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MUNICH WAR CW
jffl TREMWGE
MUNICH, Feb. 26.—1 n the gloomy
chambers of the old war academy
all entrances to which were pro
tected by barbed wire and armed sol
diery, General Ludendorff, his step
son, Lieut. Heinz Peirnet, Adolf
. Hittier and seven former army of
ficers and doctors were tried today'
for treason.
His head held proudly erect, a mil
itary and commanding figure despite
his inconspicuous civilian clothes,
".Ludendorff stalked at the head of
.the little procession of prisoners as
they were marched into the dock.
’Hittier, monarchist agitator, brought
up the rear, lugging a huge port
folio of defense documents under an
arm.
Both Ludendorff and Hittier were
warmly greeted when they entered
the trial chamber where sixty news
paper men and fifty witnesses were
the only ones besides judges and
guards admitted.
Os the prisoners, only Lieutenant
Fobert Wagner was in uniform.
Ludendorrf’s bearing was proud
and sneering, as though he ignored
’ the somewhat ignominous position
With which he was confronted.
The crime with which the prisoners
- lire charged is of plotting against the
Kftate in that they led the ludicrous
P“beer cellar” putsch that failed so
completely November 8, 1923.
Charged With Plots
Tl|e. defendants planned to claim
they were not guilty of treason, since
they did not aim to separate Bavaria
.from the reich, but to establish a
new form of government, namely a
monarchy.
The trial opened at 8:30 o’clock
m.. the complete list of prisoners
including: General Ludendorff,
Adolph Hitler. Lieutenant Heinz Pier
net, Ernst Poedner, Dr. Wilhelm
Frick, Dr. Friedrich Weber, Cap
tain Ernst Roehm, Lieutenant. Wil
helm Nrueckner, Lieutenant Robert
Wagner and Colonel Hermann Krie
bel.
’ Chief Judge Ladgericht presided.
The streets around the war acad
emy were barred, to civilians and
assembly of more than two persons
in the neighborhood was forbidden.
Before the trial opened, a final
search of the academy was made
and extra precautions against fire
and surprise taken.
Defense Plans Changed
Although it was understood that
the defense of the accused wos to
have involved throwing most of the
blame for the putsch that failed
upon General von Kahr and General
Lossow, plans were changed by de
fense counsel at the last minute.
Von Kahr, dictator of Bavaria and
Lossow, head of the army, resigned
last week. The defense will insist
. they co-operated in the putsch plans.
The trial began after the judges
had filed solemnly into the chamber.
The list of accused was called and
-a,’l answered “here” in loud voices.
- Ernst Poedner, who has been ill,
that he was well enough
to proceed.
District Attorney Stengleln read
.the indictment which was a lengthy
• recital of events on that fateful beer
cellar night.
Os thedefendants, four are report
ed to have gone on a hunger strike,
’and the authorities are said to have
taken steps to break the strike and
keep the prisoners in good condi
tion for appearance in court.
BERLIN SOCIALISTS PRINT
BAVARIAN INDICTMENTS
BERLIN, Feb. 26.—The socialist
■news service today publishes what
purport? to be an extract from the
indictments against those accused
of participating in the Ludendorff-
Hitler .•'putsch” attempt on Munich
last summer.
According to this extract the con
duct of Dr. Von Kahr, the former
Bavarian dictator, and General Von
Lossow, who headed the Bavarian
tgichswehr, was held to be “harm
less,” although they had relations
with Adolph Hitler and the others,
And were well informed of their
plans.
The indictment describes Hitler
•as the prime mover, asserting that
he aimed nt the overthrow of the
governments of Bavaria and the
peich, and that he allotted the of
fices of state, giving himself the
leadership.
General Ludendorff lg declared to
have been acquainted with all the
plans, and to have acted as leader
<jf the newly formed “national
army."
