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■/OL. XXVI. NO. 82
IflllSE PASSES BILL
tarn during
JJP IMMIGRANTS
Ither Clauses in Johnson
I Measure Reduce Quotas
I From Other Lands More
I Than One-Third
I WASHINGTON. April 12.— Carry
lg a Japanese exclusion provision
Lainst which the Japanese govei 11-
■eni has protested.. vigorously, the
Khiison immigration hill was passed
Mfh.y by the house, 322 to •!.
■No effort was made to eliminate
Re Japanese section, which provoked
Inly brief and perfunctory discus
lon. There was nothing to indicate
mat any of the opposition votes were
lirected at the Asiatic policy con
■lined in the bill but rather against
lie provision fixing the TB9O census
Is the basis of the two per cent
luota which was adopted.
I While the senate was geting back
l> its consideration t the immigra
lon question at a night session, Re
lublican leaders issued a call for a
lirty conference next Monday at
Ihich an effort will be made to agree
|pon a policy both as to Japanese
Kciusion ami the census quota basis.
■The existing law, which expires on
|oxt June 30, fixed the quota at
Itree per cent on the 1910 census
Ind had no provisions relating 1°
Japanese immigration which for
|ears has been regulated by the
Jgentleman’s agreement” with Japan,
Jecretary Hughes has urged that
me American government continue
m recognize this agreement, and the
Japanese placed on the same quota
Jisis as the nationals of other coun
ties.
| Japan’s Protest Vigorous
J Representative Johnson, of Wash-
Jigton, chairman of the house innni-
Jration committee, announced today
mat when the time comes for the
louse and senate to reconcile their
■ fferences on immigration legisla-
Jon, the managers on .the part of
lie house will insist to the end on
me retention of the Japanese exclu-
Jon provision.
J Ambassador Hanihara’s letter to
Jecretary Hughes, which was trans
mitted yesterday to congress, pro
msting against any exclusion sea-
Jire, was not mentioned in house de
late on the bill. When this pro
losal is reached in the senate, how-
Iver, Senator Johnson, Republican,
lalifornia, and other senators from
Jie Pacific coast plan to take formal
lognizance of the letter and re
louble their efforts to have an ex
clusion feature written infto the law.
I There was no fo.mal vote in the
louse on the exclusion features as
Jie failure of any member to offer
|n amendment resulted in failure of
lutomatic approval while the bill
las being read for amendment. Inly
Ine address regarding this feature
Jas delivered, that being by Repre-
Isntative Burton, of Ohio, a Re
lublican member of the foreign re
litions committee. He discussed the
■revision for five minutes, empha
lizing what he regarded as the inad
lisability og superseding the “gen
ieman’s agreement” by legislative
Inactment.
I There was only five minutes' dis
mission when the provision was
leached. Specifically the section stip
ulates that with limited exceptions
Io alien ineligible to citizenship shall
le admitted to the United States.
I Bill Is Protested
I The only speech on the Japanese
lection, which has evoked a, vigorous
Irotest from Japan, was made by
Representative Burton, Republican,
|)hio, a member of the foreign af
lairs committee. He said he favored
■he principles of exclusion embod
ied in the bill, but believed the ob
le it the measure sought to attain
was ir the process of being worked
jut through diplomatic arrange
ment with Tokio. He doubted
whether the provision should be
Jdopted in view of the fact that it
■night, endanger friendly relations be-
Wfxn the two countries.
HpJ’’. Burton said he realized the
Japanese were a people ‘‘with a dif
lerent form of government, ideals,
Jradltions and standards of living,”
Jut added he "must protest against
■ his provision for the reason that
Jvhat is sought to be attained can be
Jssomplished in a. less stringent and
more effective way by leaving the
law as it now is.”
I After Mr. Burton’s five minute
■peech, Chairman Johnson s motion
■ hat flirt her debate be closed and the
Jeetion approved was adopted by a
Jiva voce vote. *
1 Amendments Rejected
I By a vote of 162 to 89 the hohse
rejected an amendment by Repre
sentative Madden, Republican, Jlli
hois. to fix quotas at. 2 per cent on
in average of the 1890. 1900, 1910 and
■ 920 censuses.
I By a vote of 130 to 92. an amend-
Inent by Representative Sabath, Dem
bcrat, Illinois, making the 1910 cen
sus the quota basis, as existing law
provides, with quotas fixed at 2 per
rent, instead of 3. was rejected.
I In rapid succession, a dozen or
more amendments to change the
■junta provisions were thrown out.
Friends of the bill howled down the
proposed changes as quickly as they
were offered.
