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Tri-Weekly Market Reports
COTTON
H NEW YOKK, March 20. —The re
fe port of the < 'sus bureau showing
10,159,498 bal s of cotton ginned
from the growth of 1923 was closely
in line with expectations and l.ad
no apparent effect in todays early
T, cotton market. The opening was tin
changed to 9 points lower under
overnight selling orders but there
. was buying on th e unfavorable
showing of the weather map and
L reports of continued good spot de-
- inand in Liverpool, which sent the
. active months about 10 to 15 points
K n e t higher after the call. May ad-
vanced to 29.09 and October to 25.88,
but realizing continued, causing ir
regular iluctuations during the eatly
trading.
Failure of early bullish features
to arouse a more active demand was
I, disappointing, and was followed by
commission house liquidation and
some local selling. May declined to
28 75 anad October to 25.67, making
not losses of 11 to 20 points, but
prices were steadier at rallies of
< several points from the lowest
'* around midday. Private reports in
dicated an increase of 3.6 per cent
in acreage and six per cent in the
use of fertilizer but stated that the
intended acreage increase might not
be fully realized fi the weather did
not soon improve.
Quiet trading continued during
the early afternoon with little fur
ther change in prices. May held
around 28.85 at 2 o'clock, with the
general list about 7 to 10 points net
| lower.
NEW YOKK COTTON
Tlie following were the ruling price* in
‘ the exchange today:
' Tone, steady: middling, 2*Jc; quiet.
Last Prev,
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Mar. ..28.75 28.75 28.57 28.68 28.68 28.77
May ..29.05 29.00 28.75 28.90 28.88 28.95
July ..28.30 28.-51 28.21 28.32 28.29 28.36
Oct. . .25.70 25.88 25.64 25.72 25. 72 25. 78
Dee. ..25.38 25.50 25.35 25.4- -5.42 -0.4-
Cotton fuptures 14:45 a. m. bids, steady,
Mar'll, blank; May, 28.81: July, 27.24; Oc
tober, 25.73; December, 25.35.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, March 20.
Just as the cotton market opened
the final ginning totals for tlie pas’-
year were announced as 10,150,498
running bales. First trades showed
irregularity, May trading 12 points
under the previous close, July six
down and October three up. As New-
York opened higher on bad weather
in the belt, the market here prompt
ly rallied and soon after the first
' call May traded at 29.18, July at
f 28.38 and October at 25.35 or 15 to
20 points above the close of "Wed
nesday. The ginning total reduced
to bales of 500 pounds gross weight,
is only 47,000 bales above the gov
ernment’s December estimate of
10. 081,000 bales.
The market turned easier after
the first half hour of trading de
spite a very unfavorable weathii
map. The weakness was attributed to
Unfavorable reports from the manu
factured goods trade and to a state
ment in congress that the Co-opera
tive associations held large amounts
vs cotton they were unable to sell
■without loss at the lower prices pre
vailing. May eased off to 28.85, July
to 28.03 and October to 25.17 or 18
to 35 points down from the early
high. The market later in the morn
ing recovered about half of the loss
owing to the assurance from Wash
ington the committee of experts on
government statistics had not yet
bad a meeting. It was very dull at
noon.
The market became very quiet
during the afternoon and fluctuated
narrowly within the earlier range.
October alone made a new low at
25.11, but soon rallied. Values were
supported bv a report from NV' ash
, ington to the effect that the spe
cial expert committee examining
government statistics would report
this afternoon to the senate commit
| tee. Another sustaining influence
g was the continued bad weather in
» the cotton belt and the'official fore
cast for further unsettled conditions.
AS the beginning of the last half
t hour of trading approached the mar-
ket was still waiting on news from
g Washington.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 29.25 c; steady.
Last Prev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
] , Mar. . .29.33 29.34 29.17 29.21 29.2 t 29.23
May ..28.90 29.18 28.85 28.95 28.95 29.02
’J" - July . .28.12 28.38 28.03 28.14 28.1 t 28.18
t Oct. ..25.23 25.35 25.11 25.16 25.15 25.20
Dec. .25.02 25.02 21.90 24.94 24.83 24.85
Cotton futures, none bid; steady; March,
< 29.17 bid; May, 25.94; July. 25.13; October,
S 25.19; December, 21.95 nsked.
