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Evening star., 1924-08-24
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT r. SMALL

Washington has a great mystery
on its hands. What has become of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr..
Mellon? Maybe 1t has not been SO
long, but 1t seems like ages since he
went to Europe and. furthermore, he
appears to have dropped completely
out of public prints. The last heard
from the Secretary he was some
where in France" or somewhere in
Italy" or "somewhere in SPAIN"
There is a growing suspicion in the
Capital that perhaps the head of the
Treasury Is endeavoring to work out
some scheme for the funding of the
foreign debts owed to us. In any
event 1t SO happens that the members
OF the Foreign Debt Commission are
In Europe at this time and the
chances are more than even that they
have Joined hands with Mr.. Mellon,
VINO Is, ex-officio, q member Of the
body. Representative Theodore E.
Burton of Ohio Is a member of the
commission, and 1t was because of
his absence in Europe that the duty
of informing Gen. Charlie Dawes this
week that. he was nominated at
Cleveland more than two months ago,
fell upon other shoulders. Mr.. Bur-
ton was temporary chairman Of the
Cleveland convention and, according
to tradition in the two older parties,
1t was up to him to notify the vice
presidential nominee.
Another member of the commission
is Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, who
had fair sized boom under way for
the Democratic nomination for Vice
President when the New York con-
vention began.
The convention lasted SO long and
had so much difficulty In making a
selection for head of the ticket that
Mr. Hurley lost heart and sailed
away for Europe to attend to his of
fetal duties.
So even If Mr.. Mellon and the other
debt commissioners do not come home
with specific agreements from the
allied countries to pay. they will at
least return with a first-hand knowl-
edge of. European conditions, which
will enable them to deal more intelli-
gently than ever with the problems
that are presented.
There is no doubt in the world that
Great Britain feels far more respect
for herself and on better terms with
US because of the agreement she
reached for the funding of her debt.
The two countries are dealing as
equals and friends. There Is little
difference between nations and indi-
viduals, and among nations as well
as individuals a loan oft loses both
itself and friend"
r \ X
This reporter for more than 80
years has been devoting his life to
chasing news and commenting there
on. He has pursued the elusive item
from one end of the country to the
other. and to the far parts OF the
world. He has skulked in trenches
at the western battlefront to write
pieces about the war; he has been
shelled by the enemy as a reward;
he has seen brother reporter shot
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Holds Democrats of Present
Stray From Jefferson's Ideals
BY THOMAS n. MARSHALL.
Former Vice President Of the United
St0teR.

BY THOMAS r. MARSHALL.
Former Vice President Of the United
States.
The lament Of Cardinal wolsey,
Had I but served my God with half
the zeal served my king, He would
not in mine age have left me naked
to mine enemies" ought never to
have been uttered. Instead Of lamen-
tation. the Cardinal ought to have
voiced thanks that he was alive and
able to say whatever he pleased
about his enemies. 1t is the dead
who are to be pitied, not the living:
especially the dead who announced
great principles Of government which
subsequently were violated by those
who pretended to be disciples. The
dead probably know what Is going
on and yet are voiceless-powerless
to repudiate those who speak in their
name.
or all the sad souls in the neither
world, Thomas Jefferson must be the
saddest. His great Democratic party
into which he gathered like-minded
men, now holds in its councils as
many grades OF thought as Peter saw
Kinds of food in the net let down
from heaven. Hamiltonians and
Marxians alike, proclaim themselves
Jenersonian Democrats. Parlor boil
shevists and paternalists contribute
to the preservation Of Monticello. II
Jefferson were here, he probably
would not deny the right Of all these
to hold the views they do, but he
would no doubt charge they had
clothed themselves in the livery of
heaven to serve the devil
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JEFFERSON was none too favorably
impressed with the delegated author
70 IN
the United States. This he sought to
restrict during his life, but since his
death We have experienced a con-
stantly growing encroachment upon
the reserved rights of the States and
of the people. Room after room is
being proposed, and added to our ma
tional edifice. With one amendment
to the Constitution we established d
police headquarters; with another, we
attached an election booth; now we
propose to build an addition for child
welfare. although the amendment
submitted for this purpose does not
by any stretch of the Imagination re-
strict itself to the welfare of chill
dren. AS proposed to the States the
amendment would give to the Con-
gress the power Ito limit to regulate
and to prohibit the labor Of persons
under eighteen years of age"
OF course. it was not intended by
those who proposed the amendment
to confer on the Congress power to do
the things which it will be able to do
il the amendment is ratified. The
amendment is indicative of present.
day feebleness in the knowledge OF
English and illustrative of the utter
indifference with which the Congress
approaches vital questions. / am not
in the confidence of the Supreme
Court of the United States. but 1 am
sure 1t had a nerve-wracking time
sustaining the prohibition amendment
and making 1t conform to what it be-
lieved to be the purposes of it's au-
thors. Personally, I never knew
whether its authors meant what it
said, or said what they did, in order
to prove the way for a decision de-
claring it unconstitutional.
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The child labor amendment un-
doubtedly was designed to protect
children from dangerous and vicious
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Germany's Last Chance.