He also is alleged to have issued
directions to reichswehr regard
ing protection of the frontier and
formation of national forces and
Jo have placed himself at the head
■ of a procession in Munich to tn
fluence the reichswehr and police
~ in favor of the enterprise by his
prestige and personality.
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TAX BILL MAKING PUBLIC
PROPERTY OF PAYMENTS
Treasury Department Has!
Guarded Returns Zealous
ly and Will Not Consent to I
Scrutiny by Congress
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1024.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.—The
Coolidge administration will never
consent to the provision inserted by
the house in the pending tax bill
making income tax returns avail
able to a special committee of con
gress.
The opposition to the move from
the treasury is so emphatic that this,
together with other objectionable fea
tures in the tax bill, may be the
basis for a veto message from the
White House.
Should congress have the right to
throw open to the public gaze the
private affairs of the American peo
ple? Should one business concern
engaged in sharp competition with
another and possessed of influence
in congress sufficient to get at the
income tax returns be enabled to
get facts and figures on rival con
cerns? Should members of congress
be given new ammunition with
which to attack private business?
These questions are answered in
the negative by administration of
ficials who think that income tax
returns should be kept secret. In
deed, the treasury department has
heretofore refused point blank to
furnish the income tax returns to
any other branch of the federal gov
ernment itself, even the department
of justice. Time and again the lat
ter has felt that without sufficient
evidence to catch bootleggers under
the provisions of the Volstead act,
a fraudulent income tax return
might land the “bootlegger” in jail.
It has been with difficulty and
through roundabout court proceed
ings that any information has been
obtained and usually the treasury de
partment has preferred to do its own
prosecuting of such cases upon in
formation furnished by the depart
ment of justice.
So jealously guarded have income
returns become in the last ten
years that the thought of making
them available to a committee of
congress goes against the grain
here. There is some reason to be
lieve that the senate will throw out
the amendment, and that it will be
lost in conference between the two
houses. If it stays in the bill it may
force a veto.
While there are men on Capitol
Hill who are saying President Cool
idge will not dare to veto any tax
bill that comes before him, they are
likely to be surprised when they re
ceive a veto message. Mr. Coolidge
knows that the argument can work
both ways, namely that congress
cannot afford to kill tax legislation
any more than can the chief ’execu
tive, and that if* he sends back a
bill to congress urging that objection
able features be eliminated, congress
will change the bill or stand pat on
the measure passed depending upon
whether the objections are supported
by public opinion.
On the issue of publicity of private
affairs, the administration has no
doubt of the ultimate support of the
people. The business interests of
the county will fight the proposal
tooth and nail, for if the income tax
returns are made available to a con
gressional committee it will
the use of the same information in
a dozen different channels entirely
apart from the income tax. The in
come of corporations, partnerships
and all business concerns might have
to undergo some day the scrutiny of
tariff experts anxious to prove that
certain traffic duties should be
raised or lowered and other contro
versies may be stirred up by the
use or misuse of information obtain
ed from income tax returns.
On the whole, the administration
opposed to letting go the confidential
information given by the taxpayer
to his government.
Doheny Hits Back;
Denies Oil Scandal
Ever Has Existed
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. —Edward L.
Doheny, oil magnate, last night
lashed back at. his critics.
“These Bolshevik senators,” he de
dared, “are afraid of their constitu
ents. They have chocolate eclair
spines. What we need in this whole
oil affair is some one to pin down
the people who are talking reckless
ly and say: ‘Who told you this?
Where did you hear it?’ Most of
them would have to admit that they
were simply hawking rumors.
“I think I have a right to say
that these men who are stirring
up this evil are character assassins.
“I tell you there is no oil scandal.
There never has been any oil scan
dal. No one has been corrupted. If
any one got any advantage out of
these oil leases it was the United
States government. You must re
member that the oil reserve was
created at Pearl Harbor b e fo re the
four power treaty was signed.
“I welcome court action in this
whole thing. I want a dispassionate
judge to hear my side. Now that the
president has two gobd men to con
duct this Investigation why doesn’t
the committee quit and let them do
the work. I want to tell my story
before an Impartial court.
