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CITY EDITION V0Ij 54_NO. 85. OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924. * TWO CENTS10 «A«S.uft* - —
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COOLIDGE STRIKES AT KLAN TENETS
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Pleads for
Sanctity of
J
Constitution
Famous Document Guaran
tees Religious Freedom as
Well as Political ami Civil
Liberty, He Says.
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No Politics in Address
Washington, Sept. 21.—In
an address here today on the
constitution and its guarantee
of “civil, political and relig
ious liberty,” President Cool
idge in effect struck at the
basic tenets of the Ku Klux
Klan.
The president did not refer to the
klan either directly or indirectly hut
he declared that in the constitution
was the "essence of freedom. *
The address was to an audience of
delegates to the Holy Name society
convention.
"Our constitution," declared the
president, referring to religious as
well as civil and political liberty,
"guarantees it fully, completely and
adequately."
No Religious Tost.
Mr. Cnolidge emphasized I hot the
constitution also provides "no re
ligious test, shall ever he required
ns a qualification to any office or
public trust under the United States."
"I do not say that we, ns citi
zens, have always held ourselves to
a proper observance of these stand
ards toward each other," he con
tinued, "but we have nevertheless es
tablished them and declared our duty
to be obedient to them. This Is the
American Ideal of ordered liberty un
der tho law. it calls for rigid djs
Jipiine."
k^^^rhe president went. Into a thorough
^exposition of his theory of American
government In the address. The gov
ernment, he said, was the result "of
an effort to establish institutions un
der which the people as a whole,
should have the largest possible ad
vantages."
"Class and privilege were out
lawed," he asserted. "Freedom and
opportunity were guaranteed. Amer
ica is not going to abandon Its
principles or desert its tdeals."
The prink pie which the Holy Name
societies represent, the president de
clared, Is "the main support” of
these Ideal” Reverence for God Is
Ihe foundation of American Institu
tions, he said, and "unnumbered or
ganizations of which your own Is one
exist for its promotion.
Hands Constitution.
The right of individual liberty, be
went on. carries with it tinder the
American government, the right of
individual property and in this con
nection be declared "socialism and
communism cannot be reconciled with
ihe principles which our institutions
represent.”
The president kept closely to bis
theme without any direct reference to
political questions He mentioned the
immigration law as a reminder of the
"hizh estimation in which our oppor
tunities are held by other people "
Out, of obedience to the constitution
and service under the government
the president declared, "the people of
our country ha . a secured the great
est success that was ever before ex
perlenced in human history.
“The evidence of this, ' he said, "is
about us In our wealth, our edu
cational facilities, our charities, our
religious Institutions and In the
I moral influence which we exert on
the world. Most of all, it is appar
ent in the unexampled place which is
held by the people who toll. Our in
habitants are especially free to pt"
mote their own welfare. They arc
unburdened by militarism. They aio
not called upon to support any lm
perlallstlc designs. Kerry mother cun
rest In the assurance that her chil
dren will find here a land of devo
tion. prosperity and peace.
Stresses Constitutional Liberty.
"The tall shaft near which we are
gathered, and yonder stately memorial
remind us that our standards of man
hood are revealed In the adoration
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We Have
With Us
Today
I’lerrepont B. Noyes,
Manufacturer,
Oneida, N. V.
Mr. Noyes Is president of Oneida
Community, Ud., a »7,000,000 concern
ensured 111 the malvtufl of Community i
lilverwaie. He . tailed with the cum
party an a youth und for 30 years has :
been either uciieml maimacr or prcsi
dent.
He Is here on business and in- 1
Cldontally will muks « speech In Inn
Coin for John W. Davis, of whom in
is a close friend md ardent sup
po> Lsr for i , presidency.
r,®»*fr Noyes wo, American member
Vf ths I-thlneland commission for *
jr«»r and a half aftsr ths »u,
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,| New Husband of Caruso’s Widow Says
W ife Unwilling to Change Her Name
Ernest Ingram Explains Reason for Discord Between
Himself and Mate, Who Recently Became a Mother—
He Hopes for Reconeiliation.