I ('hairman Johnson, who had plan-
Ined to deliver an address to the
mouse urging the necessity for such
pnactment. abandoned this program
[when it became apparent that no
kerious opposition would develop.
I Discussing the effect of the opera
fion of the proposed immigration
•legislation, Mr. Johnson said in
formally that should American con
sular officers abroad be unprepared
lon July 1 to carry out their examina
tion of prospective immigrants in
It he country of origin, the new law
[would automatically suspend all im
hnigration from Europe until the ma
chinery for the overseas examina
tion could begin to function.
; Agreement Forecast
While the senate measure differs
prom the house bill in several panic
pilars, it also has the provision for
(overseas examination ami there ap
nears little prospect that the two
houses will be in disagreement on
this feature of the legislation.
The chief difference between the
house and the senate bills is in the
census basis for the quotas, the
senate measure proposing the 1910
census. There have been moves to
substitute the date in the house bill
land also the 1920 census with the
quotas based on “origin of nationali
ties ”
The senate nt its night session
took no action in provisions of the
a'',»n ;..i; , v > i r .-, .< cd until
noon Monday.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
World News
Told in
Brief
I
PARIS. — French parliament ad-
I journs until June, pending elections
I of May 11.
ATHENS. —Greek people in na
i tional plebiscite vote for establish
ment of republic.
PHOENIX, A viz.—William E.
Kimsey, father-in-law of former Vi'ce
President Marshall, dies.
WASHNIGTON. —Presidon t Cool
idge announced as opposed to large
campaign contribiittons.
W A SIIIN GTO N. —fa king advan
tage of warm spring day\ President
and Mrs. Coolidge cruise on the
Mayflower.
CHERBOU RG.-4-Aft er struggling
sixty hours against a. channel tem
pest the liner Mauretania is towed
into this port.
ROME. —Tlhe Italian press and
diplomatic circles view the visit of
Charles G. Dawes as of much im
portance.
BOSTON.—Scores of cases of rare
wines and liquors consigned to for
eign embassies in Washington ar
rived on the liner Leyland.
BERLIN. —Newly founded German
gold discount bank will begin opera
tions April 16, with a capital of 10,-
000,000 pounds.
Ill'Ll.. England Memorial to
American and British airman killed
in loss of the dirigible R 38 in 1921 is
unveiled.
WASHINGTON. Annual army
appropriation bill reported to senate,
carrying $326,606,352, or $3,368,000
more than allowed in house.
BERLlN.—Premiers of federated
states are summoned to discuss re
port otf reparations experts with
central government.
TOKIO. —Navy department esti
mates for restoration of the property
damaged or destroyed by the earth
quake last September total $46,-
000,000
SCRANTONO, Pa?—Vote to call
general strike of 10,000 employes of
Pennsylvania Hillside Coal and Iron
Company is taken by general griev
ance committee.
LONDON. —Two days’ study of
reparation experts’ report by treas
ury officials failed to uncover any
important proposals not acceptable
to Great Britain.
INDIANAPOLIS.—Jury, hearing
case of Governor Warren T. McCray,
charged with larceny and embezzle
ment of state funds, disagrees and
is idscharged.
NEW ORLEANS. —Customs offi
cers seize 1,290 rounds of ammuni
tion on the Norwegian steamer
Gansfjord, which had cleared far
Belize, British Honduras.
SAN F RANCTSCO—E van. Bu r
rovves Fontaine, dancer, files second
suit for million dollars against Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Whitney for al
leged breach of promise.
PARIS. Acceptance by repara
tions commisssion of report of ex
perts’ committees leads Paris diplo
matic circles to believe final accord
on reparation settlement is in sight
WASHINGTON~I’rof. Thomas S.
Adams, of Yale university, resigns
as special adviser to senate commit
tee investigating internal revenue
because of dissatisfaction with trend
of inquiry.
WASH ING TON?—Me mb< r s of Pi
Beta Phi fraternity, of which Mrs.
Coolidge, wife' of president, is a
member, present. White House a por
trait of Mrs. Coolidge, by Howard
Chandler Christy.
WASHINGTON?—Preside ,t Cool
idge appoints commission to promul
gate national policy for co-ordina
tion and extension under fcleral
guidance of all activities furthering
outdoor recreation.
BRESLAU, Germany. Former
Crown .Prince Frederick William and
his wife make their first formal pub
lic appearance since Frederick Wil
liam returned to Germany from the
island of Wieringen.
