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VOL. XXVI. NO. 70
MW IS GREETED
BY GREAT THRONGS
IN OLD HOME STATE
Candidate’s Whirlwind Four-
Day Trip Through Georgia
Partakes of Quality .01
Triumphal Tour
Greeted by great crowds at Macon
Saturday morning and at Savannah
Saturday night, William G. McAdoo
had practically a triumphal trip
Htrough his home state on the eve
*C.the presidential primary in Geor
, These appointments hail followed
the opening of his campaign in the
state at a heart-warming welcoming
given to him by the people of Cobb
county at Marietta Friday and the
superb address at the Atlanta audi
torium Friday night which drew per
haps the finest crowd that ever at
tended a political meeting in Geor
gia.
Mi. McAdoo delivered an im
promptu address to an enthusiastic
crowd in Augusta Monday morning
and sped away by auto to sneak be
fore the South Carolina legislature at j
olumbia.
“Clean up the government,” was j
the injunction to the American
people and particularly to the pro
gressive democracy of America, de
livered Friday night at the audi
torium before a tremendous gather
ing of persons from all sections of
ths state, by William Gibbs McAdoq,
himself a native Georgian, who, hav
ing performed distinguished service f
to his country in peace and war, ;
has come back to his native state
as the favored candidate among pro
gressive Democrats for the party’s
presidential nomination.
It was perhaps the largest audi
ence ever to assemble in Atlanta
at a political gathering. The great
structure was packed from the arena
to the topmost seat in the second
balcony under the vaulted roof. Fire
men posted to prevent violation of
the safety regulations prevented
hundreds from standing in the aisles
and other points of vantage, and
more than 1.000 persons were turn
ed away after the meeting had
opened at 8 o'clock.
Enthusiasm ran at the highest
pitch. The appearance of Mr. Mc-
Adoo on the platform was the sig
n'd for a tremendous outburst of
applause that lasted more than a I
minute, a d thi'iughout hj.- ch |
there were spoa ov inter-a:,. ..ons j
of cheering, as the former secretary
of the treasury scored one telling
point after another. And at one
stage, when the name of Woodrow
Wilson was. mentioned, and the late
president was acclaimed as the
“Moses of the American people,” the |
frantic cheers of the huge assembly
shook the very foundations of the
building.
Three Hearty Receptions
It was a wonderful climax of a
wonderful day in the political an
nals of Georgia. It was the third
of a series of heait-warming recep
tions given the man to whom pro
gressive democracy looks for leader
ship in the forthcoming presidential
campaign. Arriving in Atlanta-early
Friday morning for a two-day speak
ing tour of his native state, after a
coast-to-coast (Journey tor that spe
cific purpose, Mr. McAdoo was giv
en to understand at once that he
was back among his homefolks. De
spite the' unseasonable weather, sev
eral hundred friends and admirers
greeted him at the Union station.
i wuhin an hour or two he was
on his way to Marietta, near the
site of his birthplace, to deliver a
speech that was heard by thousands
who acclaimed him as the “next
president, of the United States.
Dong before the hour set for the
opening of the program the last seat
in' the huge auditorium bad been
filled, and when Walter C. Hendrix.
tiirman of the Fulton County Mo
no dub. arose to present Judge
V. Whipple, of Cordele, Ga., who
roduced Mr. McAdoo, the arena
and both balconies were jammed
with men and women eager to hear
the message of the potential Demo
cratic standard bearer.
Recounting Mr. McAdoo’s achieve
ments in private- and public life,
Judge Whipple referred to him as
the “Joshua who shall lead the De
mocracy of America to a glorious
victory next November.”
•‘lt is the high privilege of the
Democratic party to re-establish
clean government at Washington,”
declared Ju Ige Whipple, “and the
time is ripe for a tremendous up
heaval of public sentiment.”
Pays Wilson Tribute
Evidently deeply moved by the
wonderful receptions given him
earlier in the day, topped off by the
tremendous gathering that greeted
him at the auditorium, Mr. McAdoo
hogan his speech by expressing his
deepest appreciation of the cordiality
and hospitality accorded him by his
fellow Georgians. He paid a heart
felt tribute to the life and achieve
ments of Woodrow Wilson, and was
forced to pause while the great audi
ence shouted in acclaim of the de
parted war president.
Then the speaker lauT < bed Into a
description of the situation now be
ing unearthed in the national capi
tal. with scandals in pra- t Tally ev
ery important branch of the govern
ment under Republican mlminisrta
tion. .