By HAYDEN TALBOT,
I nlvenal Service staff Correspondent.
London, Sept. 21.—"Nobody ex
ropt an Englishman knows how
much his first born means t6 an
Englishman, but there are things
which mean even more,” declared
('apt. Ernest Ingram, husband of
Enrico Carusos widow, today at
.Junior Naval and Military club.
' The birth of the first child ever
to bear my name has been awaited
by mo for several months, the orig
inal date having been fixed as Sep
tember (i, and all that time I have
been fighting myself, torn between
sanity and a desire to take pass
age to New York to be present
when the child was born.
"My wife however, made her de
sire never to see me again plain
enough to compel me to forego the
selfish impulse and to remain on
this side.
Cause of Discord.
"The cause of our failure to re
main together was really very
simple. On mv s'de there is nothing
to say beyond the bare fact that 1
am an Englishman accustomed to
English ideas regarding matri
mony. Englishmen are accustomed
to living with wives who are proud
and glad to accept the position of
wifehood.
"But when mv wife insisted after
our arrival In New York on sign
ing cheques "Dorothy Caruso." and
generally clinging to her former
name In hotels and elsewhere. T
called a halt. I told her that I real
ized »lie could not bear surrender
ing the name Caruso and I am sure
that this Is at the bottom of our
discord.
"When she found that I objected
to being shown off among her
friends like a prize Pekingese or a
grand opera star, she became dis
pleased and our troubles began.
"I will admit that I made an
unforgivable faux pas when I be
came the boon companion of John
McCormack and went wdth him to
unfashionable Irish restaurants,
but as a matter of fact, he and his
friends appealed to me vastly more
than the snobbish society folk my
wife associated with.
Money Not Involved.
"There has never been any ques
tion of finance between us. I was
perfectly frank with her when I
first met her in Italy. I told her
my income was about 12,000 a year,
hut she, as well as I, believed then
that away in America we could
carry out our natural mutual ap
peal without thought of money.
"Tt. Is all so very unfair to the
baby that I still have hopes of a
reconciliation because nothing the
mother can do can possibly make
my child bear the name Caruso,
and I want very much to he a
father and to undertake a father's
responsibilities.
"Rut "Madame Caruso" Is ton
dear a title, I fear, to allow- any
consideration to force her to give
It up."
! Methodists Cut
Mission Funds,
Ministers Told
—
iipropriations for Year Cut
I 2."> lo 30 Per Cent; Foreign
Workers “Carry on”
Under Hardships.
Ciarinda, la., Sept. 21.—"The 'foun- I
tain nf benevolences’ of the Meth
odist church is drying up." declared
Dr. R. E Diffendorf, in announcing
a cut of 25 to 30 per cent in the ap
propriations for the world service
program at the Des Moines confer
ence session here.
"Christians in the orient are deny
ing themselves the necessities of life
in order that the major part of our
program may go forward,'* he assert
ed. "We have sent men and women
to the front line trenches, and we
must stand behind them."
The conference elected the follow
ing to the world service council of the
church: Bishop F. T. Keeney, E. M.
Evans, C, I). Crissman, E. A. Moore,
S. Grant Lewis, F. N. Willis, E. M.
Edmundson, Frank McDonald, T. It.
Watts, Herbert Wilkinson, F. ('.
Okey, C. S. Buchtell, Frank Bean, It.
H. Beall. G. IV. Shalmer, .1. S. Ellis,
IV. P. IVortman, A F. Smith, D. J.
Shenton. John Hahn. II. R. Wright,
Mrs. G. R. Mellick, Mrs. H. H. Hoi
llngsworth, E. D. Samson, John L
Hillman and Z. C. Thornburg.
A group Insurance plan will be pre
“anted by district superintendents at
the next quarterly conference.
J. E. Hummmers nf Hancock was
retired by the conference.
LOS ANGELES
EDITOR DIES
Eos Angeles, Sept. 21.—Edward In
sley, f,8. assistant managing editor of
the Eos Angeles Examiner, died ,u
C< Ivina, near here, Saturday.
