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Dr. Ed wards
Case Given
to Jury at 5
Judge Instructs That Dying
Statement of Lillian Holman
Shall Be Given Con
sideration.
t
Day Spent in Arguments
Case of Dr. Frederick A. Edwards,
barged with murder by illegal op
eration on Lillian Holman, i.8, Janu
»ry 14, went to the jury at 4:50 yes
erday afternoon.
^ Weariness was written planly on
he faces of the jurymen, as they
filed from the jury box to the room
ror deliberation after Judge C. O.
■Hauffer had given his instructions.
Must Consider Statement,
The judge, in instructing the jury,
cautioned it to accept the dying state
ment of the Holman girl the same as
other testimony and evidence de
veloped at the tidal.
if convicted, Dr. Eda-vrds is liable
lu a penitentiary term of from one to
:o years.
In the event a verdict is not
i cached by midnight a hung jury is
forecast.
Debate for the defense was opened
by Eugen^ O'Sullivan at 0:30 yester
day morning and closed at 4 in the
afternoon, interrepted only by morn
ing and noon recesses.
Kules With State.
Deputy County Attorney John
Veager spoke only 40 minutes, clos
ing with an apoplogy to the jury for
detaining It so long. eVager was In
terrupted several times by objections
from the defense, but. each time the
objections were overruld by the judge.
In his instructions to the jury.
Judge Stauffer stressed the point
iliat should the jury find the defend
ant guilty, without Intention of hav
ing done wrong, it must return a
verdict of not guilty.
"Dr, if the doctor merely made a
mistake In professional judgment, he
must not be found guilty of the two
^ counts In the complaint,” the judge
slated
Two Charges Filed.
The complaint charges murder of
an unborn child and murder of the
mother, both brought about by il
legal operation.
."But," the Judge continued,
"every sane person is held respon
sible for the acts committed by him.
During the argument of the de
fense attorneys, Daisy Beems, stats
witness, sister of the dead girl, re
mained outside the court room and
came in only when the judge gave
his final instructions to the jury.
Crowds Are larger.
The large crowds which have been
present during the trial Increased in
size as the case neared the end. Aisles
and the space back of the seats was
crowded wth curous spectators. The
huge double doorway was filled with
persons straining to catch every word.
The apparent nervousness of the
accused doctor throughout the trial
increased as/his attorney finished his
plea. The doctor moved uneasily in
his chair during the pause before the
Judge gave hts Instructions to the
jury, and he peered anxiously Into
each face as the Jury filed from the
room.
We Have
With Us
Today
Emil F. Johnson
Of Fremont, Neb.,
Dealer In Seeds and Mowers,
Stopping at Hotel Illll.
Mr. Johnson was born in Hooper,
„ Dodge county, Nebraska, 42 years
ago. He is one of the sons of a
pioneer Nebraska family, and bis
lather, the late Nils Johnson, was
one of the large land holders In
Dodge county.
Educated in the Fremont public
school*, Mr. Johnson also attended
the University of Nebraska for a
time. A little later he built the Em
press theater in Fremont, an amuse
ment house which is still considered
one of the finest in the state. In
June, 1917, he went to New York and
enlisted, going to France with the
First division as an engineer and re
maining until after the signing of
the armistice, when he returned-to
Fremont. Since then h* has twice
visited Paris.
It was on the west coast he found
i business that interested him great
ly—the growing of what ho calls the
■'everlasting" flower. He has Invested
some money In the enterprise, which
Is being conducted near l.a Jolla,
Cal., and declares that the ranch in
which lie 1" interested Is now success
fully growing 17 varieties of the
flower, which, without chemical treat
meat, retains its form for a long
period of time after Is cut. Ho
believes the flower may lie grown In
almost any climate, and has returned
to Nebraska with seeds, a quantity
of which he plans to present to the
1'nlverslty of Nebraska college of
f* igrlculture at l.lncoln. lie lielleves
‘he college may with experiments
nake the flowers thrive In this slate.