SPOT COTTON
Atlanta, steady, 29.25e.
New York, steady, 29c.
New Orleans, steady, 29.25 c.
Galveston, steady. 29.55 c.
- Mobile, steady, 28.75 c.
Savannah, steady, 28.95 c.
Wilmington, steady, 29c.
I Norfolk, steady, 29c.
Augusta, steady, 29.38 c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady, 28.45 c.
St. Louis, nominal,
| Montgomery, steady, 29c.
Houston, steady, 29.25 c.
Memphis, nominal.
k Little Kock, steady. 29.25 c.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, March 20.—Cotton, spot,
good business done; prices steady; go"J
middling, 18.03 d; fully middling, 17.586:
middling, 17.13 d; lew middling. 16.28 d; good
• ordinary, 15.28(1: ordinary, 14.78 d. Sales,
ft 8.000 bales, including 4.800 American. Re-
ceipts, 7,000 bales, including • 6,20 V Amer
‘ lean.
Futures closed barely steady, net 9 to 21
points down from previous close.
Tone, barely steady; sales, 8,000; good
middling, 18.03 d.
Prev.
Open. Close. Close.
I March 17.28 17.08 17.29
April 17.02 17.2:’.
Ma, 17.20 17.00 17.21
June 17.09 J 6.92 17.11
July 16.80 16.61 16.80
August 16.05 16.24
s September 15.61 15.48 15.61
October 15.05 14.97 15.(Ki
fe. November 14.65 14.56 14.66
Unitary ....; 14.56 14.47 14. AS
IP- February 14.40 14.51
’ NEW YOKK COFFEE MARKET
NEW YOKK. Maron 20.—Coffee: Rio No.
7.15 a se; Santos No. 4. 19\c.
Open. Cluse.
March 13.50
» . May 13.37 12.80
Inly ...12.65 12.15
kept 12.05 11.40
Oct 11.90 11.30
Dec 11.75 11 .lory 10.15
Sugar Market
NEW lOKK. Mreli 20.—Rew Stigs’-
firmer. Sal’s of 10.000 bags of Cuba*
7.03 duty paid were %-eent above the
previous stle.
Entires declined t to 7 points at t’>*
opening under scattered ''Hine i.'.lt rn".ic4
m the advance In the spot market, aetite
aositiers 2 to 3 points alxne th
■rcio'ts a ■"<■ Tlie advance, bonever, met
incre.-xl and by midday nr:ces
were ;i:iv > '—.o about the opening level.
A better inquiry was reported for re
fined sii-:ir with prices unchanged at B.lo©
S 60 for f ne granulated.
Refined futures were nominal.
NEW YORK RAWSUGAR MARKET
Opeu. Close.
Ma reh 5.00 5.00
fe Mav 5.20 5.03
Inly 5.23 5.09
September .............. 5.U> ...
December 4.68 4.57
January .... . ... 4.27
GRAIN
CHICAGO. March 20. Wheat.
! trade was light an d the market had
a better tone today. There was fur
ther liquidation in May but many
of the lon o s were replacing their
lines in September and this lent
strength to the deferred futures.
The strength in corn induced buy
ing of May. The buying side of Sep
tember is becoming attractive to
speculators based on the prospects
for reduced pmduct'.<»’.. Advices
from farmer organizations indicate
A twenty-five per cent contemplated
reduction in acreage in Manitoba.
Canadian carry-over this year is
expected’to break all records as an
estimate of the Winnipeg Free Press
showed 199,000,000 bushels of wheat
in all positions March 14. Spring
wheat seeding is progressing as
rapidly as conditions permit, as
farmers believe wheat seeded be
fore April 1 will escape rust dam
age. Milling demand for wheat was
quiet and export trade showed little
activity.
Corn eased off with wheat in the
early trading, but strength develop
ed in the next hour. On the dip
there was better outside buying and
then a report of 320,000 bushels of
corn worked for export to Scandi
navia yesterday and today started
short covering. Shipping demand
was light. Weather was unfavor
able for marketing corn.
Oats were sharply higher on com
mission house buying induced by
the delay in seeding because of wet
weather. Local shippers reported
demand slow.
Provisions started steady and
then eased. Hog market was lower.