WASHINGTON. Attempt of
Daugherty investigating committee
to look into financial affairs of form
er attorney general and his assist
ants at Washington Courthouse. Ohio,
is virtually blocked by court re
straininfg order.
LONDON. —British bankers urge
Premier MacDonald in connection
with Anglo-Russian conference,
agreement on recognition of all
debts, and restitution of all private
property in Russia to foreign own-
MEXICO ClTY?—Official state
ment of Mexican department of in
ter or says 32,000 agriculturists are
ready to leave California for Mexi
co. and proposition is being consid
ered by governors of principal agri
cultural states.
NEW YORK.—Thomas B. Ma
loney, formerly Democratic leader of
the New York state assembly, has
been selected by the nominating
committee of the Consolidated Stock
exchange to succeed Laurance
Tweedy as president.
WASHINGTON. —Protests fl om
Democrats greet senate message of
President Coolidge aimed at invest
igation of internal revenue bureau
and admonishing senate to confine
activities of its committees to “con
stitutional and legal rights."
HARRISBURG. Pa. Governor
Pinehot, of Pennsylvania. admits
that he suggested to Senator Cou
zens. Republican, Michigan, employ
ment of Francis J. Heney as special
counsel for committee investigating
the internal revenue bureau.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
A irgiitia: Cloudy *nnd unsettled:
cooler in north portion.
North and South Carolina: In
creasing < loudiness. becoming unset
tled in west portion.
Georgia: Cloudy, probably showers
in west portion.
Florida: Mostly cloudy.
Extreme Northwest Florida and
Alabama: Mostly cloudy; probably
showers.
Mississippi: Local showers.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Show
ers: mild temperature.
Louisiana: Tuesday partly cloudy
to cloudy.
Arkansas: Partly cloudy to cloudy,
probably scattered showers.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy.
East Texas: Unsettled, probably
1 showers
West Texas; Generally fMr.
COOLIDGE TO ME M'SDOO OPPOSITION
OWING MITE EHLS TO STEM TIDE
IN G.O.P. CIMPIIGN OF MM MM
; Party Leaders, Sure of His
Nomination, Also Ask Pres
ident to Name Preference
for Temporary Chairman
I
BY D.\Ml> I.AWREXCE
(Special Leased Wire io The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1924.)
I WASHINGTON, April 14.—50 cer
I tain are the. Republican leaders that
President Coolidge is to be nominat
ed at Cleveland next June that they
are beginning to consult him with
respect to the procedure of the party
convention, the drafting of a plat
form and his wishes with respect to
a vice presidential candidate.
Chairman John T. Adams, of the
Republican national committee, has
' asked the president to indicate his
preference with respect to the tem
porary chairman of the convention. ■
It is recognized that a temporary |
chairman often becomes the perma
nent chairman by act of the conven
tion, so the effort is made to choose
a man acceptable to all factions of i
the party.
Lxidge Eliminated
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of
Massachusetts, the leader of the Re
publican majority jn the upper
house of congrey, was made, per
manent chairman of the 1920 con
vention, but while he would be
logically entitled to the place this
time because of bis length of service,
the strategists feel it would be un
wise to bring New England too
much info the picture, especially
since the probable nominee hails
from Massachuetts.
Representative Longworth, of
Ohio, the leader of the house, is be
ing mentioned, as is also Senatoi
Bo.ah, of Idaho; Senator Willis, of
Ohio; former Senator Beveridge, of
Indiana, and former Governor Low
den, of Illinois.
As for vice presidential candi
dates, there is an abundance of ,
them, but the chances are that be
fore the convention meets, the party
leaders will have selected a man ;
based upon the preference of the
president himself.
The objective of the Republicans
in this connection is to draw the mid
dle west and west closer to the east
by naming for vice president a. man j
who is strong with the western farm- ;
er. Judge Kenyon, of Iowa; former.
Governor Lowden, Senator Lenroot,
of Wisconsin; Senator Capper, of i
I Kansas, are among the names dis-:
|cussed.
The platform is to be worked out
ahead of time, so that it will conform
to the wishes of the man who is go
ing to run on it. Plans are already
being made for Hie conduct of the
campaign. John 1. Adams had al-;
ready indicated before the death of
President Harding that, he wished to
| retire this June, and lias not changed
his mind. Bascom Slemp, private
I secretary to President Coolidge, has
| been suggested as his successor, par
ticularly because of Mr. Slemp's long
familiarity with national committee;
affairs and campaign strategy. But
he is rendering such valuable serv- :
' ice to the president in his present
position that Mr. Coolidge would part
with him only with reluctance. The
name of Charles D.' Hilles, of New
York, .is mentioned as a possible
| chairman because Os his previous ex
jperience in national campaigns.