Chancellor Marx talked plainly to
the Reichstag Friday when he put
the London reparations agreement be.
fore that body for approval. The
Dawes report. he said. was as un.
pleasant to the Germans as the Yer.
sailles treaty, but its adoption would
be step forward as compared with
the existing state Of affairs. For the
first time since the war the Germans
have met on an equal footing with
the ether powers. This present n.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Through the Ether.
The scientist, both day and night,
A strange celestial message sought,
Transported on the wings Of light
And with mysterious meaning
fraught.
A blossom in a leany spot
Unfurled its petals, one by one,
And brought, though he observed it
not,
A message from yon glorious sun.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

People fought for admittance to the
courtroom where Lawyer Darrow
spoke. The shifting of the spotlight
no doubt brought disappointment to
his egocentric clients.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

A good Defense day demonstration
would be the display of a series of
plans and specifications showing how
many airships could be built In a
given time.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

The only grievous consequences
as might arise from mischievous agi.
tation by jingoist element in her
citizenship.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

There may be material for psyche
analytical search in the remarkable
resemblance the dreams" and fan
tastes" of morbid youth bear to the
fiction of sensational magazines.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

In one or two sections of New Jer-
sey a man who does not talk about
the K. X. K. Is regarded as oblivious
to the most conspicuous topic of the
hour.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

The prosecutors in the Loeb-Leo-
pold case have done their utmost to
provide the defendants with the thrill
they professed to covet.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

The old slogan Millions for de.
scnse, but not one cent for tribute" 10
ais good today as when Charles Pinck.
ney uttered it
Evening star., 1924-08-24

Benefit of the Doubt.
Are you a wet or a dry 80
DRY Of course" answered Sen.
ator Sorghum. II can proclaim the
fact without fear Of sacrificing votes
because my dry friends can find nc
reason to contradict and my wet
friends are sure to cherish the sus.
picion that I'm personally kind O. lib.
orally inclined"
Evening star., 1924-08-24

Attention, Alienists!
If men another war should make,
With knowledge now at their com.
mand,
The psychoanalysts should take
The whole fool human race in hand.
Jud Tunkins says preparedness is
no more an indication that you want
war than putin up lishtnin' arrest.
ers is a. sign you're hopin' for a
storm.
Conversational Variety.
Perhaps interrogauons new
Will greet US in a year or two
When distant worlds communicate
In passing. as they gravitate.
Such queries we no more need note
AS How do you intend to voter"
Should we a league of nations seek?"
Must hair be bobbed three times a
week?"
What things should Government
control?"
Have you laid in your winters coal?"
The skies will bring relief, no doubt,
With something new to talk about.
Timorous Times.
"You boys in Crimson Gulch used
to have the reputation Of being abso.
lutely fearless"
"Yes," sighed Cactus Joe, ''but that
was in the days when We had only
a few fiivvers and no grade crossin's
at ALL"
DE most kin say in favor Of de
saxophone," said Uncle Eben. "is dat
az long as q boys playin' it you
knows exackly how he Is spendin' his
time"
Evening star., 1924-08-24

Numerous incendiary fires occurred
in Washington at this time SO wears
Evening star., 1924-08-24

we are afraid" says The Star of
August 19, 1874, apropos of reports
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
Joins Officers Corps.