Builder of Motor Trucks
Killed in Crossing Crash
Allentown, Pa., March 14.—John
xr. Mack, inventor of the Mack
truck and founder of the Mack Mo
tor Car company, now the Interna
tional Motor company, was instant
ly killed late today near Neffs when
his automobile was in collision
with a work car of the Liehigh Val
ley Transit company.
Auto Declared
Financial and
Moral Menace
Persons. Who Buy Machines
on Installment Not Worthy
of Credit, Says Bluffs
Merchant.
Columbus, Neb., March 14.—Men
and women who buy automobiles on
the installment plan were pronounced
unworthy of obtaining credit with the
retail merchants by Charles Beno.
pioneer Council Bluffs merchant and
head of the John Beno Dry Goods
company. In an address delivered to
Columbus merchants and business
men, members of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr. Beno said there is a moral and
a financial menace 1 nthe automobile.
"It Is an Instrument of evil and ruin
for either the town man or the farmer
of small means or moderate earning
capacity.
"The moment, a man buys a car on
credit, watch him. The automobile
is sending more men to hell and more
merchants to the wall every year than
all other agencies combined.
“The ‘other woman' Is another
factor that Is entering into the auto
mobilo game. Many and many a time
the fellow with the credit-bought car
Jh taking out, not his wife, but the
‘other girl'," declared Mr. Beno.
"AH of those performances cost
money. The farmer Is no longer con
tent to haul his corn and stock to
market with a team. He must have
a truck, whether he can afford it or
not. Then, the family must havs a
pleasure car, The son grows lip.
There is a girl living eight miles
away. The son must have a car of
his own, so that he can go and see
the girl. Then the family find* out
that the cheaper makes of car are no
longer ulg enough. They purchase
more expensive makes.
Mr. Beno declared that every retail
credit association, such as the one
whose organization among Columbus
merchants began last night, should
obtain not only a man's record for
paying his debts, the exact amount
of salary he receives, what he pays
for house rentpall of which are usual
ly listed on the card index system of
a retail credit association—but that
they should list a man's habits.
Graff Declares for
Rum Law Enforcement
Lincoln, March 14.—In a statement
Issued today. Charles Graff, demo
cratic candidate for governor of Ne
braska, declared lilmself in favor of
observance of the 18th amendment.
"I always have had the Idea that
laws are put on the statute books to
be enforced,” the candidate said. "Un
less those who are charged with the
responsibility of enforcement of our
laws and our people continue to be
law-abiding and observing, good gov
ernment wlfl fail.”
The statement also appealed to the
women of the state to "feel the irn
portance of the power of the vote”
and to use this power.
Former Wymore Man Falls
Into Gears of Steam Hoist
Wymore, Neb., March 14.—Word
was received here of a serious acci
dent to Frank M. Smith, former Wy
more resident for many years, at A1
buquerqlie, N. M. Smith was em
ployed at the Santa Fe railway shops
there and fell from a steam holat Into
the cog gears of the machine. He was
terribly mutilated, practically all the
flesh being torn from one leg below the
knee, and suffered other Injuries.
Smith was a former postofllre em
ploye, a rural route mall carrier, and
a railway clerk In the mechanical de
partment at Wymore, leaving here
five years ago for New Mexico.
Governor Makes Plea for
Starving German Children
Lincoln, March 14.—Governor Bryan
today Issued s proclamation asking
help In the campaign for funds to
feed and clothe starving German chll
dren.
Appealing to (he people of the state
to help the children who “are asking
for bread.” the governor requested
that every minister In the state and
every club having meetings In the
near future bring before their organ
Inations this plea for "the millions of
Innocent children."
$200,000 Hotel Contract.
Kalis City, Neb.. March 14.—Bolircr
Bros., local contractors, were lowest,
when bids for tlie proposed Falls City
hotel were opened. Their bid, SI58,
2C9. was nearly $20,000 lower than
Wind A Hyde, Omaha. W. It. Crook
A Co., of Fall* City hail the lowest
heating and plumbing hid with $20,
745. The Universal Kha li leal com
pany of Lincoln had the lowest hid
for electrical wiring with St,820.
U. S. Begins
Lawsuit to
Seize Liner
Storekeeper of Royal Mail
Ship Orduna Testifies Com
pany Received Share of
Illicit Profits.
