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v CITY EDITION j VOL. 53. NO. 214. OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924. * TWO CENTS11 Wc.\nd -^n *««>«»»>" j
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State Dairy
Society Is
Organized
Organization to Stimulate In
dustry and Create Interest
Among Citizens Formed
at Lincoln.
Carl R. Gray Presides
I.incoln. Feb. 20.—The Nebraska
Dairy Development society is a going
organization. Tentatively organized
in Omaha recently, it was'voted into
existed here this afternoon by more
than 2i>0 farmers, bankers, railroad
men and stockmen.
According to the constitution, the
purposes of the organization will be
as follows:
1. To stimulate, encourage and per
petuate the dairy industry in the
^^siate of Nebraska through education,
service and studied development in
production and marketing.
2. To create and conserve an Inter
est among the citizens of Nebraska
sufficient to cause a realization of the
importance of the dairy industry and
the proper feeding, breeding and care
of dairy stock.
In its function as a service organ
ization, the society will employ sev
eral dairy experts who will act as
field men to instruct Nebraska farm
ers in the care of dairy cattle and to
purchase stock upon request made to
them by farmers.
Carl Gray Chairman.
"Its fundamental purposes are edu
cation and co-operation,” declared
•‘art li. Gray, president of the Union
Pacific, who acted as chairman of
the meeting. “It is anticipated that
the budget will enable the selection
of a manager and at least one assist
ant, both of whom will be field men
with an offico for the collection of
vital statistics.
“They will develop weak spots is
existing dairy operations, carrying
this‘activity not only into the im
provement of tlie dairy herd with
out regard to breed, through elim
ination, substitution and breeding,
but into the questions of operations,
transportation and marketing, co-op
erating in the closest way In all
these activities with the county
agent and the extension service of
the college of agriculture.
Platform Suggestion*.
"For the platform X offer the fol
lowing suggestions:
"That the Nebraska Dairy Deveh
^MT'lunnit society Is to be devoted to
the best interests of the farmer In
this state, to encourage and aid him
in any present dairy activities and to
t he development of the business as
a whole along constructive and prac
tical lines, having in mind contin
ually that to be successful it must
be compensatory.?
The affairs of the society will be
managed by a board of 25 trustees
and an executive committee of seven
members.
Any citizen of Nebraska of good
character and •standing who is in
terested in the development of the
state and especially those Interested
in the dairy industry are eligible to
membership, according to the consti
tution.
"This meeting looks like a ray of
light," said J. E. Baker, president of
the Lancaster County Milk Producers'
association.
Baker, however, Insisted that the
society must "look first of all to the
marketing side of the thing," and his
statement was reiterated by C. B.
Stewart, secretary of the Nebraska
Farm Bureau federation, who moved
the Inclusion of the word "market
ing” in the constitution.
Meeting in Uproar.
The meeting wa* thrown into an
uproar shortly after it had been called
to order, when I. W. Jacoby of Have
lock rose and declared himself in
violent opposition.
Stating that he owned a herd of
dairy cattle and “knew what he was
talking about," Jacoby said that there
^*,a! no need for the organization,
since it was but a dpullcattyn of
other agencies now in existence.
Jacoby then Insisted on reading the
salaries of railroad presidents in the
country, despite outspoken demands
that the meeting had been called to
discuss the dairy industry and not
-transportation.
When Jacoby was well down his
Hut, President Gray Interrupted to
say. "There are only two possible
kinds .of railway operation, Mr.
Jacoby, private snd governmental,
and T say for your information that
T have been offered a. larger salary
by a gn\ernment owned railroad than
I am now receiving.”
Drowned Out by I.a tighter.
The climax of Jacoby's speech was
reached when he announced that the
people's legislative service, of which
Senator I .a Follette Is chairman, was
the nuthority for hi* figures, and
the speaker was unable to continue
because of tho prolonged laughter of
his audience.
Jacoby cast, the only dissenting vote
on the advisability of the society.
Delegate* from Cherry county and
from southwestern Nebraska stated
that there was a renl need for the
organization to train them In the
proper care of dairy cattle.
