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VOL. XXV. NO. 312
LOYALTY OF WILSON
NEffil QUESTIONED.
SAYS LLOYD GEORGE
Former Premier Denies
Charging Secret Pact and
.Explains Basis of News
paper Story
LONDON, Feb. 7—Former Premier
JJavid Lloyd George tonight issued a
Statement saying he had given no in
■ftcv to Harold Spender, who
HHLI him in the Daily Chronicle as
■Lg that Premier Clemenceau and
Wilson arranged a secret
agreement regarding occupation of
the Rhineland during one of the Brit
ish premier’s absences from the
peace conference.
Moreover, the statement said, the i
facts contained in Spender’s story (
were inaccurate.
A statement, from the Quai d'Orsay j
(the French foreign office) denying !
existence of the secret pact was said I
by Mr. Lloyd George to be “substan- |
tially correct.” z
Did Make Agreement
Mr. Wilson and M. Clemenceau, i
Mr. Lloyd George's statement said, I
did reach agreement while he (Lloyd
George) was in London in April,
1919, on two important issues.
/‘One was military occupation of
the Rhineland. The other was guar
antees by the United States of the
French frontier against acts of ag
gression by Germany.
“To describe this agreement as
‘secret’ is ridiculous,” the statement
•aid.
Attests Wilson’s Loyalty
“President Wilson, I need hardly
say,” “Lloyd George added, “actea
■with perfect loyalty.” Neither Mr.
Wilson nor M. Clemenceau, he said,
could be blamed for his being called
to England when he faced serious
domestic difficulties and they com
municated their agreement to him
upon his return, he said.
The ex-premier’s statement was a
complete disavowal of any intention
to imply anything secret was “put
over” on him while he was absent
from the Paris sessions of the “big
four.” After his return from Lon
don to Paris, the agreement Mr.
Wilson and M. Clemenceau reached
while he was away was adopted by
the "big four” with only slight mod
ification, he said.
Here is he exact statement credit
ed to Lloyd George in an interview:
“There was the proposal for fif
teen years military occupation of
the Rhine frontier by the allies. I
was opposed to it. I was called away
to London. When I returned I
found the' Wilson had surrendered
to G'.c'.ionceau and thus the French
gained that right to occupy the
Rhine country. I have only quite
recently discoverel that during my
absence in London, Clemenceau and
Wilson signed a secret compact on
this question.”
French Isstfe Denial
From Paris came an interview
with “the tiger,” Clemenceau, deny
ing Lloyd George’s assertion; Andre
Tardieu, who played a prominent
part in peace conference proceed
ings, did not know ot the pact.
The British press today printed at
length everything Washington, New
York, Paris and London had to say
in connection with the alleged secret
pact.
What happened, in a nutshell, was
this:
Tne French foreign office intends
to publish a series of “yellow papers”
or a “yellow book” dealing with the
making of the peace of Versailles,
and sent Great Britain proofs, ask
ing permission to publish them.
These were sent on to Lloyd
George “out of courtesy, because in
conjunction with President Wilson
and Premier Clemenceau he had
been concerned’ in a discussion of
the matter.”
Full Statement Asked
<’he /‘yellow book” presumably
France's apologia .for oc
cupation for the Rhineland and
Ytuhr. It was to show that Wilson
and Lloyd George agreed.
Whether or not this is what the
“yellow book” proofs contained,
Lloyd George, upon receiving them,
coincident with the death of Mr.
•Wilson, stated to newspaper corre
spondents that the secret pact agree
ing to occupation of the Rhine had
been made while he was away from
Faris.
The British foreign office has
asked Lloyd George to reply to the
French denials of his charge, and
announced it will probably give con
sent of the MacDonald government
to publication of the “yellow book.”
CLEMENCEAU AND TARDIEU
FLATLY DENY CHARGES
PARIS, Feb. 7.—(By the Associat
ed Press.) —“It Lloyd George will
produce a secret agreement between
Wilson and me. I will pay the repa
rations,” said former Premier Clem
encau today after reading the text
of the statements ascribed to David
Lloyd George concerning a seer.t
pact between Clemenceau and
Woodrow Wilson in regard to the
occupation of the Rhineland.
Andre Tardieu’s mil. m ule dur
ing the session of the chamber of
deputies yesterday, and amplified
later and approved by Clemenceau
sr • ■
“The text that Mr. Wilson accept
ed on April 20 at 6 p. - . in con
versation with M. Clemenceau and
myself had been in the hands of Mr.