A native of Terre Haute, Inil.. In
sley began his newspaper career at
19 on the Chicago Tribune. Eatir be
j became foreign correspondent for
| New York papers, and for the las*
20 years has been here, except for
a brief period when he was part
owner of the Sacramento I'nion. lie
is survived by bis widow and three
children.
GEORGIA DOCTOR
BELIEVED FOUND
San Diego, Cab, Sept. 21.—An
American described «h Dr. J. N. Pea
cock, who escaped from stats prison
In Georgia two years ftgo after being
convicted of murder, was arrested
near tiers on a ranch where
he had lived sine© February. It was
announced that tie would be turned
ov<r next, week to H .1. Husbee,
warden of the Georgia state prison.
According to information furnished
ilit* sheriff here. Dr. peacock shot
nid killed tin* police chief or Thomas
I \ Hie.
Man rislalt* for Probate.
Geneva, Neb., Sept ‘.’I ^ petition
; lias bei'ti filed In county court f«<i
• lie probate of 1 he r state of Phsrles
j Min, 80near old pioneer of this eoun
*y, recently deceased. The rotate in
• lud*i personal property alued at
*175,000 end a half Mellon of land.
I. S. Wants New
Arms Conference
to Reduce Armies
\mrriran Participation Rosts
on Scope of Proposed Meet;
Definite Program to
Be Asked.
Washington. Sept. 21.—Whatever
action the United States may take re
garding the expected Invitation of the
league of nations to participate in a
world conference on disarmament will
hinge upon the scope of the confer
ence. it was learned here.
If the league's program for the
conference proves to conform to the
general policy of the United States,
it Is considered probable that this
country will ngree to co operate with
European nations In their efforts to
bring about a general agreement on
the perplexing disarmament question.
All official comment at the state
department is being withheld until
the formal Invitation has been re
ceived and its precise terms studied.
The belief Is prevalent in well In
formed circles, however, that the
United States will require the league
to outline a definite agenda for the
conference. If the Invitation falls to
set forth a specific program, a reply
will be deferred until the deflcienrj
has been remedied.
The position of the United States, it
Is understood, is that th» conference
should deal chiefly with the reduction
of land armaments, in this connec
tion It has been pointed out that land
armaments are primarily a European
problem. The United States, having
no army that In any way menaces
the peace of the world, Is Interested
In the question only In that It wtshea
to aid In any movement that will
further world peace.
WOMAN TRAVELER
ROUGHLY HANDLED
Denver, Sept. 21 A top* woman,
traveling ay nr a country to aecurc
data for magazine articles, Is not an
forded nitiVh courtesy In some eec
tlons, according -to a complaint at
tached to damage suits filed in the
i'nlted Slates district court here by
Mrs. Lenora Little, wealthy young
widow, with literary ambitions, of
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mrs. Little seeks $20 nan damages
from Sheriff Harry Schraerler of
Leadvlll* (Lake county), Colo, for
"false arreet and Imprisonment," and
$35,000 from Sheriff .f. M. Hutchinson
at Buena Vista (Chaffee county).
Colo, for "false arrest and reckless
and negligent conduct."
Hotly of Late Professor
Vrrivea for Htirittl Hen
The body of Prof. J. (\ (iramm
veleran Abraham Lincoln JIU-I
t bool Instructor, who died In Hock
Spring* Wvh , on hi* way back from
Pali Torn la where he wont for hi*
h**j»ltli, urlV' I In I'oiimll I*!uff
1 «iiil l night nt I
ni** I w.ih o< - oinp.inied by Mr*
i; imiII. I’oikimI an .iiiKem* n'a will1
be made Sunday.
I tmty's Kesigtuitioti O. K.
Home. hept, "I. Puinler Mm ■
llnl ha* accepted the ie*lgoatlon
< Mtianl, imbatiador to tin
Unittd
I
'Foreigners
in 2 Towns
Are Warned
Manchurian Military' Leader
Informs U. S. and British
Consuls of Intention to
Bomb These Places.
Will Attack Ships, Too
By Aftftorlated Pro**.
