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France Has
No Designs
on Germany
So Declares Poincare in Ex
change of Notes With Eng
lish Premier, Noteworthy
for Frankness.
Settlement No Nearer
By Associated PreM.
London, March 2.—The new labor
prime minister, in bis desire to create
a more favorable atmosphere for the
initiation of negotiations which he
hopes may result from labor’s two
expert committees now sitting in
Paris, and also probably with the
coming French elections in mind, has
bad a further exchange of letters with
tho French premier. Poincare, the
texts of which were issued from the
foreign offices at Paris and London
tonight.
This correspondence is noteworthy
on Premier Macdonald's side for his
extreme frankness in stating the
British viewpoint and his opinions on
the .policy France fiad pursued since
the war. Never before, not eve* in
the famous Curron dispatch, which
expressed the British view that the
occupation of the Ruhr was illegal,
has British suspicion of French action
and motives been so candidly stated.
And tlie fact that M. Poincare in his
rejoinder takes no umbrage at this
frankness — so new in Kuropean
diplomacy—is in itself considered u
most favorable sign, although M.
Poincare's letter is little more than a
repetition of his many speeches on
the same subject.
Wants U. 8. In.
Neither of the premiers wilt make
any attempt to formulate concrete
proposals until the expert commit
tees have reported. Mr. Macdonald
again shows that his main hope Is to
attain such a state of affairs in
Europe as should Induce the United
States to ro-dperate In the recon
struction of Europe.
M. Poincare repudiates any design
to annex Herman territory and, con
cerning British suspicions of French
motives in giving military assistance
to the little entente countries, de
clares that the French alms are ab
solutely peaceful and he desires only
that England should co-operate with
the same group of countries for the
purpose of maintaining peace in
Europe. M. Poincare seems to think
that it will be a long time before
the committees are able to present"
their reports. In the meantime, he
re-echoes most of the British prime
minister's aspirations for co-opera
tion by tb* two countries in the in
terests of a Jusht settlement and on
the whole, the correspondence, al
though It does not materially ad
vance, certainly does not diminish
the chances of an ultimate settle
ment.
Seeks Better Understanding. '
Premier MacDonald's letter to M.j
Poincare, which Is dated February
21, says that encouraged by the
friendly nature of M. Polncare'e reply
to his former letter, he desirea to pre
pare the way for a more complete
mutual understanding by an unre
served recital of ‘‘the dlfflvultles with
which I am faced and the manner in
which I myself invisage the situa
tion.”
He does not desire to enter into
details or advance apeciflo proposals,
hut explains that: ‘‘My present pur
pose Is to make clear to you that to
my mind, the difficulties and alter
cations of the past were in most
cases not wholly unavoidable and to
assure you of my readiness to re
examine fhe whole problem in Its
larger outlines and more essential
elements.”
Repairs to Alaskan Cable
Will Be Started on May 1
Bj InUermI Service.
Washington, March 2.—Work will
lie started May 1 on repairs to the
antiquated cable system serving
Alaska, It was announced today.
Army and navy are cooperating In
laying new sections bought In Eng
land.
Prior May 1, the destroyers
Hull and Corry will take soundings
in the lane from Seattle to Seward,
Alaska. The soundings are to be taken
at Intervals of four miles, nnd the
two ships will be used to widen the
lane.
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Rooster, Bereaved of
Mate, I\otv Mothering
P'amily of Chickens
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By Universal (terrier.
Washington, March 2.—A paragon
among roosters has been discovered
at 811 ver Springs, Md., nenr this city
Recently his mate met her end
under an automobile while engaged
In the classic occupation of crossing
a road. Most gentlemen of the gal
linareoua tribe would promptly have
picked another spouse and continued
strutting and crowing.
Not so this faithful bird, however.
