New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By. Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 LW BRITAIN HERALD ALLEGED CANDLER LETTERS.. ARE READ IN COURT WHERE $500, 000 SUIT IS ON TRIAL viein Had Hade Home n s Attorneys Producef Warm Epistles Said | To Be From Coca- Cola King To Woman Who Alleges Breach Of Promise. * One Gives Reasons for Broken Engagement Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 31.—When Mrs. | Onezima de Bouchel's $500,000 suit | against Asa G. Candl, Sr.,, was re- sumed today, additional letters, alleg- ed to have been written by Candler to Virs. de Bouchel, were read. | The letters included that of Sep- tember 15, 1922, which is alleged to | have broken the engagement. This letter begins without salutation, and was as follows: “It almost killed me to have to wire you this morning, ‘circumstancds such impossible me leave Saturday. Writing full infor- mation,’ I am in a state of great per- plexity. | “Information has just heen brought to me from sources entitled to belief that there are two men living in At- lanta who claim to have iy times gone | by visited you by your invitation at | night in your room at a hotel in this | city, To marry you with these re- ports in force could not in any case be right or fair to either of us, Even | though they be untrue, | “Your reception in Atlanta would | be so painfully affected thereby as to | make me unwilling to bring you here and have you subjected to slights by people you will have to meet. To | _ carry yoi clsewhere would not id | this treament, The situation lg$r rible, anll difficult to handle, T must and will be kind and fair to you, Wn must and will not do that ‘hk‘h hen done cannot be undone, No nan should marry any lady if he has | doubts that such marriage could not | be happy for both parties. It is far befter to realize that fact before than wiler marriage. I know you so well csteem you so highly that tii 1 hear from you, 1 am sure you will #7.ce that we should not, in justice 1o you and myself, go further now, I/ hope you will promptly reply to this n the sameo spirvit as it I8 written, Nothing has ever so disheartened me us this, | “1 wooed and won you beeause 1 loved you. true. T will not subject you unjustly ‘1o rudeness or undeserved affront, and evermore will of you. “Slncerely, CANDLER." ! ying To Get Truth letter on Reptember 30, been written by Mr, stated am dotng my best to get the actual truth of the state. | ments made to me, that the reference | was made to i my letter of Septem- ! ber 16, 1922, 1 have been told by a citizen in Atlanta that while you were a guest of the Pledmont hotel during | the reunion convention of the U, ¢, V, he saw In a foom, at least two other ladies beoing also in the room. That afternoon he saw you alone in the corridor or hall of the hotel, when he gave his telephone number, later you telephoned him that you! were alone in your room asking him to eall, He deelined lotel was very earefully polie lie did not visit ladies at thelr rooms In hotels. Yon assured him it would b etly satisfactory that he visit you. He did not You gave him home telephone, invited him to when in New @rleans. He | do When in Nl“‘ A to have with no salutation, “As promised, | Cundler, vou a you it promised you n to 0. Ol telephoned to the number, was informed you were not then in New Orlc “1 got agreeing such time as ) pursuing the inve that na publicity Another letter was Mrs. De Bonclyel ietter said to | De Bouchel r 285, 1922, wa snce. There was no s attorney informs m | Whsald, “that yesterday you refused to divelze the names of the men in | Atlanta you say claimed to have visit. | | me there in my rooms, for impro- | per purposes. Do you expect me 1o “t this hideous slander go unpunish- Jed? Tl publish it to the whole world Fand we will if the world is as credulous as you secm to be, and you expect me 1o be, If there are such men, and 1 certainly do not believe there are, who make such statements, they have been paid to do it and they shall go to the penitentiary along with those who hired them. This is a clumsy conspiracy that imposes on robody but you. Why did it come up in Atlanta right at the time, in fact, ust in time, to stop you from