Wheat closed 1-8 to 3-4 cent high
er. May, $1,04 7-8 to $1.05; July,
$1.061-4 to $1.06 3-8; September,
$1.07 5-8.
Corn closed 1-4 to 5-8 cents higher.
May 78 1-4 to 78 3-8: July. 79 5-8 to
79 3-4: September, 79 7-8.
Oats were 1-4 to 3-4 cents higher.
May, 47 5-8; July, 45 3-8; September,
42 1-8.
Lard closed unchanged, 2 1-2 cents
lower, and ribs unchanged.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following wore the ruling price* 1»
the exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT—
May ... 1.04% 1.04% 10.1% 1.01% 1.04%
July ... 1.06% 1.06% 1.05% 1.06% 1.05%
Sept. .. 1.07% 1.07% 1.06% 1.07% 1.06%
CORN—
May .... 77% 78% 77% 78% 77%
July .... 79 79% 78% 79% 79%
Sept 79% 80 79% 79% 79%
OATS—
‘May .... 46% 47% 46% 47% 46%
July .... 45 45% 45% 45% 44%
Sept 41% 42% 41% 42% 41%
LARD— ETAOINSH
May ... 11.07 11.07 11.02 11.02 11.05
julv 11.27 H-’- 7
RIBS—
May .. . 9.60 9.60 9.60 9.60 9.60
July 9-05
BELLIES—
May 10.35 10.32
July 10.67 10.67
RECEIPfiTIN~CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat 13 cars
Com 116 cars
Oats - 37 ears
Hogs 42,000 head
CHICAGO CASbFqUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, March 20.—Wheat, No. 1 hard,
$1.07% ©1.11%; No. 1 hard, dark, $1.15%.
Corn, No. 3 mixed, 75%@76c; No, 3 yel
low, 76@77%c.
flats. No. 2 white, 47%@49%e; No. 3
white, 47© 48c.
Rye, No. 2. 66%c.
Barley, 67©78e.
Timothy seed, $6.00(08.00.
Clover seed, $16.504123.75.
Lard, $10.87.
Ribs, sixty-pound average, $9.60.
Bellies, $10.25,
ST. LOUTS QUOTATIONS
ST. LOUIS, March 20.—Cash, wheat, No.
2 red, $1.13 bid: No. 2 hard, $1.06 bid.
Corn, No. 4 white, 73@74%c; No. 8 yel
low, 77%@78e.
Oats. No. 2 white, 49%c; No. 3 white,
48% © 49c. , ,
Close: Wheat, May, $1.05%; July,
$1 .05’..© 1 .05%,
Corn, May, 79%e; July. 78%c.
Oats, May,
TOLEDO QUOTATIONS
TOLEDO. 0.. March 20. —( loverseed. old.
$13.75 asked: new, $11.50; March, $11.50;
October. $12.20.
Alsike—Asked. $9.00.
Timothyseed—Asked» $3.70; Marell, $3.70
asked; May. $3.80 asked.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, March 20.—Flour, dull and
unchanged. „
Pork—Quiet; mess, $24.75@2u.75.
Lard—Easy; middle west spot, $11.40©
Sugar—Raw, unsettled; centrifugal, 96-
test, 6.91; refined, dull; granulated, 8.40
©8.60. ,
Coffee—Rio No. 7, on spot, 15%©10%c;
No. 4 Santos, 19%®20%e.
Tallow—Stead.' : specials. 7%(ft 7%c.
Hay—Easy; No. 1, $1.50; No. 3, $1.20
©1.30.
Dressed Poultry—Steady: turkeys. 20©
36c; chickens, 224/ 48c: fowls, 184t30e: ca
pons. 28©45c; ducks, 20©2Sc; Long Islands,
25@ 27c.
Live Poultry—Steady: geese, 206121 c; ducks,
154124 c; fowls, 264127 c; turkeys, 40@50c;
roosters, 17c; capons. 28©40c; chickens,
254/'3 , le: broilers. 404/55c.
Cheese—Steady; stale milk, common to
specials. 16(o 25c; skims, common to spe
cials. 12@19e; low grades, 54i11e.
Butter, weak; receipts, 11,685; creamery,
extra, 47%@48e; do. special market. 48%
©49c: state dairy, tubs. 41©47%c; Danish.