Lloyd George as well as those of
Mr. Wilson for fifteen days. It was
the same text that Mr. Lloyd
George, absent from Paris on the
20th. accepted on the morning of
the 22d, after a last resistance. The
clauses in question became articles
42S to 432 of the treaty of Ver
sailles.
“If Mr. Wilson were still living
his denial would bo added to that
which I regret being obliged to in
flict upon the former British prime
minister. The vital guarantees we
obtained for France on the Rhine
were acquired on.y after months of
terrible struggle, but it is our pride
that we obtained them with the loy
alty of all our allies.
MR. WILSON’S LETTERS
MAY SETTLE DISPUTE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Wood
row Wilson's private files may yield
an answer to the controversy now
raging between London and Paris
ever Lloyd George's charge that Mr.
Wilson and M. Clemenceau arranged
a secret pact on Rhineland occupa
tion. while Mr. Lloyd George’s back
was turned.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
LONDON. —Serious disorders have
broken out in Kharkov district of
Russia, Riga unofficial advices say.
LONDON. —Shoddy lid on Tutank
hamun’s coffin reveals suggestion of
dishonesty by his undertakers, Luxor
advices say.
WASHINGTON. Chief Justice
Taft is not seriously ill and will soon
be restored to usual good health, his
physician declares.
WASHINGTON. —Secretary Denby
makes public extended statement de
fending his course in assenting to
lease of naval oil reserves.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Dr. Henry
Crosby Emery, former chairman of
United States tariff board, died on
shyj on way to San Francisco from
Shanghai.
PARIS. French government
amplifies its strictures, making it
more difficult for foreigners to get
divorces and asserts it will seek to
stop any further discredit abroad on
French court decrees.
LONDON.—German and Austrian
consulates at New York fail to fly
fl -gs at half staff for Woodrow Wil
son: consular officials disavow any
intentions of disrespect and explain
there were no staffs at. windows
from which to unfurl emblems.
LONDON. —Lloyd George’s report
ed revelations of a secret pact be
tween Woodrow Wilson and Clemen
ceau regarding French occupation of
the Rhineland creates sensation in
Paris and London: Andre Tardieu in
sists that Lloyd George's carges are
“stupid.”
PARlS.—Radicals and socialists
urge Poincare to resign after tumul
tuous session of the deputies; Poin
care, in explanation of slim major
ity supporting his government, as
serts that his adherents were
wearied by discussion and had left
the chamber xyhen. the vote wa's
taken.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
VOTES fflOl OF
TAX REDUCTION DILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—-The new
revenue bill providing for a com
plete revision of federal taxes and
for a 25 per cent reduction in 1923
income taxes was voted favorably
reported to the house today by the
ways and means committee.
The vote was 15 to 3, eight of the
eleven Democrats on the committee,
voting “present” with the announce
ment that they opposed the income
tax rates fixed by the Republicans '
in private on the lines suggested by 1
Secretary Mellon but that they did
not wish to delay reporting of the
bill.
The Mellon Income tax rate
adopted by the committee provides
fc’* a reduction from 4 to 3 per cent
in the normal tax on the first $4,000
of net income and from 8 per cent
to G per cent pn the remainder of
the net income. The maximum sur- |
tax rate was reduced from 50 per j
cent to 25 per cent on incomes of j
SIOO,OOO and over and was begun
at 1 per cent on net incomes of
SIOO,OOO instead of at SG,OOO.
Another feature of tax revision
came up soon afterward in the house
when debate was opened on the
joint resolution for a constitutional
amendment to prohibit the issuance
of tax-exempt securities.
The revenue measure provides foi
a saving to the taxpayers of about
$320,000,000 annually, based on the
revenue receipts of 1921, and for
about in income taxes
payable this year on 1923 incomes.
About $115,000,000 of the loss in
revenue will be suffered through re
ductions in the indirset or war ex
cise taxes, many of which were re
pealed entirely. The remainder re
sults from the cut in income rates.
The house today began considera
tion of the constitutional amendment
to prohibit the issuance of tax-ex
empt securities, a feature of the tax
revision scheme suggested by Secre
tary Mellon.
Eight hours of debate was allowed
for the amendment resolution undei
a special rule adopted by the t ules
committee, and a vote on the meas
ure will not be ; ached until tomor
row.
Determined opposition, largely
from the Democrats, developed I
against the resolution, which was j
adopted by the house last year but ;
was not voted upon in the senate, j
In view of this, proponents of the j
amendment, including Representa- ■
tive Green, Republican, lowa, its ;
author, were apprehensive of its sue- j
cess, a two-thirds vote being neces- i
sary for passage.