Harry Keene Bentley. of the Sol.
diers' Home, has accepted commits.
sion as major, finance office, Off
GERS reserve corps, the War Depart.
ment announced today. II.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
DISTRICT SHAKES OFF EFFECTS
Of FIRST SPRING SNOW

Washington began early today to dig itself out from the
winters heaviest snowfall that ushered in the first day
spring at midnight
By traffic practically normal and side
walks generally swept clean of the drifts.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
1904 LOCOMOTIVES
IN NEED OF REPAIR

Class I railroads on March had
II ,304 locomotives in need Of repair.
IT'S per cent Of the ownership, &C
cording to reports filed today by
the carriers with the car service d.
vision Of the American Railway AS
sociation. This was a decrease Of 479,
compared with the number on Feb.
ruary Is, at which time there were
11,783, or 1873 per cent.
OF the total number 6,047, or 81
per cent, were in need of classified
repairs on March l, a decrease of
257 compared with the same pre-.
vious date.
Class 1 railroads on March / had
1927 serviceable locomotives, an
increase of 449 compared with the
number on February Is. During
the last half of February the rail-
roads repaired and turned out of
their shops 22,457 locomotives, COM
pared with 22,292 during the first
half Of the month, or an increase
IF 1875
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
\. !. CLUBMAN
SHOOTS WIFE
AND DIES
Police Unable to Account for
Act of r. M. Wingate,
Wealthy Contractor.
BY international News Service.

KEARNEY, N. j., March 21.-The
mysterious tragedy which resulted
in the death of Roy w. Wingate,
wealthy New York contractor. and
placed his wife, a prominent society
woman. at. deaths door. was with
out full explanation today. follow.
ing hours of investigation by po
lice. Both were shot in their home
near the heart shortly after a card
party last night.
Mrs. Wingate. who is in a critical
condition in the hospital, told pc.
lice she was shot while she slept.
The pain Of her wound awakened
her suddenly, she said, and she saw
her husband-revolver in hand
walking away from her. She
screamed. then tainted.
Police say Wingate probably shot
his wife and then killed himself.
Police Chief Oliver said he was al
loss to explain Wingate's action
"He was a home loving man. very
attentive to his family knew him
we'll" Oliver said. ut is possible
he became temporarily insane"
Wingate's Oldest son, Roy. told
police his fathers mental and physi
cal condition had been sound.
Wingate was forty.six years old
His wife was fcxty{Our.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21

Unless an unexpected freeze
should set in. traction and tele-
phone company officials believe
they can cope with the situation
without serious discontinue to the
city's populace.
The precipitation of snow amount
ed to 1853 inches. Weather Bureau
officials stated. The fall. which
began at 10 o'clock last night,
ceased at o'clock this morning.
The gentleness of the fall of snow
and the absence of the high wind
that accompanied the storm Of two
weeks ago prevented serious tie-ups
Of traffic and the wreckage of lines
of communication.
SnOwplOws Busy.
Both of the traction companies re-
ported that by keeping all of their
snowplows and sweepers at work
through the night they were able
to prevent serious delays in the
early morning service.
F'ifteen.minute tie-ups on two
lines were the worst delays re.
ported.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company reported its
communication lines practically nor
NAL, with only fifty telephones out
Of commission. The most serious
trouble to its lines was reported
from Takoma Park, where a falling
tree broke both telephone and cleo.
trio light lines.
The storm, however, will serve
to slow up repair work in Maryland
and outlying districts Of the CAPT.
tai which were made necessary by
the fury of the blizzard a few weeks
ago.
Continuation of cloudy weather
with temperature about thu same
was forecast by the Weather Bureau
today. Northeast winds may be ex
pected late tonight or early TO-
morrow.
II all Of the snow which fell
up to s o'clock this morning had
been of the dry, powdery kind, II
was stated, Washington would now
be under a fifteen-inch blanket 81
snow. The snow, however has been
20 wet and 30 beaten down by in.
termittent showers that IL has Dc.
.tCgutinnsa On Rase .. Cplnmn -
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
Taxicab Is Crushed
By Snow-Laden
Tree

A snow-laden tree in front
of the Mckinley Apartments,
500 Third street northwest,
crashed under its burden early
today, splitting in half the top
Of an automobile parked by its
side. No one was hurt.
Occupants of the apartment
house were awakened by the
sound of the crash. Half-clad
figures appeared from behind
curtained windows in the belief
that an explosion had occurred.
The machine, used as a taxi
cab, is owned by Mrs. Lillian
Zeich, who lives in the McKin-
lev Apartments.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
QuizSuspectin
Zoe Wilkins
Staying