"We've been cattlemen out there,”
said one of their number, "and we
want field men to show ua how to
handle dairy cows with our beef
cattle.”
"On* of th* causes of the failure
of young men to return to the farm
Is a large mortgage that never dl
nnllshesj” Pan Morris, Kearney
^*>1 anker, told the meeting.
r “On farms where cows *rs being
milked there Is no jnortgage and the
boy* go back," h* continued.
Morris' statement fairly well re
fleeted the feeling of the majority n(
the audience, which believed that a
t w cows on farms that now buy
■e
Cloudy and Colder Is
Predicted for Omaha
Mostly cloudy and colder is the of
ficial weather forecast Thursday of
M. V. Robins, government meterolo
gist. The temperature recorded in
Omaha yesterday was 7 above.
Meterologist Robins • expects the
thermometer to be near the zero
mark by Thursday morning. Snow
was falling east, west and north, with
seven inches of snow at Cheyenne.
Temperatures north and west were
low. At North Platte and Valentine
it was 4 above zero; at Des Moines,
8 above; at Kansas City, 16 above;
at Denver, 8 above, and at Sioux City,
6 above.
their milk will spell the difference
between profit and loss.
State Behind in Cows.
"There are no l>ank failures in Wis
consinfl which is one of the greatest
dairying states in the union, and
haven’t peen in five year," said
Howard AVineland of Dincoln, who
added that he had made frequent
trips to that state and was thorough
ly familiar with conditions there.
J. E. Baker cited figures which
show Nebraska has one cow for every
2.9 persons, while Wisconsin, with
its 1,796,000 rattle, has one for every
1.6. Other states included by Baker
were New' York, which- he said has
1,450,000 cattle, or one to every 7.7
persons; Illinois, with 657,000 cattle,
or one fo every 6.3 persons, and Ohio
with 888,000 cattle, or one to every
6.6 persons.
"We have too many cows for the
present market and too few for big
consumption plants," Baker said.
"One of the first crops we must raise
here are fellows who know how to
raise cows."
A nominating committee brought In
a list of 30 potential members of the
board of trustees and the list was
circulated with instructions to vote
for 22.
IJst of Trustees.
The list of trustees announced to
night Includes 10 farmers, six hank
ers, two creamery men, one co-opera
tive creamery manager, a secretary of
a creamery organization, an agricul
tural college professor, two railroad
men, one publisher, and the secretary
of the state board of agriculture,
The trustees elected follow: Carl R.
Gray, Omaha; John IJavls, Geneva;
Pat Walsh, McCook; Dan Morris,
Kearney; Elliott Davis, Hastings; H.
P. Davis, Lincoln; Charles Steward,
Lincoln; C. A. AJinnlck, Crawford;
Martin Dlmery, Sidney; Wayland Ma
gee, Bennington; W'alter Head, Oma
ha; W. F. Holcomb, Clay Center; E. R.
Danielson, Lincoln; W. H. Butterfield,
Norfolk; C. E. Leonard, Scottsbluff;
S. R. McKelvle, Lincoln; A. L. Hecker,
Lincoln; H. L. Mcl^augblin. Doni
phan; Dan V. Stephens, Fremont; Ole
Hanson, Orleans; A. J. Weaver. Falls
City! George W. Holdrege, Omaha; H.
D. Lute, Paxton. J. S. Clark, Ra
venna, and W. E. Spencer, Alliance.
Ten Thayer County
Teams Enter Tourney
Hebron. Neb., Feb. 20.—Ten Thayer
county high school Dasket ball teams
will play In a tournament In Hebron
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
ttis week. This is the first affair
of its kind to be held In the county,
under the auspices of the County High
School Athletic association and is
under the direction of P. T. Johns
of Chester, H. J. Freeborn and W.
H. Roselius of Hebron. The first
night games are scheduled as fol
lows:
Hebron High reserves sgainst Dav
enport; Hebron High against Carle
ton; Brunlng against Chester; Desh
ler against Alexandria; Hebron acade
my against Belvldlre. The winning
teams will draw for games on Fri
day and Saturday evening will be
finals. The Hebron Commercial club
has ofered two trophies for the tour
nament.