com- irg 1o Heno for our wedding on the .nu 5 “W toes it come up in Atlanta all, except that it is distant from home and friends and where #t harder for me to meet perjury | hired assassins, My stated you said the was @ traveling salesman. That ‘”s,.,.nu- cla 1 will eall on the traveling salesmen of the south to protect an innocent, defenseless woman from a dog, a cur, who is a teol of my ewemy. You must divulge the name of this person, unies¥ you ans ) above divulge statement *his name until consent, 1 am ation so privately will resuit.” by ot Derens been written | Mr. Candier, introduced utation. ,” the Je A N Septemt, in evid hy at my wil be and Punish torney v = a (Continued on Page Fifteen) end of the draw semi-finals, Please think kindly of me as I novl lplay the second team in .| hait, ending the W second half of the draw of this ha | Great Prance fourth, (from being scor | ers, | the | the them cleanly. usual the fir the seve player La Croix, | were stopped. | for the | for the team ¥n_ the leaving the A dians competitors for honors. United States Position La Croix Abe! Small derson New York on a discussed Informally the Britain Civie Safety ning. according 10 Seerctary | sette, | Saloon lpagus ‘rl-r[ inte The discussion 18 said to have |ed in the consensus that there couwd hardly have without some reached it is sald by | ment | conviction he jpor(er‘s in the league. FIGURE IN SUIT MRS. De BOUCHEL And A, G. CHANDLER ENGLISH HOCKEYISTS BEATEN BY AMERICANS U. S, Team Expected to Meet Canada in Finals of Olympic Event By The Assoclated Press. The ~American Olymple Nockey team, playing under wraps after the first My heart is yet pure and |11 1o o, pertod, defented Bngland clinching first place in its and reaching the Yanks tomorrow the upper ?rl!l), The probably Sweden, defeated Relgium, 7 elimination contests in the The results IPrance 5, f were: United States first, Rritain second third, won 1, won 0, lost 3, United States 3, 2 lost lost Belgium won won lost The nbination showed improvement in today's game over | day, condition and | fall | spect al least, > |as fast in the | the its form. against Prance yester- but the team was still short on geemed unable to go a at top speed. In this re- men are, for the moment, ed by the Canadians, s hard and skating last-minute of play as hon the ho are pl first The American team had a close call d on by the British- Badly aimed shots twice struck goal posts, rebounding outside net after La Croix had missed Abel did not show his strong game on the t British forwards, cspecially Carruthers, eluding him Al times, Leaving the British with nobody between him and the English shots, however, always either faulty or were clder 1 favorites A victéry Canadians 2 to finals on Sunday Americans over the second upper half of the draw as a foregone conclusion, nericans and the Cana- the uitimate Th regarded as follows Great Britain Harris The teams lined up Goal “eue Pitblade left Defense Holmes tight Defense (Continued on Page Eighteen) defense, | JAMES LONG KILLEI] ON ELM ST. TRACKS City mr Over 60 Years HIT BY BOSTON EXPRESS EXULAINS HI§ Was«on Way Home and Disrcgarded Pre- | Towered Gates—Deafness vented His Hearing Approach ol& Train Feaving Station. James Long, aged 79 years, of 319 | Elm street, was killed this mornln:‘ at the Ebm street crassing by train ! 46, leaving the station for Boston at 11:30 o'clock. l.ong had been around! the city for a walk, and had just left the New Britain Lumber Go. office to go home. Whe nhe reached the crossing, the gates were down for the oncoming train, so he walked around them and to the right of the gate| tender's shanty onto the tracks in| front of the train, He saw the! train just before it hit him and made an attempt to run across, but was hit as he reached the opposite track, the engine throwing him about ten feet | and then passing over the body, | severing both legs at the thighs, be- | fore Engineer 8. Langdon could bring it to a stop. e died a few minutes | later. | Deafness prevented him from hear- ing the train, and the gate tender's shanty obstructed his view. The en- gineer did not see him unttil he was directly in front of the train and it| was impossible to stop in time to