |in purchasing a Long Island home. One check for $81,922 was dated the | Nov, 8, 1922 and was made payable | |to Willlam Thaw. The other for $2,- 126 was of the same date and made | payable to James M. Strong. Archie Roosevelt was re-examined | by Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, land was asked for the exact conver- G. D. Wahlberg, Sinclair's secretary. %It was a rather rambling conver- sation,” Roosevelt said, "I asked him why he thought Mr. Sinclair left for jurepe so suddenly. He sald he thought it must have been on account of the evidence Senator Walsh had collected in Palm Beach.” Noosevelt reiterated that Wahlberg had suggested that he resign from the | Binclair interests, which he since has | €one. “He wanted to know how far his loyalty to his employer went,” con- |tinued the withess. “Then he sald he |had cancelled checks for $68,000 on the corporation. He sald he was like- ly to be asked a great number of | questions in the investigation and |wanted t6 know just how far his loy- |aity to his employer should go.” 'DAUGHERTY IN ACCORD " WITH PRES. COOLIDGE { fAtwrncy General Says that There is Perfect Understanding Between His Dept. and White House. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 26.—"Presi- dent Coolidge and I have a distinct understanding as to the attitude of the department of justice concerning the senate lease inquiry and allled mat- ters, and the interests of the nation will be fuly protected,” asserted At- torney Gen. Daugherty here today. The attorney general and Mrs. Daugherty arrived here this moerning, en route to Miami beach, where he is taking Mrs. Daugherty in company with two nurses, for a complete rest during the winter months. Mr. Daugherty expects to spend only a | few days at Miami. v | “The pelitical aspects or effects of | this inquiry,” said the atlerney gen- |eral, “no matter what they may be/ | will not enter into the slightest con- | sideration of the department of jus- tice,. Our department hap beem re- can- | | Moscow, Jan. 26.~The funeral t6- | |morrow of Nikelal Lenine will be against | wpjel were called for yesterday I |,naq0 the occasion of an impressive | | tribute ot Russia’s first Bolshevik pre- lmler in every part of the nation's | wide domain. When the body is lowered into its | temporary mausoleum in Red Square {at 4 p. m,, there will be a five-minute cessation of activities throughout the | whole country. All trains, telegraph instruments and telephones will cease Ioperlnan: overything will be silent except for the booming of guns in | (salute. One-hundred guns will be |fired in the larger towns, twenty-five | |1n the smaller and rifies will be used in the village where there is no ar- | tillery, | Just prior to the perfod of silence |every telegraph instrument will click the words: “Lenine is dead, but | | his work goes on,” while over the ra« |dio orchestras will play the “Inter. |national.” The services proper in Moscow will begin at 9 o'clock in the morning. | While the body will be placed In |the temporary mausoleum, 8o ar- |ranged that a mirrored reflection of the casket will be visible from the outside, the heart and brain of the | Bolshevik leader will be pregerved in |#pecial glass containers, placed in a | “Lenine Museum” in Moscow, to- getherfith his manuscripts. The riod of lying in state ends at midnight tonight, and regardless of the coldest weather experienced In | Moscow for several years the crowd of mourners gathered for the proces- |sion before the catafalque in the house of unions increased constantly in size today. The temperature this morning was 25 degrees below zero.. The skies |were clear but the frigld air was filled | with particles of frost. About the house of unions the mounted police hovered over log fires bullt in the | strects, their ponies frost-bitten and | cach man's beard frozen stiff. Inside the hall the mass of fur-clad mourners streamed past the bier, hur- rying on to give the thousands be- hind a chance 1o view the body. There were more hysteria, more shricks and mere fainting than yesterday. One | {stalwart workman, when he saw the eried: “INMiteh, Iliteh!” (Le. real name) and.fell in a faint. The widow sat near the body Archbishop Tikhon has sent a let- {ter of condolence to the government. | RED REYOLUTION PLOT UNCOYERED IN GERMANY did tor val | ceiving every bit of evidénce of the | senate inquiry and will continue to ecxamine and review this testimony.” HENS LAY FOR CHARITY New Haven, Jan. 26. — Blddies at the Connecticut state pouliry show here Januvary 31 to February 3 will lay for el y, it was announced by the show gement today. As the egg produ during the exhibit us- ually ameunts to about three cases and this year's show is expected to be the largest ever held, a goodly sum is expected to be realized. | Berlin, Jan. 26.—An alleged com- munist plot for the overthrow of the government was brought to light to- day in the debate of the finance com- | mittee of the Wurtemburg pariiament, |nccording to ddvices from Stuttgart Large quantities of explesives are said t6 have been seized. l modern seller. Going Out of Business There is an old Latin adage which says, “Caveat Emptor.” Translated, it means, “Let the buyer beware.” It put the burden of seeing that one got his money’s worth on the purchaser. It warned him to enter a shop with his eyes wide open, to have faith in no one, to kee, his fingers crossed and then trust to Providence that h? n’t lose his eye teeth in the bargain. Advertising has put “Caveat Emptor” out of busi- ness. _Today, merchants and manufacturers can’t afford sk the disappointment and disapproval of a dissatis- fied customer. It is too easy for the customer to pick up a paper and find plenty of other places where real dollar ue is given and where they practice the modern slo- gan, “We strive to please.” The good will of the buying public is the goal of the Without it, his business cannot succeed. Every time he advertises he puts his good name in your hands. His products must make good. They must be as advertised. 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