KANSAS CITY, Mo- March 21.-
A coroner's jury was to conduct
an inquest into the mysterious
Staying Of DR.. Eco Zoe wilkins
pretty divorcee, extwife of six men,
whose body was found in her home
here late Tuesday.
Subpoenas for twenty-five wit
nesses were issued, including
Charles wilkins, brother of the slain
woman; billiard Davis. negro house
man; Clara Francis, a nurse for.
merly employed by Mrs. wilkins,
and Mrs. G. l.. Palmer, owner of
the house in which DIR. wilkins
was slain.
HOuseman Suspected.
The latest significant development
in the case, police said today, draws
the net of circumstantial evidence
tighter about the negro houseman.
A woman whose name the police
withheld, said she was in the
Wilkins home on Saturday night
when the murder is believed to
have been committed. The house
man and the doctor were there and
evidently had been quarreling, the
woman said.
DIR. Wilkins appeared extremely
nervous, she said, and the negro
was impatient about something
Davis entered the room where the
woman and DR.. Wilkins were sitting
and said:
Get this woman out of the
house before it is too late. l won't
wait any longer. l can't"
Told To Call Her.
The doctor told the woman to
leave but to call her on the tele
phone as soon as she arrived home
The woman said she later called
the doctor four or five times that
night but got the busy signal and
finally the operator told her the
receiver must be down."
The woman returned to the house
several times Sunday but found
the doors locked and the shades
drawn each time.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
SINCLAIR s
LAWYERS
ARGUE
Counsel Questions Commit
tees Authority to Make Oil
Man Testify.
BY KENNETH CLARK,
International News Service.

Harry F. Sinclair, multimil-
lionaire oil magnate who leased
Teapot Dome from Albert B.
Fall, sat on the witness stand be-
fore the Senate oil investigating
committee for two hours today
and twiddled his thumbs while his
lawyers wrangled with the Sena-
tors on the committee over wheth-
er Sinclair had to testify.
No conclusion had been
reached at the end Of two hours
legal give-and-take, so at noon
Sinclair stepped down from the
stand and the committee ad-
journed until tomorrow. when a
decision will be forthcoming as
to the committees powers.
Sinclair Smiles
Sinclair on the witness stand
smiled while his array of counsel.
comprising Martin W. Littleton, of
New York; Col. J. w. Zevely and
G. I. Sandorf, general counsel for
the Sinclair interests. argued that
the committee was without power to
compel Sinclair to testify.
1t was the oil magnate's sixth
appearance on the stand in the
oil investigation, but the first since
Sinclair's return from Europe. II
was during his absence that Archie
Roosevelt and other witnesses "pried
the lid off" Teapot Dome.
The oil man was apparently in
good humor and agreeably posed for
battery of movies while waiting
to resume his role as a witness.
Llttleton challenged the whole
power and Jurisdiction of the Senate
Public Lands Committee.
Attacks Resolution.
Littleton said the Walsh resolu
ton seeking annulment of the nava
reserve leases twas complete
divestiture of powers Of the com
mittee and of Congress.
IF that be true" Littletor
added, you have ascertained what
you were directed to ascertain, fol
you found that the rights anG
equities of the United States in the
naval leases are maintained"
The resolution declared the leases
null and void.
I'm asserting this right of the
Government to the reserves you
have fulfilled the scope of the reso
luton.
Nothing remains for this commit
tee, therefore, to investigate.
you have already passed on the
legality Of these leases through the
Walsh resolution.
Says Work is Done.
1.-THE something you seek to dc
has already been done by Congress.
Littleton said that having done its
work, there was one justification
for continuing its examination Of
Sinclair.
You have by legislation already
fixed the policy of the Government
to keep the oil in the ground as 8
future reserve"
Littleton took up the separate
, items set forth in the preamble Of
the Walsh resolution.
"The Walsh resolution said thu
leases and contracts are against thu
public interest and should be recov
cred and held to the purpose t.
which they were dedicated" Little
ton declared.
You already have settled that by
passage of the resolution-you hav,
held the oil should remain 1000 fee
below ground"
Senator Adams (Dem) of Colorado
interrupted to state that Congress.
wanted to establish q legislative pol
icy that would prevent Government
OContinhed- on Paga a. Column "a
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
SOVIET SECRET POLICE
ARREST ANARCHIST BAND