avoid the accident. D. Jones, conductor of the train,| tcok charge of the body unmtil the arrival of Patrolman Thomas Dolan, who answered the call for the police ambulance. Medical Examiner Wa- | terman Lyon pronounced the man | dead and turned the body over to J. M. Curtin & Co. Mr, Long has been a resident of New Britain for over 60 years, being | one of the oldest members of St Mary's parish, He worked up to a few years ago at the New Britain Lumber Co. when his advincing age forced him to retire. Since that time he has been in the habit of walking about the city visiting his friends and chatting with them. He leaves a son, John, and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Cullen, 63 T GRADUATE WITH FIRST MID-YEAR CLASS Diplomas to Be Presented Tomorrow Night at Senior Huzh School The first mid-year class at the| Senfor high school will be graduated with appropriate cxercises tomorrow evening in the auditorium’ of the| school. Announcement of the list of honor students and the program for graduation will be made tomorrow. | The following s the list of gradu- ates: KEbbe Clarence Anderson, Fowler Camp, John Joseph Hymen Maurice Caslowitz, C. Edward Conlin, Clifton Leon Cowles, Irving Croll, Frank Vineent Damico, George Edward Erwin, Abraham M. Fiche Willlam | Casale, | Objects to Language, But Not to |ate, tressed the point that he was oppos- |among members of the leach of the three attempts made to | | however, by practicaily the same vote, | Megal wrs' | T can to aid the president suc that question decided in the [the procedure followed in transferring | proof that would stand a moment in| | favor of the body of the | worded, Nullifying Oil Le; . ”;" ”‘O - Unias Votes With Regular Republicans and Y Is Beaten On Three \nliMlll(mL~—, McLean Also Stands By Administra- | | tion, BY. GEORGE 1. (Washington Bureau of N. B. Herald) Washington, Jan. 31 r—lnumullnn of suit by the government for'ecan- | cellation Bf the leases of the naval oil | Vi reserves made by former cretary Fall, as provided in the Walsh resolu- tion now before the senate, is favored | by Senator Frank B: Brandegee of | Connecticut. ition to the sen: ator Brandegee MANNING, In stating his however, lof ed to the language of certain sections | co of the Walsh resolution, which states ! | De as a preamble that the oil leases were | {entered into apparently contrary to |Da law and in defiance of the policy of |fo the government. These matters, the senator insisted, were judiclal que tions and should properly be decided by the court. For this reason, Senator Brandegee voted with the regular republicans on |1 | qu amend the language of the preamble to the resolution. Senator MecLean voted with Brandegee on each ocea- sion. Each amendment. was lost, fre | 8t |m the democrats and progressive repub- licans lining up solidly in support of the wording of the original resolution. | The vote on the three amendments, | which were regarded as test votes on the sentiment of the senate with re- gard to the resolution were, 46-38; 47-37; and 48-37. Inasmuch as sevel of the regular repulicans besides Sen- ator Brandegee announced that they| were in favor of the genesal purpose of the resolution, however, it is ex- |, pected that the measure itself will be ,“ passed today by a large majority than | | ec by which the amendments were lost |, “I am in hearty accord with the body of the resolution directing the president to institute suit for thogean- cellation of these leases; and® of | course, that suit cannot result success- | fully to the government unless the| courts find the leases were illegal,” declared Senator Brandege | “The senator from Montana, Mr. Walsh, author of the joint rasolution, as I remember in his opening address on this subjgct, said that the question | of whether{ the leascs were legm. or judicial question, shd ¥ | heartlly agree with him on that. I do not think congress, which is a | legislative body, has any more au-| thority to determine the legality of a | contract than the board of alderman of a city would have. It presents a judicial question; and while 1 am| cordially in favor of doing everything | ssfully te; m or M Ie| ’K‘ | st de ta of t ol wi n av ec! to hav proper and am