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The Washington times., 1924-05-31
100000 ON HAND
FOR INDIANA
FIGHT
Walsh Thinks No-Decision
Bout Will Go Limit, Ending
in Gibbons Favor
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S 900 pasteboards were to be placed
on sale. or at fight headquarters,
where 1t was announced that there
was ample sufficiency OF tickets
awaiting those financially laden.
Unlike Shelby, the enterprise has
been assured of box office pros.
perity. This was due alike to favor
able weather and the general Inn
preston that the occasion will be
worth a look.
Even this morning the question
Of Carpenter versus Gibbons had
some Of the boys sitting on the
fence. They couldn't seem to pick
the winner, but pre-Gibbons senti-
ment had begun to coagulate and
the chances were that Thomas
would enter the ring a 6-to-5 favorite.
Emerson w. Dickerson, the ref.
cree, issued q formal statement to
the boxers, informing them of the
conditions under which the match
will be conducted. According to
Emerson, hitting and holding will
be prohibited. Also the rabbit and
kidney punches, to say nothing OF
the pivot blow and hitting with
blackjacks.
Plenty Of Action Seen.
Bandages will be applied in the
ring before the fight and to bumps,
bruises and what-not in the dressing
rooms after the fight. The frolic
itself has been figured by this
writer as one Of extreme action in
the opening rounds, with Carpenter
forcing the pace and trying for an
early knockout.
The Frenchman either ends his
fights rapidly or has them ended
for him by the opposing gent 1t Is
our further idea that. being a
strictly one-handed specimen, lead.
ing always. with his right, he will
not be able to hit Gibbons with a
vital punch, and that the occasion
Will then resolve itself into a go-as.
you-please for the rest Of the dis
lance withs Gibbons finally getting
to Georges with body punches and
earning eaIntg the popular decision on
Tom himself lacks aggressiveness.
put ne Is not the kind of q flat
loot to be hit often by a man who
leads with his right. AT that, once
might be enough.
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by a mutual friend" replied Means.
Can you give his name"
YES, but Senator Wheeler doesn't
want it public" Means said he
first met the late Jesse w. Smith,
pal Of Daugherty, in the fall OF
1921. 81 learned to know Smith
very well when / was working in
the Department of Justice under
William j. Burns" Means added.
Means revealed that he is EN-.
.ployed as a special investigator for
w. T. Underwood, who was de-
scribed as the successor to Jesse
Smith as the "go-between" in the
Department of Justice.
HNo body in the department
knows him." said Rowland.
Pay my expense and I'll go to
Havana and get him." replied
Means,
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thing about the arrangements. Mel.
lon was trying to pass 1t off on
Bursum.
Forged Permits Alleged.
Later. Mellon. saying he could
not get trusted men. stopped the ar
rangement. He said he was afraid
the liquor might be subject to
illegal uses and abuses" Means
stated.
Means also charged that forged
permits were found in Melons
banks"
Let Mellon" Means said, TRY
to deny that. He doesn't dare"
How did you become interested
in this investigations" asked How
land.
II was sent to Senator Wheeler
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FINK ST|RS ROW
At DAUGHERTY
PROBE
Shouts That Wheeler Paid
Him to Get Roxy Stinson
Drunk
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Brookhart (Rep.) Of Iowa, chair
man. But Fink could not be
stopped.
"I'm under subpoena and / want
to tell, too, how Senator Wheeler
had me buy whiskey in Pitts
burgh to get Roxie Stinson
drunk" Fink continued.
Means on the Stand.
Fink created the scene while
CASTOR B. Means was testifying on
whiSlSey permits. Means reviewed
his charges against Secretary Mel
lon, and was clearing them, when
Fink began shouting.
Where's an officer to put this
man out" shouted Brookhart,
jumping to his feet and glancing at
Fink and about the room.
Don't put him out" interrupted
Senator Ashurst Dem.) OF Arizona,
II want him to sit here so / can
look at q crook"
Fink took a seat and continued
shouting demanding to be put on
the stand. Again Brookhart called
for a policeman.
"If you want this man out Of the
room I'll put him OUT" interposed
Ashurst. "Shall I put him out?"
Before Brookhart replied, Fink
hurried out Of the room, and the
disorder in the room was quelled.
Means Testifies Again.
CASTOR B. Means, whose sensa-
tional stories Of alleged graft and
corruption In high governmental Of
fees have featured the Wheeler.
Brookhart committees inyestiga-
ton, was subjected to a cross.
examination on the stand today by
counsel for Harry M. Daugherty.
Paul Rowland and former Sem
ator Chamberlin Of Oregon, Daugh.
erty's attorneys, attempted to break
down Means previous testimony,
eral officers in whisley deals.
Means was called to explain
Lodges alleged connection with the
Craven brothers. He said Lodges
connection was through a Mr..
mCLOudlUS u oOoIOIlp WIZ WAb q
partner OF Craven brothers."
There was nothing wrong about
Senator Lodges actions" Means
added. ''These bootleggers always
come to Senators when they try to
get whiskey out Of warehouses
Everything that Lodge did was per-
fectly above board and justifiablc. :"
Clears Mellon Charges.
Means retraced his testimony in
which he had charged that Sscre-
tary Of Treasury Mellon entered
ian arrangement with q well.known
bootlegger to withdraw whiskey out
OF Pennsylvania WAREHOUSES"
"In August, 1922, Captain H. L.
Seattle interviewed Mellon about the
arrangements" Means said. "Scaife
asked Mellon fatty IL he had gone
into the, arrangements.
I'm reply to this question, Mellon
declared that part of the money
from the. sale Of the Whiskey was
to go to fund OF the Republican
party. He said he intended tN issue
certificates Of withdrawal but only
to responsible and reputable per-
sons. He also declared that the
proposition was brought to him by
United States Senator, Mr.. Bur.
sum. Of New Mexico.
But Bursun did not know q
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PAID
ASSESSMENT
IN TEXAS
Realm Levied $1.45 Head In
Campaign, Mayfield Conn.,
mittee Is Told