Mukden, Manchuria, Sept. 21,—
Chang Tso-Lin, the military dictator
of Manchuria, today requested the
American and Uritlsh consuls to
warn their countrymen at Chinwang
tao, a gulf port on the Manchurian
Chihli border, and Shanhaikwan, an
adjoining town, of his intention to
bomb these places. The consuls were
asked to advise the foreigners to
leave.
General Chang also suggested that
foreign ships stand clear of gunboats
of the Pekin government lying off
Chlnwangtao, since his planes in
tended to bombard them.
He invited the consuls and leading
foreign residents to his headquarters
and expressed appreciation of the
good relations existing. He assured
them of his efforts to afford protec
tion. but asserted that he was engag
ed in a life and death struggle and
could not stop at half measures.
By Associated Press.
Shanghai, Sept. 22.—Heavy gun
fire starting at midnight in the di
rection of Kiating, Hwangtu and
Lungwha, sectors to the north and
west of Shanghai, announced that
Kiangsu army had resumed the of
fensive against the city and its anto
Pekin defenders, the provincial forces
of Chekiang.
Meanwhile a seemingly reliable re
port said the local Chinese fleet
(Chekiang) had left the mouth of the
Yangtsze river yesterday and gone
to Nanking, joining en route, st
I.luho. Admiral Tu of the Pekin gov
ernment's navy. The fleet includes
the cruiser Hatchow, the gunboat
j Yungchl and three torpedo boats.
Chekiang headquarter* st Lung
i uha did not confirm the report, but
.deprecated the confidence in the
event there had been auch a defec
tion.
Rt Auoplnfwl Pr#M„
Shanghai, Sept. 21.—The revolt In
! the Chekiang army, which is fighting
; to retain its control of Shanghai, Is j
j much less extensive than originally1
I reported, being confined wholly to
| the area south of Hanchow, more
than 100 miles southwest of Shanghai,
it was asserted today at the Chekiang
headquarters at I.ungwha.
In the affected region, according
to the statement, General Sun Ch's
I'ang Kang, the military commander
cf Kuklen province, who Is nilied with
the enemies of the Chekiang provin
cial army, has effected a union of
his army with the deserting Chekiang
troops at Chu Chow, 140 miles south
of Hangchow, and Intends to proceed
to Hangchow, which Is the capital of
Chekiang.
Armistice Is Sought.
It was admitted at Lungwha that
a portion, If not all of the Chekiang
forces In the Thin* district, west of
Shanghai and beyond Tal lake, must
surrender, although It still was hoped
that the troops would remain loyal
and that some of them would get
through to reinforce the llnee im- J
mediately west of Shanghai.
An inspection of th« Chekiang po
sltions along ths railway through
Kiating northward to Liuho. the sec
tors north of Shanghai, revealed s
cessation of general firing, with spo
radic artillery firs around Hwangtu
and Kiating.
Only four wounded were observed
(Turn to Pose Two. t ulumn One.I
IOWAN DIES FROM
GUNSHOT WOUND
Denison. la . Sept. — Mott Mc
Henry well known citizen of Den
Ison, died Saturday from n wound
received in Hie accidental discharge
i of n shotgun which he was about
to place |n a milk house. The trigger
caught on the side of door. He n
reived the charge in the har k of the
h»*ad. He is the eon of Morris Me j
Henry, on# of th* oldest settlers. He
le survived by a wife and four child ,
ren.
Inva National Guard
to Fete General Tinley
Tn recognition of the recent promo
tion of MaJ. On Matthew A. Tinle\ .
former commander of the Town N •
Honnl guard, the provisional but* j
tllon of the 16stb Infantry, stationed
t Council Hluffs, will hold a bat
ulion review Tuesday afternoon at
the Armory, Fifth avenue and l*enrl
Ht feet.
In the evening m public reception
at which Clovernor N.ite I; Kendall
and etaff are expected to he present
j will he given to Major f Sacral Tilth •
i la the city nuditorium Uovernnt km
•tail Is scheduled to speak
\ bnntjuel fot Henerrtl Tfnh*v, his
I **tsff and gtie*t« nf honot will h«» h* Id
at the Ornnd hotel shortly before the
reception. Arrahgentents are being
I made to sreommodste e crowd of n-v
| srs 1 thousand at the Auditorium.