“If I go to the penitentiary, there
are others that will go. too.”
DOHENY TRYING TO DIVERT
ATTENTION. WHEELER SAYS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Sena
tor Wheeler, Democrat, Montana to
day charged E. L. Doheny in at
tacks on him was trying “to draw
a red herring across the trail of
the oil investigation.” Mr. Doheny
had requested that Mr. Wheeler be
called before the committee in con
nection with senate speech mention
ing the oil operator.
Senator Wheeler said he had ob
tained no information regarding At
torney General Daugherty or Mr.
Doheny from Gaston B. Means, for
mer department of justice opera
tive, although Means had called on
him. Means was indicted last sum
mer in connection with a Pennsyl
vania case involving charges of sale
of alleged influence with the depart
ment of justice.
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M’ADOO HID NOTHING
IN DOHENY RELATION,
MANAGER DECLARES
CHICAGO, Feb. 25. —William G.
McAdoo, candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination on
two occasions, referred publicly to
the fact that the law firm with
which he was connected might have
received $1,000,000 from the Doheny
oil interests had it been successful
in Mexican negotiations, David L.
Rockwell, chairman of the McAdoo
for-president committee, said in a
statement last night.
He declared “selfish and sinister
reasons to impede the candidacy of
Mr. McAdoo, who is the hope of
progressive Democracy in America,”
had caused statements that the can
didate had not been entirely open
in referring to this possible fee.
The statement of Mr. Rockwell
set out that both in his letter to
Chairman Lenroot, of the senate
public lands committee investigat
ing the oil situation, and at the
Chicago McAdoo conference, Mr. Mc-
Adoo had referred to the fact that
his law firm would have received
much more than the SIOO,OOO fee if it
obtained a satisfactory settlement
of Mexican questions.
“Mr. McAdoo's enemies are lack
ing in candor, and are seeking to
make the public believe that a mole
hill is a mountain.” the statement
declared. “The public will not be
fooled by them.
“Senator Walsh, responsible for
the Teapot Dome scandal exposure,
pointed his finger at the source of
the attacks when he refused to do
anything ‘to divert the public mind
from the iniquities of the present
administration,’ and spoke of ‘the
plan of the great interests allied to
defeat the distinguished former sec
retary of the treasury’-’ ”
Another Enoch Arden
Comes to Life, Asking
His Insurance Money
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., Feb. 25
The story of a man believed to be
dead, who suddenly returns to re
fute the claims of his divorced wife
to the benefits of an insurance poli
cy, was disclosed here Sunday with
the unannounced appearance of
John P. Adams, accompied by his
second wife.
Adams disappeared April 1, 1915,
following an alleged shortage in his
accounts with the Century Boat
club, of which he was bookkeeper,
leaving notes to his former wife and
officials of the boat club, which led
them to believe he intended to end
his life.
At the time of his disappearance,
his divorced wife. Mrs. Cora M.
Adams, retained his insurance poli
cy of SI,OOO. She married again, be
coming Mrs. Cora M. Preiss, sued
for payment on the policy, and re
ceived a favorable judgment.
Walter R. Mayne, attorney for
the Mutual Life Insurance company,
defendants in the suit,» believing
Adams still alive, although declared
legally dead, advertised in the news
papers and finally located Adams in
Toledo, Ohio.
Adams, who has married again,
is now conferring with officials of
the boat club in regard to the al
leged shortage against him.
McDowell Continues
To Regale Reporters
With Erratic Thoughts
CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 26.
There has been no development
worthy of note in the strange case
of Frank McDowell, the 19-year-old
.slayer of his two sisters and his
parents. The boy is well and cheer
ful. He thinks he will come out of
his dilema all right and says he be
lieves proper treatment will restore
his mind.
Reporters with imagination and
time can write any amount of sob
stuff about the youth, for he is a
fluent talker and erratic thinker.