“We must dean tip the govern
ment if we are to preserve public
confidence tn our national institu
tions,” said Mr. McAdoo. “The
probes now under way must be
pushed regardless of consequences
io anybody.”
“The Republican party cannot
give us clean government, because
lhe Republican doctrine is for spe
cial privileges to those who help put
it in power. The Democratic doc
trine enunciated by Jefferson's jus
iice for a-J. but special privileges to
none.’ is .he only salvation for
America today.”
Arraigning the Republican party
'nr its favoritism of "big business.”
i« destruction of agricultural pros
>crity through prohibitive tariff en
tetments. its "stupid foreign policy”
tnd its failure to meet the vital
iroblents of the American people, Mr.
vtcAdoo contrasted this situation
vith the achievements of the Demo
tratic party during the eight years
»f the Wilson administration.
He pointed to the federal reserve
tanking system, the federal farm
«vn banks. thp establishment of
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ROME. —King Victor Emmanuel is
: present at formal annexation of
| Fiume to Italy.
E ERLIN. —Ge rma n pa rl ia me nta r y
elections are set by President Ebert
for May 4.
PARIS. —General Pcllee. chief of
' staff to Marshal Joffre during World
i war, dies at Toulon.
WASHINGTON. Deficiency ap
i propriation bill, carrying approxi
mately $155,000,000, is passed by
house and sent to sente.
GENEVA. —Council of League of
Nations settles number of pending
disputes including Memel contro
versy.
BERLlN.—Renewal of commercial
treaty between Germany and Nicara
gua abrogated during war, is an
nounced.
PARlS.—French senate by confi
dence vote of 154 to 141 grants Poin
care government authority to effect
economy measures by decree.
I WASHINGTON.—Attorney Gener-
al Daugherty in detailed statement
denies insinuations made against
I him before senate committee.
j WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge says that Washington newspa-
i per suggested selection of Curtis D.
j Wilbur, of California, for secretary
i of navy.
W ASH INGTON.—Majorit y report
on new soldiers’ bonus bill, prepared
for presentation to house Monday,
estimates cost of legislation at $2,-
119,000,000 spread over twenty years.
HAVANA.—Crew and three stow
aways from the American schooner
j Reina A. Murphy, sunk off the Cuban
J coast, are rescued and brought to
' Havana by Cuban schooner Clen
fuegas.
LONDON. French newspapers,
commenting on assistance of Anglo-
American bankers given France to
arrest fall of franc, declare allies
have again saved France from dis
aster.
PHILADELPHIA. Legal pro
ceedings to free Harry K. Thaw,
slayer of Stanford White, are insti
tuted by granting of petition for jury
trial to determine. Thaw’s mental
condition.
WASHINGTON. Acting Secre
tary of Navy Roosevelt denies
charges of Representative Stevenson.
Democrat, South Carolina, that he
had profited through holdings of Sin
clair oil stock.
MEXICO ClTY.—Government is
[ reported to have received offers of
I surrender from number of rebel com
manders including Fortunato May
cotte, and Manuel Garcia Vigil, rebel
governor of Oaxaca.
W ASHINGTON.—Senator Wheel
er announces film and aircraft
i “deals” in which Attorney General
Daugherty is alleged to be involved
will be immediately investigated by
senate committee.
WASHINGTON. First experts’
committee will recommend to repa
ration commission that German eco
nomic machine function entirely un
der German control, and that Ger
many pay maximum of capacity in
reparations, Paris dispatches say.
W ASHINGTON. Secretary Hoo
ver, in letter to Senator Capper, says
that raw materials produced abroad
and used in American industry and
agriculture are largely controlled by
combines of foreign and producing
organizations, and asks remedial leg
islation.
NEW YORK. - Dr. Samuel L.
Hamilton, former metropolitan sup
erintendent of New York Anti-Sa
loon leagues, charges league voted
William H. Anderson large gift out
of money subscribed for prohibition
work, when other league workers’
salaries were in arrears.
I Fletcher Would Hold
Probes in Senate Hall
To Speed Up Routine
w A SUING TO N, M arch 15.—T h c
constantly increasing list of senate
I inquiries led today to a suggestion
iby Senator Fletcher, Democrat,
. Florida, that some of them be staged
I in the senate chamber itself so that
‘ a quorum might be assured for
i routine business. '
j “We might put an investigating
i committee in each corner of the
room,” the senator told his colleagues
after there had been complaint on
the small attendance during debate
on a proposed constitutional amend
ment.