9'he resolution, in effect, grants
the federal government power to
tax state and. municipal securities
and likewise would permit city and
state governments to tax fed- |
eral securities. Secretary Mellon
has estimated that about $11,000,-
000.000 is invested in state and I
municipal securities which cannot
now be taxed by the government. ■
The Weather
* ———— i
Forecast for Saturday: Virginia.
North Carolina: Fair, not much |
change, in temperature; moderate to
fresh northwest winds.
South Carclira and G-xirgla: Fair,
i not much change in temperature;
i moderate northwest and noi t'.i
; winds.
Florida: Fair, not much change in
i temperature. Gentle to moderate
i north and northeast winds.
Extreme northwest, Florida, Ala-
I bama, Mississippi: Fair, not much
: change in temperature. Gentle (o
| moderate northeast shifting to east
! winds.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fai".
■ rising temperature in west por
tions.
Louisiana Unsettled, warmer.
Arkansas: Unsettled, warmer.
Oklahoma; Unsettled.
East Texas: Unsettled; probab’y
■ showers.
Wes: Texts: Unsettled.
ROME.—ltaly signs commercial
treaty with Russia which practical
ly establishes recognition of the So
viet government
BISMARK, N. D.—North Dakota
Democrats indorse McAdoo for
Democratic presidential nomination.
QUEBEC. —'Ice bridge on the St
Lawrence river between Quebec and
Levis breaks; three persons are re
ported drownd but" actual number
is not yet known.
CARSON CITY*, NEV.—Thoma -
Russell, one of two men sentenced
to die today in first lethal gas ex
ecution at Carton City. Nev., is re
prieved and given life imprison
ment by Governor Scrugham.
WASHINGTON. Hiram John
son denies printed reports that he
is soon to withdraw in race for
presidential nomination and declares
these rumors come from his op
ponents.
LONDON.—Prime Minister Mac-
Donald. announces policy of open
diplomacy and plans to avoid un
necessary argument in his rel?,-
tions with heads of governments,
London dispatches declare.
WASHINGTON? ~~— William G.
McAdco announces that he has
ended his employment with Edward
L. Doheny; declares he is free from
any taint in oil revelations and that
his work in Mexican enterprises
was legitimate.
NEW YORK. —Th P Times quotes
unnamed leading financiers as de
claring that German flag incident
at Washington will injure prospects
of a German loan and may affect
contepiplated help for starving Ger
man children.
LONDON.—Great Britain regards
Lloyd George’s reported utterances
on Wilson-Clemenceau agreement as
unfortunate at moment when Mr.
MacDonald seeks to establish more
friendly relations with France, Lon
don advices say.
DOHENY COWS
FIRST ESTIMATE DF
M'JODD
, V
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. E. L.
Doheny, the California oil operator,
has notified the senate oil commit
tee that instead of the $250,000 he
recently estimated his interests had
paid William G. McAdoo’s law firm,
the amount actually paid so far is
$150,000, including an annual fee of
$25,000 to Mr. McAdoo himself.
In a letter on the subject sent to
Chairman Lenroot. Mr. Doheney
i added that none of the money, or
any other payments, ever had been
given the McAdoo firm with regard
to “any matter relating to the con
tracts and leases which have been
under investigation by your commit
tee.”
The letter follows:
“On the first instant, while testi
fying before your committee as a
witness under subpoena, I was ques
i tioned by the chairman -jn the sub
i ject of the employment by companies
i in which x am interested of persons
i who prior to sucn employment held
public office, and speaking entirely
from memory. .1 testified that Mr.
William G. McAdoo and his New
York firm had, 1 thought, received
a total of $250,000 as compensation
for services as attorneys and counsel,
that sum being made up of the
•amount paid the firm of which Mr.
McAdoo was a member in New York
and, as I thought and then stated,
the sum of $50,000 as a yearly re
tainer. to Mr. McAdoo at Los
Angeles.
"By telegraph Mr. McAdoo called
my attention to the fact that I was I
in error in re-ard to these amounts,
and I Lave had the records looked
up and now beg to inform you that
on November 20, 1919. there was paid
to the law firm of McAdoo, Colton
& Franklin the sum of SIOO,OOO. Be
ginning March 1, 1922, Mr. McAdoo
has been in receipt ~f an annual re
tainer at the rate of $25,000 per year
on account of which the following
pavmentshave been made:
“March 1. 1922, $12,500.
“August 1, 1922, $12,500.
“February 1, 1923. $12,500.
“July 31, 1923, $12,500.
