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GENERAL TAX BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE;
SOFT DRINKS HIT
Governor Makes Error in
Calling Second Extra Ses
sion and Great Confusion
Follows
By vote d 104 to 11, the house of
representatives late Thursday passed
the general tax act, after three days
of debate on amendments. This ac
tion was followed by a caucus Thurs
day night of house members favor
ing the program recommended by
the tax commission, at which resolu
tions were adopted calling for ap
pointment of a steering committee
to lea dthe fight for passage of some
form of income tax amendment in
the house.
When the house convened Friday
the first subject on the calendar was
the bill calling for repeal es the tax
equalization law. It is predicted that
there will be a shar plight over this
measure, with the odds in favor of
its passage.
Several new amendments were
added to the general tax act before it
passed the house. It was transmit
ted to the senate Friday, but it is
not thought that body will pass it in
its present form. Should the senate
further amend the bill it will be nec
essary for conference committees to
b© appointed and an effort made to
reach a compromise.
The final amendment adopted by
the house, introduced by Represen
tative McMichael, of Marion county,
increases the occupation tax to be
paid by manufacturers of soft drink
syrups in the state. The bill formerly
provided that the rate for this tax
should be computed on a basis of one
per cent of the gross receipts. The
McMichael amendment leaves this
rate the same for the first SIOO,OOO of
gross receipts per annum, but above
this amount increases it is as follows:
One per cent on the first SIOO,OOO
gross receipts annually; 2 per cent
from SIOO,OOO to $20,000; 3 per cent
from $200;000 to $400,000; 4 per cent
from $400,000 to $600,000; 5 per cent
above $600,000.
It v/as explained by the author of
the amendment that the 5 P er cent
.rate would apply to only two com
pan’es now operatin, the Coca-Cola
company and the NuGrape company.
The vote on this amendment was 67
to 64
ERROR IN SECOND CALL
CAUSES CONFUSION
Owing to an error in a proclama
tion issued Thursday by Governor
Clifford Walker, which was a second
call to the general assembly to meet
in extraordrinary session, soncidera
ble eonfusl°n arose as to the exact
status of the assembly after the proc
lamation was received.
As copied by the stenographer the
second call set the time for the be
ginning of the second extra sess.on
at 10 a. m„ November 15. It should
nave read November 16. Members
were confused by the date, inasmuch
as the call Iwas not received In the
h°use until after 1 o’clock, three
hours later than the time set in the
call, and it was not received by the
senate at all, inasmuch as that body
had adjourned for the day.
In issuing the call, which in effect
is but an amendment to the original
call, perfecting it in its definition of
the scope of legislation to be consid
ered, the governor is supported on
the legality of his action by an opin
ion rendered by Attorney General
George M. Napier. Mr. Napier first
issued a written opinion to the effect
that the governor was fully author
ized, under the law, to amend his
call on October 25, before the special
session began.
On Thrusday he gave an oral opin
ion that it was still perfectly correct
for the governor to issue a call for
another extra session, to run concur
rently with the present one, in order
to remove alll doubt as to the admis
sability of certain subjects under the
call.
Deploring confusion occasioned by
the governor’s second call for a spe
cial session, Pres’dent George H.
Carswell of the senate, issued a
statement in which he calls upon the
conservative members of both houses
to “get together” and “pull the state
out of its present taxation muddle.”
In the oiginal call Governor Walk
er limited the objects to be discussed
to revision of the tax system of the
, state and the subject of free school
books for common school pupils. In
cluded in the administration pro
gram for tax reform is the recom
mendation that a state oudit depart
ment be created, a state budget sys
tem w’ith enlarged powers devised,
and measures to strengthen the en
forcement laws on taxation passed.
Some members have questioned
whether these subjects can rightful
ly be included under the call as
originally worded, and the call for
the second session is intended by the
governor as supplemental to the
first call, removing this doubt. One
bill to create a state auditing depart
ment, introduced by Senator Pace
of the thirteenth, has already passed
‘the upper house.
Therefore, th esecond session, run
ning concurrently with the present
one, commenced at 10 o'clock Fri
day morning.
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temperature.
North Carolina, South Carolina
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Extreme northwest Florida, Ala
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Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair.