Ministers
Rival Died
of Arsenic
Net Drawn About, Illinois
Mini ster Tightens as Chem
ist Reports Traces of
Poison Found.
Another’s Death Probed
By T'nlvfnial Rerrlr#.
Mt. Vernon, 111., Sept. 21.—Is the
Rev. Hawrenee .\f. Hight, s<date
Methodist minister, a rold, calculating
slayer—a man who tips the poison
phial to remove those who stand be
fore him and the things he would
attain?
Tho question was being asked In
all seriousness here tonight. The lo
cal authorities suspect that the min
ister has a criminal history that will
startle tho country.
The Rev. Mr. Hight was arrested
last week when the authorities start
ed investigation of the death of his
wife—Anna Hight—supposedly a vic
tim of ptomaine poisoning.
Arsenic and not ptomaine poison
caused her death, it was disclosed.
Then was launched an investigation
of the Icath of Milford Sweetin.
Today chemists reported he had died
a victim of arsenic.
T have found a vrA-v large quan
tity of arsenic In Sweetin’s body,” |
Dr. William B. McNally, a Chicago I
chemist, reported.
Motive Clear, Says Prosecutor.
Sweetin was the husband of Mrs.;
Elsie Sweetin. a special friend of the'
minister. They had been friends twoj
or three years, close friends.
State s Attorney Frank O. Thomp
son, in charge of the Investigation.!
has pointed out that there is a clear!
motive for the crime—if the minister ;
Is guilty. The investigation so far I
would Indicate the minister wanted!
Mrs. Sweetin for himself. To get her,
poison was administered her husband.
Physician* believed he died of pto- j
maine poisoning. The next step was:
to he free from hi* wife. Tclson also
solved that problem.
There was a most startling new
development late today when the In
vestigation branched off to include
the death of a girl at Centreville
j three years ago. She was a friend
Af the minister. He thought a great
deal of her, he admitted, hut claimed
j he could not recall her name.
Complete Investigation.
State * Attorney Thompson said to
night he would make a complete In
vestigation of the girl, learn her
name and delve Into the circumstance*
of her death. She died of ptomaine
poisoning like Mrs. Hight and like
Mr. Sweetln.
The. story of the girl was learned
when the picture was found hidden in
the Hight home. The hidden picture
developed that It used to have a place
on the Hight mantale, but that Mrs.
Hight was jealous of the girl, and de
manded that her mlnlstr-husband re
move it. He placed It In a frame,
behind a picture of his own.
"We are not overlooking any po«-j
slhllltles." said State's Atnrnev j
Thompson. In discussing the girl. "I i
seems pertillar that Pr Hight cannot
remember her name "
While the authorities worked with j
out rest to collect every bit of ev i
denee that would shed light on the
strange case Rev. Mr Hight was
being closelv guarded In the county
jail His children were allowed to
visit him for the first lm» today since
his arrest.
Minister Break* Down.
The minister broke down and cried
when his vnungest daughter told him
that she did not believe him gulltj
and would pray for him every night
"I will need all your prayers and
I want you to pray for mo as often
ns you can," he eald. He told the
little girl thnt he was not guilty.
Ills oldest daughter, Marie, with
her husband, Robert Katon. anti
Itolieit. the minister s lHyenr old son,
vvci<- also present.
Mrs. Sweet In. the pretty voung
widow, with whom the minister Is
said to have shown much attention.
Iioih before ami lif'er the death of
her husband, is ill nt her home. The j
sine's attorney plans to question Viet j
,ts -nnn as her hrslili will permit
ARGENTINE FLYER
fir \»«m ii»trd I*re*a.
Kagoshima, Japan. Sept. C1—This
I dty, the ancient sent of the Sataunm!
«Inn, la preparing to welcome the
Argentine world flyer. MaJ. lV.Iro
/nnnl. on his first stop In Japanese
territory. The welcome to /nnnl,
who Is expected to start almost Ini
mediately from Hanoi, French Indo
t 'hino. w here he has been awaiting a
new airplane to replace the one
wrecked when he landed there, will
lie ns w tint If not warmer than that
jh i mded the American World filer*
and MaJ Stuart Macl#aren, the lirlt*
I «h flyer, who made this one of 1 lie j
•dopptnu point* on thelp flights.