Johnson and LaFollette
Mr. Coolidge will be nominated
Iby a large vote —that much now is '
taken for granted—but the interest |
centers in the extent to which
Messrs. LaFollette and Hiram John
son will operate to prevent the noimi
nation from being unanimous on the
first ballot. Already Mr. Coolidge
has a majority of the delegates as
sured. The others who are regular
Republicans would not wish to risk
presidential disfavor bt recording
themselves as anti-Coolidge. This
means that ail except tfie delegates
pledged to LaFollette and Johnson
will swing at once to Coolidge. At
present writing, the combined num
ber opposed to Coolidge would not
appear to be iii excess of 50, so that
lout of more than a thousand dele
j gates, the president will have enough
to make the result seem to be the
i united action of his party.
The managers are wondering how
they can make the Cleveland con
vention interesting, inasmuch as
the principal business will have been
disposed of ahead of time. Speeches,
no doubt. wiH be delivered, and it
| may be that Uresident Coolidge will
jbe prevailed imon to • •■lress the
• convention itself. It would break a
precedent, but would at the same
time furnish the opportunity for the
president to open the campaign be
fore th£ men who will activelv con
duct it in the .succeeding months.
Mother’s Life Is Saved
By Cries of Baby, but
Father Goes to Death
BOSTON, Apii! IL—Two glasses
jof deadly poison, mistaken for a
harmless family remedy, and mixed
for headache relief, were at the lips
of Mr. ami Mrs. Abraham Banker
. Sunday when their eight months'
old baby commenced, to cry. Mis.
Danker set down her glass ayl
, vent to the child. Het- husband
1 drained his. and 15 minutes later
; was dead.
He had taken the supposed medi
cine by error from an open package
of unmarked poison.
| Heavy Quake Recorded
WASHINGTON, Xpril 14.—A
; h-Mw earthquake shock was record
jrd today on the seismograph ar
| Georgetown miivei-sitj 1‘ was of
* i'l'Menged duration.
Chairman of National Mc-
Adoo Committee Sees Cer
tain Domination of Candi
date in N, Y, Convention
; CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 12.
(By the Associated I’ress). —David
; Ladd Rockwell, chairman of the na
tional McAdoo for president com-
I rnittee, made the following state-
I nient today:
“There has never been a candidate
I for a Democratic presidential nomi
. nation in the last sixteen years who
has made such a remarkable record
in winning states in primaries and
: conventions, and in breaking into
enemy territory, despite a campaign
I of slander and vituperation, as has
William Gibbs McAdoo this year. He
iis ending this week with 163 dele
-1 gates already elected, in every sec
i tion of the United States, pledged to,
or favorable to, his nomination. He
; will end the next week with over
i 20-1 delegates, and I am quite, certain
i that the McAdoo forces will enter
i the New York convention with over
- 500 votes, will dominate the conven
tion and will nominate Mr. McAdoo.
“The opposition to Mr. McAdoo is
seeking new weapons with which to
attack him, having found that it
was not able to delude the people
with its smoke screen about oil. In
North Dakota, subsequent to the
! Doheny incident, McAdoo received
I the indorsement of both elements of
I the Democratic party and was unop
i posed in the primary. In Georgia,
McAdoo won, defeating Senator Un
derwood, four to one.
“The Democratic voters of South
I Dakota followed the lead of North
, Dakota and elected McAdoo dele
i gates. The vote was three and four
I it? one over the*opposition.
Arizona Divided
“The Arizona state central com
mittee has chosen nine delegates with
; half a vote each who are McAdoo and
: three opposed to him. In Wisconsin
| five districts elected McAdoo dele
; gates. The Kansas state convention,
1 April 2, elected a McAdoo delega
{ tion under the unit rule. The Demo
i crats of lowa followed the next day
with another McAdoo delegation, the
: unit rule’ insuring lowa’s twenty-six
i votes to the former secretary.
“In Illinois, the McAdoo support
; ers, although the victims of what
: William L. O’Connell, McAdoo man
! ager in the state, termed “the most
corrupt primary I have ever known
in Chicago,” won ten McAdoo pledged
delegates downstat’e where there was
an honest count. In addition to this
about the same number of unpledged
delegates downstate who are friend-
I ly to McAdoo were chosen.