Twelve-Year-Old Child
Burns to Death m Vain
Attempt to Save Baby
NEW YORK, March 15.—1 n a
futile effort to save the life of two
year-old Dorothy Green. Katherine
I Hanley, 12. dashed to her death
, through flames which today de-
I stroyed two adjoining bungalows on
i the ocean front at South Ozone Park.
, She was found dead with the
, jounger child locked in her arms,
j Katherine’s sister, Elizabeth, two
i years older, emulated her example
! and plucked from the tire 10-months
i old Mildred Green, Dorothy’s cou
sin. Both were seriously injured.
The family’s collie dog was found
dead beside the two dead children.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
, > X iyginia. North Carolina. South
I < arolina—Cloudy; slowly rising tern
j petal tire.
i Georgia—Cloudv and warmer, fol-
■ i lowed by showers.
Florida—Cloudy and unsettled;
warmer in north portion.
Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala-
I bania, Mississippi—Showers.
Tennessee, Kentucky Probably
’ rain.
Louisiana—Cloudy, colder.
Arkansas Partly cloudv to
cloudy; colder in east portion.
, Okklahoma Partly cloudy to
t cloudy. •
C East Texas—Partly cloudy to
' cloudt .
We„-i Texas—Generally fair.
J. 8. SATTERFIELD.
DOOMED TO OESTH.
ESCAPES FROM JAIL
Sheriff Lowry Personally Of
fers Big Sum for Capture.
Statement Declares Every
Precaution Was Taken
I
A nation-wide hunt was institute !
Monday for J. E. Satterfield, con
demned slayer of his brother-in-law.
R. JI. Hart, whom he shot to death
on December 27, 1921, after Satter
field’s sensational escape Sunday
night from his cell in the Fulton
county tower, where he was await
ing execution.
Immediately after the escape be
came known, Sheriff James I. Low
1 ry issued a statement expressing his
regret at the occurence and person
ally offering a. reward of SI,OOO for
Satterfield’s apprehension. Sheriff
Lowry also suspended two deputies,
who, he said, were supposed to keep ’
a particular watch over Satterfield,
and he called on Governor Walker ;
to offer as large a reward as possi- ;
ble for the slayer's capture.
He also notified by telegraph the '
police of the principal cities of the
country and nearby Georgia towns,
asking them to keep a sharp look
out for Satterfield. Circular letters,
carrying pictures and detailed de
scriptions of the escaped prisoner,
were being broadcast to all parts of i
the country.
Saws Window Bars
Satterfield’s escape was described
as one of the more daring in the his
tory of the state. Using saws that
had been smuggled to him, the pris
oner cut the bars of a window on
the first floor and lowered himself
to the prison yard with an im
provised rope of blankets which was
found dangling from the bars of
the sawed window Monday morn ‘
ing at 7 o’clock, when the escape
was discovered.
After reaching the prison yard,
Satterfield is presumed to have
climbed to the top of a coal pile
and from there to the top of the
high wall, using a large plank in the
last stages of his ascent. Walking
along the top of the wall to Butler
street, he then is supposed to have
climbed down a ladder that had
been ’eft against the wall at that |
point end escaped through the yards j
of the Atlanta. Milling company.
Satterfield was said to have at-1
tended church services in the tower I
Sunday afternoon.
Returning from these services ■
Satterfield is supposed by some *o
have, climbed on top of his cell,
where he remained until after the
other prisoners retired, after which !
he came down and sawed through j
the bars mi the corridor window.
Dummy on His Cot
To guard against possible detec
tion while on top of the cage, Sat
terfield made a dummy of blankets
to represent a man and placed it in
his cot. This dummy, which was
discovered Monday morning, looked ;
much like a sleeping man when seen I
from the celt door, it was stated,
j Monday morning Sheriff Lowry is
sued the following statement con
j cerning Satterfield’s escape:
"Every reasonable precaution was
! taken by jne to avoid any such ac
i currenee. Two men had been de-1
I tailed to keep watch on this prisoner; ;
| Despite these precautions, Satterfield ;
sawed his way to freedom during
the night and his escape was cliscov- I
ered at 6 o’clock this morning. I ’
have suspended these two men pend- i
ing a thorough investigation.