The tragedy had orphaned a family
of chicks, and It was up to someone
i, in the colony to furnish them bed
L and hoard. The rooster haa done
* both since the day of his bereave
ment. Not only does he fornge for
lbs youngsters but takes them under
his wines at night
The owner of the mother-rooster
end nfflint of this slorv Is .lames R
Ryan, during the world war mounted
orderly to General Perehin*
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Death Toll Is Now 18
of TNT Explosion
New Brunswick, N. J., March J.—
The number of known dead as a re
sult of yesterday’s disastrous TNT
explosion and celluloid fire at the
little town of Nixon today was placed
at IS. Only one additional body, the
torso of a woman, was found today.
Rescuers who worked in the smoking
ruins throughout the day said eight
persons are missing, six are unac
counted for and 60 are being treated
foy injuries suffered in the disaster.
Germany Makes
Plans to Extend
Foreign Trade
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Commercial Treaties With
Czeclio-Slovakia Completed;
Agreemnet Is Reached
With England.
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By rnltmul Service.
Berlin, March 2.—Important state
and private international commercial
treaties were concluded the last week.
An agreement between Germany
and Czecho-Slovakia regulates com
mercial relations on the basis of the
"most favored nation clause,” with
preference duties. Germany chiefly
reduces the duties on automobiles,
agricultural machinery, paper, cut
lery, tiles, phonographic plates, malt
and hops, and besides, grants low
freight rates from Czech-Slovakia to
Hamburg and Bremen.
Forty per cent of the total Im
ports into Czech-Slovakia came from
Germany, this at present amounting
to only 14 per cent of the total Ger
man exports.
The Anglo-German agreement
settles the 26 per cent reparations
duty. On February 26, it was de
duced to 5 per cent for German goods
imported into England.
As a result of the reduction in tax,
German exports to England should
increase.
The Frankfurter Allgemelne Versl
cherungsaktiengsellhaft has just con
cluded a comprehensive fusion of in
terest with the commercial union of
London. Both companies are among
the largest insurance undertakings
in their respective countries. The
two interests will divide among
themselves SO per cent of their whole
■insurance business. Tbe agreement
extends to all countries of the globe
except the United States.
Several German concerns are ne
gotiating with the soviet govern
ment to obtain concessions with Rus
sian industrial establishments.
Blfflcultlcs have arisen, however,
oveg the legal conditions in Russia.
Germans are required to deposit a
financial guarantee.
The Rhineland commission lias
concluded approximately 20 new ml
cum agreements in Industry in the
occupied territory. ,
Platte Flood
1 Waters Rising
Trouble Anticipated by Mid
dle of Week When Ice
Expected to Go Out.
Special IMapatch to Tha Omaha Bee.
Schuyler, Neb.. March 2.—Water
v hlch has Tootled the lowlands of the
Platte, south of here, was rising to
day. Kalse between noon and this
evening was estimated at one foot.
The flooded area extends from about
ono and one-half miles north of the
highway bridge to a point south of
town, on the north side of the river,
and is about a half mile wide at
places.
The river Is higher than at any
time since 1912.
Although the state aid highway Is
covered with two feet of water at
some places north of the Tbrldge, traf
fic hae not been halted.
The Ice In the river still Is
hut some blasting waa done today
to brenk up thin Ice from the Tooded
area which was threatening bridges.
No trouble is anticipated before
the middle of the week, when -the Ice
on the river, said to he from 12 to
20 inches thick, Is expected to go out.
Daugherty at Miami;
Statement Refused
By I'nltrml Service.
Miami, Fla., March 2.—Attorney
General Harry M. Daugherty, seem
inRly In Rood spirits, arrived here this
mornlnR and at ones went to the Din
coin hotel, where Mra. Daugherty^ Is
convalescing.
Because there was no room at the
T.lncoln, the attorney general had to
find quarters at the Nautilus hotel,
where he denied himself to visitors
and newspaper men.
"The attorney general la here lo
rest and has no statement to make
at this time," said his secretary, Miss
Carroll, who barred the way to all
newspaper men.
Baby Is Hostage
for Mother’s Bill
Kansas City authorities are non
plussed hy a unique legal tangle, the
result of a mother'a frantic appeal
for alii in regaining custody of her 3
\ear old baby girl, who, the mother
alleges, is being held hostage for a
*20 board bill.