I “It is a matter of significant com
i ment that every reactionary ele-
I ni/ent, corrupt boss, vicious influence
j and predatory interests of great
I wealth are welded together against
' McAdoo. And it is even more signifi
! cant that these unholy efforts, these
treacherous plows below the belt,
i these damnable combinations of
I privilege, graft and corruption, are
i failing where the people are free.
“To recapitulate thus far McAdoo
I delegates have been elected as fol
• lows: ,
“Arizona, 4 1-2; Alaska, (>; Canal
Zone, 6; Georgia, 28; Hawaii, 6; Illi
nois, 10; lowa, 26; Kansas, 20; Maine,.
8; New Hampshire, 7; North Dakota,
10; Philippines, •>; Porto Rico,
South Dakota, 10; Wisconsin, 10;
total, 163.”
NORTH ( AROI.INA NAMES
STATE MEET DELEGATES
i RALEIGH, N. C.. April 12. Dele
-1 gates to the state and cengressional
' conventions were selected at con
-1 ventions held by Democrats in each
lof the one-hundred counties in
I North Carolina today.
I The Wake County convention
here indorsed Josephus Daniels,
former secretary of the navy, for
i the Democratic nomination for the
presidency. The resolution uropo-
I ing the endorsement of Mr. Darie s
precipitated a fight at the conven
tion, W. B. Jones, local attorney.
I vigorouslv opposing it. on t i
j grounds that such action was t;n
I fair to other men who were avowed
I candidates for the nomination On
I a roll call, the resolution indors-
I ing Mr. Daniels was carried by a
vote of 128 to .>4.
M’ADOOS MANAGER T°
CONTEST IN < Hl( AGO
CHICAGO, April 12. A formal
public statement today by David
: Ladd Rockwell national manager ot
the McAdoo campaign, referred to
I last Tuesday’s Illinois Democratic
primary as "the most corrupt elec
tion in Chicago history.”
"Evidence of gross and palpable
fraud and election theft.” he said,
“will be presented to the proper tri
bunal.
"There are two essentials in any
election, casting the ballot and
| counting. If either is corruptly
manipulated there is a cloud on the
title of the apparent victor.
“The primary in Chicago Tuesday
was aptly characterized by M illiam
L. O’Connell, chairman of the Illinois
I McAdoo campaign committee, as ‘the
'most corrupt primary I ever have
known in my experience in Chica
go polities.’
“There is a cloud on the boss
title.”
McAdoo was unopposed for the
, Democratic presidential preference
‘ in the pr’mary, but a slate of pledg
ed McAdoo delegates was entered in
virtually every district, and eight
delegates at large sought support of
the McAdoo candidacy throughout
the *■' (te. The pledged candidates
■ were defeated by large majorities in
Chicago by entries carrying the col
ors of Geoige E. Brennan. Illinois
Democratic chieftain, but downstatc
the McAdoo slate won in many dis
tricts.
‘One of the clearest evidences of
the Chicago fraud.” the statement
said “is to be found in a comparison
. : f returns in the city with those
from outside the county, where the
McAdoo pledged slate ran consider
ably ahead of the boss slate.”
Charges that municipal employes
in Chicago were forced to active par
ticipation in the campaign against
e McAdoo Malt
methods were used in many in
stances. figured in the pre primary
. campaign.
REPUBLICANS, WITH ‘BACKS TO WALL,’
DEFEND COOLIDGE AND MELLON FROM
ONSLA UGHTS OF SENA TE DEMOCRA TS
COOLIDGE OWING
VIGOROUS DEFENSE
DE TOSlffl HEM
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Storm Over Revenue Bureau
• Probe Breaks Anew in Sen
ate—Heney Still Center of
Struggle
WASHINGTON, April 14.—With
I both sides newly fortified by en
trenchments thrown up over the
week-end, the senate today resumed
its war over Secretary Mellon and
the future of the congressional in
i vestigation program.
‘ Senator Watson. Republican, In
diana, chairman of the special com
mittee investigating the internal
revenue bureau, told his colleagues
and Democratic leaders privately aft
er a conference with Uresident Cool
idge and Mr. Alelion that the presi
dent had not intended by his mes
sage last week to strike at any of
the senate inquiries except that di
rected against the treasury secre
tary.
Administration opposition to the
I employment of Francis J. Heney as
| special counsel for the revenue bu
reau committee would be continued,
the Indiana senator said, regardless
of the fate of the Democratic move
to make that employment legal by
I a formal senate resolution.
■When the interpretation placed on
the president’s message by Senator
Watson was communicated to .Sen
ator Robinson, of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, the latter de
clared the president in that case
ought to send a “supplemental mes
sage” explaining his exact purpose.