“It will thus be seen that the to
tal paid to the firm of which Mr. Mc-
Adoo is a member in New York, and
I paid him as counsel at Los Angeles,
I is $150,000 instead of $250,000, as er
i roneously stated ( by me, and that
I Mr.- McAdoo's annual fee is $25,000
■ instead of $50,000, as also erroneous
ily testified bv me. I reouest that my
(testimony be considered as corrected
(accordingly.
“Permit me to add that, as already
testified to by me, neither Mr. Me
lAdoo's New York firm nor himself
! personally was ever employed in any
■ way in connection with any matter
: relating to the contracts and leases
which have been under investigation
'by your committee.”
Norns Revives Plan
For Federal Operation
Os Shoals Projects
■ WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. —Opera-
tion of the Muscle Shoals project by
! the government through a “federal
I chemical corporation” would be au
, | thorized in a bill introduced today
i by Senator Norris. Republican, of
i Nebraska. The measure is substan
tially the same as that submitted
by the same senator last session.
; The war department would be au
; ; thorized and directed to complete
; dam Nos. 2 and 3. and then turn
! the whole project over to the pro
- posed corporation, which would be
, created to manufacture chemicals
. for the military service and for pro
l ducing “cheap fertilizers.”
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DEFENSE BY DEfflY
DF FULL OIL DEALS
IS CLOUDING ISSUE
Democrats Now Forced to
Accomplish Convictions to
Back Up Ultimatum—Par
tisan Lines Drawn Tighter
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1424.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Secre
tary Denby’s outspoken defense ot
his action in signing the Teapot
Dome oil leases is the turning point
of the controversy.
There always have been two
schools of thought on the wisdom of
the policy involved in Dasing the
naval oil reserves, and but for the
revelation of a loan to the former '
secretary of the interior. Albert B. |
rail, by one of the patties to (he
contract, the discussion would have
been carried along on exactly the
lines announced by Mr. Denby in the
last twenty-four hours.
Ic means that even if the senate
resolution demanding Mr. Denby's
resignation should be adopted, the
secretary of the navy will stand his
ground, and, therefore, President
Coolidge will be in the pos’tion of
being compelled’ to suspend judg
ment while the question is being de
bated in. congress or trial in the
courts. ’No resolution o* the senate
can force the president to demand
the resignation of a member of his
cabinet who has once been confirm
e 1 Impeachment proceedings may,
of course, be started, but tne trial
must result in a conviction before
there is a removal from office.
Sensations Promised
The Democrats are beginning to
talk of impeachment, but at present
writing it looks as if they will de
pend on the march of events in the
next few days in the senate investi
gating committee before making any
such move. Some important testi
mony is forthcoming' which is said
to be even more sensational than
that which has been produced. The
exact relations between ihe men
who sought the oil leases and the
navy department will be examined
thoroughly.
The action of Secretary Denby is
in the nature of a challenge, for it
turns the fire in his direction once
more.
There are rumors that President
Coolidge was about to adopt the
same attitude towards the leases that
has just been proclaimed by the sec
retary of the navy, and that a.state
ment to that effect was in prepara
tion aboard the Mayflower just be
fore Senator Lenroot Went to the
president and told him of the testi
mony about to be given with respect
to the Doheny loan to former Secre
tary Fall. In view of these circum
stances, Mr. Coolidge is said to have
abandoned the idea of standing by
the leases as made until they were
proved in court detrimental to the
government. Instead a statement
was issued at midnight directing
criminal proceedings.
Denby’s Only Move
From a political standpoint the
declaration of the secretary of the
navy is regarded as the only move
he could have made. To have main
tained that he knew nothing about
the making of the leases would have
stamped him as unaware of impor
tant transactions in his own depart
ment. To have resigned under fire
would be construed as a confession
of guilt, and of possible knowledge
of some of the sensational things
which have been disclosed by the
senate investigating committee. It
is said Mr. Denby told friends he
would resign if they thought he was
embarrassing the president. On the
other hand, there wafs a well defined
opinion tlwit it would be far more
harmful if he resigned at this time
without having given the country
his side of the story.
Mr, Denby's decision to fight at
least will becloud the issue and di
vide opinion more or less along par
tisan lines. The whole controversy
is getting more and more compli
cated every day with evident efforts
on both the Democratic and Repub
lican sides to expose the mistakes
of the officials in opposite parties
whose names have been mentioned
in the case. Mr. Denby's statement
starts the fight that has been lulled
for a few days owing to the death
of Woodrow Wpson. From now on
the secretary of the navy will be in
I the limelight and on the defensive.