<. irl, IH.
Ml-** Film lie hiH't'N, I'', died H.thu
day st th* home of her mother M
1'*!.*» North Thirty ninth street fallow
tnat s brief illness Burial will be «i
Mahaska. Km,
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MEANS SAYS HE AND ROXIE LIED.
Gaston B. Means, notorious witness in Daugherty
hearing, confesses he and other witnesses lied. He charges
Senator Wheeler deliberately “framed” the Daugherty
hearing to advance “certain plans” he “was working out
with La Follette.”
HERE IS WHAT MEANS CHARGES IN
HIS “CONFESSION”:
“The testimony given before the Wheeler committee by
Roxie Stinson, R. Momand, myself and the majority of
other witnesses, was nothing but a tissue of lies, put in the
mouths of those witnesses by Senator Wheeler.
“These witnesses and myself were persuaded to make
these false statements by Senator Wheeler under threats
of indictments and in some cases by promises of gain and
aid in others.
“Letters, correspondence and documents available
will refute the Wheeler-Daugherty investigation findings j
—throw a different light on the oil investigation where
prominent democrats were urging that their names be not
drawn in.
“It can be proved that Wheeler knew he was framing
Daugherty.
“I told Wheeler the statements being made to him
could not be proved.
“Wheeler grew desperate in his efforts to find infor
mation against the Department of Justice, saying, ‘he was
working with La Follette and had certain plans in view
that made it imperative that he make good.’
“I testified against Daugherty because I heard he had
said I ‘could go to hell’ so far as he was concerned and
that he ‘didn’t give a damn’ about what went on in
Wheeler’s office.”
I /
Germans Praised
by La Follette in
New \ ork Speech
Candidate Eulogizes German
Element for Part Played
in Making of America—
Cheered by Audience.
New York, Sept. 21.—Senator Rob
ert M La Follette, in an address hero
today, eulogized Frederick William
Von Steuben, who served a* an offi
cer In the American army during the
tevoluionarv war. paid tribute to Carl j
Schurz. secretary of inferior under
President Hayes, and discussed "the
great part played by the German ele
men of our population In the making
of America.
The senator spoke at a relebration
held In the Yankee stadium under
the suspire* of the Steuben socletly '
which Is made up of meb and women !
of German ancestry. Although he
declared he was not speaking as a !
presidential candidate and would not j
discuss political Issues, he was intro- !
duced as "the next president of the
United States," and was cheered for
more than 10 minutes when he first
fared his audience.
A wave of cheers greeted Tsi Fol
lette when he asserted that "through
out the terrible strain of he world
war citizens of German blood loyally
supported the government of the
United States
' Under the stress of wy hyiteria.' j
h» continued, "they suffers! heart
breaking humiliation. They were;
martyrs of wrongful suspicion, es
pionage. persecution and mob \iol
ence. The German element of ou.‘
population passed through the reign
of terror with extraordinary credit
and fortitude. Reprisals were not -e
♦ort»d to by citizens of German blool
to settle their grievances. '
War prejudice, declared Mr La
Follette, not only caused the teach
ing of the German language to be
dropped foluntarlly from tnanv pub
lic schools, but was responsible for
the passage of laws in some (hates
designed to prohibit the teaching of
all foreign languages.
Recalling that the United States
Sl!l*re me eourt declared such a Njj
Inn ski law unconstitutional the Wis
cousin senator declared that the fob
!y and stupidity that prompted this
legislative interference with Atner'Cun
liberty was bound to oe soorldtvr t 1
A like fate he added awaits "reel .■ |
form of bigotry jind fanaticism in j
th‘* count! y. '
‘That all nationalities should strive!
to master the Hngllsh language ' «n,i>
isenntor !„• Follett*. "must be accept
*d ns an inherent duty of our com
mon citizenship. Likewise let each;
nationality preserve its own language
for Its practical, educational and er.n.
tional value
Vddrc?* on World Srrviop.
w A. t\ Hughes. Philadelphia. ait
dressed a group of member* of the
First A, M. K. church Saturday
night on The Negro's Place in World
Servire " He is to address another
gathering at the St, John A M 1*
ohyn h tonight on the same suhlr. t, j
He is In Omaha In the Interests of
the world service budget. More that*
fwo.ooo ha* already !■«'*’» raised arnon%
the negroes of the country
.1,1.000 I mis of Snear.