Bryan Favors
Fire Arm Law
Imperial Itispatrh to Tho Omaha Be*.
Lincoln, Feb. 20.—Governor Charles
W. Bryan this morning declared him
self In favor of a state or federal law
to license or limit the sale of fire
arms, as the result of the fetal
shooting Monday of District Judge
William M. Morning.
He said that local lawa would have
but little effect.
Rumania Nasty
to U. S. in Protest
Washington, Feb. 20.—Chairman
Johnson of the Immigration commit
tee told the house today he had re
ceived an ‘'lmpudent'• protest from
the Rumanian legation against pro
visions of the new Immigration bill.
Auto and Truck Collide.
H. Ducll, 40 Fleming avenue.
Council Bluffs reported thnt he col
lided yesterday nt. Tenth street and
Third avenue with a truck owned
by Ham Gross. Eleventh street and
Broadway, driven by Harold Robert
son. One wheel of the truck was
broken when It was forced against
the curb.
Compromise at Herrin.
Herrin, 111., Feb. 20.—A compromise
between .Sheriff George Gnlllgnn slid
the Kll Klux Klan. which provides
for a cessation of dry raids by the
klan. the removal of H. Glenn Young,
paid employe of the klan, and two of
Oalllgsn's deputies, was announced to
day hy a citizens' committee which
brought shout the compromise.
Pullman Portent Get Raiae.
Chicago, !'>h. 20.—The Pullman
company announced today an 3 per
cent wage Increase, the annual total
of which will exceed $1.000,000, for Its
porters.
The Increase will be distributed
among all Pullman porters, number
Ing between 3,000 and 10,000
t
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It Would Help if the Neighbors Would Use a Little Parental Discipline, Too
WELL* WHILE THERE 5
PLENTY OF HOT SOAPSUDS
and water, why not
DO A LITTLE CLEANING
UP IN YOUR OWN HOUSE
HOLD ? YOU CAN'T EXPECT
MY FAMILY To BE ANGELS
IP YOU'RE GOING To LET
Yours, run wild all. j
s . mer the place- j
Delaney to Meet
Tunney March 17
Dos Angeles, Feb. 20. — Jfmmy
Delaney. St. Paul light-heavyweight,
who lost a decision to Bert Colima,
welterweight of Whittier. Cal., here
last night has been matched to meet
Gene Tunney. American light heavy
weight champion, in a 10-round bout
In St. Paul, St. Patrick day, March
17, according to hla manager, Mike
Colins. I.ast night's defeat waa the
first decision Delaney lost during his
ring career.
Delegate Candidate
in Favor of Johnson
Grand Island. Neb., Feb. 20.—A. W.
Sterne, for many years a leading
local republican, and delegate to the
national convention eight years ago,
has announced hla candidacy for
nomination for delegate from the
Fifth district. Owing to some con
troversies In the past, Mr. Sterne
desires republican voters of the dls
trlct to know exactly where he
stands, and has made public the fol
lowing statement:
"Recent events have persuaded me,
so far as my individual opinion Is
rcncerned, that the best Interests of
the nation, and of our own state,
suggest the nomination of Senator
Hiram Johnson.
"I shall not let my Individual
nplnlon stand In theway of doing my
July as I see It, however. If thw
majority of the district’s republican
electors express a preference for
Renator Johnson in the presldentlsl
choice, I shall cast my vote at the
national convention for Senator
Inhnson until released In writing by
the senator or hla manager; and If.
in the other hand, the republicans of
my district shall express a choice for
President Coolldge, my vote In the
national convention will he cast for
President Goolidge until similarly re
leased by him.”
Peace Disturber# Fined.
William B.vrutn and V. Howlaw.ay,
arrested Monday night In the Rock
Island yards, when employes reported
to police they were preparing to settle
an argument with revolvers, were
fined for disturbing the peace In
Council Rluffs police court Tuesday.
Police found no weapons on either
man at the time of arrest.
Married in Council Bluffs.