Federal Agents Involved
New York, March 14.—Trial of the
government's suit for confiscation of
the Royal Mail liner Orduna, seized
Wednesday as a smuggler, began to
day with witnesses testifying that
narcotics and liquor were sold freely
each time the vessel reached this port,
and that her owners shared the pro
ceeds.
Champagne, whisky, benedictine,
rum, beer, gin and drugs wers dis
pensed to bootleggers by officers and
crew of the Orduna. according to the
testimony'.
The witnesses, including federal
agents and members of the crew, de
clared the Orduna's bar never was
closed In port.
At tlie outset of the proceedings E.
J. Berwyndj, American and British
coal operator and financier, posted a
$1,000,000 bond so the Orduna might
continue in trans-Atlantic passenger
service. She is scheduled to sail for
Hamburg tomorrow with 144 passen
gers.
Charles Dawe, the ship's storekeep
er and one of the seven members of
the crew to plead guilty of illegally
importing liquor, was the govern
ment's principal witness, lie testi
fied that in his three years on the
Orduna liquor had been sold aboard
her every time she reached the port
of New York. He declared the liquor
was brought in under seal, the seals
w-ere broken when the vessel docked,
the liquor was disposed of to boot
leggers and the store room resealed.
Accuses Dry Agent.
Dawe identified Joseph Smith, one
of the revemiW agents who raided the
ship, and one of the government’s
chief witnesses today, as a bootleg
ger who often had bought liquor on
the Orduna.
Smith, preceding Daw* on the
stand, said h* was a truck driver
until he became a federal liquor
agent last January. M hile still driv
ing trucks h* had seen bootleggers
laden with liquor leave the Orduna
on 20 or 30 occasions, h* said.
He told of joining the goverpment
service, of boarding the Orduna with
a fellow agent two voyages ago, and
of buying rye whisky at $23 a case
and gin at $3 a bottle. They also
drank good beer over the ships bar
at Dave's invitation, said the witness.
Smith also testified that he and
Ralph Oyler, federal narcotic agent,
last Tuesday arranged with Dawe to
buy all the champagne, gin. rye and
benedlctlne in the ship's storeroom,
and a considerable supply of narcot
ics. It was on the pretense of tak
ing off theee purchasee the next day
that a squad of federal men raided
the ship.
Hays Money raw
Curiosity prompted him. saW the
witness, to ask Dawe "bath* did
about "the people who run the boah
Dawe answered, according to
Smith, "We turn the money Into the
company. They don t care what we
do with the liquor as long as we g*
the money." .
Oyler followed Smith on the stand
and quoted Dawe as having eg
plained further: "The company
makes more out of this than we do.
They require a certain amount for
each bottle and we get just the profits
over that price." .
Oyler corroborated Smith s testi
mony throughout.
Counsel for the Royal Mall line In
dlcated their defense would be that
the liquor and narcotics were smug
gled and sold without the knowledge
of themselves, the ship's master.
Captain Walter P. Warner, or other
responsible officers.
Hold Beer Over Bar.
Dawe stated, however, that Percy
Foyle, chief eteward, bought the liq
uor, both the company’s and the.
"private" stock, that Dawe sold It all
and that he and Foyle “split 50 50."
The storeroom chief said the Or
duna carried 47 barrels of beer when
It left Hamburg on the last voyage
to New York. Only 27 barrels were
carried on the ship’* book*, he said.
The remainder belonged to Foyle
"How was Ibis beer sold?" asked
Assistant United Htates District At
torney Clark.
"Over the bars,” was the answer,
"First a barrel of the company's
beer, then a barrel of the Foyle's."
Judge A. N. Hand, sitting In the
admiralty division of Untied Htatos
district court, today dismissed on a
technicality one of he three courts
of government's libel suit against the
ship.
J. Ga*s Cornell Member of
U. S. C. of G. From Linc oln
Lincoln, March 14.—J. Cnss Cornell
of this city wns named new national
councilman to repraaent the Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce In the Chant
her r»f Commerce of the United Htntes.
He Is one rtf the more than 1.400 In.II
virtual* representing commercial nm1
Induet rial (todies on the United Halos
chamber.