Methodist College
At Valdosta Named
For Woodrow Wilson
VALDOSTA. Ga„ Feb. 7.—The
■ South Georgia conference of -he
i Methodist church has named the
I new junior college, for bovs being
I established here the Woodrow Wil
' son college. Tne college, which is
being financed by the Methodist
church to the extent of 51,000,000.
will open in the fail.
The name was agreed upon by the
local board following an editorial
suggestion by the Valdosta Times.
| The following telegram was sent to
United States Senators William J.
i Harris and Walter F. George by A.
; J. Strickland, chairman of the com
mittee:
I "Request that you inform Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson that in commemo
ration of her distinguished husband,
the people of Valdosta and the Meth
odist church, south, will establish in
Valdosta a college for men to be
called Woodrow Wilson college.
! Nearly one-half million dollars has
already been raised to build this me
morial. In grateful appreciation,
our people desire the privilege of
establishing in Georgia this memo
rial to the greatest American.”
MRS. WILSON ADVISED
BY SENATOR GEORGE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. -The
! widow of former President Wilson
( was advised Thursdav by Senator
I Walter F. George that citizens of
' Valdosta. G-a.. and the Methodist
; church, south, intended to establish
I in Valdosta a college for men to be
known as the Woodrow Wilson col
lege. Senator Georce transmitted to
■ the Wilson residence on S street a
j message received from A. J. Strick
land, chairman nf the Wilson memo
rial movement in Valdos’a.
DIPLOMATIC STORM
BELIEVED BREWING
OVER TEUTON ENVOY
Recall of Ambassador May
Be Sought by U, S. as Re
sult of Attitude Towards
Wilson’s Death
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Repre
sentations by the state department
to Berlin, for the recall or resigna
tion of Ambassador Weidfeldt, and
“scrapping” of all relief measures
for Germany are likely sequels to
the German blunder in ordering its
embassy here not to half-mast its*
flag in Honor of Woodrow Wilson.
Both the state department and the
embassy today refused to discuss the
matter in' any way, but it was
learned in well-informed quarters
that the incident is not entirely
closed.
It was learned also that the Ber
lin government sent forceful in
structions to Wiedfeldt not to par
ticipate under any circumstances
“officially” in the Wilson mourning.
When Ambassador Jusserand, of
France, dean of the diplomatic corps,
asked all other d plbmats to contrib
ute towards a wreath, Wiedfeldt did
so out of his personal funds.
The orders from Berlin were in
reply to a message from Wiedfeldt
that Mr. Wilson’s death was inevita
ble. and recommendation that the
embassy here should take part in of
ficial mourning.
Berlin’s flat rejection of this rec
ommendation left no loophole, ex
cept to state that Wiedfeldt could
participate in his personal capacity.
This, however, did not permit the
German ambassador to half-mast
the embassy flag.
In congress and among American
Legion men, indignation still ran
high. Congress is being appealed to
by various organizations and spokes
men to appropriate money for re
lief of Germans in the Ruhr, and to
authorize a big loan to Germany.
Even Mr. Wilson was appealed to,
former Ambassador Gerard an
nounced a few days before the for
mer president’s death, to help Ger
man professors and intellectuals.
It was only after a frantic ex
change as cablegrams between
Wiedfeldt and the Berlin foreign of
fice telling of public indignation
here over the German attitude, that
the embassy received permission to
half-mast the flag. This was done
yesterday afternoon.
All projected relief measures have,
suffered and if any are passed at
all, it will be after bitter opposition.
MOVE IS CALLED “BONER”
BY GERMANS OF BERLIN
BERLIN, Feb. 7. —The German
government did its best today to con
vince everyone concerned that no ill
will towards the United States was
intended by the flag incident at the
embassy in Washington, where the
German emblem was not at first dis
played at half-mast in honor of
Woodrow Wilson.
“It was a plain ‘boner,’ ” one heard
on every side today.
Government officials make Am
bassador Wiedfeldt the “goat.” but
foreign office spokesmen merely
shrug their shoulders when asked if
the minister to Washington will re
sign or be recalled.
Theodor Wolff, influential editor
of the Berliner Tageblatt. declaring
the affair “Dummheit” (in current
American parlance—“dumb-bellism”)
accusing Wiedfeldt of lacking either
initiative or courage, while he held
that the foreign office also had erred
by failing to tell the ambassador
either to use his own judgment onto
follow the course set by other plen
ipotentiaries.
The Vorwaerts is extremely bit
ter towards both Wiedfeldt and the
government, accusing the latter of
gross cowardice, and declares the
people are furious at the govern
ment as a result.
Foreign Minister Stresemann ex
plained the “misunderstanding” to
American Ambassador Houghton.