His thoughts fly from one thing to
another with great rapidity, how
ever, without the connecting links
to make them understandable or in
telligible.
A phonograph and some records
have been placed in McDowell’s cell.
When the Associated Press repre
sentative called* on McDowell at 11
o’clock this morning he found a
youthful reporter from St. Peters
burg enthroned on the head of Mc-
Dowell’s cot, his feet on the bed
and his back against the wall while
a woman stenographer was seated
with her pad and pencil taking down
the flashes of thought as McDowell
paced to and fro talking.
Manna of Dollar Bills
Falls From Train on
‘Cross-Tie’ Tourists
RENO, Nev., Feb. 26. —Moss for
rolling stones was furnished when
a bag containing SIO,OOO in one-dol
lar bills fell under a train at Cobre
Junction.
The train cut open the bag, scat
tered its contents along 125 miles of
right of way. About half of the
money was not recovered.
It was picked up by “tie tour
ists,” in the belief of officials.
Auto Tank Blast
Burns 3 Children
TUSCALOOSA. Ala.. Feb. 26.—Ex
plosion of a gasoline tank on an
automobile 'here Monday resulted in
injury to three small children of
Joe Terry. Raiford, age nine, the
oldest of the children, was perhaps
fatally burned. Cecil, age five, was
burned while trying to rescue his
older brother. Otis, age three, was
the other victim, rt is believed that
one of the children dropped a match
in the gasoline tank.
Arkansas Outlaw to Die
For Slaying of Officer
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Feb. 25
The state supreme court today af
firmed the conviction and death sen
tence of “Diamond Joe” Sullivan,
lone survivor of the band:: trio which
escaped the state prison here recent
ly. and issued a mandate for his exe
cution. Governor Mcßae within the
next tew days will furnish the da* t
upon which the pl ,'turesque gunman
i us *
Emory Connell, was sen-■ • •.-ed to
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INCREASE IN Lffl
ON CIGARETTES IS
CM IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—A gift
tax was placed in the revenue bill
today by the house.
It would impose a graduated scale
of rates, from 1 to 40 per cent, but
would exempt amounts under $50,000.
The vote was 191 to 65. Democrats
voted almost solidly for the amend
ment, which was proposed by Chair
man Green, of the ways and means
committee.
On motion of Representative
Garner, Democrat, Texas, the house
voted to incraees the tax on cigar
ettes from $1 to $4 per thousand.
He predicted it would have no ef
fect on cigarette consumption.
Representative Hawley, Republic
an organization, argued the increase
would cut consumption and result in
an actual loss of revenue, resulting,
he estimated in an additional tax of
two cents on each fifteen-cent pack
age of twenty cigarettes, and a low
ering of tobacco growers, purses.
Representative Abernajhy, Demo
crat, North Carolina, denounced the
increase as discriminatory against
the state of North Carolina, which
he said, paid more tobacco taxes
than any other state. The tax, he
declared, would force former soldiers
to pay their own bonus.
Tobacco growers’ associations were
voted the same exemptions as to
bacco farmers or growers in the pro
visions relating to leaf tobacco deal
ers on motion of Representative
Kincheloe, Democrat, Kentucky.
Representative Mills, Republican,
New York, and Mr. Green engaged
in a sharp exchange during the
gift tax debate after the New
York representative had declared
Mr. Green “merely the nominal
chairman of the ways and means
committee.” He charged the lowa
representative with “changing his
splendid tax proposal to conform to
the desires of Representative Garner,
Democrat. Texas, the real leader in
this tax fight.
Negotiations between Republican
organization leaders and insurgents
on the Longworth compromise in
come rate schedule for the revenue
bill developed a definite break in
the ranks of the latter group which
voted to put the Democratic rates
in the bill.
Representative Woodruff, Michi
gan, one of the insurgent leaders,
said he would support the compro
mise, providing for a 37 1-2 per cent
maximum surtax rate and normal
rates of 2 and 6 per cent on incomes
below and above $4,000, respectively,
in view of the increase voted in es
tate taxes.