The Texas realm Of the Ku Klux
Khan raised a political fund" dur.
ing the 1922 Senatorial election by
assessing all members, ]. X. Morris,
a Dallas klansman, testified today
before the Spencer committee in.
vestigating charges of fraud in the
election Of Senator Earle B. May
field.
Morris said the khan members
were each assessed $1.46.
Morris was not asked to- explain
how the fund was used and he did
not say Mayfield had benefited
The fund, he said, was collected
in the Dallas district by George
Ford, q klansman and q Democratic
State committeeman.
George Ford came to me and
said he had been assessed $1.45 for
political purposes" said Morris. IL
was a member Of the khan at the
time and Ford was the klan's com.
mitteeman. l. paid it, but I told
them I didn't want to and would
not pay any more"
Local Campaign Bitter.
On cross-examination, Morris said
there was a bitter local campaign
in Dallas county at the time. May.
fields attorneys attempted to show
the money was used locally.
Other witnesses, who shed but lit.
tie light on the controverted cleo
ton, were Frank c. Davis, chairman
OF the Democratic State committee,
and Joseph S. Dickey, Of Henrietta.
Davis said he made a personal
issue" OF the khan, and saw to it."
that no klansmen held office in the
Democratic State convention.
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Cov1pIete Confession.


Loeb was on the verge Of hys-
terics as he made his confession.
Leopold, told that the game was
I'D, coolly and calmly added his
story Of the atrocious affair. The
car In which the youths lay in wait
for q victim was one rented from
an agency. Through all the hunt
for 1t, It had stood in the garage,
its grim part in the crime unsus.
pected. 1t was seized by the police
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PLEADS GUILTY
TO TRAIN ROBBERY

PETERSBURG, Va, May 81
Frank Merhout, accused of holding
up and robbing the Norfolk and
western Cannon Ball" Of S37, 900
last December, entered a plea of
guilty in Prince George Circuit
Court.
Judge Peterson deferred sentence
until after he hears evidence in the
cases OF three others jointly indicted
with Merhout.
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Weather Man Bills
Well Known Rain
For Next Week
Rain, rain and more rain.
That's the weather nropram