West Virginia: Cooler and cloudy.
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East Texas: Generally fair, little
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DALLAS, Tex.—House of Epis
copalian bishops, in session here, re
affirms faith in virgin birth of Christ
and apostles’ creed.
NEW YORK. —Applicants for Ed
ward W. Bok, SIOO,OOO peace prize,
total 22,165, announcement is made
when lists are closed.
MADISON, Wis. —Three thousand
University of Wisconsin girls con
demns drinking by students of both
sexes at that university.
OELS. Former German crown
prince, wearing sport suit, strolls
about his Oels estate with Princess
Cecilie, and his joviality seems with
out bounds.
BERLIN. Official statement de
clares that after November 25, Ger
many will set adrift both Ruhr and
Rhineland, leaving their fate to
France and Belgium.
FRENCH LICK, Ind.—Tom Tag
gart, with Charles F. Murphy and
others, announces that he favors
Democratic national convention for
New York city.
GMUNDEN, Austria. —Ernest Au
gust Wilhelm, duke of Brunswick-
Luenenberg, and former Duke of
Cumberland, a cousin of the late
King Edward, of Great Britain, dies
at estate here.
PHILADELPHIA. Consolida
tion of railroads of country into a
few large systems is favored by
United States Senator A. B. Cum
mins, of lowa, in address before
Philadelphia forum.
Paris—French official circles de
clare belief exists in certain quar
ters that Great Britain wants France
to act alone on problem of former
crown prince’s return to Germany.
MANILA. American Chamber of
Commerce votes to ask congress to
revoke Jones law, organic act of
Philippine Islands, and to substitute
enabling act, establishing Philippines
as organized territory of United
States.
DALLAS, Tex.—House of Prot
estant Episcopal bishops affirms it
to be urgent duty of the United
States either to join existing League
of Nations or some other council
that'will avert danger of another
great war.
DUESSELDORF. Negotiations
between Ruhr industrial leaders and
the inter-allied mission for contra!
of factories and mines break down
when Germans refuse to accept
three of twenty-one clauses of pro
posed agreement.
PlTTSßUßG.—President Coolidge,
through message read to National
Grange meeting by Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, says that the
grange has prospered because it em
phasizes the farm as home and pro
motes wholesome rural life.
BOSTON.—DrWilliam J. Mayo as
serts that so long as the United
States has an adequate supply of
pure water, there is no good reason
why prohibition should leave the
land; noted surgeon says curative
value. of alcohol is over-estimated,
and its use for medicine overdone.
WASHINGTON?”—- Samuel Gom
pers receives congratulations upon
forty-second anniversary of the
American Federation of Labor; Mr.
Gompers contrasts ’ labor conditions
today with 1881, and rejoices that
conception of working man as a
piece of merchandise has generally
disappeared.
WASHINGTON?—Senator Heflin,
of Alabama, says he will ask senate
to investigate activities of a nation
ally-known Republican politician,
who, he declares, is involved in land
frauds; declines to mention names
but asserts inquiry may concern
men prominent in councils of the
government.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Borah,
in statement made public here, de
clares reduction in present tax bur
den is a moral and economic neces
sity; affirms that disclosures affect
ing war veterans’ bureau are specific
shameless examples of waste of tax
payers’ money and of inhumanity to
afflicted soldiers.
CHICAGO. —Hiram Johnson defi
nitely announces candidacy for Re
publican presidential nomination;
declares for revitalized Republican
party and says coming’ contest must
decide whether party is to be perma
nent instrucent of reaction or shall
respond to present day conditions
and aspirations.
LOUIS VILLE? Letter from
President Coolidge to the National
Council of Co-operative Marketing
associations says that executive is
glad to learn that “there is very
little demand for extreme, unsound
and uneconomic procedures” in
dealing with present agricultural sit
uation.
PHILADELPHIA? Samuel D.
Warriner, chief spokesman for an
thracite coal operators’ policy com
mittee, says in letter to Governor
Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, that he
views “with indignation” governor’s
statement that operators have re
fused to aid in eliminating known
abuses in industry.