Th# fnllowlnr paraonn obtained mar
naan 1!can*a In f'ouncll Hluffn
rlny:
Floyd A Hick*. Omaha **
Anna K. O'Hara. Council Hluffn .24
Owlaht f>c*clmn, Kdlnon. Nab.22
Glady Walkar, Lincoln, Neb.24
Tohn A Halvla. Ornnhn .41
Fnnnln K. Coffey. Omaha . 41
Krnaaf Flrlb, Omaha 25
Allca Stuart, Omaha 21
Arthur Von Sena^rc Wayne Neh.22
f'hrlntlna Kif*a**r, Wayne. Nab.24
Robert Tl. NhHton. Omaha .74
Flanal* K. Todd, Omaha .29
\ K Karr. Lincoln. Neh . 2*1
4ylv|* O. Harry, Lincoln, Nab.22
l.cwln A. Waatlund. Lincoln, Neh.,,,,.41
Mary Monaco. Lincoln, Nab.25
Frank Kauanar. Hralnnrd Neh .21
Hart ha Nnvratll. Hralnnrd. Nab. 1*
Theodora W Jacnbaon. Omaha ..24
f)nra Aallnr. Omaha .24
Deorjra Hpahn, Sutton. Nab .SS
llattla It. Hatcllffa. 8hlcklay. Nah ...SO
Amlal Kallar, Cadar Bluff*. N»t*.22
Kva LaGrand. Cadar Hluffn, Nab.22
John Glaaahoff Millard. Nab.IS
Anna Holl, Millard. Neh .#...24
Frad llartman. Oratna. Nab. ....••«» 22
Oladya Fit*. Gretna, Neb ..21
Roy L Ifuntar. Isorcttn N*b.....24
.lannla Llttfftl, Loratto. Nab. ..21
Frank Hal*. Vallay. N*o. 24
lfa*al Hlndmarah Vallay. Nab. ...... '-2
Qaofga Gohda. Lincoln, Nab ..........21
f.nla Johnaon. fled Oak, la . 19
F.uaana D. Kbernola Omaha .....25
raulina K Rlchay. Omaha .22
Lloyd A Ifcidaekar Prlncaton. N»b 24
tVulah M. Moat* Hatlam. Nah. 20
1 r Kaarna, Crnt§ Nab. .27
Mary Lund. Cratff. Nab.21
4
The Day in
Washington
i'
Secretary Hughes made farther
suggestions to house and senate
committees regarding pending immi
gration legislation.
President I'oolidge withdrew the
nomination of George B. Christian.
Jr., to he a member of the federal
trade commission.
Chairman Johnson of the house
immigration committee described a
Roumanian immigration protest on
the 'floor of the house as "Impu
dent.”
Harry Payne Whitney was ques
tioned by the senate oil committee
regarding possible stock transac
tions by public officials.
Senator Klklns, republican. West
Virginia, said he had purchased
stork in the Sinclair Consolidated
Oil company and was willing to tell
the oil committee shout it.
President Coolidge was advised by
Senator laidge of Massachusetts,
the republican leader, that republi
can senate sentiment was growing
in favor of Attorney General Daugh
erty's retirement. Daugherty In a
statement publicly defied his rritlra.
House organization republicans
were again routed by a democratlr
repiihliran-lRsurgeiit coalition with
the result that amendments to the
tax bill dealing with stork dividends
and earned Incomes were adopted.
Carload of Rum
Seized at Denver
Denver. Colo.. Feb. 20—On* thou
sand cases of bonded liquor valued
at morn than $200,000 was seized in
the railroad yards early this morning
by a squad of policemen acting under
orders from Sergeant Fred Reed.
Sergeant Reed had received a secret
tip that a carload of bonded liquor,
consigned to unnamed persons In
Cleveland, O., had been billed from a
California point as "non intoxicating
Wine.” The car arrived in Denver
last night over the Union Pacific and
wars to have been transferred to the
Rock Island early this morning when
seized. Sergeant Reed refused to give
the names of the parties Involved,
but said it was th« first step In the
breaking up of a nation wide booze
ring which had been in operation for
a year.