Rain, rain and more rain.
That's the weather program
next week.
G. L. Mitchell, Of the United
States Weather Bureau, sends
out the following weather fore
cast for Washington and VIZ
entity:
"Local showers Monday or
Tuesday and again near the
end Of the week; otherwise
generally fair. Temperature
near or slightly below normal"
But, cheer up. The weather
mans not always right. He
hit it wrong Yesterday.
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and today will be used as part of
the setting while the two young
murdererS re-enact the crime.
Loeb collapsed today in a restau-
rant where detectives had taken
him and Leopold for lunch. He sud.
denly slumped to the floor uncon.
scious. Efforts to revive him proved
futile and officers drove him away
in an automobile while Leopold
looked on in wide.eyed establishment.
The disappearance Of the portable
Underwood typewriter on which the
extortion note was written by
Leopold to Jacob Franks was ex-
piained today when the two youths
said it had been thrown into the
jackson Park lake from an automo-
bile which they had hired. Police
were ordered to drag the lake.
Leopold had admitted owning
such machine, admitted that he
very easily could have written the
letter, but said he was too good a
speller to have made the error of
spelling kidnapping with two "p's."
He made his denial stick, too, until
the Hateful moment when his fathers
chauffeur ruined his abb.
AT the request Of the authorities
he sat down and printed the words
which had been on the envelope
which carried the ransom. He
readily admitted a striking SINH.
larity in the formation Of some OF
the letters, but said he knew moth.
Ing OF the kidnapping, murder and
demand for ransom.
COnfesses Lying.
Today he calmly confessed that
he had lettered the envelope and
seemed amused that he had de.
ceived anyone with his earlier de.
malls.
A delay Of few more days, he
said, might have permitted him and
Loeb to escape. He had made reser-
vations to sail from New York
June IL, for Europe to spend sew.
eral months. Even IL the glasses
had been traced to him. he felt
confident that no one would 40
seriously have suspected him as to
try to bring him back for Ques-
tloning.
The clothing Of their victim, he
revealed, was burned in the base
ment OF the Loeb home.
The fathers OF the two youths.
.dumbfounded when they were
aroused from their beds early TODAY
to be told OF the confessions, refused
to credit them. Leopold's million.
aire father has been an invalid for
years. Loeb's father, one OF the
most prominent business men Of
Chicago, has been III since his sons
arrest.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
LEADERSHIP OF U. S.
WOMEN ADVOCATED
Anthony League Is Told By Mrs
Kate T. Abrams Europe
Looks to America.

Leadership by the women of the
United States in bringing about a spirit
of cooperation among the women OF
the world was declared essential to the
establishment Of lasting world peace,
by Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams, a MEM
ber of the legislative committee of the
General Federation of Women's Cubs,
in an address before the Anthony
League. at 1894 N street northwest. yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Abrams described conditions In
several European countries. with espe-
cial reference to the progress Of the
women in participation in pubic affairs.
She exclaimed that woman leaders on
the continent feel that the women OF
America should lead in bringing about
a bettcrmorlt of world conditions
Mrs. Abrams said that she had spent
two years at Geneva studying the
league of nations and that she was
In favor OF adopting the policies of the
league as proposed in it's original
form.
Vocal solos were rendered by Miss
Martha K Wooley, accompanied by
Mrs. Irene Miller Cheney. Mrs. Eva
c. E. Chase, third vice president of
the league, presided.
Following the meeting tea was
served, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair and
Mrs. Lillian Spencer presiding at the
table
Evening star., 1924-03-20