Standing the Test
TIMPePATUBf
FORMAL ^
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Bryan Is Target
of Progressives
Injjunction Sougbt to Keep
His Name From Third
Party Ballot.
—
Lincoln, March 14-—An attempt to
prevent the name of Governor Bryan
from appearing on the progressive
party primary ballot was started here
today, when Attorney Dale P. Stougli.
acting for ,T. Taylor of Merha.
presented a petition hefore the su
preme court asking that an injunc
tion be issued against Secretary of
State Pool and the county clerks of
Lancaster and Custer counties It is
contended that Bryan affiliates with
the democratic party, and that the
two organizations stand for directly
political Ideas and principles.
Stough is also a member of the
commtitee managing the campaign of
Charles Graff. candidate against
Bryan for the democratic nomination.
Taylor’s protest was overruled by
Secretary Pool and the action fol
lowed.
In the petition, it Is alleged that
the governor's sworn statement of
February 8 saying he affiliates with
the progressive party is'contrary to
fact, the two parties being serrate
and distinct from each other and es
pousing different political doctrines,
"so incompatible as to render It Im
possible with any consistency and
sincerity for any person to affiliate
with both.”
Copies of the petition were deliv
ered Chief Justice Morrlsey, but no
action was Isken Friday.
Former State Legislator
Dies at Home in Plainview
Plainview. Neb.. March 14.—Gilbert
Preston Watson. 77. former member
of the state legialature. died at his
home here. Mr Watson is survived
by his tvlfe and three eons. Charles
E. and Ansel C. of Plainview. and
Dr. K. A. Watson of Grand Island.
Neb.; six grandchildren; one brother.
Edwin E. Watson of Hubey, Minn.,
and two sisters. Mrs. J. ft. Cameron of
Omaha and Mr*. >1. Hamilton of
Norfolk. Neh.
Funeral service* will be held at
Plainview Hnturday.
Hog Sale Averages $37.50.
Humbolt, Neb., March 14.-—Frank
.1 Hist, proprietor of Plainview stock
farm of this city, sold at public auc
tion 44 heud of pure bred Poland
China bred sows and gllta. The aale
averaged $37.BO.
I The Weather I
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Kr>r SI hour* miHn* 7 p. m . March 14:
Temperature.
Higlieat, 86 1owr*m, IH; i<i*nn( 10; nor*
pi®I 16. Total deficiency alnca January
I. 40.
Precipitation. inrhea an.1 hundradthe:
Total. T Total »ln< * January 1, 1.06. da
flramy, 31.
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The Day in
Washington
The I muse derided to vote Tues
day on the soldier*' bonus bill.
Secretary Work proposed to en
courage new reclamation projects,
liuiiiiry into operations of the bu
reau of internal revenue was begun
before a senate committee.
Western livestock producers ask
rd the interstate commerce commis
sion for lower freight rates.
The senate adopted a resolution
broadening the power of Ilie Daugh
erty investigating committee.
The senate ell committee post
poned its hearings until next Tues
. day on arrount of the Illness of Sen
ator Walsh. Curtis T. Wilbur of
California was nominated to be sec
retary of the navy and Hugh Gib
son to be minister to Switxerland.
Senator Shlpstead, farmer-labor,
Minnesota, introduced a resolution
asking whal the State department
knows of the new French loan.
Gaston R. Means told the Daugh
erty investigating committee a
startling tale of corruption which
he said existed in the Department
ol Justice.
An agreement was announced be
tween the Washington and Ottawa
governments for appointment of
national commissions to assist the
joint engineering hoard in planning
for the St. Ijiwrence-Great Cakes
deeper waterways project.
Hydrophobia Scare
Causes Quarantine
Pawnee City, Neb., March 14.—
Quarantine ban been placed over
seven sections of land In the territory
west of Seneca, Kan., just across the
line south of here, after the discovery
of several cases of hydrophobia.
Mayor Sha.ul of Beneco has ordered
that all dogs within the city be
muxsUd or confined for a period of
not lees than 30 nor more than 9°
days, according to tljp existing needs
of the occasion. One dog Is known to
have had rabies, three brood sows
hove died from the disease and a cow
la probably affected from the same
disease. Heads of the animals have
been sent to Kansas City experts,
where It was established beyond doubt
that rnhles was the malady from
which the animals were suffering.
