New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1924, Page 3

‘- Ix:Sleuth . Makes Public Retraction of Charges, Admitting That They Wgre Untrue —'Roxy Stinson Denies Denials However. D ‘The Associ Prem, Columbus, 'O, Sept. 22.—Miss oxy Stinson, one of the senate com- littee's star witnesses in the inves- igation of the administration of Tarry M. Daugherty, former United itates attorney general, today char- cterized as “ridiculous” a purport- cd statement from Gaston B, Means, former department of justice agent, to the former attorney general in which Means vepudiated his testi- mony Before the committee, Mlsg Stinson, former wife of Jess Smith, whose name also figured con- splcuously In the' senate investiga- tion, denied statements contained in Means" repudiation in whieh he de- clared that Miss Stinson, “like him- eelf, had given testimony inspired by*Benator Burton K, Wheeler, pro- secutor of the inyestigation,” and de- nied that:coerclon had been used in obtaining her ‘testimony. “It ‘18 perfectly ridiculous” she sald. “I'am only casually acquaint- ed with Mr. Means. How could he know anything about my testimony? I did not say anything under coer- clon. No one forced me to go to ‘Washington. Mr, Means" repudiation was made public heré yesterday by Mr, Daugh- erty in connection with a letter he sent to. John W. Davis, democratic presidential| candidate. The former attorney general severely criticlsed Mr. Davisfor “referring to alleged misconduct.of ..my. administration without 'first learning, the facts.” A copy of Means’ repudiation was sent Mr, Davis with:the letter. Means declared in his statement that all #~stimony he gave before the senate Cu. mittee was prompted by Senator Wheeler and declared that the Montana senator knew the tes- timony was untrue. "I testified what I did before the committee only af- ter & friend had fold me that Daugh-~ MEANS ACCUSES SENATOR WHEELER * OF “FRAMING” FORMER ATTY. GEN. urt!}ml mald ‘Means can go to hell'™ Means’ statement said, He feclared ¢hat the beginning of - his relations with Senator Wheeler was prompted by a desire to obtain in- formation to, what the senate committeq was doing regarding its investigatfon of the attorney gener- al's department fn order -that he might advise Daugherty. “Up until the, day I took the stand,” the state- ment satd, “I was getting informa. tion to furnish the attorney general's department: When 1 was told that Daugherty had sald that I could go to hell, I testified to what I did.” Means declared that he had in his possession information which would prove that his testimony was untrue and could submit physical evidence to further substantlate his state- ments, “The testimony against Daugherty wag all a {lssue of lies,” he said, “and the only reason made the statements the way I did was because of the message I re- celved from Mr., Daugherty just be- fore I took the stand.,” Means' Repudiation Following is the text of the Means statement: To Whom It May Concern: I, Gaston B, Means, desire to make the following statément of facts r garding my connection with the at- tack recently made by the Brook- hart-Wheeler scnate investigating committee against, Jormer Attorney General Harry M, Daugherty and the department of fustice in particular, and the current administration, Word From Wheeler On February 8, 1924, at Palm Beach, Torlda, T'recefved a tele- gram from my wife In Waghington stating that United States Senator Burton K. Whecl of Montana, through a very close friend, had res quested that I see him in connection with' the above mentioned investiga- tion, The information in this tele- gram came to me in connection with other information at that time.? 1 promptly reported this to a close friend of Mr. Daugherty. gestion was made that T see M Daugherty and arrangements to this end were thought to have heen per- fected, but no such arrangement cul- minated successfully. I was advised to go ahead and get in touch with Senator Wheeler and find out what information: Senator Wheeler was seeking and what wa the basis of any attack Senator Wheeler was about to launch inst Mr, Daugherty and the department of justice. I called to see Wheeler and held numerous conferences with him, both at his home and at his The sug- ! office, all of which I have a record of, Plans His Attack The only evidence that Whosler had of'any possibllity of an attack on the department of justice and Mr. Daugherty which he diselosed to ‘me, were some records In regurd to jbringing Into Washington of moving ipictures of the Dempsey-Carpentigr {fight, Senator Wheeler had* this |evidence more or less in documpn- |tary form and stated to moe he was KOl to use this as an attack on | Secretary of State Hughes, President {the exhibit of