claims to be direct descendant of
Mohammed. which would justify his
right to the caliphate, has no grounds
for this claim, but that he. himself, is
a real descendant of Mohammed and,
as such, is entitled to the honor. He
charges, further, that King Hussein
has achieved his present prestige
through intrigue.
In Arab circles this is considered
a most serious blow to King Hus-
seiNs claim to the caIiphate, mas
much as the Emir of Nejd, who is
chief of the Wahabi tribe and has
an army equal in strength to that
of Hussein, is a dangerous rival and
it is reported that he Is planning an
invasion of Hedjaz territory.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Rain, possibly
mixed with snow. tonight and tomorrow,
no change in temperature; lowest tenn
perature tonight about "a degrees
strong easterly winds.
Maryland-Rain and possibly snow
tonight and tomorrow: no change in
temperature; increasing eastery winds.
Virgria-Rain on the coast and rain
and pos. b snow in the interior to
:ght and tomorrow. no change IN tenn
peratur,'; increasing ca. tery winds.
West Vi-ginia-S oW and probably
rain tonight and tomorrow: Slightly
warmer in east portion tonight.
Records for TNenty-FOur Hours.
Thermometer-YeSte pm, 80
s pm, A; II midnight. sc. Today,
4 am, So; s am, 33. noon, AZ.
Barometer-Yesterday, pm, 29.S5 ;
s pm, 29.91; IL midnight, 1886. To-
day, am. 1895; s am, 1901; noon,
2995.
Highest temperature, 81, $3.50 pm.
yesterday.
Lowest temperature. %, Z am. to-
day.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, Al; lowest, 10.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at ) am. Great rails eIiper-
ature, So; condition, very muddy.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States coast
and geodetic survey
Today. Low tide, 1:42 am. and 2
p.m.; high tide, 1924 am. and 7:49 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 2:25 am. and
2:47 PM; high tide, 500 am. and
S:33 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 6:12 am; sun sets
$50 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises Gil am; sun
sets 6:21 pm.
Moon rises 5:57 PM; sets 5:59 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
RAIN THREATENS
TO HALT FLYERS
Around-WorId Airmen Ready
to Hop Off From Portland
if Weather Permits.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, March 20.-Raln,
which kept the pilots stationary yes
terday, threatened again today to
hinder the progress of the around
the-world airmen, but everything was
in readiness for the three great Army
planes to take of from Vancouver
barracks, Wash, and the fourth from
Eugene, Greg, all bound for Seattle.
At the Washington port the four ma
chimes are to be equipped with pom
toons before the fourth leg of the
journey, a stretch over British Co
lumbia and Alaska, is essayed.
Maj. F. L. Martin, flight command
er, will lead the squadron from
Seattle, and Lieut.. Erik H. Nelson,
after spending the night at Eugene,
was prepared to lea,e on what he
hoped would be nonstop trip to
Puset Sound.
The rain, which late yesterday in
terfered with progress, forcing the
three leading planes to return to
Vancouver, " ash, and holding Lieut..
Nelson in the fourth at Eugene, had
ceased last night, but the forecast
for today was for more rain.
Mai Martin was unable to predict
last night how long the planes would
remain at Seattle but he said depar-
ture from there would not be at
tempted until everything was in the
best of order for the trying tests
ahead.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
OIL SHORTAGE LIKELY.
AMERICA WARNED
Geological Survey Head Declares
Sources Outside q. S. Must
Be Found.
CONSUMPTION IS GROWING
Production Now z 1-2 Billions, and
Use Equals Output.
CONSUMPTION Is GROWING

American commercial and indus
trial interests should take immediate
steps to protect themselves from an
ultimate oil shortage, George Otis
Smith. director Of the geological sur
vey declared today, calling attention
to statement made by him four
years ago that necessary provision
for an additional supply. Of crude oil
outside the territory Of the United
States was imperative.
SIN 1908, when the director Of the
tention of the Secretary of the In
terror the governments future needs
for liquid fuel for navy use, the out
put of the oil wells was only a
quarter of what 1t was last year"
Director Smith said. "A dozen years
future of American commercial and
industrial interests be protected by
making the necessary provision for
a supply of crude oil outside the
United States He suggested that II
the geologist's estimates of reserves
in the United States proved too low
the consumption rate would surely
be raised by this unprotected abun-
dance.
"Since the war. when there was
try for petroleum products, the pro-
duction has again doubled. Nor has
consumption failed to keep pace wit
this unexpected flood Of oil. Since
President Taft inaugurated the with
drawal policy gasoline production has
jumped from a half billion gallons a
year to seven and a half billions, and
production and consumption of fuel
and gas, oils and lubricants also
/; show large increases, especially In
i the last few years.
Already the peace demand for pc
4 troleum products has far overtopped
| the war peak, and industry's increas-
ing need Of oil continues. The ear
lier record was taken as justifying
/, federal action, and these later de-
veloped as fully warranting deliberate
attention to the oil problems of to-
day. No short-sighted policy in oil
can serve this nation in its increas-
ing dependence on petroleum"
Evening star., 1924-03-20

Ryan who lived on 10th street." the
witness testified. I'VE looked into
congressional directory and there
was Thomas Jefferson Ryan. An
examination of MIR. Ryan's bank ac-
count showed he had dealings with
New York bankers and brokers.
The primary fault was with Hibbs
& Co, who knew who T. ]. Ryan was
and did not disclose it,"
What explanation did Hibbs & Co.
make of carrying an account in the
name of some one other than the
actual dealer?" asked Senator Walsh.
They gave no explanation" replied
Bond. Il was informed that | must
ask Mr.. Spaid. | saw there were a
number of actual deliveries of stock,
and called for the receipts. On the
receipts appeared the name of Jess
w. Smith,"
Without hearing any other wit
nesses the committee adjourned until
10 am. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
angel of Broadway" Weds.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 90
J. H. Harold Sonmers, st. Petersburg.
publi..her. and Rheba Crawford. evan
gelist, known as the Angel of Broad
way" were quietly married here yes
terday by Rev. B. Bigler. D. D.. in the
manse Of Flager Memorial Presbyterian
Church. They motored here from Jack
sonviIle and left for the lower east
coast by motor following dinner at the
homo of Herbert Fe,kel, who made all
the arrangements for the wedding and
was one Of two witnesses at the cere-
mony.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
JAPAN READY TO AID.
Will Give American Aviators Royal
Welcome.