To fio to Nevada Diocese.
Milford. Mass., Feb. 20.—Bishop
Arthur W. Moulton of the Kplscopal
diocese of Utah, received notice of
Ills appointment as bishop of Ne
vada to succeed Bishop George Hunt
ing.
The two dloceaes will tie Joined
under one head. Bishop Moulton
said bis appointment was one of the
last official aits of Right Rev. Alex
ander C. Garrett, preaiding bishop
of the Protestant Kplscopal ehiirrh,
who died Monday night.
Cyclones to Wrestle Jayhawks
Amm, ln.# FVb. ?0.—roach Otto
H/HIka wquart of Iowa Stata college
wreatlera will moot the Kantaa uni
veraity runtniru In Hawrenre tomor
row night nnrt than will go to Holla,
Mo.. where they moat th(i Holla School
of Mine* weatltr*. Negotiation* at#
underway for a mart with tha Michi
gan Angle* mat mm her#, F>b
ary 2R
Overcoat Stolen.
TVilllnm rarranghtnn. employ# of
the Swift Hacking company plant
reported to South Oinnha police th
theft of an ovarcoat from hi* locket
at the plant.
Democrat Forces •
Push Tax Victory
Amendment Passed Giving
Farmers Benefit of Fur
ther Reduction.
Washington. Fsto. 10.—Continuing
to exert their complete coslitlon con
trol, the democrats and Insurgent
progressives again ran roughshod
over the repubicans in today's con
sideration of the tax reduction bill In
the house.
Two more Important amendmente
were written Into the hill over the
vigorous opposition of the regulars.
Both were offered by Representative
Garner, democratic tax leader, and
supported solidly by the democrats
and by about 15 of the Insurgent pro
gressive group.
The first change makes the regular
income tax rates applicable to profits
from the sale of stock dividends, re
gardless of when sold. Under the
present law. which the bill proposed
to continue In operation, such profits
are sulject to the regular taxes only
If sold within two years after Issu
ance. After that time they become
“capital assets’* and taxable at a
maximum of 12 1! per cent. The
vote on this amendment was 162 to
11*. , s
Farmers to Benefit.
The second overturn of the repub
lican organization cams on an amend
ment specifically extending to farm
ers and small business men the bene
fits of the 25 per cent reduction on
earned Income. The vote was 141
to 134.
The democrats abandoned their an
nounced plnn to support an Increase
of (he 23 per cent earned Income re
duction to S3 1 3 per cent. The pro
visions making all Income up to
eubject to this reduction and
limiting application of the reduction
to Incomes up to $20,000 likewise were
approved without opposition.
Final Vole Monday.
Numerous other individual efforts
to modify the measure jvi tmportsnt
particulars were mowed down in rap
id order and when Hms for adjourn
ment rnnie, such progress had been
made that leaders on both sides
thought a final vote on passage of
the bill could be bad next Monday
Instead of the latter part of next
week as originally expected.
Seventy-three of the 24! pages Iry
the measure, or approximately ens
third, have been passed ovr since
consideration of amendments was
begun Monday. Moreover, thechlef
controversial features have been dls
posed of already.
Representative Garner proposed
tonight that an agreement to vote
on passage Monday he entered Into
but Chairman Green of the ways
and means committee, In charge of
the bill, said hewnuld have to watt
until tomorrow before giving Ills an
swer. He said hewould not agree to
fix the date for n vote later than
Monday.
By Intemsllensl News Hervlre.
Washington. Feb. !«.—The Hi new I
Hist I'reslilenl (onllilge will veto Hie
denimmllc lax reduction rales that
are now written into Hie new revenue
bill In place of the Mellon arhrilulea
was ilcflnitrly projected today In the
congressional tax fight.
The White House was In direct
touch with Hie enpltol during the ha I
loling late Tuesday.
A White House official who usual
ly speaks for the president said to
day
"The president will not recede ono
Inch from his previously stated posi
iTurn le Page Hie. column One !
4
Daugherty’s Resignation In
More Senators in Stock Deals
-/ * Gj -—~
Elkins’ Name
Only One of
Many, Belief
Pressure to Soft-Pedal Probe
Taken to Indicate Group
of Senator^ Involved in
Oil Deals.