Storm Breaks on Floor
While these interchanges were in
progress at private conferences and
in the senate cloak rooms, debate on
the presidential admonition to the
senate to stay “within the law”
broke out afresh on the floor. Sen
ator Edge, Republican, New Jersey,
declared Democratic criticism of Mr.
Coolidge's message was based on dis
appointment that the revenue bu
reau inquiry had not disclosed im
proper tax refunds to the “Mellon
companies.”
Senator Watson said after the
i white house conference that he
I would not press immediately his
resolution to end the revenue bu-
I reau inquiry and that he saw no
I occasion now for a reply to the
statement made public last night
; by Governor Pinehot, of Pennsyl
: yania.
“Governor Pinehot confirmed what
1 said in the senate Saturday,”
Senator Watson said, "that he had
I suggested to Senator Couzens, of
i Michigan, the employment of Heney.
I see no -occasion for a reply.”
With Senator Couzens seriously
. ill in a hospital at Baltimore, the
I inquiry has been suspended tern
i potvirily and it is not likely that
; liiere will ba an effort to press
; it before his return to the senate.
There is every indication, however,
that the part taken by him and
by Governor Pinehot in the con
: troversy will have a prominent
place in the senate debate until
I the issue is settled.
Bids Asked for Gutter
Around the Apex of
Washington Monument
WASHINGTON, April 14.—A job
was offered by the government to
day to somebody who is willing to
put a metal gutter around the apex
of the Washington monument.
The slight slope in the shaft has
caused water to leak through the
windows more than 500 feet up and
bids were invited today on work to
correct the condition.
In making the announcement, the
office of public building and grounds
said they expected the bids would
be higher than for "ordinary gutter
i construction work.”
Man Blows Himself Up
W ith Belt of Dynamite
And Electric Battery
HOPATCONG. N. J.. April 14
David Wright. 51, storekeeper at the
plant of the Atlas Powder company
here, committed suicide by tying
three sticks of dynamite to his belt
and discharging them with an elec
tric batter.', according to Coroner
Voelker. H<= was said by friends to
have been despondent for some time.
Woman Pleads Guilt
Os Attempt to Forge
Schwab Name on Note
NEW YORK, April 14.—Mrs. Myr-
C-? Bowman Hayes pleaded guilty in
general sessions court today to a
•■"barge of attempted forgery for in
dorsing the name of Charles M
Schwab to a $25.00<l note.
He.- tr;;.,] W as to hive been re-
I sumed today.
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Atlanta, (ia., Tuesday, April 15, 1924
EVEN MOTHER-IN-LAW 0 K’S
NEW U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL
■I:
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Harlan Fiske Stone, new United States attorney general, as
sketched by Artist E. R. Higgins.
He's the "Finest in the
Worldj” She Says, After
Living in His Home for
Last Eighteen Years
NEW YORK, April 12. Harlan
Fiske Stone, new attorney general,
is a leading lawyer, inspiring edu
cator, apt fisherman, devoted hus
band, chummy father, but best of alii
—“the finest son-in-law in all the|
world.”
So says Mrs. E. M. Harvey, his
mother-in-law, who has lived with
him for eighteen years. “In all that
time I have, never heard a cross
word or seen anything but a smile.
Some may joke about mother-in-law, i
but Harlan jokes with her.”
Airs. Harvey has known Stone I
since lie was four months old. His
family and hers were neighbors in'
Chesterfield, N. H. Both we^e'
farming folk.
“Quite naturally Harlan and my:
daughter, Agnes, who is a few years
his junior, grew up together,” the j
beaming mother-in-law went on.
“They became young sweethearts 1
and I guess thev still are.”
Athletic Stat-
Young Stone went to Amherst;:
Agnes went to the Vermont acade-1
my. and they kept close track of;
each other and their romance grew. ;
Proudly the girl heard of his foot-|
ball exploits. He became her hero.'
Yet it was not primarily as an ;
athlete Stone sh te. but as a
scholar. He woi. a Phi Beta Kappa
key and came on to New York to
study law at Columbia. In 1898 he
was gra iated 1 admitted to prac
tice. ‘ Just as soon as I w able to
make a living I went back home and
married,” said the attorney general
a few' minutes after arriving home
to t p ll his mother-in-law of his ap
pointment..
The young couple moved to New
Yu.'k and the young bar' -o r pro
ceeded to make a. name for himself
in his calling. He joined ‘he law
offices of Sullivan & CromWell and
l ecu me an expert in litigation. But
he did not give up his academic
work. His brilliance won him an
appointment as an instructor in the
school where he had been a student
but a vear before.