Representative Begg, Republican.
Ohio, who conferred with Mr. Wood
ruff, said, however, that before the
Democratic rate schedule could be
thrown out of the bill when it comes
up for final passage some of the
Wisconsin delegation of eleven
members must be won over to the
compromise. Representative Nelson,
Wisconsin, declared members from
that state had not changed and
would support the Democratic rates
if a vote came again.
Mr. Green’s first gift tax amend
ment provided for a one per cent
tax on amounts of all gifts in excess
of $10,009 annually with a graduated
scale up to 10 per cent on amounts
of gifts in excess of $46,000 annual
ly, while the estate tax rates adopted
yesterday provide for a one per
cent tax on amounts not in excess
of $50,000 with a graduated scale up
to 40 per cent on amounts in excess
of $10,000,000.
The same exemptions allowed un
der the estate tax would apply to
the gift tax, under the amendment,
with charitable gifts also exempted,
qnd the tax would apply to the to
tal amount of gifts made by one per
son in a. year, rather than to each
gift separately.
With the excise tax section next
in order after disposal of the gift
amendments, Representative Long
worth, Republican floor leader, said
he hoped for a final vote on the
entire measure by Friday.
Civil War Vet Finds
Long Lost Buddy in
Old Soldiers’ Home
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Feb. 26.
When David Proctor, a private in I
company, Ninth Indiana infantry
was •wounded in the battle of Stone
River, Tenn., December 31, 1862, he
was sent to a field hospital and sep
arated from his stanch friend
James Woods, of H company.
Two years later came the cessa
tion of hostilities and Woods resum
ed his search for his friend. Years
of fruitless searching passed.
Then, last week, Woods gained
entrance to the National Military
home and was aligned to barracks
six. The first veteran to greet him
was Proctor. The' Civil war com
rades are “bunkies” once more.
Three Dead, 3 Dying,
Eight More Made 11l
By Spoiled Sausage
STERLING, Col., Feb. 26.—Three
persons are dead here, three are in a
critical condition, and eight others
are ill as the result of eating poison
ed sausage. The malady has been
diagnosed as botulism.
Cattle Quarantine
To Be Extended
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Depart
ment of agriculture officials indicat
ed that the cattle quarantine in Cal
ifornia would be extended to at least
six mroe counties in a day or two.
Three counties —Alameda. Contracos
ta and Solano —were placed under
quarantine Saturday by federal or
der when cases of foot and mouth
disease were discovered in that sec
tion of the state. Napa county is
to be included today, it was said.
The remaining four counties which
probably will be affected by govern
ment quarantine order are San Ma
teo, Santa Clara, San Joaquin and
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REED SCORES M’ADOO LEGAL
CONNECTIONS WITH DOHENY,
MORSE AND FILM INTERESTS
Former Secretary Accused
of "Wheedling” Money
Out of Government for the
Morse Interests
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 26—Sena
tor James A. Reed renewed his at
tack on William Gibbs McAdoo, for
mer secretary of the treasury, and
candidate for the Democratic presi
dential nomination, when he opened
his own campaign for the presiden
tial nomination here. He charged
that McAdoo had received large
legal retainers from E. L. Doheny, ■
oil magnate, the Charles W. Morse
interests, and motion picture con
cerns, although he “did not appear
in a single law suit.”
The Missouri senator, In his key
note address, also outlined his op
position to "oppressive tariffs,” his
favor for reduced taxes, adjusted
compensation for soldiers, elimina
tion of "useless boards and bu
reaus, and the curbing of the ten
dency to concentrate power at Wash
ington.”
Referring to the oil Inquiry dis
closures,fi Senator Reed says: “I un
hesitatly express the opinion that
not one-tenth of the corruption and
iniquity which has existed is yet
laid bare. When the whole foul
mess is known, the American people
will be convinced of the supreme
necessity of purging the government
and driving from power every taint
ed man.”