these pictures. A for- mer agent of the department of jus- tice, either directly or through some {friends, ' had furnished Senator Wheeler with this information and evidence; 1 reported to friends of Mr. Daugherty that this was the only evidence that Scnator Wheeler had. Wheeler Heard Stories In the meantime Senator Wheeler, {because of publicity that he way {about to or had offered a resolution {to Investigate the department of jus- tice and Mr. Daugherty, began to have many callers at his office with the most sensational statements and stories as to conditions that existed at the department of justice, In cach and every nstance 1 explained 'mation and would not allow any “Ant any favorable publicity with- to him that there substance in the these visitors werc showed why the not be true and that they were em- anating from people who had heen discharged from the department of Justice, . Upon miy return from IFlorida and at & conference with Senator Whee er, it was agrecd that | was to ¢ sist him in the investigation of ‘the attorncy gencral and the deparfment was nothing of statements that giving him, and of justice'in the way of furnishing ! {of evidence, examination and coach- Jing of witnesses, ete, Senator Gets Desperate Wheeler grew desperate in his of- forts to find some information | which he could base iha jthe administration and ldepartment of | was on zes ‘against gainst the ustice,'saying that he working with La Kollette and had certain plans in view that made it imperative that he make good in connection with his - public state- ments as to the conditions in the de- partment of justice, and that the de- ‘partment of justice be connected with the alleged oil scand; I'hese facts, and what was going on - in Senator Wheeler's office and that an cffort g made to frame Mr. Daugherty, reported to Colonél Thomas Miller, the alien property custodian, an offi and persor friend of Mr. Daugherty, with the tequest that he give this inform tion to Mr. Daugherty. Colonel Mil L i (‘1"3 one that - the building ler reported back that Mr, Daugh- orty sald that it would be impossible a dam” about what in Senator Wheeler', ever, Colonel Milla more of 'the detalls of what was go- ing on, requested that the efforts to secure this Information not be drop- ped, but be reported to him, which 1 did, from day to day. Get Coples of Letters In the meaptime Senator Wheeler wus going on office, How- the letters that Joss Smith had writ- ten to Roxle Stinson, and with these |lettors as a bhasis, allowed: them to be read fn a way that was intended on |the part of Jess Smith, and finter- |preted in a different way. All such |letters wore used as the basis for |the frameup, Wheeler taking the | position that he was forced to con- |neet Jess Smith and Howard Man- |Ington and others directly with Mr. Daugherty, ail the whtle having in Dis possession (and he has now) the original statements taken from un- |derworld characters und bootleggers Ithat not at any time did they hear that Mr. Daugherty or the adminis- |tration were Involved in any way in lany fraudulent traisactions. Sena- or Wheeler suppressed such infor- | witnesses who supplied with state- {ments and intormation showing con- clusively that Mr. Doherty was not |at an. People who called to see Sanator ‘\\"\l‘t-lf,‘l' furnished him with letters |© they had received showing that any attempt to reach Mr. Daugherty in {any manner would prove disastrous to them.. 1 have all this document- |ary evidence, which will throw av entirel o ov fnvestigation, This decumentary |evidence is abgolutely {rrefutable, Dangherty's Message Up until the time'l took the stand in the investigation 1 understogd that 1 should seek information as to |* |what Senator Wheojer was going to do, and on the day hefore T took the "O1Ning hut a tissue of lies put in |stand received information that M | Dangherty said 1 conld “go to hell %0 far as hé was corcerned. Except for this message T would not have |©f Justice and the administration. |taken fthe stand the day T did. hut would have stalled the situation |along. T can and will review m: testimony, pointing out statement for statement that 1 made for Sen-| N1 DY promise of gain and aid in ator Wheeler at his suggestion, that T knew not to he true, buut in order Wonld that it complete Senator Wheelar's chain of circumstantial evidence, and in addition to that T can dhow hy physical evidence that the time T cajled Senator Wheeler'a ROOFING and SHINGLES 141-149° ELM ST. DISTRIBUTED BY CITY COAL & WOOD CO, NEW BRITAIN NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924, for auybody to successfully frame | will show, entirely difterent from him up, and that he *“did not glve | where 1 alleged to have been at the understanding ' | hiad secured some of the coples of | | Coolldge and others who attended | statements ‘could |involved in any fraudulent matters | \Walsh committee, different light on the Wheel- | my statements conld not he true, at | \MacMillan Tells of Ghanging‘ attention to the fact, that 1 was some oher place, and the records time, The only reason I made the state- ment the way I did was because of thescmessage recelved from Mr. Daugherty just before 1 took the stand, Was Framing Daugherty | By quick review of the testimony | before the' Wheeler committee, with tbe documentary evidefice avaflable, it can be proved conclusively that Senator Wheeler knew that he was traming Mr. Daugherty and the re- publican administration and to some extent this involves the oll investiga tion, because Senator Wheeler was constantly in close touch with Sen tors Walsh and La YFollette in con- nection with this inquiry. While this frameup was going on | |1 was in conference with. Senator ! Walsh, Senator Wheeler, Senator Dill, Nobert La Folletts and Phillip . IFollctte. I have in my possession i subpoena issued by Senator Dill for me to appear before tie ‘Walsh | committee and to testify to evidence that they framed up, and which plan was abandoned hecause Senator | Wheeler decided that he did not drawn from him in connection with the Daugherty investigation that might revert to Senator Dill and the Papers Are Available Rriefly, there is available now all f'the papers, documents and other | materfal in connection with the Daugherty investigation which will ahsolutely offset the unfavorable rvecord as it now stands; also in con- nection with these documents is a areat deal of material in connection !with the oil matter, including Me- Adoo’s correspondence with Senators Walsh and Wheeler, The testimony given hefore the Wheeler committee by Roxie Stin- son, . Momand, myself and the ma- of the other witnesses, was | jority the mouths of thesc witnesses by Senator Wheeler primarily to con- found and discredit the department These witneases and myself were persuaded to make these false state- ments by Senator Wheeler under | threats of indictment in some cases | others ‘ Briefly stated. the letters, cor- respondence and documents avail- able wil} absolgtely refute and con- found the Wheeler-Daugherty inves- tigation findings and throw an ab- solutely different light on the oil in- vestigation where prominent demo- crats were urging that their names not be drawn finto the matter. T spent weeks with Senator Wheel- er, talked personally to nearly every witness that approved before the committee and gained Senator | Wheeler's confidence to the extent | that T rend, assorted and handied | @ |most of the letters, documents, etc., [that come to the committee, Signed: GASTON R. UEIPS, GLACTERS GETTING LIRGER Gonditions in Arctic er a 15 months' Arctic Circle said memory so-called valley glaciers had reached the sca. This process has been for at least 70 years, the said, indicating a possible new ghologic period. low long it may continue no one can tell, MacMillan said. trip beyond the that within his going on explorer Find Coal Deposits Enormous coal deposits were dis- however, gave little hope t could be brought In soon to argu- ment the world's supplf, f are only a few hundred m the North Pol d 8§00 n 40 min posits was 81 degrees north latitude, with 520 miles of the pole. “On the tops of the 1.2¢ feet above the sea we found clam | shells. ahowing that at one time the hills were beneath the sea. The land has evidently reached iis greatest altitude for there are posi Jive signs Wil through the now of a subsidence. The entire coast 18 sinking This shows u very diffe in clination of the earth's axis to the| orbit eons of tims ago. “J then it is hard to conjecture. information, while not of great terest to the layman, is of tremen- dous W most world is at glacial period and that polar ice is decreasing, studies through had the ice caps and glaciers in the far | north were increasing. han am A Aave north | suit for $150 brought ag ession ir 75 amainst COSTUMERS Mahogany or Walnut Finish DINING CHAIRS Queenc Anne or Tudor Style, Sets of 5 Sides and 1 Arm, Walnut Finish, genuine Leather. Per Ber i e $33.00 MATTRESSES You descrve a good ome, FIREPLACE FIXTURES ANDIRONS SPARK GUARDS FIRE SE For Those Chilly Evenings B. C. PORTER SONS “CON ust where the north pole was Such in- intere: hile, M universally the to the geologist.” cMillan said, it is al- believed that the end of a great he rted that his past 16 years doubt that all the proved beyond | Within his own recoliection, +he | said inland glaciers had reached Wisacasset, Me., Sept. 22, — Tce | the sea; These reaching the ocean caps are increasing in thickness and | and