In 1905 he became a professor and
five years later dean. a position
which he held until last fall when,
pp resigned to devote more of, his j
time to private practice. AH these (
years he never let his work inter
fere'with his family relations. He I
was the pal of his two sons, Marsh- (
all. now twenty-one, and Lauson,
nineteen.
Greatest Thrill
H : « greatest thrill comes with their
1( hiexements. Marshall became an,
expert in mathematics and was grad-'
naled from Harvard at 19, became
an instructor at 20. and expects to
set his Ph- D. this year. Lauson is
Harvard junior and hopes to follow
his father's calling.
“The bovs and father make a great
trio." says Mrs. Harvey, “when they
get together and discuss things."
Dean Stone, as he still is called
around Columbia, is fundamentally a
scholar. He does not like golf, mo
toring and other diversions of the
usual professional man His favor
ite outdoor sport is fishing. Hi'
favorite indoor sport is reading-
Neither he no' - his bo> s smoke, hut
they raise some smoke with their
discussions.
When they don't spent summers
traveling abroad they spend them
on Isle Au Halit. Maine.
This summer Pa Stone will prob
ably have to stay in Washington, for
the job before him will be the hard
est he ever tackled requiring all his
skill as scholar, litigator and —fisher-
man.
Mrs. Stone may not be able to help
her husband with his momentous
■ tsk. For she has not been in good
health the past few- weeks.
But Stone under tension f ?h’-
ha-dest as his strong square chin
. nd i cates.
I
SLEMP DIRECT
COOLIDGE WK
KEYNOTEFTLS SOUGHT
I
| BY LAWRENCE MARTIN
WASHINGTON, April 11.—In
looking about for some one to lead
his campaign after the noniinatii g I
convention, President Coolidge I
is. understood to have fixed his I
glance approvingly on C. Bascom
Slemp, his secretary. Accordingly
I a vigorous campaign is way
i to make Slemp chairman the Re-
I publican national committee at the
; Cleveland convention in June.
i But at the same time the friends of J
I John T. Adams, present chairman,
are organizing a fight to keep him
: in command. This is a .direct pro
test by close friends of* Harry Al.
I Daugherty and others who do not
want complete Coolidge domination
I of thq party.
It has always been understood that
i Mr. Adams would retire at Cleveland.
; But since the Daugherty case came
I up Mr. Adams and George B. Lock
; wood, secretary of the committee,
| have headed a group which differed
; strongly with those who thought
Air. Daugherty ought to be forced
out for the good of the party. They
have not hesitated to voice their
disagreement with Lodge, Pepper,
Borah and other senators who de
manded that Air. Daugherty be dis
missed .
Mr. Slemp, who today seemed the
most probable Coolidge candidate
for the chairmanship, wh’ch carries
with it the responsibility of conduct
ing the campaign, has proved him
self extremely useful to the presi
dent and has impressed Mr. Coolidge
by his manner of handling people,
and dealing with the problems of his
office. Air. Slemp has been, first
of all, a political secretary and the
routine of the office has not been
allowed to hamper him to any great
degree.
Though he and the president were
virtually strangers when Air. Slemp
was named, thev have come to be
' very close and Mr. Slemp is advised
! with more than any man except
Frank Stearns, the president’s friend
:of many years. In addition to se
lecting a campaign manager. Cool
idge leaders are considering careful
ly now the choice of a “keynoter”
for the convention. Two have been
tried out —Senators 1 epper and
Borah —and both have been found
unavailable. Senator Pepper made
a. s-poeeh which drew fire from many
within the party and Senator
Borah's speech was far Loo inde- ;
pendent and “liberal” to suit party i
chiefs. The next candidate to be 1
tr.ed out will be Secretary of State (
Hughes, who will address New York I
Republicans next Tuesday.
(Copyright. 1924. by United Press.)
Florida Woman Seeks
Seat m Democratic j
National Convention
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 11.—
Miss Gertrude D. Corbet, of Jack-;
<nville, today qualified as a candi
date in the*June primary for dele
gate to the Democratic national con
vention from the state at large. She
is the first woman candidate ever to
qualify for such a postion, it was
stated at the office of secretary of
state.