"I am taking every possible step
to effect his immediate arrest and re
turn to jail. ! am sending telegrams
and circulars <ontaining his descrip
tion all over the country. lam now
offering personally a reward of sl,-
000 for his arrest and return to jail,
and am applying to the governor
to supplement this reward, which I
lam sure he will do. I would gladly
I offer a much larger reward if my
: finances would permit.
I "J. B. Satterfield may be described I
I as follows: White, age 42; weight 190 '
to 200 pounds; height, about 6 feet
and 1 inch, fair complexion iron I
gray hair, light blue eyes, has round i
xscar over one eye, is broad-shoul j
dered, walks erect, large hands and I
feet, wearing about a number 101
shoe and is quick in his movements.” i
"I regret exceedingly the escape
of this man and will greatly appre-1
I ciate the co-operation of officers in i
Georgia and throughout the country
in my efforts to apprehend him
; Every one knows that such unfor
tunate affairs happen occasionally in
the best regulated penal institutions
throughout the country, such as the I
tunneling out of the Atlanta federal
penitentiary recentlj’ by four men. ;
and this institution is general’'- re
garded as one of the best regulated
and conducted in the country.
“I wish to appeal to all good citi
zens and olbcers everywhere to aid
me in recapturing Satterfield. Espe
cially do I call on my friends of the
railroau world, engineers, firernen.
conductors, brakemen and flagmen,
baggagem men. depot agents, spe
cial officers and all. to do all in thei.
power to assist me in capturing thi.-
convicted murderer tha: the sen
tence the court may be enforced."
Mrs. Hart ( tears Sheriff
Mrs. R. H. Hart, widow of Sutter-
I field’s victim, gave out the following
’ written statement concerning Sat
; lerfield’s escape:
I "I am the widow of R. H .Hart.
! who was so ruthlessly slain by J.
B. Satterfield, whose conviction was
recently affirmed by the supreme
court of Georgia. I regret exceed
ingly the escape of Satterfield just
prior to the time when he should
have paid the penalty of this foul
murder, but I wish to say that I at
tach no blame to Sheriff Lowry for
the unfortunate affair. Following
the killing of my husband Mr. Low
ry and his deputies wer« untiring in
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How J. B. Satterfield Escaped
This picture shows the method employed by J. B. Satterfield,
condemned murderer of his brother-in-law, R. H. Hart, in his sen
sational escape from the Fulton county tower Sunday night. A
workman is shown dangling from the end of the improvised rope
ladded by which Satterfield lowered himself to the ground after
Sawing through the bars of the window. The inset at the right
shows Satterfield as he looked during his trial for murder. Sat
terfield is described as follows in circulars being sent out by Sheriff
Janies I. Lowry in an effort to apprehend him: A white man. age
42. weight 190 to 200 pounds, height about 6 feet and one inch,
fair complected, iron gray hair, light blue eyes, has round scar
over one eye, broad shoulders, walks erect, large hands and feet,
wears about a number 10 shoe, quick in his movements.
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ADDITIONAL SHOCKS
IN RMi pppjiES
SEES BY MEW
WASHINGTON, March 17.—“ Ev
idence yet to be brought forward in
congressional investigations will
shake the nation,” Frank A. Van
derlip, New York fancier, said in a
formal statement here today.
Declaring that most of the charges
of corruption so far made are prov
able, Vanderlip said, “there are de
partments other than the depart
ment of justice about which there
will be shocking revelations.”
Vanderlip took issue with state
ments that the country is in a state
of hysteria as a result of disclosures
of corruption by the inquiries. de
claring that “it is as yet almost in
a state of coma.”
Senator Wheeler, of Montana,
prosecutor in the Daugherty hear
ing. was characterized by Mr. Van
derlip as a new “St. Patrick.”
“This is St. Patrick’s day,” said
Mr. Vanderlip. "Senator Wheeler is
a new St. Patrick drivnig the snakes
out of America. I am profoundly
convinced of his purity of purpose
and his extraordinary ability."
Liberals in France
Plan Manifestation
In Honor of Wilson
BY PALL SCOTT MOWRER
(Special fable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News—Copyright, 1921 I
PARIS. France, March 15.
French liberals are organizing a
great manifestation in honor of
Woodrow Wilson and particularly >n
honor of his "fourteen points.” The
manifestation will be held in the
vast hall of the Trocadero, which
scats’ thousands, on April 6. or the
first Sunday following the dale on
which the points were enunciated,
namely. April 2. 1918.