LONDON. Germany has decided
to repudiate Versailles treaty, and
will avoid compliance with repara
tions and all other clauses, Berlin
unofficial dispatch to the London
Daily Mail says. Germany has an
nounced complete cessation of all
reparations payments, according to
another unconfirmed Berlin News
Agency dispatch.
WASHINGTON? D, C.—Depart
ment of commerce announces that
costs of government for state of
Florida for fiscal years ended Decem
ber 31, 1922, amounted to $11,448,-
418, which was a. per capita cost of
Sil. 18. In 1917 per capita cost was
$4 and in 1914. $3.54, totals for these
years being $3,647,746 and $29,998,-
653 respectively. Per capita costs for
1922 consisted of expenses of general
departments, $8.67; payments for in
terest, $0.02; and for outlays, $2.49,
the greater portion of which was
for conservation purposes.
Giant Sweet Potato
JACKSON, Ga., Nov. 15—The larg
est sweet potato of the season was
shown here Saturday by W. O.
Moore, of Cork, the mammoth tuber
weighing 13 1-4 pounds. Mr. Moore
also displayed some fine sugar cane,
grown on-the banks of the Ocmulgee
river, the cane measuring seven feet
in heighth. These products again
proves that Butts county soil will
produce any crop in variety and
abundance.
INCOME TAX HILL
PASSES IN SENATE
BY VOTE OF 38-6
The Lankford income tax amend
ment, carrying a legislative “rider”
automatically reducing the state ad
valorem tax rate by 40 per cent, was
passed by the senate Thursday aft
ernoon. The vote was 38 for the
resolution to 6 against it. Among
those recorded in opposition were
Senators Munday and Henderson,
two of the staunchest advocates of
the income tax -••inciple. Their op
position, they stated, was due to the
fact that the senate had emasculated
the measure almost beyond recogni
tion, and in such essentials are to
render it valueless and dangerous.
As finally perfected and parked,
the Lankford resolution authorizes
the legislature to levy an income tax
on net incomes as designated by the
legislature. The rate is limited to 5
per cent, and the measure -ontains
the so-called “credit provision,” to
which Governor Walker’s tax com
mission registered opposition.
The “credit provision” requires the
legislature to permit per: ons, firms
or corporations paying an income tax
to credit against such taxes what
ever taxes such persons, firms or cor
porations may pay as rroperty taxes
to the state.
Senators Munday, Johns and Hen
derson, who led the opposition to
the “credit clause,’’ insisted that the
effect of this provision will be to
practically nullify any income tax
that may be assessed by the legisla
ture.
Advocates of the clause, led by
Senators Lankford, author of the
resolution, and Hodges, argued that
to eliminate the “credit” feature
would mean double taxation upon
many land owners, and would defeat
the appeal of the governor for a dis
tribution of the tax burden.
The “rider” providing for an auto
matic reduction of the ad valorem
tax rate from five to three mills
was proposed by Senator Gillis as
an amendment to a provision of
fered by Senator Redwine, reducing
the property tax rate from five to
four mills. Senator Redwine led the
fight in favor of this amendment
and urged that the people of the
state would not ratify an income tax
amendment to the constitution un
less they were assured of a reduc
tion of their property taxes. He
was unwilling to trust the legisla
ture to provide for reduction of ad
valorem taxes in another bill and
insisted that the Lankford measure
should contain the provision.
The vote on the Gillis-Redwine
rider was adopted, 30 to 15. Many
senators stated that they supported
the provision because they believed
that only by such a device could the
people be expected to ratify an in
come tax amendment.
Vote on the final passage of the
resolution follows.
Ayes—Adams, Atnow, Beauchamp,
Boyd, Cason, Chastain, Duke. Gar
lick, Gillis, Grantham, Green,
Hamby, Hodges, Horn, Hullender,
Johns, Johnson, Keith, Kennedy,
Kennon, King, Lankford, Little,
Loftin, Mason, Miller, Moore, Mor
gan Owens, Pace, Parker, Phillips,
Redwine, Smith, E. M.; Smith, F. A.;
Stovall, Whitaker. Total, 38.
Nays—Coates, Ficklen, Garrison,
Henderson, Latimer, Mundy. Total,
six.