Cw.n.l Island. Nil', t . pt \n
mil put of a.y.000 tons of sugar l» es
peiled for the I'1’4 inmpuign In the
H and Island fa* tm v of the Amert. m
i liret Sugar Co . a* • "iding t*» man
*g*r Denman Hat v rating began hep
itrmhtr 22.
Ex-Convict Eludes
Officers' Posses
in Slaving Case
Police Believe Social Worker
killctl by Man She Be
friended in Spirit of
Revenge.
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Ixis Angeles. Cal.. £ept 31—Harry
jCarbuf. alias Harry Connor, former
i Joliet convict, whom Mrs. Clifton R.
Hunn, a wealthy Chi-ago eocial
; worket. sought to reform, is the
; subject of a widespread man hunt.
Carbutt i« wanted by the au
thorities in connection with the slay
ling of his benefactress In her apart
ments at ?0 North Madison street,'
Pasadena. Friday night. Police and
j county detectives are civ** on Car
butt's trail and his arrest 1s believed
I to he only a question of hours.
| Carbutt, paroled from Joliet where !
he was serving time for robbery, is
declared hy police to have fired the [
shot that killed Mrs. Hunn In a spirit 1
of revenge. Robbery as a motive
was definitely abandoned wlh the dis- |
icovery today of Jewelry valued at
more than $30,000 In Mrs. Hunns
partments.
The former Joliet convict, was In- I
trodueed to Mrs. Hunn. who was 60 i
years old, by his aunt, Mir. F. E. j
Morehouse, a wealthy 1-os Angeles
matron. Mrs. llunn at once took an
interest in Carbutt and after learn
jing his history, expressed a wish "to1
make a better man of him."
The attempt to bring Carbutt to
his place in eoclety was a dismal
failure, however, and Carbutt. ac
cording to the police, declared he was
going back to Chicago a week ago.
This he failed to do. however. Two
days ago Mrs. Morehouse was in
formed by Mrs. Hunn that she had
seen Carbutt on the street here and
that he had not kept his word to re- ,
turn to Chicago. The theory advanced
by the poif.-s is that the breaking off
of relatione between Mrs. Hunn and
Carbutt follow ing her failure to re- j
form him may have an Important
bearing on her death.
MORE MARINES
AT SHANGHAI
Washington. Sent 21 The cruiser
Huron has landed 200 marines at 1
Shanghai and replaced some of the
men ptevlously put ashore by de-■
•trovers. Hear Admiral Thomas Wash
ington, commander of the Asiatic
fleet. reported to the na v y de
part mem
line battalion of Shantung troops
i'l I yesterday at Nanking a.« re
| Infer rments for Klang S i
Clarkadnle. Miss . Sept. Cl —Hcrl>eit
Taylor, negro, a trusty at Camp H of
the slate convict farm, was lynched
by s mob near 1 .amber t. Miss . last
nigbt. for an alleged attack upon Ihe
small daughter of .a convict guard, it
was hatnuv 1 here.
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“Daugherty
<o r w
flea ring Was
a Frame-up ’
Notorious Senate VS itness
(Charges Roxie Stinson Also
, Lied—Says Senator VS ork
ins V\ itli La Follette.
'‘Confession ’ Sent Davis
Columbus, O., Sept. 21.—
Repudiation as a “tissue of
lies’’ of all that he told the
senate committee in its inves
tigation of the administration
of Harry M. Daugherty, as
attorney general, has been
made in a signed statement
by Gaston B. Means, former
Department of Justice agents
and star witness for the
Daugherty investigators, ac
cording to a copy of the state
ment made public at his home
here today by Mr. Daugherty.