Except among a few conservatives
on the extreme right. ex-President
Wilson never ceased to be regarded
by the mass of the French people
afe a great man and a great states
man, whose ideas, had they not
been rejected by the United States
senate, would have saved the world
from most of its difficulties in the
last few years.
Harrison Says Coolidge
Is Delaying Ouster
To Get Ohio’s Votes
WASHINGTON. .Mar. h 15.—Sen
ator Harrison, Democrat, Mississip
pi, declared in the senate today that
President Coolidge was waiting “un
til the presidential electoral dele
gates have been chosen in Ohio” to
oust Attorney General Daugherty
from the cabinet.
When Mr. Harrison suggested
that Judge Kenyon “might better
have been offered the portfloio of
attorney general,” than the office
of secretary of the navy. Senator
v •. |{ - y ska. re-
marked; “U is not too late jet.” _
POLITICAL MOVE IB
KEEPING DAUGHERTY
SEEN BY CARAWAY
WASHINGTON, March 17.—At-
I torney General Daugherty is being
kept in office by President Coolidge
solely because of Mr. Daugherty’s
“supposed political influence” in the
forthcoming campaign, Senator
Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, to
day’ charged in the senate.
“Every one knows there would be
i a quick change of attorneys general
if Mr. Coolidge were not a candidate
I for re-election," said the Arkansas
' senator.
“I am not criticising the presi
dent in this connection but it is cer
i tain he. doesn't dare to lot Daugh-
I erty go simply and only because of
: political reasons.”
|22,000 Pine Trees
To Be Planted Upon
Federal Farm Here
Plans are being made for planting
i 20,000 pine trees on the vacant and
| worn-out lands on the government
I farm at the federal penitentiary
I near here, according to W. R. Mat-
I ton, of Washington, forest examiner
I of the United States forest service,
I who is here looking after the work.
Mr. Mattoon stated that govern-
I I merit officials have already pur-
I chased a sufficient supply, of forest,
j tree seed to produce 10,000 small
trees of the slash and loblolly variety
of pine. The seed will be planted in
April and it is planned to set out
the trees in February, 1925, he said.
The land is well suited to the lob
lolly pine and the slash pine, he
1 stated, will be planted on an expcri
' mental scale. He added that it was
• his opinion that the slash pine will
1 also grow well in this section.
In 1924. Mr. .Mattoon supervised
1 the planting of more, than 6,000 pine
■ trees and conducted thirty demon
strations at various farms and
schools. He is working in Georgia
in co-operation with the State Col-
1 lege of Agriculture at Athens.
Father of Five Kills
Housekeeper, Then
Turns Pistol on Self
NORFOLK, Va.. March 15.—Hugh
j M. Hunter, father of five children.
.shot and killed Mrs. Margaret
Heath, his housekeeper, at their
, home here this afternoon, and then
> turned the pistol on himself and
died almost instantly. Mrs. Heath
j is survived by a son and daughter.
Hunter and his housekeeper, ac
j cording to reports to the police, quar
. j reled soon after noon. Doris Hunter,
, ’ twelve-year-old daughter of the man,
; told the authorities she saw her fa
, ther shoot Mrs. Heath and then walk
I into the backyard. Within a few
j minutes she heard a shot, and on
' ’ reaching his side found him dead.
I He had a bullet wound through the
■ | head. The child was unable to throw
light on the cause of the quar-
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Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, March 18, 1924
DAUGHERTY STRIKES BACK
Al ACCUSERS AS WITNESSES
PILE UP EVIDENCE OF GRAF!
RESIGNATION OF ROOSEVELT,
ASSISTANT NAVY SECRETARY,
IS DEMANDED IN CONGRESS
IKEII.S.M
'PLANES TAKE OFF
IN WORLD FLIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO. March 17
The around-the-world army fliers
passed over Monolith on the south
ern slope of the Tehachapi moun
tains at 10:51 a. m., the station agent
at Monolith reported to the Southern
Pacific headquarters here.
The start of the 30,000-inile flight
around the world, while not under
ideal flying conditions, was favor
able to the purposes of the flight, a
test of flying conditions in all cli
mates.
The first leg of the flight, to Sac
ramento, Cal., usually open under
ideal flying conditions, today pre
sented a wall of clouds hanging
upon the Tehachapi pass and appar
ently covering the whole San Joa
quin valley.