Washington, Keb. 20.—The admis
sion today by I’nited States Senator
TJavid E. Elkins, republiean, West
Virginia, that he speculated in Sinclair
Consolidated Oil stock was declared
to be only an entering wedge Into a
situation, which if developed officially,
will show that a large group In the
senate, in addition to administration
officials, have been playing the stock
market regularly.
This, it is unofficially admitted, is
the reason back of the tremendous
pressure brought by Individual sena
tors to soft-pedal the investigation.
It is the reason behind the secret
sessions of the probe committee.
It is the unconfessed Justification
for sequestering witnesses behind the
committee’s closed doors and cau
tiously feeling out the character an<i
probable extent of their Information.
The expert accountants from the
federal trade commission who have
been studying the books of Wash
ington and New York brokerage
houses, have had in their possession
for days the names of these stock
gambling senators and administration
officials. Yet every inquiry put to
the committee as to what progress
these accountants have made has
hrmieht the rei.lv:
“We don't know yet. We haven't
asked them yet.”
The committee was definitely In
formed weeks ago that a certain
Washington brokerage house carried
the accounts of high officials of the
government under numbers Instead
of their names. These numbers were
given to the accountants before they
set to work on the brokers' books.
Yet the name of Senator Elkins, dis
closed In secret session of the com
mittee yesterday and jealously guard
ed by the committee, is the only
name thus far made public on the
list of stock gamblers in congress.
Special Counsel Poinerene and Rob
erts announce officially that they plan
two legal steps in tha Immediate fu
ture. The first will be the filing in
federal court of a petition to abro
gate the Doheny, Sinclair and Stand
ard Oil leases on naval oil reserve
lands. The second step will be appli
cation In federal court for a tempor
ary restraining order against the re
moval preliminary to application for
a permanent Injunction.
While Harry Payne Whitney was
handing certain of his private ac
count sheets to the senate oil lease
Investigating committee In secret ses
sion today Senator Elkins awaited
him In the committee anteroom. A
little later Whitney and Elkins walked
arm-in-arm down the corridor to the
latters office, where they visited.
Then Senator Elkins gave an Inter
view in which he freely admitted hav
ing speculated at the time Secretary
of the Interior Fall leased Teapot
Dome to Its subsidiary company,
Mammoth Oil.
Senator Elkins declared he Is pre
pared to tell the investigating com
mittee about his oil trading, it the
committee wishes to call him to tli?
stand.
British Labor Council
Urges Freeing India
London, Feb. 20.—The national
council of the independent labor par
ty which command# great influence
with the present labor government
has Issued n statement strongly sup
porting India's claims for full political
and economic liberty.
It urges the appointment of a
commission to revise the government
of India act and further sake the
government "to consider Inviting rep
resenatlves of the various parties In
India to consult with It regarding
acceleration of full self government,
which should he Impeded by no claim
that (ireat Britain Is the rightful
ruler of India."
Davis Defeats Moss in an
in Horseshoe Finals
Ijrke Worth, Fla.. Feb. 20.—In
vincible flinging by C. O. 1'avia of
Cleveland, O., burled "Putt" Moss
man. 17 year-old Kldora. la., youngster
under a rain of horseshoes today
when the two undefeated contestants
threw tlielr match game tn the day's
plsy of the 1074 mid winter tourney,
of the National Horseshoe sssocia
tion.
\\ ashinptou Program.
Pupils from Smith High school will
present Washington's birthday pro
gram at the meeting of (tie Morton
Paik Community center In the Mor
ton park pavilion Friday night. The
program will include a playlet "Any
thing tint the Tritth." and a talk by
It. H. Johnson.
( The Weather I
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*
The Public Seems to
to Be Crazy, Says Elkins
Washington. Feb. 20. — Senator
Elkins, the diclosure of whose
name on the books of J. P. Ben
kard & Co., New Fork, as a trader
in Sinclair Consolidated today
said: ,
“Certainly it is true I bought and
sold Sinclair Consolidated just
as I would buy and sell an auto
mobile or a tiouse. How are wa
going to make money if we don't
buy and sell things? If it is wrong
to buy and sell stocks on the mar
ket let congress make it wrong
by laws and I will stop.