therefore in | the resolution, Iy embodied in the |m unfortunately | de th ot tribunal, think the preamble ‘whereases' s very and 1 do not think it repre- | sents the true situation in some re- spects. “Tnasmuch, however as the pream- [ m ble of a resolution is not the esscntial | transfer after investigating the tion and pe decluratory,” “and will th part of it, but merely continued Senator Brandegors be considered simply to be ense | of the senate, I apprehend, and no th man, Vahram George Hovhannesian, Arnold August Jacobson, Everett Jul- | uis Jonnson, Thomas Vincent Kelly, {Conrad V. Mangiafico, Harold Wilfred | Roberts, Abraham Rosenthal, Albert! Itussell Shepheard, Morrin '~‘hurh«1g Adolph Evald Sundell, Lloyd Wit Fhillp Zucker, Agatha Ros Birnbaum, Dagmar Mabei Edith Viela Caroline Carlson, Thelm son, Henrl Diner, N durant Draper, Ebba Mildred Elm- gren, Anna Marie Flood, Ethel Evelyn Fredrickson, Mabel Lilllan Green, Constance Elizabeth Haigis, Esther Eertha Hofman, Gladys Emma Hog- aboom, Judith Adaline Johnson, Mil- dred Linnea Johnson, Anna Kalman- owitz, Eranocohy Kevorkian, Margaret Sophie Klar, Bessie Judith Kramer, Gladys Edith Lange, Florence May Leupold, Margaret McGrath, Dorothy ! Bllen Meresr, Mollie Nair, Ruby Elizabeth Nelson, Rena Marie Neri, Deatrice Peace, Reatrice Mattina Pe- terson, Eva Louise Peterson, Eliza- | beth Poppel, Greta Ross, Dorothy Irle Rossberg, J. Casimira Sakaluskas Eva Linnea Charlotte Swanson, Cath erine Jordon Travis, Esther May Tut- tle, Myrtle Anna Unkelbs Siza ot beth Oriana Watts, Hazel 1sabel W lake, Mollie Welinsky, Alice Ruth | Zevin | Mary Benz, Ida Ruth Helewd Carlson Carlson, Martha Marle Carl- rgaret Bon- st OVER CONVICTION of William H. An- League head in charge, was meeting of committee of the New League last eve- New Britain organization, Buel B, Bas- branch of the Antl- and could have no di- st in the Anderson verdiet result- The conviction Anti-S8aloon forge y at @ executive The ¥ not a g0 much smoke This - declsion was mutual agree- although prior fo Anderson's had many warm sup- been fire CIVIC LEAGUE MEMBERS SHED NO TEARS OF WM. H. ANDERSON Assuming that Anderson was guilty as found by the New York court, no regret was expressed by members of l upon his conviction. It was the unaninfous opinion that the | conviction would help, rather than| hinder the cause of furthering the ob. | e of the 15th amendment, in- asmueh as the cause of prohibition can only succeed by the gradual weeding out of all crookedness. the | m'—m'wm say | An anfimal banquet, probably at the | | ¥. M. C. A, will be held by the league | :nn February 27. Efforts will be made | | to get Harrison B. Freeman, secretary | of the Hartford federation of church to speak. the commitiee scrva attention at all will be given to it by | th eny one Il it presumes to come to o judicial decision, 1 shall vote for the resolution.” ' GIRL'S BODY IN WELL, POLICE HOLD PARENT: Mother Explains They Had No Moncy ‘lh M stz sion.” ca Child Proper H It Burial, S ar N. J., Jan, i Atkinson w placed in 1t unty jail last night after the he year old daughter, Miriam, was found in a water well at their home in Woodst They are being held pending a stigation Mrs. Atkinsor b I8 27, is alleged to have told ln- the child died tifat they placed because t proper buria Atkinson Wood move to Give Sale Robert and Pessic Salem ¢ body m Te of - i L2 “B m of horities that natural ecauses body in the no money to give from the go moved to ity several preparing to sort and his wn from Atian ago and wer back to the shore r wife ti ey COAL SHIPS TO R Halifax, N. &, Jan. 31.—Premier metrong announced today that the Middlesex was sailing from with a 7.000-ton cargo of Nova otia Yrom caused by suspension of work m t province Other shiploads will leave American ports for Nova Scotia with- according to Premier Arm- 1 of | th th pr ta as A steamer timore 1 for the ramine tuel nes of nf conl jre in a week strong. ad A SKATERS RETURNING, Jan. 31.—The American g tea has Terengaria on February be available skaters to t at Lake I Chamonis n Olympic skat passage on from Cherbourg al facilit iner to ena or the tournamers booke €ailing 6. Spe. on the keep fit actd n hi af at ua * WEATHER — Hartford. Jan. 31.