McAdoo Legal Jobs Traced
The various legal connections Mr.
McAdoo had after his resignation
from the Wilson cabinet were traced
by Senator Reed during his address,
devoted largely to an attack on the
former secretary of the treasury.
In his reference to the employ
ment of former cabinet officials by
Doheny, the senator said that the
oil. man had entered the market to
“buy influence, just as he might
purchase a pig.”
He declared the Morse Interests
likewise had purchased ' influence
when they employed McAdoo.
“The total of fees thus far dis
covered which McAdoo expected to
realize,” he said, “was $944,000. To
this must be added the Doheny fee
of $150,000. Total $1,094,000.
“For all this McAdoo did not ap
pear in a single law suit. He did
not write a court brief. He did not
prepare a petition or answer. He
was dealing for the most part in
his domestic transactions with men
who had been a part of the adminis
tration when he was a member of
the cabinet.” I
Bitter Against Foe
His speech, in part, follows:
“I am asking the indorsement of
the Democracy of Missouri and of
the nation, for the presidential nomi
nation.
“Mr. McAdoo publicly announced
he did not intend to enter the list
against any home candidate, but, for
reasons which are doubtless satis
factory to himself, he has singled me
out as an exception to his general
rule. He comes Into the state of
Missouri and is receiving some sup
port. . . .
“Having been invited Into the
arena, I come and give my reasons
why the attorney for Mr. Doheny
should not receive the indorsement
of the Missouri Democracy.
“Mr. Doheny came to Washington.
He was in search of influence and
to obtain it was willing to expend
large sums of money. Although
there were tens of thousands of law
yers of distinction and ability in the
United States, Mr. Doheny took Into
his employ five cabinet or ex-cabinet
officers. I do not say these lawyers
were corrupt. I do say that with
the possible one exception, Garrison,
they were not employed for their
legal ability.
“Doheny swore that he employed
McAdoo shortly after he left the
cabinet, which was on December 16,
1918.
“For his services at Washington
Mr. McAdoo was paid SIOO,OOO. He
was removed from that field of en
deavor when the Democratic admin
istration was succeeded by the Re
publican administration.
“Such is Doheny’s own testimony.
It remains uncontradicted. . . .
“But Doheny was not the only
man who bought influence.
Morse Case Recalled
“There was Morse, who hired law- 1
yers and paid them in commissions
on coal contracts with foreign gov
ernments.
“Morse will be remembered as the
gentleman who wrecked a string of
banks. He got into the penitentiary
by froud and he got out by fraud.
“Singularly enough, the same law
yer who convinced President Tart
that Morse's complexion, which was
superinduced by a diet of soap, in
dicated a speedy death by Bright's
disease, now sits in the cabinet as
attorney general of the United
“After his release from the peni
tentiary, Morse proclaimed himself
a patriot and organized a concern tt
build ships. For his transactions
with the government he was indict
ed. On Mr. Morse’s trial Mr. Mc-
Adoo appeared and testified for tne
defense. McAdoo’s sworn testimony
discloses that either before or short
ly after he resigned as director gen
eral of the railroads, he became a
member of the firm of McAdoo, Cot-
I ton & Franklin and that he resumed
the practice of law June 1, 1919.
“About nnety days after Mr.
McAdoo left the government employ
he entered the employment of
Morse’s companies. It should be
I noted that McAdoo's partner, Cotton,
had been the attorney for the Emer
gency Fleet corporation and, there
fore. for the shipping board.
“Shortly after entering Morse’s
1 employment, Mr. McAdoo appeared
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before the shipping board on behalf
of Morse's company and read a brief
prepared by a lawyer named Gor
don. He does not appear to have
got very far with that case, the
fact being that the Emergency Fleet
corporation contended that McAdoo
did not know the facts of the con
troversy he was talking about.