The three world cruisers took to
the air like three great American
eagles soaring high to show to the
world that the American eagles of
the army air service will be the first
to circumnavigate the globe. Two
other nations have failed in this at
tempt. Today the world flying crew
declared they will not fail.
Major F. L. Martin was the first
to get away. Lieutenant Leigh
Wade, photographer of the flight,
was the second flitr to hop and Lieu
tenant Lowell H. Smith, pilot of the
flight, was third to take off.
The world cruisers circled around
Clover field for altitude as a large
crowd waved farewell. They flew
in formation with Major Martin to
the front and Lieutenants Smith and
Wade parallel to the rear.
Lieutenant Colonel William E. Gil
more, air officer of the ninth corps
area, led seventeen airplanes from
Crissy Field, San Francisco, as es
cort to lhe world fliers.
Conditions Favot able
Late last night Major Frederick
L. Martin, of Chanute field, lllincis,
commander of the around-the-world
flight, declared that from a, mecha i
eal standpoint all conditions wore
favorable forth? globe-circling jour
ney.
First Lieutenant Eric .. Nelson,
of Dayton, Ohio, flight enginee g
officer, who flew the fourtn plane
to San Diego yesterday for compass
adjustment, was not expected back
before noon today.
The flight starting today is not a
race around the world, but is a pio
neering exploration trip, carefully
mapped out to determine a practical
airway around the world, and to
obtain scientific data on the effect
<>f various climates on modern air
craft.
No Spectacular Flying
There will be no spectaculai
dashes although many legs of the
great journey will be replete with
thrills in the variety of climate ex
perienced from Arctic to tropic vari
ations.
During the four or more months
of the flight, the aviators will be out
of sight of land only four times.
The longest jump will be some seven
hundred miles and stations have
been established around the earth,
with experienced American army
fliers already there, or in the more
remote ones, en route. From these
stations information will be relayed
back to earlier points to provide the
fliers with complete information on
terrain and meteorology.
It will be a journey with the sun,
so arranged that the most desirable
climatic conditions in e.ach .section
may be met. The Arctic region is
accessible only in the spring, there
fore it is best suited to go through
the Aleutian islands across the
Pacific in April. This time will bring
the fliers into the far eastern lit
toral in time to clear through Asia
before the summer typhoon season
and then through the Greenland,
Iceland region before the winter sea
son starts.
Route of Flight
The flight will be up the Pacific
coast to Alaska, with an overnight
stop at Sacramento, Cal., tonight,
another stop at Vancouver Barracks,
Wash., Tuedsay, and a sojourn of
several days at Seattle beginning
Wednesday, for the purpose of
changing landing gear for pontoons.
Thence the cruisers will fly over
British Columbia to Alaska, across
the Aleutian islands to the Kuriles
north of Japan, down through Japan,
across Chosen to China, down the
Chinese coast through French Indo
China. Burma, India to Persia over
Mesopotamia and Syria over the
Holv Land, through Turkey over
Rumania. Serbia. Austria. Germany,
France. England, Ireland and over
the Orkneys and Farce islands to
Iceland, Greenland. Labrador, down
through Canada and the New Eng
land coast to Washington and thence
across the country to Clover Field.
Eighteen army and navy planes,
under command of Lieutenant Col
onel Gillmore, chief of air service
in the ninth corps area, were to hop
off with the world fliers and accom
pany them to Sacramento.
Sinclair Oil Connections
Bared by South Carolinian
in Spirited Debate—Long
worth Demands Proofs
WASHINGTON, March 16.—The
resignation of Theodore Roosevelt
as assistant secretary of the navy
was demanded in bouse Saturday by
Representative Stevenson, Demo
crat, South Carolina.
The demand was made during de
bate on the naval appropriation bill
and immediately was met with a
defense of Mr. Roosevelt by Repre
sentative Longworth, of Ohio, and
other Republicans.
“If Mr. Denby ought to have got
ten out, Mr. Roosevelt ought to get
out, too,” Mr. Stevenson declared.
“Denby is not supposed to have been
the recipient of a loan or to have
had any connection with the oil peo.
pie.
“Several attorneys were rejected
in connection with the oil cases be
i cause of their previous connections
with the oil companies. The assist
ant secretary of the navy was a di
rector of Sinclair company' up to the
time he entered the war. He re
turned and tcok up a position with
a bank controlled by that company.”