“I buy various stocks and sell
them as anybody else does—buy
them wlien I believe they are
about to go up, sell them when
I think they are about to go
down.
"If it a. crime for me to
buy and sell stocks let them hol
ler their heads off about it. I
say I have the right. The public
seems to have gone crazy, and
there is a lot of hot Air in the
senate over this oil matter. I
am not disturbed because my ac
tions were legitimate. How are we
to have liquid business if we can't
buy and sell things?”
Attorney General
j
Stands Condemned
by Oil Friendship
Daugherty ^ ill Be Forced to
Retire to Save Present
Administration. Says
Mark Sullivan.
By MARK SI LL.IVAV
Washington, Feb. 20.—The really
substantial reasons why Daugherty
is under pressure to retira from the
cabinet are not directly connected
with the "oil scandal.’’ It is true that
Senator Walsh spoke of the attorney
general being under suspicion in con
nection with the oil leases. It ia
also true that Senator Walsh is a
man of restraint and care in the ex
pression of his suspicions. But the
suspicion ngainet Daugherty, so far
as the record has gone, rests merely
cn a phrase in a letter written by a
subordinate in the Interior depart
ment to Fall at the time the leases
were being drawn, in which the sub
ordinate sugested that an opinion on
the legality of the leases should be
secured from the attorney general
and added the mysterious word, "I
realize the objections to asking such
an opinion."
That phrase alone would not prove
that Daugherty had any knowledge
of the oil leases, or that he ever
gave any opinion on their legality.
Indeed, that phrase might readily be
interpreted to suggest that Fall and
the others in the Interior depart
ment did not want to ask for the at
torney general's opinion for fear he
might give an adverse one and upset
the whole proceedings. If it were
some other man than Daugherty to
whom that phrase referred, it might
as readily be interpreted in his favor
as against him. If Daugherty had
rot already been under attack be
cause of other things, that fragmen
tary connection with the oil scandal
would not have excited demands for
his resignation.
>ot Duty ol ms wince.
~ Also, Daugherty cannot he charged
with negligence in failing to have
knowledge of the oil leases, and fail
ing to take the initiative in stopping
them. It is not within a fair or
usual interpretation of attorney gen
eral's functions to hold him to such
a duty an that. In such a case the
attorney general is only held to ac
countability for giving a sound opin
ion when he is formally asked to pass
on the question. As respects the oil
scandal. Daugherty had no such
culpability as Denby had.
Nevertheless, there are plenty of
good reasons why- Daugherty should
resign. Scandal after scandal is being
unearthed in various department* of
the government. The sttorney gen
eral Is the official who should prose
cute those scandals^ Htghtly or
wrongly, the faot Is that the public
generally. Including many of Daugh
erty's own friend*, regards Daugherty
as not a good man to prosecute the
charges arising out of these various
Investigation*.
Oil tMfniWti|» Disqualify.
The demand that under these cir
cumstances. and at till* time, the man
in the attorney general's office shall
he one in whom the public ha* perfect
confidence If there were nothing
else, the fact that most of the men
accused were friends of Harding or
appointor* of Harding, or both frlenda
and appointors, la rnough to dls
qualify Daugherty. Daugherty was
Harding's close friend, and the public
will always suspect the* Daugherty
would want to protect Harding's
reputation, and shield Harding's
friend* and appointees. Some of the
igen accused were known as Daugh
erty's friend* as well as Hardings
Kali was an example. It Is more thsn
the public would expect of human
nature that Daugherty should put *«
much earnest nr-* into prosecuting
Kali as that case demands
("Sse after case Is oomlng lip In
which lkiugherty ** head of the legal
arm of the government will t-e com
pelled to choose between the strrrrst
kind of a duty and lo'iUtv to the
friend* and to the memory of hi* own
great friend Harding. Daugherty
would need to let Ire in the light of
the present scandals became of the
peculiarly Intimate nature of hi* re
latlons with the president who ap
pointed tlie- accused men. and with
some of tin Scrueed themselves
To Quit Job
in 24 Hours,
Is Indication
President Coolidge Declared
Yielding to Demand*
of Senators for
Retirement.