Floated Loan for Morse
“Thereupon, McAdoo undertook
processes with which he was more
familiar. He applied to John Bar
ton Payne, charman of the shipping
board, to advance to the Morse com
pany SIOO,OOO, representing that it
was necessary to have this money
in order to prevent a receivership
for the company. He evidently suc
ceeded in convincing Judge Payne
that the of this money was
absolutely necessary to save Morse’s
company from bankruptcy. For on
September 4, 1919, Judge Payne
wired:
“ ‘Have arranged to pay over SIOO,-
000 to the Virginia company.’
“The money thus paid over was
government money. It was paid
over on the claim that it was neces
sary to prevent bankruptcy. Nev
ertheless, McAdoo charged and re
ceived for securing the SIOO,OOO to
prevent bankruptcy a fee of $50,000.
“I pause to inquire was he then
engaged in ordinary legal service or
in wheedling money out of the gov
ernment he had just served.
“The Groton Iron Works is an
other Morse company. It was in
the hands of a receiver. In Septem
ber, 1919, the same month Mr. Mc-
Adoo had earned the $50,000 fee I
have just mentioned, he took up
with the shipping board the ques
tion of lifting the receivership of
the Groton Iron Works. As a re
sult a contract was made between
the shipping board and the United
States Transport company (a Morse
company) for the purchase of vessels
constructed at the Groton Iron
Works, under prior contracts with
the Emergency Fleet corporation.
For this service, McAdoo’s firm
charged the Groton Iron Works $50,-
000. It was claimed, however, that
this sum actually was not paid.
“Again we observe that the work
done is not what is ordinarily called
‘legal work.’ It consisted in secur
ing action' by the government favor
able to the Morse company.
Coal Payments Promised
“On December 30, 1919, Morse, his
sons and William Guggenheim, con
stituting the board of directors of
the United States Transport com
pany, approved a contract to pay Mc-
Adoo’s law firm $1 a ton on 444,000
tons of coal contracted to be ship
ped to France, Morse stating the
fee was in connection with negotia
tions of the French coal contracts.
“On December 31, 1919, the trans
port company made a contract to
pay McAdoo’s firm 75 cents a ton
on approximately 400,000 tons of
coal to be shipped to the Italian gov
ernment.
“The aggregate total expected to
be shipped was 844,000 tons.
“The amount expected to be col
lected by McAdoo was $744,000.
"As a matter of fact the coal ac
tually shipped realized an indebted
ness to the McAdoo firm of $165,-
712.64.
“But, the Morse firm, of course,
was crooked and the lawyers only
got $33,304.45 in cash and some bad
notes for the balance.
“Going along with these lucrative
engagements was the employment
by the moving picture people at a.n
annual fee of $100,000.”
LONG SAYS CANDIDACY
OF REED NOT ‘BONA FIDE'
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.—Brecken
ridge Long, former third assistant
secretary of state, in a letter to R.
Green Terrill, of Moberly, Mo., a
member of the Democratic state
committee, asserts that United States
Senator James A. Reed is not a
“bona fide” candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination. He
alleges Reed is acting in furtherance
of a scheme of William Randolph
Hearst and Charles F. Murphy, of
New York, and G.eorge Brennan, of
Chicago, to control a s third of the
delegates to the national convention
and prevent the nomination of Wil
liam Gibbs McAdoo.
ATTEMPT TO READ SPEECH
INTO RECORD IS BLOCKED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. —Demo
cratic leader Robinson today object
ed to a request by Senator Moses,
Republican, New Hampshire, for
printing in the Congressional Record
the speech which Senator Reed, Dem
ocrat, Missouri, made in St. Louis
last night, attacking W. G. McAdoo.
When Senator Moses attempted to
read the speech into the record, Sena
tor Robinson took him off his feet
by demanding the regular order.
Coast Guard Cutter
Captures Five Rum
Running Motorboats
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The coast
guard cutter Hudson Monday cap
tured five rum-runnin? motorboats
and their crews off Sandv Hook. The
runners had been operating between
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