Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
'12.H0UR COLD SNAP GRIPS !,
MAINE WITH TEMPERATURE
OF 3 TO AZ DEGREES BELOW
IMPEACHMENT MOVE
AGAINST DAuCHERTY
WILL END TODAY


Washington, Dec. 2O-Public hear.
inss on the Impeachment charges
Drought against Attorney General
DauEherty probably will end tomor.
row before the House Judiciary
committee which is expected to re-
port to the House that it found no
evidence on which to base an i'm.
peacnment proceeding. The report
WI not be made, however, until
aIter the Christmas holidays because
OF the absence of members from
washington during that time
Wnen the committee adjourned
tonight after two long sessions there
remained to be heard only a half
oozen witnesses. These are officials
VI tne department of Justice, who
VIII De questioned concerning allie.
sations In the specifications drawn
Wy representative Keller, Repukii-
can' Minnesota, which had not been
loucEed upon at the time Mr.. Keller
Withdrew from the case.
examination of the department
o1hcers began late today over the
protest OF several committee men
VINO insisted that the attorney gen.
eral should not be asked to offer
witnesses to testify concerning
charges in support of which no evil
dcnce has been presented.
Before this line of inouirv w,s
opened up, Representative Woodruff.
Republican, Michigan, laid before
the committee evidence which he
commended showed UNNECESSARY dc.
lay by the Department of Justice
IN bringing suit against the WRIGHT
Martin Aircraft Corporation for the
recovery of $3,601,715 growing out
or alleged overpayment of war
claims.
Assistant Attorney General Sew
mour announced that suit for the
recovery of this amount soon was to
be filed and Colonel Guy d. Golf for
mer assistant attorney general, who
mas mad charge of the case, denied
the charge of unnecessary DELAY.
Most OF the remaining time of the
hearing today was taken up with an
inquiry into the building trade cases
growing out of the Lockwood COM
mlttee investigation in New York.
colonel William Hayward, federal
district attorney at New York, went
INTO details concerning the various
cases.
Questioned about the release of the
schooner j. B. Young, seized at New
York for an alleged violation of the
prohibition laws, Colonel Hayward
disclosed that the order stopping the
Selling Of rum" ships outside the
three mile limit unless such vessels
had established contact with the
shore by means of their own boats
or crews. was issued after 'insstent
demand" by Secretary Hughes.
1.-THE attorney general, Mrs. WILLIE
brandt Can assistant attorney gener-
al in charge of prohibition enforce
ment' cases). and myself died hard
on that proposition" said Colonel
Hayward. explaining that he believed
that the old law against ships 'loit-
ering" outside the three mile limit
for the purpose Of landing contra
band applied to such cases.
With specific reference to the J. E.
Young, which was seized six miles
from shore, Colonel Hayward denied
that her release had been brought
abou Through the influence of Thorn
as B. Fielder, of New York, counsel
for the owners of the crafts. as had
been charged in Mr.. keller's specifi-
cations. The release had been or
dered, he asserted, because the law
officers were not satisfied that there
was sufficient evidence on which to
make a case stand in court.