Washington. Feb. 10.—Harry M.
Daugherty will resign as attorney
general of the United States within
"4 hours, If his resignation is not al
ready In the hands of the president,
it was indicated tonight. He saw the
president shortly before noon today.
It was said.
Even while Daugherty was Issuing
a formal statement to indicate that
i he would remain in the cabinet. Presi
dent Coolidge was yielding to pressu:#
to call for his retirement.
Henry Cabot Lodge, republican
leader of the senate, and Senator
George Wharton Pepper. Pennsyl
vania, as a committee representing
their colleagues, called on the presi
dent and asked him to demand the
resignation of Daugherty.
They were closeted with the execu
tive .for upwards of two hours in
their effort to have hlin change hi*
view that he would not let Daug':
erty out until he had been convicted
of wrongdoine.
Might Save Administration.
Their visit was a result of a con
ference of a large number of repub
lican senators last night, w hen it *»,
decided that the party could not sur
vive the campaign unless the presi
dent Immediately purged it of ail
taint of oil.
Among those at the conference were
S-nators Lodge. Pepper, Pennsyl
vania: FeslS and Willis. Ohio, and
Curtis of Kansas. Their decision i»
understood to have been unanimous.
Situation Embarrassing.
After last nights meeting they
gathered again this morning and de
cided to convey the result of the:r
deliberations direct to the president.
After the conference they refused
to comment and it was said at the
White House that the president him
self would take no action tonight.
The senators told the president
that while they respected hi* atti
tude of fairness end his prerogative
to "hire and fire" his cabinet, tie
retention of Daugherty was proving
increasingly embarrassing to the
party.
Japanese Praise
Hughes’ Fair Ray
R* AworiiM Press.
• Tokio. Feb. 10.—A three-day choru*
; of praise for Secretary of State
Hughes' attitude regarding the ex
clusion of Japanese from the United
States, expressed by him in a letter
j to the house Immigration committee.
I has been sung by the Tokio Press,
.which paid glowing tribute to Hughes
I "sagacity and fairness" and to the
American people's "love for justice
and fair play."
In the leading paean Nichl XicJ i
states the American public's con
science would not permit an exclusion
clause to hp enacted. Yomiuri concur*
in this and adi^p that the secretary s
views "are In keeping with the high
est American principles."
A noteworthy change in opinion fol
lowed the Hughes statement, thir.
ly-veiled hostility giving way to ex
travagant praise in the course of a
' few days.
Secretary Hughes on February 11
advised the house Immigration com
mittee that the pending bill to ex
clude Japanese from this country
wotild be inconsistent with American
treaties with Japan, and suggested
modifications including elimination.
in the interest of international rela
tions." of a clause which would bar
Japanese laborers from the United
States."
I
Senator Greene
Is Near Death
R.v \norlated Pres*.
WashlnRton. Feb. 10.—The cond.
tion of Senator Frank U Greene of
Vermont was described by physician*
to he "not null* so favorable" at lt:S*
this moraine.
Dr. Daniel Borden, who operated on
Senator Greene Saturday and a«eln
Monday, made the announcement
after a consultation wtth Dr. Thomas
Linville. the senator'* family phyat
ctan. >
"Hla present atate la th# reeult o*
an injury to the brain Itself," Dr.
Borden said.
At the hospital It was said that
Senator Green* understood what was
lelne said to him. but was apj«r
rnlly unable to speak.
Mia. Greene was summoned to her
liushand's bedside shortly after 11
a. m. and It was apparent these In
attendance believed the end rnitht be
near.
To Move l\ Mail*.
l-ondon. Feb. Jh -Footmaster Gen
eral Hartshorn announced in the
hon»e of commons today that ths (rev
eminent was taking th# necessary
steps to insure smooth working of
th# postal service and the removal of
American malls without delay
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