No persons have been bitten, ac
cording to reports,
Married in Council Bluffs.
Tha following paraone obtained mar
riage ll«ena*» In Council Bluff# yeatar*
•’ay
ft. A HJmmona l.lneoln ..31
Clara llandrlf, Tdnooln. Neb . 31
Albert Cupp. Omaha ...... 34
llalap KokMnakl. Ptttaburfh. Ta. 23
.T l*. Weaamar. Preaton. la. .... Ji*
Mabl* kfcpnnald. Winner. 8. P- S*
l.ee lfardlman Omaha . 40
Karah White. Omaha . .. 39
ft K Fad dr n Omaha . 3*
Ttalla Evandoff. Omaha . .. 3*
Kugane Mott, fttuart. Nab . 2*
Vivian Waat. Norfolk. Nab. .......... 2fc
lfaory Halter. *>maba .... ........ 34
t.aurg Mtlllntmk. Omaha ... 33
Andv Papndrey Omaha . ....... 32
Ttuth Crltchfleld. Omaha .. .... 24
Alfred tioamnan Columbue, N'.b .... ti
Eralda Kohweder. Orlnneli, Neb.*4
Suitor Throws
Acid on Woman
Face Probably Disfigured for
Life by Man She
Spurns.
When Mre. Ifla Patterson, 15. S27
South Twentieth etreet, repulsed the
advances of Benjamin Everry, 3*. a
former eultor, at her home Thursday,
he threw the contents of a bottle of
acid over her face and neck.
She Is now confined to her bed.
Physicians say she will be disfigured
for life. Police are seeking Everry,
who Is an electrician.
According to the woman's daugh
ter, Dora. 1*. Everry cam to the
house last night about 6 In an effort
to effect a reconciliation, which was
unsuccessful.
loiter, she said, when she and her
mother returned from a motion pic
ure theater, they found him on the
front porch. He followed them In,
and Mre. Patterson ordered him from
the house. She followed him to the
front door to lock It.
County Seeks Federal Aid in
Lincoln Highway Change
Columbus. Neb.. March 14.—Effort
to secure federal and etate aid, or at
least federal aid. In the proposed re
routing of the Lincoln highway along
the south side of the Union Pacific
from Duncan west to the county line
will be made by the county hoard of
supervisors.
This was determined at a confer
ence with Chief Division Engineer
8chermerhorn of the Union Pacific
yesterday afternoon. Supervisors
Matzen. Blaasr, Bender and Anderson
will go to Lincoln tomorrow morning
to consult Stats Engineer Cochran
about the matter.
Farmer, Father of Eight.
Disappears From Home
Special IHspatrh la The Omaha Hr*
Ilolmesvtlle. Neb., March 14.—El
mer Wrlghtsman. farmer living south
east of here, left home a week ago.
and has not been seen since.
He ha* a wife and eight children.
It ts alleged he was financially In
volved. His father. Noah Wrights
man. It Is said, has settled all claims
and Is anxious for the return of his
son.
Powerful Hootch Eats
Through Oek Barrel
l _/
Pawnee I'tty, Neb. March 14 In a
boom raid Sheriff Ouy Avery coni'*
cated a l>arrel o fhooch which lie
stored tn a cloaet. Recently he heard
strange sounds from the room where
It was stored nnd upon investigation
discovered thst the powerful contents
had made a successful attack at the
bung hole and that It was working
through. He drove in the atop, so
that no mom made it a escape, hilt a
few days inter again was warned by
strange noises that something was
wrong Investigation proved that the
hooch had eaten through the *lout
oak laurel, the hoops had hern cor
roded and the tairrel was about at the
end of Ha usefulness
Collected Money for
Smith, Says Means;
DaughertyDeniesAll
Attorney General ^Iake6 For
mal Denial — Declares
Miss Stinson Seeks
Revenge.
Washington, March 14.—Attorney
General Daugherty tonight made a
general public denial of the insinua
tions against his made in testimony
before the senate investigating com
mittee.