The Means statement was incorpo
rated in a letter sent by Mr. Daugher
ty to John W. Davis, the democratic
nominee for president, in which the
former attorney genera! taxes the
| presidential candidate to task for
[statements which Datlgherty's letter
“ays Davis has made in the course of
addresses over the country, "suggest
! ing improper conduct by me in my
[official capacity." The letter was
[dated September IP.
1'nited States Senator Burton K.
| Wheeler of Montana, prosecutor of
the c ommittee, now vice presidential
candidate on the La Follette *icke;.
i« charged in the Means statement
with having "put this tissue of lies"
in the mouth of Means and the ma
jority of other witnesses.
Persuaded to Make Statements.
"These witnesses and myself were
persuaded to make these false state
ments.' continues the Means state
ment, "by Senator Wheeler undo!
threats ef Indictment in some css s
and by premises cf gain tnd aid in
others.
' The testimony given before the
Wheeler committee by Rosie Stinson.
P-. Montand, myself and the majority
of the other witnesses, was nothing
hut a t.ssue of lies put in the moutr.s
if these witnesses by Senator Whee -
, »r, primarily to confound and dis
ered.t the Department of Justice ant
, ihe administration." the Means state
| mer.t declares.
The Means statement was made in
Washington on September 11. accord
ing to Mr Daugherty, who said it
was given to him Toluntar.lv. Ac
cording to the former attorney g:n
[eral. Means now is in seclusion, pre.
'oaring additional data concerning his
'firmer false testimony. Mr. Dough
: < rty loft his Columbus home today
I without announcing his destination.
In his letter to Mr. Davis, Mr
| Daugherty wrote: "No lawyer, much
less one of your recognized shiiity.
would under any circumstances toi
erate for one moment the charade
of the testimony with which the
(Wheeler) committee burdened 1.*
J records.
Contemptible Conspiracy.
of these witnesses (Remlie*'
? ': ' ' aft*»r your Sen girt speech in
which you made reference to his to*,
t.mony. published a full retraction
and repudiated hs testimonx b*f*’e
the comm I fee.
’ The whole contemptible conspiracy
rf fraud and deceit will he laid bare
:n due season. When that time
comes you and the country mill h*
1 astounded by the revelations, even
•hough two of the member* of the
senate committee now are seeking
high political places In the nation.**
The former Department of Just Sc*
agent, in his statement, sav* he tes
tified ns he did before the WheeVr
committee for only cne reason. That
was, his statement said, because cn
the day before he was to take the
I stands, friends of the then attorney
general told him that * Mr. Da ugh -
j orty said I could go to hell**
In his statement. Me us declared
! he h is in p^ss-'ssion ’,d i',iimen*a. v
evidence" which, “by a quick revt.-w
*. f the testimony of the Wheeler cop.
mitten.*' lie said, “it can be piov*d
on usivrly that Senator \\ heeler
knew that he n u framing Mr,
(Daughertx and the republ 'an a
uitniatration, and to some extent th.s
"wolves the oil scandal."
Moans* 1 eter
Follow‘.rc is the rex? rf the Means
s? stem f nt incorporated in yr Da ugh
e-Pt> s leter to Mr Davis
TO WHOM IT MAY POXCFRN
1 Gaston B, Means, desire to make
* he following statement of facts re
I warding mv coerection with the a?
| ta*-k recently made by the Brookhart
.Wheeler senate in\estigatlng commit -
| tee ign'nst former Attorney General
llartv M Daugherty and the TVpaii
j ment of Justice in pai'tlcuUr, and the
current admlnlstrItlon
nn IVbnmrv s, *i»f4 at Palm Ttaarb
l . > . 1 ivi» ; \ e,l i\ felt if.itn ft cm fljv
Hire in Washington, st ting th :
1 Sirs' S! !,'e s. nator B i. ■. h
\\ 1 ■ i h r Of through ft vet*
, * 0*0 ft lend. Kid requeu'd that 1
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inest tied ioves- K tton The Infc
n o'linoiior with »uhcr infonnctli'M
f hat timo 1 proo ptiv reporhvt
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