—<Forecast for New Reitain and vicinity: Fair tomight and Fridas, colder tonight. ™ lam cor h | —— e B naval tive clared he tootsteps.” you through if you will be fair,” Mr, Brit- | granted Ly fornia naval reserve, ganization, “and Mr. Denby believed this urxunlwlun‘d,p,.rm.m. and continued time there part of the various departments clair had beer would Britten de produce |efther of the had holding the under obligation to reimburse persons whe bought stock in the Sinclair com- tration he ferred tedGay Anderson, | Anti-Saloon 1 “haries S. SENATI ADOPTS + WALSH RESOLUTION Committee Have vifferences in Opinion Over Leases-- ' Blame Daniels Washington, Jan. 31.—The Walsh resolution directing the president to proceed with suits to annul the Doheny Sinclair oil leases was adopted today by the senate, The vote was unanimous on the final roll call. Eighty-eight senators cast their ballots, Final action was taken after efforts to modify the lan- guage of the resolution so as to eltminate direct charges that she leases were entered into without authority and in viola- tion of the law had been voted down. Under agreement proposed by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, consider- ation of the resolution asking for the resignation of Secretary Denby was in order after the vote on the Walsh measure, inson Llalms Money Was From Stock all b ale Washington, Jan. 31.—Difierences opinion cropped out egain today house naval mmittee as to whether Secretary nby followed the policy recom- | ended by his predecessor, Josephus e for the preservation of oil r the navy. As the committee ligy into the Sinclair oil reserve leases, Britten, republican, Illinois, de- proposed Lo show that enby "lull(}wnd in Secretary Duniels’ renewed its in- | and Doheny | Representa- | This statgment brought thc r-,-mnrl\ ' Trammell Attempts To Representative Vi | Mak Resi g oy gl o e Denby Resign ittee: “No one believes that hu!‘ As Lease Is Cancelled “U'll prove it to you before we gnl,l n retorted, The exchange came after Rear Ad- iral Latimer, judge advocate gen- | 'al of the navy, had reviewed how r. Daniels in 19 recommended | gislation to permit the navy to ne- otlate for tank consfruction for the orage of naval oll, Authority then| congress, it was broug it, «numul \h Ihnh) 1o arran Washington, Jan, 31.—A move to aftach the Robinson resolution calling for the resignation of Secretary Den- | by\to the Walsh oll lease annulment measure was made today immediately after the senate convened. The amendment was sponsored by Sena- tor Trammel, democrat, Florida. ediate " o y pnstrubtiomat Pearl Ilnrbor. u-uun.‘r,x,,,,,,w“ leader, who declared he it of royulties for olls from the Cali- | would “resist very strongly,” such a | declaration by congre ere was Admiral Latimer testified that Den \,,],,Ay,‘.u.,,,,o‘?m by wll\‘.:»:uqh.-?:‘:;u:l:‘a by, after becoming head of the navy pranch could remove a cabinet officer, spartment, saw it wis necessary to | ke action to prevent depletion of I in the naval res 8. “The navy department had no or-| " the admiral Mr. Denby realized me would be lost in forming one. At|gione.” he said, and that was by impeach- ment. Senator Lodge described the Tram- mell proposal as “an attempt to force continued, | the hands of the president In the ex- valuable | orojge of a diseretion which s his He agreed that Secretary the time tho interior department had | | Denby should have resisted the efforts {an organization which way handling | made to influencey him to agree to I preduction of millions of #ures. | ranyier of ofl reserves to the interior us the proper one to act for the| “f do not approve of the public | statement which the secretary of the | the |navy made the day before yesterday. "'* There is no evidence yet in the hear- ings or elsewhere, which dem- '»° onstrate or show in any way that he | (Becretary Denby) is other than an honrnl man, however mistaken and however wrong he was. There is no ”Yau must remember that at was a great effort on of and old work, onomiz duplicution At Denby's Regquest Declaring he was not familiar with California and Wyoming reserves any eourt, that he was guilty of any- om the navy to the interior depart- ent, Admiral