"Any inference, direct or indirect,”
he said, "that I ever participate in
any way with the late Jesse Smith
or anyone else, for a consideration,
either moneary, political, or social,
in any dishonorable way, in connec
tion with the administration of the
liquor law* or any other laws, le
false and untrue.
The attorney general then proceed
ed to deny In detail. In o formal
statement, the inferences as to
wrongdoing on hla part contained in
the testimony of Roxle Stinson,
Smith's divorced wife, whom Daugh
erty described a* "a disappointed
woman who blames me because her
divorced husband did not make her
sole legatee under his wtll.”
He declared he had “no Interest
whatever with Col. James G. Dar
den In his Western Oil company; that
he had not been a party to any spec
ulation to make money out of viola
tions of the law or out of the show
ing of prize fight films and that Jesse
Smith never approached him at any
time on the subject of clemency for
federal prisoners.
“O several occasions," he said. "It
ha* been Intimated by persons os
tensibly acting for Miss Roxi# Stin
sen that for a consideration her si
lence could be purchased and any
documents In her possession could be
delivered, all of which deliberate and
serious attempts at blackmail—have
been absolutely and unconditionally
rejected.”
This statement was one of four is
sued from the Department of Justice
tonight, mostly directed against Miss
Stinson’s testimony. One contained a
copy of a letter to Senator Wheeler
giving a list of prosecutions brought
and sentences Imposed in th# fight
film cases:' another related more in
detail to the story about an alleged
attempt to secure clemency for a rela
tive of Jo* Weber.
The statement making general denial
of the Inference* against him was is
sued over the signature of th# attor
ney general and was as follows:
SAYS MISS STINSON
IS DISAPPOINTED Woil.VN.
"It has been my purpose to make
no public statement in connection
with th# hearings before th# senate
committee until the completion of the
committee's work. In view of the
fact, however, that. Roxie Stinson was
reported ill and unable to appear be
fore the committee to conclude her
statement this morning, my counsel
have been deprived of the right of
cross-examination on her statements
of the t*vo preceding days. I feel,
therefore, that I ought to make a gen
eral reply while her statements are
fresh In the public mind.
She la a disappointed woman, who
blames in* because her divorced hus
band did not make her sole legatee
under his will: an angry woman be
cause the courts have decided against
her in litigation over the estate of her
divorced husband: a malicious woman
because the friends of the attorney
general have been brushed sslde and
disregarded nil her tentative efforts to
capitalise her silence.
"Every lawyer who rends the state
ments made before the senate com
mittee by Miss Roxi* Stinson will
know at a glance that they were
wholly Incompetent, and no court of
record In the United States would
have admitted any portion of them
for any purpose In any Judicial pro
ceeding The public, however, un
skilled In matters of this kind, may
not distinguish between competent
evidence and the gossipy conversa
tions between Mtss Stinson and her
husband, now deceased.
GOSSIP TAKKX FOR
FACT8 RY PI BMC.
"It appears that Senator Wheeler,
a member of the committee of Invea
tl pat Ion of the Department of Jus
tice. who Is In addition to his duties
ss Judge also designated as the pro
secutor. left the c.ty. proceeded to
Columbus, Ohio, snd personally vis
Ited and subpoenaed this former wife
of the late Jesse W. Smith, and for
two days and a half the publicity
emanating from the Investigating com
mittee has consisted of alleged con
vernations ss related by the said
Rovie Stinson to have taken place be
tween herself and her divorced hus
band. tbe late Jess V Smith.
Y. M. C. V. Get* Jtidi!itifut
for Donation Fixe ^ oar* 01.1
Uncoln. March 14—A. Judgment
against Ira F. Taylor, railroad engl
neer. for 1108 was obtained today by
the Y. M. C. A. on a subscription said
to have lxceti made by Taylor (lve
years ago.
In a campaign at that time $100,700
was raised, according to testimony,
snd Taylot « was the only subsenp
tlon untwid.
Former Justice Department
Agent Reveals Collections,
but Fails to Identify
Bribers.
Washington, March H.—More sen
nations—the most lurid of the lot yet
developed—tumbled today into the
record of the senate committee Inves
tigating Attorney General Daugh
erty.