Four Hunters Killed
As Train Demolishes
Auto at Crossing
NEWARK, Ohio. Nov. 15.—Four
Columbus men were killed this
morning when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck
by Pennsylvania passenger train
No. 31 at Frazeyburg, northeast of
here. The men were on their way for
a day’s hunt.
They were Lewis Combs. Os
car Norville, J. E. Turner and Harry
Watson, all of Columbus. The men
were from 20 to 35 years old.
Mayor J. Cors, ’ of Frazeyburg,
was the first to arrive at the scene
of the accident and assisted in iden
tifying the dead.
The men left Columbus early to
day for a day’s hunting trip and
were driving with curtains up.
The bodies were scattered along
the track for a distance of several
hundred feet.
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WALKING IN SLEEP.
FLORIDA BDY KILLS
HIS OWN FATHER
I LAKELAND, Fla., Nov. 15.—Mr
; C. S. Whipple, a music store dealer.
I was shot and instantly killed here
early today as he lay sleeping in h;.-
home. The police investigating th;
case reported Whipple was shot by
his • sixteen-year-old son walking in
i his sleep. The father had planned to
go hunting with a party of friends
late this month.
Young Whipple was lodged in
jail. No formal charge has yet
been made against him. Mr. Whip
pie is survived by his widow and
three sons.
While there were no eyewitnesses
to the tragedy, the authorities ad .
vanced the theory that Dana I
dreamed of the gun purchased by j
his father that morning, rose from ‘
his bed, secured a revolver and 1
made his way to his father’s room
where he fired twice, both shots
taking effect in his father’s fore
head. Other occupants of the house
aroused by the shooting, rushed to
Mr. Whinpie s room and found him
dead. Dana was found in his bed,
still asleep. j
Mr. Whipple disposed of his bus’
ness here only a few days ago arid
planned to retire from business. He
planned to accompany several
friends on an extended hunt in the
Everglades and purchased the new
gun for that purpose. On his re- I
turn home, Mr. Whipple is under
stood to have displayed the gun and
talked about it during the evening.
MRS. WHIPPLE FORMER
RESIDENT OF ATLANTA
A long-distance telephone message j
received Thursday morning by The
Rev. W. J. L’ Upshaw, of 154 Gor
don street, stated Mr. Charles S.
Whipple, of Lakeland, Fla., bis son
in-law, had been accidentally shot
and killed during the night.
Mrs. Whipple, before her mar
riage four years ago, was Miss Lil
lian Upshaw, and she has many
friends in Atlanta, particularly in
the West End Baptist Sunlav
school, in which she was active for
a number of years. Rev. Upshaw
and a brother of Mrs. Whipple,
E. N. Upshaw, left for Lakeland
Thursday morning and funeral ar
rangements will be annonced upon
their arrival.
In addition to his wife, Mr
Whipple is survived by three chil
dren, one of whom, Dana, is a son
by a former marriage-
Liquor Piles Up
As Federal Raids
Continue in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala.. Nov. 15.—A list of
the seizures to date, made in one of
.mammoth liquor raids in the south
here, given out, show that liquors
valued at more than SIOO,OOO have
been taketi in two days of raiding,
government officials stating that
more than 10,000 quarts of whisky
are now stored in the customs house.
The largest seizures were made at
a Conception street residence, which
brought about the arrest of Harry
O’Connor, well known about town,
the agents stating they found 415
cases of whisky at the O’Connor I
place. This is valued at $50,000,
while 5,094 quarts of whisky, seized
in a barn on Fowl river, is valued
at the same amount.
Persistent rumors are afloat to the
effect that the operations of the fed
eral authorities against dry law vio
lations in Mobile will bring to the
surface additional disclosures of a
sensational nature. A large number
of warrants charging transgression
Attempted Kidnaping
Charged to Two
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 15.
Two men held in jail here today
charged with an attempt to kidnap i
the children of Robert F. Gamble,
millionaire New Yorker, will be given
a preliminary .hearing tomorrow.
The men, who gave their names
as E. J. Maxwell, of New Jersey, and
G. E. Mimms, of New York, de
clared they were offered $5,000 by
a, third party to deliver the children
to a hotel room here. They declared I
they did not know the name of the I
party who made the offer.