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Uncle Joe Keeps Abreast or the nines
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Danville, III.—Joseph G. Cannon, one time speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, is seen in his home in Danville, III.—to which he has retired
after his two score years of stormy public life—listening in on the radio set
recently presented to him by his admiring fellow townsmen.
"Uncle Joe” used the set to hear the president’s Washington's birthday
speech, which he declared a wonderful oration.
Note the signs of age and the absence of the black cigar which was
once almost a part of the old statesman.
“Ain’t Nature Wonderful”
By Uncle Pete
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NEILL. Neb..
March 2.— Doc
Wilkinson of Bea
ver Flat* will
’ perform no more
! pi and transplan
tation operations
on animals, ex
cept at the own
er's risk until
scientific research
| has determined
' more definitely
| just what char
acteristics may
be transmitted by
such transfer.
1 The doctor last
fall attempted to put spirit in Sapolio,
sheep-hearted running horse belong
ing to Jack McKenna, by exchanging
its glands for those of Glen Shively's
champion relay nag which was noted
more for Its tenacity than speed. T5y
McAdoo Replies
to Reed Attack
Says Opponent Disregarding
Truth “Because I Wouldn’t
Stay Out of Missouri.”
St. Louis, March 2.—William O.
McAdoo of Loa Angeles, In Ills cam
paign for the democratic presidential
nomination, tonight replied to at
tacks by Senator Jame* A. Reed, de
nouncing his Missouri opponent In
the presidential race as a man "who
resorts to the most glaring disregard
for the truth In his personal attack
on me bcause I would not stay out
of Missouri.”
The statement by Mr. McAdoo is In
the frjrin of a letter to C. C. Oliver..
St. Louis, chairman of the McAdoo
campaign In Missouri. The letter
said:
”I have made It a rule of my life not
to enter Into •personalities In the dtia
cusslon of public issues. 1 must, how
ever, let the American people know
the nature of the attempts which are
being made to confuse the real Issues
in the present campaign.
“Senator Reed of Missouri stated
recently as the reason for the vicious
attacks which he Is making upon me
personally that 'McAdoo publicly an
nounced that he did not Intend to
enter the lists against any home can
didate hut for reasons which doubt
less are satisfactory to himself, he
lias singled me out as an exception
to his general rule. He has come
into the state Missouri and Is
receiving some support. These con
ditions force me to make personal
reference which I would have sit
tirely omitted had I been extended
by McAdoo the same courtesy he has
extended to others.'
“Here Is a real patriot who resorts
to the most glaring disregard for the
truth In his personal attacks upon
me because T would not stsy out of
Missouri. He criticizes me In a way
which he 'would have entirely
omitted' If I had refuaed to give the
men and women of Missouri an op
portunity to expresa their honeat con
viction! In the selection of delegntes
to the democratic national conven
tion.”
Golf Makes Headway as
National Pastime in Japan
By AaaorhM Ptmi.
New York, March 2.—Golf la mnk
Ing rapid headway aa a national pan
time In Japan, according to word
reaching the lTnlted Stntca Golf anao
elation.
Aa a reault of recent requests, the
aaaoclatlon hna forwarded Information
to aid In the formation of Aa national
Japaneao organization of golf cluha,
na well aa detalla for the construe
tlon of a model ltnka near Toklo to
a'*rve aa a guide for the development
of other couraea. (
Two Army Flyers Injured
as Ship Falls Into Water
Moorehead City, N. C., March 5.—
I.letlt. Com. A. E. Montgomery and
Machlnlat'a Mate Chrlatlanaon are In
a local hoapltal goffering from Injuries
received when their plane, the S I, fell
Ml feet Into ahnllow water opposite
hern at 1:25 this nfternoon. l.leut. S
F. Kick wna uninjured The machine
ana one of three observation plnnee
which left Hampton Roads, Vn . fur
Miami, Fla., early today.
mistake, he exchanged the race horse
glands for those of Shively’s noted
outlaw. Hock of Ages, and the ex
change practically ruined each ani
mal for its specialty.