MOSCOW, March 21.-A number
Of anarchists and socialist revolu-
tionaries who have been conduct.
ing armed raids against soviet in
situations were arrested today by
the Tcheka-soviet secret police.
They are charged with crimes
against the government and against
public order.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
10000 THREATEN TIE-UP
OF LONDON TRAFFIC

LONDON, March 21.-London's
traffic system is threatened with
complete paralysis tonight as re.
suit of threats of 10000 street rail-
way and automobile bus employees
to strike for higher wages.
The Government is attempting to
avert the walkout.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21

Support of Great Falls DeVel-
opment Has Increased in
Congress.
EW!S%ss3T
k&<iai

1.-THE Washington Times today
presents the first of a series of
articles on the Great Falls hydro
electric Development, by George
William Lucas, ciUa and hydraulic
engineer in charge of the surrey OF
the Great Falls project for the w.
G. Cornell Company. Mr.. Lucas
has been a close student of hydro
electric power, and especially OF
che Washington situation, since
19O2.-Editor.)
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
PARIS DENIES REPORT
OF FRONTIER PARL

PARIS, March 21.-A report that
Premier Poincare has received a
communication from Premier Ram.
say Macdonald Of England in refer.
ence to the surety of France g
frontiers was denied by the foreign
office this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
WEATHER

Snow this afternoon and
probably tonight; Saturday
probably cloudy; no change
in temperature; lowest TO-
night about 80 degrees;
strong northeast shifting 20
west winds late toniahk
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
IS KILLED WHEN HOUSE
IN LISBON COLLAPSES

LISBON, Portugal, March 81
Fifteen persons were killed and
fifteen injured when a house col.
lapsed ct CRmpOlide t0daSs
The Washington times., 1924-03-21
DRUGG|S I:
TELLS Of
ALLEGED
BRIBERY
Declares Lessperance Took
Money for Securing Rum
Withdrawal Permits.
By WIN. K. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.


"A fresh sensation was
sprung in the Senate's in
vestigation of Attorney Gen
eral Harry M Daugherty TO-
day when John Goroni, a
New York wholesale drug
gist, testified that David L.
Lessperance, q special As,
sistant Attorney General Of
the United States, received
a "cut in" on the money
that was paid for the illegal
withdrawal of liuor in New
York.
disappearance is on duty in
the District Attorneys Of
flee in New York. J
Another trail of bribery and cor
ruption, plentifully sprinkled with
81, 900 bills, was blazed into the
circle of Attorney General Harry
M. Daugherty's friends today by
the Senate committee that is in
vestigating him and his admins
tration.
But, as on other days, the trail
never led directly to the Attorney
General-only to those who said
they were "close" to him.
John Goroni, vice president Of
the Elks Drug Company, New
York, testified he paid William A.
Orr, who represented himself as
being "close" to Daugherty, $780,
900 in thousand dollar bills to
effect the withdrawal of 500 cases
of whiskey after Goroni had been
turned down by the Prohibition
Bureau. He charged other pay
ments brought the total up to
100000. He also charged that
he had been robbed of 1000 cases
of Scotch through official con-
nivance.
Divided the Profits
Goroni said he handled the money
for John Lynn, who later hung
himself. He identified Lynn as
handler of the Withdrawals for five
drug firms in New York.
Orr and his friends, Howard
Warrington and Jesse w. Smith,
according to GOroni, divided profits
in the whiskey Withdrawals.
They were a part of the "Colum.
bus crowd" Goroni said, and in
reply to a question of Senator
Wheeler as to whether they were
a tough crowd" Goroni naively
remarked they were and that he
wished he had broken his arm be-
fore he ever signed q paper with
them"
More fireworks came within a
few minutes after the first witness
took the stand-William A. Hayes,
a Cleveland broker, who said that
Jesse w. Smith, late close friend
of Attorney General Daugherty's
had established with his firm a
"secret account" for his divorced
wife, Miss Roxie Stinson.
Hayes said Attorney General
Daugherty had no account with his
firm.
Under ross.examination by Paul
Rowland, Daugherty's attorney,
Hayes said the Smith. Stinson &C.
count which totaled $11.400, was
now being litigated in Ohio courts.
The probate court at Columbus, he
added, ruled the money belonged
to Smiths estate.
Hayes was also closely cues.
toned about Rookie Stinson's testi.
m0ny that IA told her he once aAW