Gamble, who brought the children I
here several mopths ago following ■
domestic troubles in New York, re- |
fused to discuss the alleged kidnap- ,
ing attempt today and referred all ;
questioners to the county sheriff, ■
who also refused any information, j
IN THE NEBULOUS STATE —BY MOSER
//If?-/S' /''Nn
II I
fILF WINCHESTER
BELO WITHOUT BOND
IN CHURCH MURDER
TUSCATXXJSCA, Ala.. Nov. 15.
Alf Winchester, insurance man and
farmer, Wednesday was ordered held
without bail by Justice Foster on a
charge of. murder in connection with
the slaying of a young woman iden
tified as Irene Curley, whose partly,
burned body was found in theashesj
of a negro church, near here, after
a fire, October 31.
The woman was named by Solici
tor E. L. Clarkson. Announcement
of identification came at the opening'
of the preliminary hearing of Win-!
Chester.
The woman was also known as
I Irene Hughes, the solicitor said. Tus
caloosa county and city officials were
aided in solving the mystery, which
had surrounded the slaying of the
woman, by Jefferson county authori?
ties. Officers of both counties were
agreed in the identification of the.
victim and they said they were pre / -
pared to establish the identity in
court.
Portions of the body were found
in* the ashes of the church, in an
isolated rural community a few hours
after fire had consumed the building.
Pathologists said the woman was
youthful and of the white race.
Parts of a bar pin, a dress and a
suitcase found in the ashes of the
i church were identified by Bessemer
citizens as belonging- to Miss Curley,
who was last seen in Bessemer on
Saturday before the church fire on
I Tuesday of the next vyeek.
A Bessemer merchant testified
: that he had sold a similar suitcase
i to the one found in the rums to Miss
! Curley, who told him she was going
• to Tuscaloosa.
i Sheriff Kyle, of Tuscaloosa county,
■ offered in evidence an automobile
curtain which he said he took from
' Winchester’s car and which bore
i stains he said were 'of blood.
A witness testified that he saw
; Winchester in company with a young
! woman on a Birmingham train which
reached Tuscalo: :a about midnight,
! a few hours before the burning of
cnurch is alleged to hav> occur
' red. Policeman Mose Ashley testi
fied that he saw a man and woman
leave the Tuscaloosa station after ar-
I rival of the train, in an automobile.
I He believed the man was Winches
: ter, he testified.
Saw Couple Board Train
Vester Koster, the first witness
sai dhe saw Wincheste ■ and a young
woman get on the train in Eirming
bam. He stated they sat togetner
on the train. However, he declared
he didn’t remember whether they
alighted together.
Lawrence Wells, a government em
ploye, declared he saw Winchester
and a woman alight from train No.
, 1 at 12:30 o'clock on the morning the
negro church was burned. He sa ; d
he remembered seeing the couple
| pass through the waiting room and
I that he also recalled that Winchester
I carried something in is band, pre
sumably a suitcase.
Lee Curry Granted
Another Hearing
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Nov. 15.—Over
long distance telephone this after
l noon, Judge Hardeman, who pre
| sided at the trial of Bee Curry, sen-
I fenced to be hanged Friday in
I Toombs county, stated Curry would
I be given a hearing upon his motion
| for a new trial on December 8.
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Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, November 17, 1923
Not a Gubernatorial
Possibility, Dr. Parks,
Os Milledgeville, Says
Dr. Marvin M. Parks, president of
the Georgia State College for
Women, at Milledgeville, and former
state school superintendent, has an
nounced definitely that he is not a
prospective candidate for governor
There has been considerable
speculation in political circles re
garding Dr, Parks’ intentions, and
several newspapers have mentioned
him as one of the more available
candidates for the office.
In Atlanta on Thursday Dr. Parks
took occasion to set at rest all ru
mors. His statement follows:
“I have not the slightest intention
of running for the governorship.
“For nearly twenty years I have
served «s president of the Georgia
State College for Women at Mill
edgeville, and that is my chosen field
of work.
“I appreciate the many compli
mentary suggestions made to me by
friends throughout the state, but
the race for the office of governor
does not attract me. and I do not
wish ’my name considered for the
office.”