Shively's theatened suit for mal
practice, in Judge Kidwin’s court,
was averted by I he doctor's promise
to get some more fighting glands for
the outlaw, which was to participate
in the Cheyenne
Frontier Days
rodeo this sum
mer. These ho
secured from Jack
Dempsey, most
pugnacious hilly
'goat which heads
tiie milk herd be
longing to Cliff
Davis, a Skull
creek rancher,
and the second
operation on Hock
of Ages w as per
formed several
weeks sgo.
This last operation has not proven
the success hoped for. Rock of Ages
now butts instead of pitching when
he Is angry Rnd only the other morn
ing, when Shicely went out to feed
the pigs, be found that the horse had
climbed up onto the roof o£ the
chicken house, to the great damage
of that structure.
These eccentricities, Mr. Shively ex
pected to overcome by training, but
hopes were abandoned Saturday
when Rock of Acea chewed ur> two
valuable mall order house catalogue*
left by the rural mall carrier, and
then ale the lid off the tin mall box.
The Cheyenne entry h«s been can
celed, the horse hn» been turned
over to the children for a school pony,
and Hoe Wilklnsen again la threaten
ed with the suit for malpractice.
Cortland Wins Gage
Beatrice, Neb., March 2.—The Cort
land High school basket ball team
won from Filley by a 14 to 12 score
in the Anal game of the Gage county
Invitation tournament held at Cort
land, Neb., February 2R, 29 and March
1, deposing the title-holders for the
past two years and winning Its first
county championship.
The game, which was won in the
last few minutes of play, was fraught
with tnrllla and eotly contested. A
crowd estimated at 350 witnessed the
match.
The Gnge county tournament was
promoted three ye.ars ago by the Pil
grim Congregational church and the
business men of Cortland and It In
cludes all of the high school teams
In Gage county excepting the Beatrice
first squad.
Eight teams were represented this
year, among them Filley, for two
years ehamplon.
By winning, the Cortland team re
celvea the $250 loving cup on which
the town name will he engraved and
which will remain In their possession
until the next contender wins the
championship.
Aviatrix Is Killed
in Fall of 1.200 Feet
San Antonio. Tex.. March 2—Mrs.
Hertha Horeliein, member of sn air
circuit, was Instantly killed this aft
ernoon at the municipal flying field
here, when the left wing of her plane
crumpled ns she went Into a loop at
1.200 feet.
The plane crashed to Ihe ground 20
feet in front of the hangar and Into
the edge of the crowd of 3.000 spec
tatore,
Oyle Horchem, her husband and
owner of the clrcua, collapsed as tlie
woman's body was removed from the
twisted wreckage and was In a seri
ous condition.
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House to Wulen Scope
of Congressional Quiz
Washington, March 2. The
scope of congressional InvestIga
tlona will ha broadened this week
with the adoption of resolutions
authorizing Inquiry Into the sWp
ping board and the aircraft Indus
try.
Roth resolutions will come be
fore the house Tuesday before the
McKenzie proposal to accept
llenrv Fords offer for Muscle
tthoals la taken up
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Substitute Bill _
on Immigration
to Be Introduced
Only So Many Aliens a6 Can
Be Assimilated Wholesomely
to Be Admitted Under
Plan of Dr. Gulick.
B.v rnhfrnal Service.
■Washington, March 2.—Opposition
to the Johnson selective Immigration
bill turned today to the senate, where
it Is planned to have a substitute
measure Introduced.
Dr. Sydney D. Gullck, secretary of
the commission on international Jus
tice and good will of the Federal
Council of Churches, presented to
Senator Colt, Khode Island, chairman
of the senate committee on immigra
tion, a constructive plan approved
by his organization.
The fundamental principles of the
new plan as regards admissibility of
aliens are these:
1. Only so many aliens coming for
permanent residence Jn the United
Stales should be admitted as there is
good reason to believe can be whole
somely assimilated by the body poli
tic.
2. Calculation as to the quota
should be based upon the number of
any given people In the United States
who have become American citizens
by naturalization, plus the number of
American-born children of that peo
ple only one of whose parents is for
elgn-born.