Gaston B. Means, formsr Investi
gator for the Department of Justice,
and man of many adventures, who
described his present business as "ans
wering Indictments," testified that he
was the "money carrier" for Jesse W.
Smith In various deals Implying cor
ruption.
He told a startling tale of collec
tions of money for Smith In cum*
ranging from 16.000 to 1100,000, and
before he finished had brought Sec
retary Mellon's name Into the story
about permits for whisky withdrawals
and said he had even once Investi
gated Attorney Generali Daugherty
himself for the late Pres.dent Har
ding.
Means was careful to say that the
charges against the attorney general
which he Investigated then, he found
to be without'any foundation In fact.
He also disclaimed that in his testi
mony today about Smith's alleged
money collections, he had any know
ledge of the attorney general being in
volved or receiving any of the money
collected for Smith or one W. T. Un
derwood, whom he named In that con
nection.
FAII„S TO IDENTIFY
THOSE MENTIONED
At no time, in hie etory of money
collections, did Means Identify the
people he said he got It from
Specifically. Means testified that in
February. 192?, at Smith's direction,
at the old Bellevue hotel in Washing
ton, he collected 1100,000 in 11.000
bills from an unnamed Japanese rep
resenting Mitsui and Company. Jap
anese bankers, who brought it on be
half of the Standard Aircraft corpor
ation to halt government action to
ward recovery of overpayments aggre
gating 18,000,000 on war contracts.
The witness said that Smith came the
same night and took the money from
him.
Means further testified, that at
other times he collected from persons
he did not name, sums totaling about
$ 50.000, which he said were for Smith
and his associates, who in turn, he
said, were protecting the owners of
the Carpentier Hempsey fight films
from prosecution when they trans
ported and exhibited them in inter
state commerce. The owners of the
fight films. Means testified, were
Smith, "Jap" Mums New York corre
spondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer;
Will OtT. former private secretary^ to
former Governor Whitman of New
York, and one Howard Mannington.
To Be Pressed for More Details.
Other collections. Means said, were
made by him for Smith on account
of whisky withdrawal permits, snd
turned over to Smith, but he hed not
named the amounts nor given epeci
fi cat Ions when the committee ad
journed until tomorrow. When he re
turns to the stand. Means is to be
pressed for details.
Senator Wheeler waa uncertain to
night whether Meant would resume
the stand tomorrow or whether Roxie
Stinson, divorced wife of Smith, for
whom Means eras substituted today
because Miss Stinson was 11*. would
continue her testimony.
In two features the stories of Means
and Miss Stinson dovetail. Shs told
of Jess# Smith returning to Ohio from
Washington with J7B.000 In ll.bf* bills
in a leather belt. Today Means said
he gave Smith *100,000 In bills of
that denomination In February, Itlf,
Miss Stinson did not fix any date in
her testimony, but said her letters and
papers, which have not yet arrived,
would aid her In giving many detail#
TELLS OK GETTING
j MELLON FOR HARDING.
Regarding the pnxeflght films. Mss
Stinson also testified that Smith told
her he stood to make *1*0,000 from
their exhibition. Today Means told of
receiving and turning o'er to Smith
many thousands of dollars—***.000.
$40,000 or perhape $*0,000—said to
he from exhibition of ths pictures.
Secretary Mellon's name was
brought Into the testimony when the
witness was asked to tell about In
vestigations he had conducted In New
York, He said he hsd been Instructed
to find out about "certain permits for
certain purposes." Issued by Mellon
"Je»» wanted to oatch Secretary
Mellon. " he went on. "and we caught
him. The president wanted the in
formation in regard to him—to catch
him. and we on tight him.”
Washington. March 14. — Another
| Kantlora'a box—brimming ever with
allegations of corruption in the IV
liartment of Justice, was opened to
ds; before Ihc senate committee in
vestigating \flomey General Dough
erty.
Gaston R Means former TVpai:
ment of Justice agent, announcing
-that he expected no Quarter and would
j give none, related an amaxlng story
of collecting money for the late Je*s
W Smith. Vttorney General Itauah
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