48%©49c; Argentine, 434254 c.
Eggs, weak; receipts, 28,586; near-by
white fancy, 344136 c; near-by»state whites,
26(,/34c; fresh firsts, 246128 c: Pacific coast
extras, 25%(</34c: western whites, 26©34c;
uenr-by browns, 2S%©3lc.
BANK OF FRANCE STATEMENT
PARIS, March 20.—The weekly statement
of the Bank of France "shows the following
changes in francs:
Gold in hand increased 159.000,
Silver in hand increased 128,000.
Notes in circulation decreased 23.551.000.
Treasury deposits increased 39.906.00.1.
General deixisits increased 490,697,4)00.
Bills discounted increased 571,402,060.
Advances decreased 6,513,000.
The slate repaid the bank 100,000, 'JOO
francs.
BANK OF ENGLAND STATEMENT
LONDON. March 20.—The week!,' state
ment of the Bank of England shows the
following changes in pounds;
Total reserve, increased. 143.000.
Circuiation, decreased. 136,000.
Bullion, increased. 6.809.
Other securities, increased. 4..590.000.
other deposits, increased. 198.000.
Public deposits, increased, 4.727.000.
Notes reserve, increased. 137.000.
Government securities, increased. 175.000.
The proportion of the bank's reserve to
liability this week is 17.68 per cent: la<t
week it was 18.26 per cent.
Rate of discount I jn-r_eent.
Florida Quotations
.lACKSONVILLE, Fin., March 20.—Whole
sale quotations prevailing on tlie Jackson
ville market today, as reported by the state
marketing bureau, follow :
Beans, Green —Hampers, fancy, $3.75©
4.00.
l abbage—Crates, fancy. $3.t>04i3.25.
Celery Florida, ten-inch crates, best,
$3,004/3.50.
Cucumbers —Square, bushel crates, fancy
green, $5,004/5.50,
Eggplant—Crates, fancy, $2.25©2-75.
English Pens—Hampers, fancy, $3.50©
4.00.
Lettuce —Crates, Florida Big Boston. $2.75
© 3.00.
Poppers—Cr ites, sane . $3,504/ 4.l*'.
Potatoes—Bushel crates. No. 1. Florida.
Red Itli”. 52.75< 1 3.25.
Squash—Crates, yellow crooked neck, fan
cy. ss.(*'6/ 5.50.
Strawberries -32qiiart crate*. $14.40.
Grapefruit—Box, fancy. $2,006/2.45.
Oranges—Crates, fancy Brigb’s. $2.25©
Tangerines—Straps, fancy. Sti.OO'o 6..'0.
A WHOLESOME PHYSIC
“I trieel all kinds of constipation
pills but never got any kind to keep
mv bowels open until I took FOLEY
CATHARTIC TABLETS.” writes
Robert E. Smith. 417 N. Robert St..
Ludington Mich. FOLEY CATHAR
TIC TABLETS promptly and effec
tively act upon the bowels. Sold
i everywhere.—(Adi ertisement.)
Final Ginners’ Report for Season:
10,128,478 Vs. 9,762,069 Last Year
WAHSINGTON, March 20.—The total cotton crop was 10.128,47 8,
equivalent 500 pound bales, exclusive of linters last year as shown
today by tlie census bureau's final ginning report of the season.
That includes 1 5,204 bales ginners estimated would be turned
out after tlie March canvas.
A crop of 10,081,000 bales was estiamted last December by the
department of agriculture. Last year’s crop was 0,762,069 bales.
The number of running bales was 10,1 50,49,8, including 242,177
round bales, counted as half bales; 22,426 bales of American-Egyp
tian and 785 bales of Sea Island, compared with 9,729,306 running
bales, including 172,182 round bales, 32,824 of American-Egyptian
and 5,125 of Sea Island in the 1922'crop.
The average gross weight of bale for the crop was 4 98.5 pounds,
compared with 501.7 for the 1922 crop.