Statements Disputed
Statements by the South Carolina
representative concern ownership of
Sinclair stock were disputed by Rep
resentative Longworth after the for
mer had declared that the wfie of
the assistant secretary owned Sin
clair oil stock at the time the leases
were made.”
In reply Mr. Stevenson read from
the Roosevelt testimony before the.
oil committee that Mrs. Roosevelt
had owned such stock.
Insisting that “the gentleman has
made a positive statement that Mrs.
Roosevelt had stock when the leases
were made,” Mr. Longworth asked
if he was prepared to prove it.
“She did when negotiations were
going on and the president signed
the order,” Mr. Stevenson retorted.
“I am prepared to make a state
ment that Mrs. Roosevelt was not in
possession of the stock three months
before the leases were made,” said
Mr. Longworth.
Representative French, Republic
an, Idaho, declared that “Roosevelt
was not in accord with the leasing
program,” but was “opposed to it. ’
i “Mr. Roosevelt not only approved,
but said two or three times that he
did,” asserted Mr. Stevenson.
"Did not Secretary Daniels ap
prove of tlie saving of oil?” asked
Mr. French.
Oil Saving Approved
“He did, but he did not lease the
oil,’’(replied Mr. Stevenson.
Representative Connally, Demo
crat, Texas, asked the Idaho man if
he approved “that policy’,” and
the latter replied:
“The secretary of the navy’ had ?•
rightto save oil of the navy for the
country. Unless something was
done to protect the navy oil, the
Standard Oil company would have
pumped out the oil from adjacent
wells. I specifically disapproved of
the leasing policy.”
Mr. Stevenson proceeded to read
from the oil committee’s testimony
regarding Secretary Roosevelt aid
ing in getting his brother, Archie, a
job with Sincalir, and added:
“He got $15,000 a year—twice the
salary of a congressman—a remark
able salary to ’ - paid a man that
showed up as he did in his testi
mony.”
The South Carolina representative
then referred to the us? of marines
to oust alleged squatters from Tea
pot Dome as “bringing all the milil
tary force* of the United States to
the aid of Sinclair.”
“If the leases were legally made
would it not be proper?” asked
Representative Sproul, Republican.
Kansas.
"They didn’t propose to take the
case to the courts,” Representative
| Stevenson repleid.
Representative Tincher, Republi
can, Kansas, then spoke in defense
of the Roosevelt name, and called
upon Mr. Longworth to tell the
house about the stock Mrs. Rose
velt had owned.
Stock Sold at I.oss
Disclaiming any knowledge of the
I affairs of members of his family,
1 Mr. Longworth declared that he
could say “the stock was sold at a
I loss, at least three months before
the leases were made.”
Mr. Tincher told the Democrats
they were "not raising their estima
tion in the country by bringing
such charges,” and in Teply Repre
sentative Connally, of Texas, said:
"When tracks are found leading
up to your door, almost to the White
House itself. Republicans like the
gentlemen from Kansas should
stand up and take their mediciE*
and not cry like a spanked baby.”
Declaring that the oil disclosures
would impair confidence in the gov
ernment above any partisan ad
vantage. he added:
“I derive some "little satisfaction
that no responsible figure in the
I party to which . I belong was guilty
| of crime.”
Representative Rogers, Repub
j lican, Massachusetts, declared that
| "Mr. Roosevelt was consulted on
th“ oil leases, he did not know of
I the plan on. foot to lease Teapot
I Dome, and his last stock in Sinclair
' company was sn>/’ by 1918.”
“Mrs. Roosevelt.” he added, “sold
her stock at a loss sometime before
the leases were signed. Roosevelt,
since the war, has made no money
in business. I haven’t been able to
find one i,n which the honor
of Theodore has been af
fected by recent events. I think it
a tragedy that his career should l>c
affected. M'p can have perfect <on
ti'bn.-e ir >he a.--isiant .- a -:j e'
the navy.”
o A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
FIGHT FILM BHIDE
STOm REITERATED
BY PICTURE MAKER
Testimony Tells of Bribery
in Mexican Gun-Running,
Bootlegging and Fake Oil
Stock Promotions
WASHINGTON, March IG.—New
and surprising allegations of deals
and frameups, of unprosecuted viola
tions of the law and of money pay
ments for protection, were tumbled
across committee table Saturday in
the senate’s whirlwind investigation
of Attorney General Daugherty and
the department of justice.