It was learned, incidentally, that
Wiedfeldt's original telegram sug
gested offic’al condolence with re
gard to Wilson’s passing and a
wreath from Germany for the
grave.
The government instructed the
ambassador to take no officiat-fteps
but to do personally what he de
sired. Ambassador Wiedfeldt appar
ently Interpreted this as conveying
I government disapproval of any move
' of respect or condolence and acted
; accordingly.
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Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, February 9, 1924
WILSON’S PERMANENT TOMB
TO BE NEAR WASHINGTON;
SITE YET TO BE SELECTED
Had Expressed Desire, to
Rest at Scene of His
Greatest Labors Sepa
rate Memorial Is Likely
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Wrap
ped* in the glory of death. Woodrow
Wilson has found sanctuary under
the towering arches of the Wash
ington Cathedral, acclaimed by his
countrymen and the world.
He was laid to his eternal rest
in the silent vault with only the
solemn,, simple rites of religious
service, as was his wish, often spo
ken to the sorrowing widow wh'o
today sought again to take up life’s
burdens with an aching sense of
loss in her heart.
Before her still is the task of de
ciding where shall be the final rest
ing place of her honored husband.
For months, probably, he will lie
in the vault to which he was com
mitted yesterday just as night came
slowly over the nation’s capital; but
a greater memorial will one day be
reared for him, to show the honor
in which men held him.
The dead war president had given
thought to the place where he would
rest in death, and it will be within
the District of Columbia that his
ultimate tomb will be set. That
has already been decided by Mrs.
Wilson in accordance with his wish,
although the place where the tomb
shall be erected is still to be se
lected.
Plans lor Memorial
Above the vault where lies the
casket that contains his body, the
cathedral structure has reached the
point in building where the
transepts, north and south, are next
to be constructed. The north tran
sept, by tradition in England and
the United States, is the transept
of statesmen, where those may lie
who gave great service to their
countrymen in the civil walks of
national life. Plans have been formed
for the building of an adequate me
morial to Woodrow Wilson in that
transept of the cathedral beneath
which he now rests. It would be
placed just where the massive north
ern wail of the nave and the western
bulk of the transept will join.
As the plan now runs, the tomb
would be built into the wall of the
cathedral itself, and the casket so
tenderly placed yesterday in the
chapel vault would be sealed within
its stone inclosure forever. Within
the transept, on the main floor of
the cathedral a fitting memorial
would.be set as the inner face of
the tomb.
Mrs. Wilson has not as yet as
sented to tills plan. She has agreed
with her husband that since he
lived for eight long years in Wash
ington as president and came from
the White House only to make his
home in the city, it is in Washing
ton or at least within the line of
the District of Columba, that he
should be buried. So far as closest
friends are aware, however, she has
not as yet had the time or the cour
age to select the spot.
Virginia Urges Claim
The projects for a suitable memo-
JAPANESE RESUME
EFFORTS TD BREAK
HIM BARRIER
TOKIO, Feb. 7.—(By the Asso-
, ciated Press.) —Viewing with appar
ent anxiety the “increasing restric
tions upon Japanese residents in the
United States and the proposals now
before congress for further exclusion
of Japanese,” Foreign Minister K
Matsui in an exclusive statement to
the Associated Press today appealed
to the United States to heed Japan’s
cherished desire “to be treated on
■the same footing with other inde
pendent nations.”
Defending Japan’s attitude toward
the question as “conciliatory and
I well meaning,” the statement ex-
I pressed readiness to discuss anew
the problem of restrictions and ex
• elusion.
Fire Destroys Block
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Feb. 7.
Fire early Wednesday destroyed an
entire business block, including six
buildings and stocks at Alvord, in
Wise county. The blaze of unknown
origin, started in the building oc
cupied by the Spear Dry Goods com
pany. ‘
rial to Woodrow Wilson have been
discussed within the last few days
by those w*ho were his friends and
followers in the days of his leader
ship. There are many divergent
views among them, which have not
yet shown signs of crystallizing into
a definite plan. Senators from his
native state of Virginia have urged
that his body should I s - on Virginia
soil, while from Princeton has come
a claim that he should go back in
death to the scholastic scenes there
of his early triumphs.
Perhaps there will come fv<pm all
of this discussion a movement to
erect to his memory at some appro
priate place a memorial that is not
also a tomb, as the Washington
monument and the Lincoln memo
rial mark in Washington the re
spect and admiration of the nation
for great men who are buried else
who r e •
But that is a question which only
time and the development of opin
ion can answer. Until a decision
is reached, the man who led the
American people through the great
war and who played a masterful
part in the shaping of world his
tory will sleep in peace where he
lies today with naught to mark his
resting place but a marble tablet
saying that here lies Woodrow Wil
son, twenty-eighth president of the
United States.