3. Utilization of the figures of the
latest, census in reckoning quotas, in
stead of that of 1S30 as provided by
tlie Johnson bill.
The substitute plan fces the backing
of the national committee for con
structive Immigration legislation and
would do away with restrictions
based upon personal Was or race
prejudice.
Dr. Gulirk reckons on a quota of 2
per cent »s does the Johnson bill, but
notes that this Is only provisional.
Dry Worker Raps
50 Wet Solons
“Biing«tarlers” IVame Applied
to Congresmeq Wlio Would
Legalize Beer Sales.
By rnlirrul SerTlee.
Washington, March 2.—Wayne B.
Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti
Saloon league, today loosed a shaft at
the 50 members of the house of rep
resentaMves who have signed to le
galize U e production and sal# of 2.75
per rent heer.
"The 50 bungstartere In congress
have confused their dates," declared
the spokesman of the league. "The
sort of liberty day they want comes
on April 1. and not on March 4." (The
plan of the 50 was to Introducs Iden
tical hills on Tuesday liberalizing the
Volstead act.) t
"The constitution forbids Intoxicat
ing beverages. Beer with 2.75 per
cent alcoholic content la Intoxicating.
Mo legislation by congress ran legal
ize it. They dare not try to license It.
but will resort to the Indefensible
method of removing penalties so as to
make the constitution impotent. The
real purpose of these bills is not to
legalize the beverages named, but to
place additional difficulties In the way
of enforcement of the 15th amend
ment.
"The halt of revenue with which
to pay the soldiers’ bonus has been
resented by ex service men and other
patriotic Americans. These men did
not fight to mske America eafe for
the brewery Interests or the comer
saloonlst."
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Omaha Asked to Make
Good C. of C. Pledge
Omaha la asked to raise $.1,950 to
make good the pledge of the agricul
tural committee of the Omaha Cham
her of Commerce to representative)!
of the Central Nebraska Supplemental
Water association. operating In
rhelps, Kearney and Adams counties.
The plan of the association la to
assure a continuing crop production
In these counties.
Some time ago. representatives of
the association met with the Omaha
committee and naked that the com
mittee match dollars with the asso
ciation In an amount up to $6,000.
which was ngreed upon. The asso
ciation raised Its $6,000. So far, the
Omaha contributions hava totaled
$2,050. Contributions were. Omaha
Clearing House association, $1,000;
t’nlon Stockyards company, $500; Carl
It. Oray, $200; John I.. Kennedy. $200;
O. W. Holdrege, $100; and Pavld Cole,
$50.
John I,. Kennedy, chairman of the
commit tee. Is seeking the remainder
of Omaha's $6,000. „
Executive Secretary
of Community Chest
F. T» Trenton. formerly •xtcutlve
aocmtary of th* Fort Wayna Council
of Social Agendas. Fort Wayne. Ind..
hnn Wn gelaotad executive aarra
tnry of tho onmlm Welfare Fodara
lion and Community Cheat, It \\t\n an
imtitirad Saturday.
Ilf* will aaaum* hi* dutlea hero
April 1.
Ho win aelortad by tha board of
dlmet.ora «>f ih« Omaha Community
Cheat from a long hat of applicants.
Forgetting Her Marital Cares
Miami, Fla.—The above photo is the largest and most exclusive picture
of Mrs. Nina Wilcox Putnam, the novelist, who was the central figure In the
recent tangle involving her chauffeur-business manager. This photograph
was taken recently on the beach here, where the novelist is sojourning.
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Frank Vanderlip Again Forward
With "Inside Dope*’ on Daugherty
! New York. March ?.—President
Coolldge has asked for the resigna
tion of Attorney General Daugherty,
but has not received it. Frank A.
Vanderlip. retired banker, declared
today in an address at the Heights
Free synagogue.
Asked to elaborate on his asser
tlon. or tell from whom he had ob
tained the Information, Mr. Vander
lip was uncommunicative.
"I will stand on that statement,
that's all." he told newspaper men.