Alabama ... 568,51 2: 81 9,8701 587,669| 670,330; 716,655
Arizona. .... 77,504 44,1 32; 42,926: 1 05,191; 58,472
Arkansas ... 626,306; 1,010,520 788,047; 1,182,01U| 867,177
California. .. 54,346 28,473; 34,8091 77,892; 59,082
Florida 1 2,345; 27,4 28; 1 2,202; 19,443| 17,317
Georgia .... 587,9691 735,874| 822,621 1,447,159; 1,678,758
Louisiana . . 367,658 345,407] 284,330; .189,569 303,03 b
Mississippi .. 602,8081 985,787| 816,961| 900,371] 950,907
Missouri ... 120,449| 1 39,881 68,145; 76,328] 62,667
N. Carolina.. 1,01 7,325 879,294. 803,620] 949,484. 857,253
Oklahoma .. 655,356; 637,003; 477,777; 1,302,610] 1,002,178
S. Carolina.. 769,4161 517,464] 786,039] 1,65.2,177] 1,462,277
Tennessee .. 226,622 385,860 297,555! 314,811| 301,408
Texas .' 4,339,940] 3,125,758] 2,129,660]
Virginiai ..... 50,240; 27,011] 16,680] 21,898] 23,076
Other States. 33,672 1 9,544 8,737; 13,2981 4.93 b
Totals ...10,128,478] 9,762,069 7,977,778,13,270,970 11,325,b32
TEX RICKARD LOST
ON FILM CONTRACT,
HE TELLS PROBERS
(Continued from Page 1)
some influence with the attorney
general.
‘'After we got by in New Y'ork
so easy we thought we could ex
hibit in other states,” said Rickard.
Chicago Expenses Heavy
Senator Wheeler asked if “the ex
penses in Chicago were very large?”
“Quimby said they were.”
“Wasn’t there $35,000 or so paid
to attorneys?”
“I don’t see how there was that
much— the sale there was for $25,-
000,” Rickard said. “Quimby said
there was a loss there of $5,600.”
Senator Wheeler examined some
records remarking.
“I see you got $25,000 in Cali
fornia."
“Yes.”
"Y r ou knew there had been no leg
islation passed to allow these pic
tures to be shown interstate?” Sena
tor Wheeler resumed, “and notwith
standing that, you went ahead, ship
ping them all over the country and
gave Orr 20 per cent of the net,
Muma 15 per cent and Martin 15 per
ent?”
“Yes."
Senator Wheeler read from the
record that $82,784 had been spent in
New Y'ork on the film expense, fines
and all.
“Why should you give up 1.5 per
cent to Jap Muma and these others?”
demanded Senator W’heeler.
“I got bunked, that’s all.”
“Yet you made a second contract
with these men?”
“Yes—we got afraid of the censor
ship board m New York, got Orr to
work on it and got past the board
in August 1921.”
“Y’ou don’t want to tell us that
with your experience you fell for
their story, that these men were
going to get a Jaw passed in a few
days?” suggested Senator Wheeler.
“They talked to me as though they
could get it through in two weeks.”
Daugherty Not Mentioned
He added that Muma, Orr and
Martin “got their money without,
doing anything." He denied that
Quimby ever told him that Muma
had influence in Washington or
that “they had influence with the
attorney general.”
An auditor’s statement was pre
sented showing that the entire prof
its outside of New York were $34,-
000. This contradicted Quimby’s
statement that the profits were
$125,000.
Orr received, Rickard said. sf,-
509.02 and Muma and Martin $3,381,
up to October, 1921, which was the
last statement he ever got, Quimby
destroy/-" or burned this •account
book and never paid him his entire
share, he said.
During the examination Senator
Wheeler remarked, "You are the
same Rickard who said up in New
York you’d bet a million dollars
they didn't get Daugherty?”
“I didn’t make any million-dollar
remark,” Rickard said.
Senator Wheeler read a record of
$131,000 gross receipts from the pic
ture in New York. Expenses in
cluded $2,500 as attorney fees to Al
ford S. Urion, a man named Dicker
son got $2,500, and “Sanborn” $5,000.
Senator Wheeler proceeded.
"These all are marked as attorney
fees.” he commented.
"Sanborn isn't an attorney, nor is
Dickerson,” Rickard returned.
“These were men who took the films
to other states.”
"You entered into an agreement
on June 30 for transportation of
these films in violation of the law?”
"No. sir. It was an evidence of
good faith."
“But no law was passed?”
“No, sir.”
"Why did you insist that Orr be
fut in?”