MRS. WILSON FATIGUED;
TO TAKE LONG REST
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson will take a long
rest, to recuperate fully from the
strain, attendant upon her husband's
illness, death and burial, it was
stated in her behalf today. She has
made no plans for her future, but
will continue to live in Washington,
it was said.
Mrs. Wilson was suffering today
from fatigue and nervous reaction,
but Dr. Cary Grayson said that
rest alnd quiet would restore her
quickly.
She was very deeply moved’ by
the nation-wide tribute to her hus
band, both during his illness and
after death, and expressed a wish
to Dr. Grayson that she could in
some adequate, way thank the many
thousands who expressed their sym
pathy.
Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs.
William G. McAdoo. Mr. Wilson’s
daughters, were with Mrs. Wilson
today. They joined with Dr. Gray
son in urging her to go away from
Washington for a short rest.
Mr. Wilsen’s will, which is under
stood to dispose of an estate of
about $150,000, will be filed soon.
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
FOR WILSON IN LONDON
LONDON, Feb. 7. —The memorial
services for Woodrow Wilson in &t.
Margaret’s. Westminster, today was
attended by a large delegation of
British and American notables, in
cluding the entire staffs of the Amer
ican embassy and consulate and
three members of the British cabi
net, J. H. Thomas, Lord Haldane,
and Lord Parmoor., The eulogy was
delivered by Canon Carnegie.
The king and queen, the prince <
Wales, and the Dowager Queen
Alexandra were represented at the
services, as was Prime Minister Mac-
Donald.
Canon Carnegie said Woodrow* Wil
son’s i edm *of world peace was in
essence “the same as St. John's
dream of .. l s —in ;dpm on
earth.”
WOMAN CANDIDATE
SHOT DEAD IN DUEL
OVER ELECTION TIE
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 7.
Mrs. Roland Clark, candidate for
. mayor of Palmetto, in the recent
i primary, is'dead, her son and daugh
ter wounded, and Louis Meyer is in
i a hospital here probably mortally
wounded as a result of a gun battle
in which all of the parties concerned
participated, according to the best
I information available here.
Mrs. Clark was opposed for elec
tion by a man narmed Isaacson and
; they polled a tie vote. According to
1 a version of the shooting re
( ceived from Opelousas, near Pal
\ metto, Mrs. Clerk accompanied by
I her daughter, met Meyer on the
I street and accused him of having
■ brought a brother-in-law from Texas
to vote for Isaacson and break the
tie. After some words, Mrs. Clark
drew a pistol and shot down Meyer.
Meyer after being wounded, drew
his own pistol, and shot Mrs. Clark
to death. Mrs. Clark’s daughter took
possession of her mother’s weapon
and fired at Meyer, who shot and
wounded her. At this juncture Mrs.
I Clarks’ son took up the battle and
also was wounded by Meyer.
The shooting affray occurred last
i night and Meyer was brought here
i today for an emergency operation.
Physicians said they had little hope
; that he would survive.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 7.
Louis Meyer, merchant, was dead
■ today, the second victim of a gun
battle resulting from a political
feud in Palmetto.
Mrs. Roland Clark, candidate for
mayor ot Palmetto, was killed, her
daughter seriously wounded, and
| Meyer fatally wounded in a fight
i Tuesday.
Meyer, wounded by the woman,
( was rushed heie for medical treat
' ment but died following an opera
tion last night. The son escaped
unhurt from the affray, which was
i said to have started when M.s.
I Clark shot down Meyer at the rail
way station. Meyer opened fire a-3
:he fell, killing the woman and
wounding her daughter, Wilda, who
seized her mother’s pistol to carry
on the fight.
Pennsylvania State Police
In Big Prohibition Drive
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 7.—Ac
tivities of the state police in their
campaign for enforcement of the
prohibition laws resulted in 403 ar
rests during January. The arrests
included 264 bootleggers, seventy
. seven moonshiners and fifty-two
hotel rnen and others, officials of the
department announced.
b (JEN’io A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
FALLANB SINCLAIR
GRINDED CRIMINALS
BY SENATOR REED
4
Demands Resignation of
Denby and Prosecution of
All Found Involved in Oil
Lease Graft
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Full au
thority for its oil committee to fol
low the ever-widening trail of its in- •
quiry into lease of the naval oil re
serves was voted today by the sen
ate without debate or a dissenting
vote.