Mr. Vanderlip added in Ills speech,
however, that he had sent word to the
president, but did not know whether
his communication had been re
ceived—that Daugherty ahould not
be allowed to resign if the resignation
was to be accompanied by a "white
washing" letter.
Mr. Vanderlip said a new political
party would be formed If the presi
dent did not "go through" with the
present Investigation In WasHlngton
"wherever It leads, and purify the
federal government."
"There will be one plank in Its
platform," he said, "and there will
be two words in that plank—'fie hon
est'." •
Declaring that “the men in the
newspaper field have gone soft in
their capacity for hard investigating
service, this being especially true of
the correspondents at Washington."
Mr. Vanderlip suggested the forma
tion of a "citizens' federal research
bureau" to conduct Investigations.
The data accumulated would be sent
to the newspapers of the country, he
said, "and most of them will print
it. because they will fear that some
body will and then they will have
been left."
Coolidge’s Aides Are
Attacked by Johnson
Washington. March 2.—President
Coolldge'a supporters were charged
directly tonight by Senator Hiram
Johnson of California with the re
sponsibility for the placing of a man
named Hiram Johnston on the pri
mary ballot in Michigan as a candi
dal* for president.
"This simply a trick.” said Sen
ator Johnson, "which would disgrace
the meanest kind of petty politics.”
The California senator, whose name
also is on the Michigan presidential
ballot, denied that he had abandoned
hia campaign for delegates from New
York state and charged that the "ays
tern now of controlling the republican
party” Is seeking to prevent a fair
expression on the presidential nomi
nation in the primary slates.
"1 hnve not abandoned New York
and don’t intend to.” he said. "I will
have a fair proportion of delegates
from that state. Of course. 1 am dc
voting my personal effort to states
having a presidential preference prl
mary.”
Liquor Seizures Show
Big Increase in Year
Wy I nhrrwii] Aervlr*.
Washington, March i.—Arrest* ami
seizure of property for Infraction* of
Ilia prohibition law Increased In 1923,
according to etatlstlc* ghen out to
day hy acting Commissioner James
E. Jone*.
In 1923. a total of 34.523 alleged
violator* of the law wore apprehend
rd compared to 30,019 In 1922. Other
figure* of comparison for the year*
1923 and 1922 are aa follows:
Illicit distilleries seised and da
stroyed. 9,537 and 5.319; Illicit stills
seized and destroyed, 10.349 and 5,191
gallons of spirit* seised and destroy
ed. 1.149,155 and 130,759, malt liquor*
spired and destroyed. 3.574.395 and 3.
392,174 gallons: automobiles seised,
4.193 and 3 573. boats and launches
114 and 119.
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Schriebam Stars on
Cburcb Cage Team
One of the flashiest of diminutive
cage stars on the Omaha courts is
Isadora Schrlebam. star forward for
the Y. M. H. A. Juniors, leaders in
the Sunday School Heavyweight
league at the Y. M. C. A.
Schriebam, who is leading point get
ter in this division! is the main rea
son why this quintet haa not been de
feated this season. He received his
aaqulred basket bnli characteristics
under the coaching of Gene Konetchy.
star guard for Central High school in
1522.
In the recent school tournament
staged at Central High school, this
flashy court demin was second to Per
rival In the ecoring column. Schrle
ham was given a chance to make the
Central High echool team, but be
cause of unknown reasons, at the be
ginning of the season was unable to
try out.
Besides playing on the T. H. A.
quintet he Is a stellar performer for
a troupe of other local teams. With
the right coaching, local fans who
have seen this Hebrew in action, look
forward to a second Sid Correman.
French Golf Dated.
By Abbot hated rraaa.
New Tork, March !—Dates for the
1PI4 French golf championship have
been fixed a* follows Open, at 1-a
Boulie, July 1 and I; amateur, at
I at Boulie, week of July S; w omen's,
at Id» Touquett, week of July 7.
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Halt Flow
to Be Taken
i Atlee Pomerene to Have
j Charge of Civil Proceedings
Against California and
Wyoming Reserves.
Inquiry Reopens Tuesday
By I'nlTrrMl Serrlre.