bhreaking off would cause an glaciers are inereasing in size in the | increasing number of fcebergs, he far north Captain Donald B. Mac- | asserted Millan Arctic explorer, told the As- | Just how long this period of sociated Press today. Captain Mac- | advance will continue no one Millan who has returned here, aft- | knows," the explorer sald. “It may be temporary but we do know that they have been advancing for more 70 years JAPAN WAIL STEAWSHIP (0. IS REORGANIZING Resignations of Many of the Lead- Ito's policy for sident Tto employes present compeny's busi ed affs of the company yond reach of any tra 1 on its vessels have stem excepting dog sle office employes in Speaking of the discove o teat [butgiare §al0E 0 50E coal Dr. MacMillan said eympathetic in their attitud “This simply proves the scicntists’ = claim that this 1and o CIVIL SUITS RECORDED time a temperate climate. The big Carl DiPace, through Dunn & M hills were at one time covered with | | has brought suit fop $230 vegetation and the climate was like | st Sactanco Paladino and Salva that of Pennsylvania. Seams of | {rice Mascott to recover on a note coal 25 feet in thickness were found | pant Clanci has brought s within less than nine degrecs of the | ¢ AAINS Borti. He nerth pole. | Nocickt acting for plaintt “The exact location of t} 1 LeWitt will appear f through suit for Alex- r Bisdzy for ainst the' same defendant ugh Attorney Nowicki Kowalewski and A, G named defendanta in Perzanowski, as brought Karol Goszewsk! 3 ought 2 i has b hr lex been e YOU REALLY NEED SOME OF THESE covered in Ellesmere land by Cap- | ing Officials Are Being tain MacMillan. According to in- Revedvod formation given the Associated | Press by the explorer who planned ! By The Associated Press to unload from his schooner today, Tokio, Sept. 22.—The resignations scientific - specimens brought from | {oday of many of the highest of- beyong the Arctic Circle, the far| o .\ oo tve Ninpon Yusen Naisha north once had a climate startling- | s Iy different from that from it now | (Japan Mail Steamship Company possesses. This indicates, he said.|ltd.). brought to a climax a long that the angle of the world's avis|existing dissatisfaction on the part may have changed in the course of | of administrative employes of the centuries. | company with its management, pars | The coal deposits were discov- | ticularly with President Yonejiro | ered by the MacMillan party in a | Ito | 1,000-fnile sledge tip acros is| The resiznations were froh all| strait and into Ellesmere land. The| over the waorld, including the man- coal was found near Eurcka Sound ' agers of the N. Y. K. offic R in seams at some places 25 feet in | Siattle. New York and London | thickness, Samples of the coa The immediate causs of thel res- | which he sald was bituminous, w ignations, which are said to ‘:m | brought back by the explorer 600, was the diemissal of 11 lem- analysis. s who signed a protest to the The location of the tors demanding the resigna- for | “Don’t Stop On One Bottle a| inst them | by the New Britain Candy Co. igh He v Nowick Trritable teiephone subscribers are subject to arrest in Paris. DAY BEDS Complete With Box Springs FLOOR LAMPS Mahogany, Polychrome or Reed "OLDING SCREENS Useful Everywhere ODDMCHAIRS ”, Bedroom, ODD DRESSERS e .. $19.50 TEA WAGONS Exery Lady's Joy CARPET SWEEPERS CARD TABLES The sturdy well made kind, with double braced legs. ] BISSELL'S $4.75 $5.50 Two Grades Leather Tops . » $4.25 Felt Tops .... $4.75 Discard that old wobbly one, TICUT'S BEST FURNITURE STORE” Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Fray, wealthy 82-year-old widow, being helped down steps of parsonage at Portsmouth, Va., by her husband, Jack Edward Griffith, 29, a Norfolk theater organist, immediately after their marriage. NURSE TOLD SANDY TO TAKE TANLAC meats or eggs and lots of 1a suffered from and was laid up for twe But Try Five” She Rec- Catarrh - g months, absolutely all in. ommended. I told my wife to bring me & T hottle of Tanlac. She said, ‘Don’t stop “My wife is a nurse and she thinks one ;take five, and that is what Tanlac is witho : and, as 1 have done with the result that my for mysell, 1 p is perfect, the dizziness is tunity to reco . and my strength is a0 good it has done me.” Th 1 am working every day. My made recently by John T wife and I are both strong for Tage umner Ave., Springfield, Mass. lac. “In March, 1923, 1 suddenly be Tanlac is for sale by all good gan to suTer from pec ar dizzy sts. Accept no substitute. Ovep Is that would come on like a| 40 million bottles sold. and nost strike me down - - For a long time 1 had been goiag Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills fon | along without any appetite and coul constipation.