Others to qualify today were Louis
O'Bryan, of Kissimmee, as state sen
ator from District 19, who will op
pose Senator Al. O. Overstreet, of I
Orlando, and Ben C. Willad, of I
Miami, who will oppose Senator John
'A'. Watson from the 13th district.
a CENT a A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
MOVE TD EXPUNGE
MESSAGE “INSULT"
IS MADE BY REED
Watson Says Pinehot In
spired Attack on the Sec
retary of Treasury ( Which
Is Aimed at the President
WASHINGTON, April 13—Break
ing tile silence which has marked
their side of the chamber during
many Democratic onslaughts on the
administration, Republicans of the
senate Saturday came to defense of
President Coolidge and Secretary
Mellon in a long and fiery debate
surrounding the intervention by the
president in senate investigation
committee procedure.
Senator Watson, of Indiana, chair
man of the senate committee in
quiring into affairs of the internal
revenue bureau, led off in the debate
and was the chief spokesman for
the Republicans, being supported by
Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl
vania, in ’’the exchange with the
Democrats, who renewed their as
sault on President Coolidge as well
as Secretary Alelion.
New light was thrown on the
events which prompted the president
to send his message yesterday on
the senate investigation situation
when Senator Watson injected the
name of Governor Gifford Pinehot,
of Pennsylvania, into the situation.
The Indiana senator informed his
colleagues that Governor Pinehot,
who has had a row with prohibition
officials under the treasury depart
ment, had “suggested” einpluyuient
of Francis J. Heney, of San Fran
cisco, as special counsel for the sen
ate committee investigating the in
ternal revenue bureau. Mr. Heney *
services would be paid for personal
ly by Senator Couzens, Republican,
Michigan, author of the investiga
tion resolution and the committee
“prosecutor.”
Senator Watson said he himself
had given Secretary Mellon informa
tion of the Pinehot development and
the result, he added, was Mr. Mel
lon's letter to the president and the
special message sent to the senate
yesterday by Air. Coolidge in pro
test.
Senator Watson interpreted the
message as dealing only with th®
internal revenue bureau situation
and asserted his purpose to press
his resolution to quash that inves
tigating committee.
Democrats Strike Back
Democratic rciiators were not sat
isfied, however, that the language of
the message was not designed to re
buff all senate investigations, and for
hours they directed a heavy fire of
criticism against the president and
Secretary Alelion. Late in the day''’ -
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
introduced a resolution to "expunge”
the message from senate records, as
serting that it was “insulting tq the
senate.” The text of the resolution,
which was permitted with its au
thor's assent to lie on tiie table, fol
lows:
"Resolved, That the communication
of the president of the United States
of date of April 11, 1924, and the
letter of the secretary of the treasury
of date of April 10, 1924, be and they
are hereby expunged from the rec
ords of the senate.”
The Reed resolution was not in
spired by the minority leaders, Sena
tor Robinson, Ai/kansas, Democratic
leader, said later. Other Democratic
senate chiefs were frank in saying
they did not expect it to be adopted
aF to be pressed as a party strategy
’ineasure.
Senator Watson, in his reply to I
Democratic assaults of yesterday,
opened senate proceedings today by
informing his colleagues that Sena
tor Couzens hud told him the sug
gestion for Heney’s employment had
come from Governor Pinehot. The
Michig- ■ 'nator was still confined
to his home by serious illness, and
no attempt tn bring any resolution
pending in the controversy was made
in his absence.
The Indiana senator said Senator
Couzens would confirm the statement
that Governor Pinehot h.d inter
vened in the situation, and added
that both he and Secretary Alelion
“knew what that meant.”
Slap at President
"He knew and' 1 knew,” Senator
Watson said, “that from that mo
ment the purpose of the inquiry be
came destructive and nut construc
tive.”
The IndiarFa senator said that the
“change of scenery” which brought
Pinehot and Heney into the picture
meant not only the exploration of
Secretary Mellon’s private affairs,
but that “every activity of the pro
hibition unit would be brought be
fore this committee.”
“Everybody knows that with Air.
Pinehot and Air. Heney back of it
there would be no end to the inves
tigation,’’ Senator Watson continued.
“There would be thrown out a drag
net of gossip and scandal, and come
about an era of vituperation unequal
ed in the political annals of Amer
ica.”
At another point Senator Watson
said “Mellon is not being attacked
for Mellon’s sake, but in an effort
to get the president.”
"Mr. Mellon-is the main support
of Mr. Coolidge, and Mr. Coolidge
will undoubtedly be the leader on
this side in the coming campaign,”
he continued.
Investigation of the internal reve
nue bureau has shown that organi
zation to be efficient, capable and
ready for the huge tasks with which
it deals. Senator Watson said. No
good purpose could come from con
tinuing the inquiry, he added, and
much “evil” might result. He serv
ed notice that he would press his
resolution to discharge the commit
tee from its task.