Washington. March I.—The senate
committee investigating the naval oil
leases will be reinforced this week by
the special Brookhart committee to
inquire Into Attorney General Daugh
erty’s conduct of the Department of
Justice.
Under the auspices of the two
comr....iees, a double assault will be
made upon the executive branch of
the government as managed by the
Harding-Coolidge cabinet.
The oil committer will renew its ef
forts to penetrate the haze which
surrounds telegraph and telephone
messages sent from Washington to
Edward B. McLean. Washington pub
lisher. at his Palm Beach winter
home, and to former Secretary’ of the
Interior Albert B. Fall at Palm Beach
and New' Orleans.
Advisers Are Sought.
The investigators are .particularly
desirous of knowing who acted as ad
visers to McLean and Fall and what
advice waj given them by Interested
persons In Washington.
A feature of this portion of the !n
vestigation will be the close examina
tion of William J. Burn*, chief of the
bureau of investigation In the Depart
ment of Justice, who. according to
information in the hand# of the com
mittee. advised McLean In connection
with the lnqu'ry. The committee also
wants to know how it was that some
of McLean's messages wer* sent in
official codes.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa, Senator
La Follette’s chairman of tha Daugh
erty lnvaetlgating committee, waa
busy at his office today assembling
material for presentation before his
associates, wh«*> they meet tomorrow
to lay plans rtr their inquiry.
•'I have received a great MM Of
material and more la coming in all
the time," Brookhart said today. "It
cornea front all directions, and tend#
to show neglect, particularly in
handling the caecs against the big
fellows.
Hearings to Open Soon.
"The committee will meet some
time tomorrow—possibly tomorrow
night—to go over this material and
determine upon a course of procedure.
The first session, of course, will be
executive in order to formulate plana,
but I feel quit# sure that open hear
ings will be in this week.”
The proceedings of the special
Brookhart committee will differ from
those of tf{« oil committee in that
.Attorney General Daugherty will be
represented by counsel who will seek
to protect his interests. »
Senator Whesler of Montana, au
thor of the resolutiae providing for
the Daugherty inquiry, who also has
taken an active part in the oil Inves
tigation, is expected to act as prose
cutor for the committee, of which he
is a member.
The oil comqtitte* under Chairman
I .enroot, with Senator Walsh of Mon
tana as a principal examiner, will
continue to delve Into th# circum
stances surrounding th# granting of
the leases on the naval reserves.
Among the witnesses already on th#
program for th# week 1s Francis H
MoAdoo, son of William Gibbs Me
Adoo, former secretary of th# treas
ury, and candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination. Th* commit
tee wants to know just what was the
relationship between the McAdoos and
McLean, the Washington newspaper
publisher, who was so desirous of
avoiding being placed on th# witness
stand.
Mrl^ean I nder Subpoena.
McLean, himaelf. also ia under
subpoena to appear before th* com
mittee and explain what part. If any.
he played in th# granting of th*
leases by Former Secretary Fall. Mr
Lean's examination has been delayed
while members of th# senate commit
tee examine the file of message* sent
him during his Palm Beech visit.
The week also Is expected to see
action by Owen J. Roberts and Atlee
Pomerene. special couneel appointed
by President Coolidge to represent th#
government in th# oil case*. Th* spe
clal counsel will ill# court action to
prevent the Sinclair and Doheny in
terests from taking oil from th# naval
reserves pending adjudication of th*
legality of th# lease* signed by Fall
and Secretary of th# Navy Denby.
Johnson Gives Up Race
for New York Delegates
New York, March *—Forma} an
nouncement waa made by Arthur R
Murtha. New York manager of Sen
ator Hiram Johnson. that the Cal!
font lan had abandoned hla campaign
for delegate* front New York etate
to the republican convention, end
"will depend upon the force of public
opinion to make the party bosses
recognise the sentiment of the pec
pie."
1 libcts to Buy Gonttlrs.
I’learwater. Fla . March i Charles
H Kbhet* announced yesterday that
be had agreed to purchase t'atche
ticn sales front the St r*ul club
through ctn Herrmann of Cm
: clnnatl for $10,00#.