Latimer said he un-|ment-—lack of competency, rstood that the executive order for|choose to call it s0.” ¢ transfer was fssucd at the reqest| Senator Trammell withdrew his| Seeretury Denby. amendment after several other mem- | “Mr. Denby told me,’ bers had expressed a conviction it fral, “that he bhad would delay action on the Walsh reso- lution GllNFESSES T0 KILLING HIS FRIEND IN AUTO |Dental Student Used Gun| and Knife and Threw Body Into Creek if you| #ald the ad- initlated the ques- consulting with various ex- s Rep s Vinson and Britten en engaged In an argument as to e $100,000,000 Doheny and Sin reported as saying the )' make out of the les Mr. | dlared Mr. Vinson could no a statement under oath that oil operators had made sentatiy o u«m rtion, accept your challenge,” r. \mwn. and wiil produce atement at the next committee reported the ses- | Representative Stephens, republi- n, Ohio, declared R. Vinson had en unfalr in predicating his gques- n and that “fraud and corruption e still to be proven.” He said he been informed Sinclalr would ake little or nothing out of the apot Doem lease “Did It w Sell Stock “It he d he would make 00,000,000,” continued the Ohio: did so to sell stock. 1f Eine money he did it out of the who invested are P Cineinnati, 0., Jan 1.—Apparently unperturbed by the fact shat he faced a probable charge of murder, Halton P. Siddall, Equality, 1., a senior at Ohio Dental colle last night told police how he had slain his friend and classmate, John A. Mazzola, son of a weaithy Panama City merchant, and disposed of the body by throwing it into a creek. Mazzola's body wi t wound and numerous stilletto was found in the shallow water early yes- terday Declaris provocation clain ade stock ,and those bag 1f Teapot Dome vernment will the habu cuts, is returned to the United States be ‘under the 1 would do it fiddall told the officers that Mazzola went for an autom a’ the latter's suggestion. When the were d«iving along, Mazzola, ¥ made a disparaging remark “about a triend of mine” and a fight ensued He declared Mazzola drew a stilietto or knife and slashed him After struggling for 15 m the automobile Sidda suceceded in extricatin rom his pocket and pitched him o ato the water While Sidda his overcoat on into th k overcoa g that same again,” 1 a ride 1 ny har bile Admiral was resumed, er had passed Doheny or Sinclair leases, he had informed Mr. I could legally arrange with interests for comstruction of nkage for the storage of naval of has ben dome as a restit of the ny gontract at Pearl Harbor Im ) o think the lease should voked 7’ asked Mr. Vinso.. “1 Van the matter should be to the replied miral. hen the exam- asscrted on the that gulity al- y ne the ough at he ivate at with it courts,” —— eree pe ound § prisoner also said what became of the ‘tio or a diamond stickpin is ¥ These art " wae ppropnations Blll Passed in House Washington, Jan The passed its first appropriati that for the interior deparm ter a futile attempt had been made the last minute to direct discontin July 1 next of 21 land offices have missing wh worn ot re en the ind i r rofused stead say whe it was a man or out whom Mazzola made fieparaging remarks. Word was 1 that Mazzola's "o dental Student at the nnsyls would arrive charg: his brother's 1l " slaye The - astly to a woman a the alleged nee receiv ANDERSON WILL APPEAL New York, Jan Wihillam H. state superintendent of the ague of New York will jetion by a superior mrt jury on forgery charges, his fof counse rmer Govern Whitman annousced to a 31 versity of anta, today to take hody Sddall’'s fa merchant » sou’s arfest “{ Cincinnati. of hardware was notified of at onee for ho is a peal his cor Equal thing,more than very mistaken judg- | ¥ | the e mid, 4, Average Daily Circulation ft Week Fndmg 10 202 Jan, 26th PRICE THRFE CE S BRANI]EI]EE [lPPl]SES'PRESIDEN T TALKS ON OIL LEASE WALSH RESOLUTION WITHBOTHLEADERSINSENATE; " LODGE DEFENDS SECTY. DENBY » . Walsh and Robinson, Leadersin Fight Against Fall, Summoned to Whi‘te House 'Hughes Defends Court Against Norris Statement Washington, Jan. 31.