At the same time, the committee
decided to abandon its efforts to ex
amine further the central figure in
the investigation—Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of the interior, who
has refused to testify under claim
of constitutional immunity.
The senate also voted without dis
cussion and unanimously to direct
the secretary of the interior to take
steps to recover from the Standard
Oil company, of California section
1G and 36 In. the Elk Hills. Cal., re
serve. These plots are near the field
held by the Doheny interests which
the government also is seeking to
recover along with the Teapot Dome
field in Wyoming, leased by Mr. Fall
to the Sinclair interests.
Denby to Fore Again
With these two resolutions out of
the way, the senate swung again into
debate on the Robinson resolution de
manding the resignation of Secretary
Denby for assenting to the oil leaser.
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
opened this discussion with a care
fully prepared address assailing Mr.
Fall. E. L. Doheny, Harry F. Sin
clair and Mr. Denby. #
During the day, Chairman Lenroot,
of the oil committee, received a. let
ter from Air. Doheny correcting his
previous testimony as to the amount
of fees received by William G. Mc-
Adoo's ’xw firm from the Doheny
company. He said the amount so
paid amounted to $150,000.
Senator Reed opened his address
by asserting that the “sinuous trail
of bribery” had been to reach
to government office, and now should
be “extended to the penitentiary.”
“We are aboilt to determine,” he
said, “whether oil kings and cabinet
officers are immune from the law
which governs the common .people
of the land.
Prosecution Certain
“All officers wno have betrayed
their trusts must be brought to the
bar of the courts. All officers who
have permitted the country to be
plundered while they slept at their
posts must be removed. Every man
who has for fees or favor employed
the influence which he gained
through the generosity of the pub
lic, to seduce public servants must
be exposed and condemned.”
Asserting that immediately after
, taking office, Fall had begun “set
ting the stage for one of the most
gigantic steals of history,” Senator
Reed said that on April 7, 1922, “Sin.
clair, in the role of minor burglary,
carried away the Teapot Dome.
“April 25, Doheny, playing th«
star part, strolled across the stage
boasting that his loot exceeded SIOO,-
000,000,” the senator continued. “The
play was ended; the curtain was
rung down. The oil circuit season
was closed. The actors retired; Sin
clair to the race track, Doheny to
his California habitat, and Fall pre
pared to return to innocent pastoral
pursuits.”
‘Guilty,” Recd Declared
Referring to Fall’s refusal to tes
tify, Senator Reed declared that “he
who dare not speak Jest he shall
prove himself a criminal,” stand*
self-condemned.
“Nor js Doheny in a happier
plight,” he continued. “Entangled
in the meshes of his own words, trip
ped and trapped by admitted facts,
he lies floundering. Sinclair man!-
i festly prefers the companionship of
i bright-eyed Paris to the stony faces
; of the senate committee.
“The crime stands confessed. So
far as Full, Doheny and Sinclair are
concerned, guilt has been found by
substantially unanimous vote in both
branches of congress. That decision
is bucked by the universal verdict of
110.000 people.”
Secretary Denby. Senator Reed
said, did not fall within the class of
those who had lost all their defend
ers.
“Has not the senator from Maine
(Mr. Hale) brought to the defense of
the secretary the thunders of his
eloquence and forces of his invincible
logic?” he asked. “Has not the grave
and revered leader on the Repub
lican side, in his most oracular man
ner, warned against the outrage of
laying a finger upon the skirts of
Denby’s garments?”
Further efforts to question Fall
were abandoned upon advice of
the special government counsel
in the oil cases, Silas 11. Strawn
and Atlee Pomerenc. They recom
■ mended against permitting Mr. Fall
to testify unless he waived Im
munity.
After considering the recommenda
tion of counsel for an hour the com
j mittee adopted this motion by Sena
. tor Walsh. Democrat, Montana:
“The witness, Albert B. Fall, hav
ing refused to answer any questions
that might be put to him touching
the matters under investigation by
the committee, on the ground that
his evidence might tend to incrirfii
j nate him, and the cornmttee being
advised ly counsel that the statute
providing that a witness should not
be excused from testifying before a
congressional committee on such
ground uj.j _ less broad in its scope
than the constitutional guaranty, so
that proceedings for coruempt or by
indictnjent against the witness for
contumacy would probably fail, and
that if the witness proceeded to tes
tify before the committee under
j protest he might gain immunity
I from prosecution, and the committee
being advised by the attoi. ey sets- the
witness that his purpose to stand on
his constitutional rights is irrevoc
able, I move that the subpoena, is
sued for the witness, Albert B. Fall,
be vacated and that he be released
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