“Because I thought these men
weren't doing any good."
"Yet you were willing to give
them 30 per cent, and you vent
ahead and shipped them —and you’ve
never been indicted for this con
spiracy?"
"I haven't —I was threatened with
it."
Rickard asserted ho hadn't met
Attorney General Daugherty.
Denies Paying "Fixer”
“How did Urion. the attorney gen
eral's friend, come to be your attor
ney in this matter?”
“He wasn't, except in Nebraska
or Minnesota.”
Senator Wheeler cited the $2,500
payment to Urion in New Y’ork.
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“Quimby was the man who made
all the arrangements,” said Rickard.
“Don’t you know the reasons why
your expenses were so big was be
cause he (Quimby) was paying out
a lot to fix things?”
“1 don’t know that,” said Rickard.
“Quimby paid out a lot of money he
didn't account for, but I think it
was from one pocket to another.”
“Yes, and you paid out to Orr 20
per cent yourself to fix things?”
“No—to pass censorship up in
New York."
.Rickard said he never had been
able to get a final accounting from
Quimby or details of the large ex
penses in New York.
“Who broached this matter to a
50 per cent division in the first
place?” Senator Jones wanted to
know.
“Muma and Martin,” said Rickard.
“They thought they could get this
law passed and that it would be
worth something.”
Muma, he thought, was “a very
influential fellow,” with “a lot of
friends in the senate.”
“And all the showing of power
and influence Muma made to you
was his statement he knew a few
senators?” asked Chairman Brook
hart.
“He said he knew some,” replied
BJcxard.
“Lut you got by with the show
ing.'” persisted Senator Wheeler.
“Wn made the government some
money with the 10 per cent amuse
ment lax,” remarked Rickard.
"Quimby testified here th it Mr.
Hayward district attorney n New
Yc’-k, suggested you lay low for
thirty days,” Air. Howland put in
Defends Hayward
“All Mr. Hayward sadi to tne was,
‘AU of you ought to be in jail;
you’ve already committed a crime
and you’ve got to pay a fine,’ ” sadi
Rickard.
He never heard any one in Mr.
Hayward's office, as testified by
Quimby, say that further exhibi
tions should be delayed awhile until
“things quieted down.”
Rickard was excused.
The question of examining the
books of the Midland National Bank
of Washington Court House, Ohio,
in connection with testimony of
Roxie Stinson, was brought up by
Senator Wheeler, who said that M.
S. Daugherty, brother of the attor
ney general, and president of the
bank, ’had refused to allow examina
tion.
Attorney Howland said it had
been agreed that only Jess W.
Smith’s accounts in the bank were
to be examined, but Senator Wheel
er insisted the committee subpoaena
called Cor much wider examination.
No decision was reached and Ar
thur Robb, chief file clerk of the
department of justice, was called.
None of the departmental mail
ever went to Jess Smith, Robb tes
tified, telling of Smith having an
office near Mr. Daugherty’s.
Jap Muma was called. Muma,
however, did not answer, and Sena
tor Wheeler, then called for Thomas
G. Spellacy, former department of
justice agent.
Spellacy also failed to respond, so
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
sonae Folks is Poplar
WID EVY-BODY BUT DEY
Ain' got no friends.’!
i
Henry T. Tass, Western Union Tele
graph company manager, took the.
stand and produced telegrams <>f the
late Jess Smith, here and at Wash
ington Court House, Ohio, Smith's
former home.
The telegrams were receivd by
Chairman .Brookhart subject to ex
amination in executive session before
they are made public. Some from
San Antonio were, in the lost.
The Washington Court House tele
grams Mr. Tass gave the committee
were sent during the months of
March, April and .May, 1923. Prev
ious exchanges have been destroyed,
he said.
Spellacy later was located and took
the stand. Previously Gerald O.
Holdridge, another former depart
ment of justice agent had named
Spellacy as an associate in his in
vestigation of the fight film “deal.”
“There are a. few little changes I
would like to make,” said Spellacy,
however, referring io the statement.
He first met Jap Muma several
years ago.
Spellacy said Muma. had shown
him a letter from Attorney General
Daugherty promising aid in securing
an appointment in the department
of justice and also told him of being
a friend of William J. Burns, chief
of the bureau of investigation, as
well as Mr. Daugherty’s.