Gun-running, bootlegging and un
lawful circulation of prize fight
films were the subjects around which
the testimony centered throughout
a four-hour committee session
scarcely less colorful than those
which preceded it.
From his office at the other end
of Washington, Mr. Daugherty again
struck back tonight at his accusers.
He reserved until a later time, how
ever, the detailed statement he i 3
preparing in refutation of the in
sinuations made against him on the
witness stand and contented himself
with a brief announcement that in
due time he would “advise the pub
lic of the influences behind these
malicious and scandalous attacks
and the character of the tools that
are being used in this cowardly man
ner by my adversaries.”
How the Dempsey-Carpentier prize
fight filma were exhibited with
profits of $125,000 and in 22 to 25
states with an “understanding"
against department of justice inter
ference, despite the law, was re
lated on the witness stand today by
Fred C. Quimby, New York pro
ducer of the films.
Follows Original Charge
Tn many particulars his stoi> fol
lowed the previous testimony of
Gaston B. Means and Miss Roxie
Stinson, divorced wife of Jess
Smith, dead friend of Mr. Daugh
erty. Both of these witnesses had
testified that Smith was interested
financially in the film deal.
Other witnesses today mads
charges of derelictions in prosecut
ing Mexican gun-running, bootleg
gers and Toxas oil stock promoters.
Friends of former Secretary Fall
and prominent Texas Republican i
were named in this connection and
Federal District Attorneys Henry
Zweifel and John D. Hartman, were
charged with delay and failures of
prosecution. One witness said he
“believed” Zweifel was involved in
a “blackmail” scheme against oil
stock promoters.
Attorney General Daugherty was
not directly implicated by any ot
today’s witnesses but the testimony
often trailed to the door of his of
fice, through his friend Jess Smith,
and subordinate officials.
While the committee was in ses
pion. Chairman Adams of the Ro
publi.-.ir. national commit'ee, issued
a statmeent that, "nothing discredit
able” to Mr. Daugherty had yet
been developed, but Republican lead
ers in the senate werp known to
be studying the developments care
fully with a view to possible re- -
newal of pressure upon the adminis
tration for action. •
Daugherty's Statement
The statement issued by Mr.
Daugherty was as follows:
“.In view of the fact that Mis-.
Roxie Stinson, the divorced wife of
the late Jess W. Smith, and that
Gaston B. Means, formerly in the
bureau of investigation of the de
partment of justice, but not now
connected therewith, were not called
to the stand today to continue tfc*ii'
statements, and in view of the tin
ther fact that the statemen<s
mitted by Captain Baldwin, former
ly in the bureau of investigation in
the justice, but net
now connected therewith, anti ilv
Mr. Quimby, owner, with Tex Rick
ard, of the Dempsey-Carpentier prize
fight films, presented no features
which are not easily explained by
documentary and other evidence, i*
has become unnecessary at this
time for the attorney general to
burden the press or ask the reading
public to -spend any time consider
ing the minor and unimportant
matters which took up the session
Saturday,
"As soon as Gaston R. Means and
Miss Roxie Stinson have concluded
their statements and been cross-ex
amined I will issue a statement that,
will, I think, be decidedly interest
ing, and in which I will advise The
public of tiie influences behind these
malicious and scandalous attack’
and the character of the tools that
are being used in this cowardly
manner by my adversaries.”
The Captain Baldwin, mentioned
in the statement, now a member of
the Texas rangers, was one ct the
witnesses, who brought gun run
ing and bootlegging into the in-,
quii’v today by testifying that there
had been failures and neglect by de
partment of justice officials to pros
ecute these violations in Texas.
Quimby a Surprise Witness
eyiimbv was called unexpectedly
today in place of Means or Miss
Stinson and supported Means’ store
that a. “deal” fur exhibition of the
fi.ht films bad been made in 192,
with Jap Murna. friend of jcs-
Smith and New York correspondc’-
:’<>r the Cincinnati Enquirer; Williat-.
H. Orr. ex-secretary to former Gov
ernor Whitman, of New York, and
Ike Martin, said to be of Cincinnati.
Quimby said there was an arrange
ment that men who were sold state
exhibition rights received sma’l
fines, and then were allowed to pro
ceed unmolested with exhibitions.
He identified some of the men
named in a list given out by Mr.
I> < oebr-rt v last nizht as having
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