Would Endow Church
By Insurance on
Lives of Pastors
LEXINGTON, S. C„ Nov. 15.—An
endowment for the Lutheran church
in South Carolina would be created
through insurance on the lives of
ministers, under a’ plan proposed by
the annual convention of South Car
olina synod in session here. The
plan calls for each minister to
secure a policy for SI,OOO, the pre
mium to be paid by the church of
which he is pastor The synod would
be the beneficiary.
One-third of the churches in South
Carolina and Georgia are without
ministers. Rev. John S. Seibert, sec
retary of the home mission board
of the United Lutheran church in
America, told the convention in an
address.
Followers of Healer
Pray for Resurrection
As Body Is Cremated
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.—Women
followers of Frederick L. Rawson,
spiritual “healer,” who knelt at his
bier for three days, praying for his
resurrection, continued their prayers
today as the body was being cre
mated at Fresh Pond.
The prayer service was heUl in
the headquarters of the Society for
Spreading the Knowledge of True
Prayer, of which Rawson was pres
ident. There was no funeral service
over the body.
Autoists Fined SSOO
I.OS ANGEI.ES, Nov. 15.—F0i1.-
motorists charged with reckless
driving were fined SSOO each in
justice court here yesterday. Twelve
other persons were assessed $250
each for traffic violations.
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WALTON ABUSED
PARDON POWEBS.
AGGOSERSCHARGE
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov.
15. — (By the Associated Press.)
Prosecution in the impeachment
trial of Governor J. C. Walton today
turned their guns on the alleged
abuse of pardon and parole author
ity.
They declared there would be no
proof that the had re
ceived bribes, but that they would
show he exceeded the legal bounds
of his authority in that he granted
pardons and paroles before convic
tion, awarded clemency in the face
of many citizens, and that his ac
tions were designed to permit his
friends to obtain large attorney’s
fees.
Prosecution said they will at
tempt to prove a pardon was obtain
ed for an imprisoned man by an
agent who demanded $5,000 before
delivery. They said they would pre
sent evidence of another similar
case in which the fee was $2,500.
Legislator Accused
Testimony intended to show that
Guy Sigler, state representative
from Carter county, “guaranteed a
pardon within 60 days for a consid
eration and got it in 20 days” also
will be introduced, prosecution an
nounced.
Defense counsel objected strenu
ously to the charge alleging that it
did “not consittute a legal ground
for impeachment.”
Further evidence tending to show
that Governor J. C. Walton was a
member of the Ku Klux Klan at the
time he waged his spectacular, fight
against the organization because of
its alleged mob activities in Oklaho
ma, is in the hands of a legislative
committee which is conducting an
investigation with a possible view to
ward supplementing the impeach
ment charges upon which the execu
tive is being tried.
Says Walton Took Office
The evidence was made public
here last night in the form of testi
mony given the committee 1 Dr.
A. E. Davenport, state health com
missioner and a member of the klan.
He was quoted as having said that
he arranged the meeting with the
governor for the ceremony, was pres
ent when a klan official a rr'r’--
• tered the oath to the executive and
collected the initiation fee from him.
and filled out the membership card
for the governor during the proceed
ings at his direction.
The health commissioner testified
in support of Dr. W. T. Tilly, for
mer cyclops of the Muskogee klan,
who told the committee be swore the
governor in and was paid the regula
tion entrance fee.
Governor Walton repeatedly has
denied that he ever was taken to
the klan and has offered a reward to
anyone who can prove tha, he
signed a membership card.
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D’RYANPRDMISES
ID BARE ‘CRIMINAL
RECORD’ OF FORBES
Wrath Stirred, Questioner
Brings Out Intimations of
Domestic Scandal—Wom
an’s Name Used
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Stirred
by Charles R. Forbes’ charges
against committee counsel, John F.
O’Ryan told the senate veterans?
committee today that he expected to
prove “convincingly the whole truth
of Mortimer’s charge that Colonel
Forbes was one of the gang of con
spirators who wer e tied together
cheek-and-jowl to defraud the gov
eminent.”
‘I expect further to show,” O’Ryart
said, “that this criminal conduct was
in consonance .with his previous life
record.”
The -.vuiCnt of General O’Ryan,
who is the committee’s general coun
sel, was made immediately upon re
sumption of the hearing and before
the cross-examination of the former
director of the veterans’ bureau was
resumed.