Spellacy corroborated testimony of
Holdrige that Muma had told him of
the fight film exhibition at the Mc-
Lean home and had mentioned Presi
dent Harding and Mr. Daugherty as
being among those present.
Another statement of Holdridge’s
corroborated by Spellacy was that
Muma had told of a, conversation
with Mr. Daugherty and George B.
Christian, former secretary of Presi
dent Harding.
Hit At Daugherty
“If I recall, Mr. Daugherty said
it was against the law to transport
the picture front one state to an
other but he thought the law was
made for a nigger,” said Spellacy,
quoting Muma.
Muma also told him, the witness
said, of his acquaintance with Attor
ney Urion.
Muma also had Daugherty’s auto
graphed picture, Spellacy said.
The letters, Spellacy added, showed
Muma got some sort of a position
for an old gentleman through Mr.
Daugherty.
“To be frank with you,” said the
witness, “I had a great admiration
for Muma, and believed in the influ
ence he had. I wanted him to get a
promotion for my chief, believing the
chief would, take care of me when
he went up in the department.”
Muma told you of showing the
fight pictures in Washington to
President Harding and to several
members of the cabinet?” Senator
Wheeler asked.
“Yes, sir,” Spellacy said, “and by
that time my breath was gone.”
One of the changes, Spellacy said
he wanted to make in Holdridge’s
statement, was that he understood
Muma to quote Attorney-General
Daugherty as having said to Muma,
“That he ought to get in on it (the
film deal) and get a cut himself.”
Holdridge quoted Muma as having
said the attorney general said that
he (Muma) ought to get at least 50
per cent.
Muma also spoke, Spellacy said, of
the plan for exhibition of the pic
tures after small initial fines on
“goats.”
Spellacy said he had never met
Jess Smith nor “heard his name men
tioned.” He recalled that Muma
spoke of visiting McLean and Burns
here and discussing the possibility
of his being prosecuted.
Muma told him of McLean having
“called up” the attorney general,
who referred it to Burns, Spellacy
said, and confirmed she testimony of
Holdridge who said Burns declared
there was no use interceding on be
half of Rickard.
Corroborates Holdridge
Muma, Spellacy said, convinced
him that he was “pretty well up to
the throne.”
Muma showed him a copy of the
fight film contract.
Spellacy remembered some of
Holdridge's reports on other details.
“I remember Muma saying that
T'rion and Daugherty were asso
ciate counsel in some Chicago case.”
“Remember that Muma said he
did go to Urion?”
“Yes; tha t he saw Urion quite
often.”
“And that at these meetings they
planned how to send the pictures
around the country?”
“Something to that effect.’’
“And that there was to he a goat
in each state, to be fined?”
“I don’t r p membcr just as to that
—to connect up that goat word —
they used some characteristic lan
guage.”
Senator Wheeler read from
Holdridge's report representing
Muma as calling himself the “mas
ter mind,” the friend of President
Harding, “who calls me Jap.”
Spellacy confirmed it.
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under cross-examination could nor
recall Muma saying that Mr. Daugh
erty had suggested a 50 per cent
cut. He couldn't recall then that
fifty per cent was mentioned.
He understood Muma was “plead- ;
ing” with Mr. Daugherty in behalf
of Rickard and told 1 the attorney
general that he, Muma, already was
a partner in the film deal.
“Did you resign from the depart- !
ment?”
“Yes, in 1923 I was invited to re- I
sign bj' Mr. Burns. I had the reputa- I
tion of being a Democrat and when .
Mr. Harding was elected and Burns ;
took office I expected to get th« ]
rush.”
“What changes did you want to I
make in Holdridge’s statement?" ]
Mr. Howland inquired.
“Well, as I remember Muma’s |
statement,” Spellacy began, “it ]
wasn’t that Mr. Daugherty suggest- '
ed a fifty per cent cut, but that he !
thought Muma was interceding for j
Tex Rickard, and that Daugherty ;
said Muma ought to get an interest
for that. Muma said he told Daugh
erty he was going to get an in
terest.”
He thought his changes “didn’t
amont to much.”
Cross-examination was ended
when Spellacy said he had never
“checked up” on Muma’s statement.
Spellacy said he was asked to
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