—Both demo- cratic and republican leaders of the | senate were consulted by = President Coolidge today just before the debate on the Walsh oil annulment resolution was resumed, After the ranking senators in the republican senate organization had | paid an early call a the white house, the president summoned Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, who has had a dominant part in the oil in- quiry, and Senator Robinson of Ar- kansas, the democratic floor leader and author of the resolution calling for the resignation of Secretary Denby. White House officials said the pres- ident desired to discuss with the two® democratic leaders the whole question of the investigation as made by the senate committee and as contemplated by the executive branch of the gov- ernment, Sendtors Robinson and Walsh said after their meeting with the executive, that the Robinson resolution calling for the resignation of Mr. Denby would be pressed, but declined to say whether possible changes in its phraseology would be made, The conference was described by the two senators as having brought about 1 conclusions. They mentioned reports that former Attorney General Gregory had served at attorney for the Guif Oll company, but declared they “regarded such a connection as rather immaterial, Senator Robinson added that it ap- peared “rather late” to take up the subject of the employment of counsel inasmuch as the White House had an- nounced its selections. Indicptions were given by Senator ‘Walsh ‘fhat the proposed amendment of Benator McKellas, democrat, Ten- nesse, providing that none of the counsel should be men who have any connection with oil interests, wounld not receive the uhited support of democratic senators. Such a conne tion it was pointed out, might not nec« essarily render an attorney biased in | his judgment, and Senator Walsh | added that if such a bar were to be | ratsed he himself might be challenged as an investigator. The two democrat in conference with the | nearly an bhour, The conference was the first the President has had with democratic scnators since the ofl lease inquiry assumed its present major propore | tions. Silas H. Strawn, one of@he special |counsel selected by the President to 'vundvnt the government’'s investiga« tlnu arrived at the White House al« most simultaneously with the two senators but did not go into confer« ence with the President with them, Arrangements were made meéan- time for a conference between Mr. Strawn and J. Crawford Biggs, of l.a\rlgh N. C. an attorney sald to have been intimately acquainted with [the ofl iand policies carried out by Secretary Daniels, upder the Wilson administration | Debate Before Naval Committees, | Before the house naval committee, {which is inquiring into the disposition of royalty olls under the Doheny and Binclair leases, a debate developed over the Daniels policies, with repub- Hican members declaring that the door for the Fall contracts originaly was opened by the former democratic navy secretary The senate oil committee held no session, but three physiclans selected by it went to the apartment where former secretary Fall is confined to determine whether he is to il to tes- tify when the committee hearings are resumed tomororw Deny Rumors of Resignation. the midst of these developments binet changes, involving Secretary Denby General Daugherty. thick and fast, bat Stemp flatiya story at the two cabinet members placed their resignations President Tt was indicated of the problem wer the President by S and Waish, but that mo: ference was taken up wit t the special cou prosecute the Mr. Coolidge 1 Gregory of Texas, attorney g 1} Ther: leasa senators were president for 1t rumors of ¢ retire of 1 Attorney to fly ecretary lenied had before the talked over wit nators Tobins the ques of wilf ted T former to a as omas iemo- with W cratie Mr Washington yesterday Straw ey is on his way to were evidences howe At something hight gore in the plans, and it was even more apparent today that the make-up of the government's counsel was still oceupying a large share of attention in adminis- tration circles hav have nise a subject er that subject that oll commit 1t was to taik ov Chairman Lenroot of the and Senator Curtis of Kansas, the republican whip, made an early morning trip to the White House Later Senater Lodge, the republican tee (Continwed on Tenth Page),