Bitter in His Attack
“Yesterday, in the cross-examina
tion of Colonel Forbes,” O’Ryan
said, “he made charges that the
testimony thus far introduced which
impeaches his character is not only
false, but it is the result of suborna
tion of perjury and the coercion of
witnesses.
“He also charged that documents
and papers which would have indi
cated the innocence of Colonel
Forbes were withheld by counsel for
the committee.
“When asked for proof of these
charges, the witness said that hie
counsel was in possession of the
proof and thereupon his counsel
said he was prepared to offer the
proof to the committee..
“I did not wish at that time to
abandon the cross-examination of
the witness to go into a collateral
matter. It is a well-known recourse
of embarrassed witnesses to distract
attention from themselves by at
tacking others.
Forbes “Irresponsible”
“Colonel E'orbes I regard as irre
sponsible. I expect, however, to
prove much more than irresponsi
bility in his conduct of office and in
his lack of care of the disabled.
“Colonel Easby-Smith (counsel for
Forbes) is an officer of the court and
is responsible, and I ask him here
and now if he has any proof of any ;
improper action toward any wit
ness, or improper action of any
other character upon my part or
upon the part of Major Arnold, my
assistant counsel”?
Chairman Reed interrupted to say
that the committee * had announced,
over and over again that this was
not a trial of Forbes or any other
person, and that the committee did
not desire to lose sight of the main
issue, which is the investigation of
the veterans’ bureau. He adued,
however, that if the committee’s
processes have been used for the
suppression of the truth, the com
mittee desired to know it.
Mr. Easby-Smith responded that
he would submit a list of witnesses
to the committee in connection with
Forbes’ charges and would furnish
the committee with a list of docUT
ments which Forbes charges wer®
withheld.
Demands Explanation
General O’Ryan then demanded to
know whether those charges weio
directed against general counsel or
assistant counsel, and Mr. Easby-
Smith replied:
“I am making no charges. The
charges are made by Colonel 1* orbes.
I hold that this questioning of me by
committee counsel is entirely im
proper. I shall consult with the
committee and furnish the list of
witnesses at the noon recess if that
is desirable.”
Chairman Reed said the commit
tee would meet him at that time,
and the cross-examination of Forbes
was resumed.
It developed today that Mrs. Eliaa
H. Mortimer, wife of one of the chief
witnesses against Forbes, had been
examined by the committee in ex
ecutive session. The record of this
examination has not been made pub
lic and probably will not be for
some time. Mrs. Mortimer accom
panied her husband and Forbes and
his official party on the famous Pa
cific coast trip in the summer of
1922 and it was understood that she
was questioned at length with re
gard to incidents on that trip.
“Are you a native American or a
naturalized citizen?” Forbes was
asked by General O’Ryan at the out
set of today’s examination.
“I am a naturalized citizen,” was
the reply.
O’Ryan wanted to know if the
former bureau director had had an
altercation with Mortimer on Labor
day, 1922.
“I had some words with him, but
do not remember when it was.”
“Was it about Mrs. Mortimer?”
“I don’t remember. It might have
been partially about hpr.”
Forbes conceded that Mortimer
had found the former director and
Mrs. Mortimer in an apartment at
the Wardman Park Inn, here, but
declared the door was wide open.
Denies Break Soon After
The former director denied it wa®
a few days later that he became in
dignant because of Mortimer’s con
nection with the Sutherland Con
struction company.
Forbes said he had given a posi
tion of mechanical engineer in th®
bureau to George B. Tullido, Jr., a
brother of Mrs. Mortimer. He wa®
twenty-two years old, and his salary,
Forbes said, was $3,000 a year.
“Do you swear tnat that apart
ment was not made to please Mr®,
Mortimer?” asked O’Ryan.
“I swear,” Forbes said.
O’Ryan wanted to know if Forbes
knew that E. Tripp, of the supply
division of the bureau, had put th®
proceeds from the Perryville, Md.,
sale of supplies in the bank in
Tripp’s name.
“I heard about it when I returned
from New York,” Forbes said. “It
was an unusual occurrence , oi
course.”
Committee counsel asked what
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