Secretary Weeks has been advised
by Gen. Haraguchi. military attache
1t the Japanese embassy here. that
he Japanese war department has
made elaborate plans for greeting.
,ssisting and entertaining the United
States Army world fliers during their
progress through Japan"
Arrangements are in the hands of
eighteen officers of the Japanese air
service, including the chief of the
service. Warships will be stationed
in all the harbors where the Ameri-
can pilots intend to stop, and others
their flight to render all possible aid
in the event of forced landing or
other eventualitieS.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
High School Students
Strike Oper Bar, on
Cigarettes in Play
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CATSKILL, N. T., March 20
The smoking OF cigarettes In q
clnss play has led to q strike of
100 students of the Catxkill
High School, half of the enroll-
ment.
The faculty directed that the
smoking be eliminated from the
play. Four actors smoked, how
ever md when the faculty sus-
pended one OF them the strike
yvaS called.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
OIL PROBERS GIVEN
SETBACK, WAHLBERG
MISSING AT INQUIRY

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-03-20
$3.50, 600 MILL FIRE.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, March 90
Two mill buildings and 100000 feet
of lumber were destroyed in a spec
tacular fire at the plant of the Min
ter Homes Corporation here last
light.
The loss was placed at s150,o00 by
&. B. Purcell secretary and treasurer
OF the corporation. Power and light
wires in the vicinity of the fire were
severed and the city was without
electric lights for two hours.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
CUBAN RAIL SHOPMEN
MAKE STRIKE THREAT
Workers in Santiago Declare They
Will Quit Work Out of Sym
pathy for Others.
By the Associated Press

HAVANA, March 20. 0.-The shop
workers of the Cuba railroad in San,
tiago de Cuba have declared they will
strike in sympathy with the street
railway men, who walk ed out several
days ago, unless the trouble is set
tled within seventy-two hours. 1t
also was announced that the union
employees of the United railways
We're preparing to make wage de-
fnand on the company on April S.
In addition to the street car strike
IN Santiago, there is similar situ-
alton in Camaguey, and in Sagua La
Grande the carpenters working for
the United railways have quit work,
claiming they We're being forced to
do the work of mechanics.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
CIGAR BOXES HIDE DOPE.
Raid Nets Three Prisoners and
$25, 900 in Narcotics.

NEW YORK, March 20.-Three men
were arrested and narcotics estimated
to have retail value of $4,000 were
seized last night by federal agents in
a raid on a cigar store on the West
Side. The narcotics were found In
large glass jars concealed among
cigar boxes.
The agents said they paid more
than $4,000 in marked bills for fifty
,unceS of hernin
Evening star., 1924-03-20
Hearings on Fare Bill.

Hearings on the McKeller scent
street car fare bill will be continued
before the Senate District subcommittee
or nnh!ic utilities at 10 am. tomor-
rt n. Officials of the Capital Traction
Company will be heard.
Evening star., 1924-03-20
FOREIGN.

Is am, Greenwich time. today.)
Evening star., 1924-03-20
30
CHALLENGES HUSSElN'S
CLAIM TO CALIPHATE
Rival Chief Disputes Contention
That Hedjaz King Bears Blood
of Mohammed.

By the Associated Press
JERUSALEM, March 20 (Jewish
Tele egraphic Agency).--Abd El-Aziz
Es-Saud, Emir of Nejd (Arabia), has
issued a statement to the Arab press
challenging the right of King Hus-
sein to the caliphate.
He charges that Hussein, who
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gang wanders to the Y. w. C.. A.
where they spend an hour or so in
the pool. This, of course, is a
rather strenuous program for ono
evening, but it is not too much so,
and If you have tried it., you know
that tennis and then swimming is
a wonderful sport combination.
II, on Tuesday and Friday after.
moons. you notice a bunch of
laughing, happy girls proceeding
down the Potomac bride paths-a
la horseback-don't think that the
entire chorus of the folIies is out
for ride. You'll be wrong, for
it will be the NETS" just out to
snap into it" and shake off q
little of the office melancholy.
The recent membership drive Of
this local club proved a big sue.
cess, and every day of participation
In any of the branches of sport
finds one or two more Washington
girls enjoying the healthy activity.
For any girl who has been read.
ing this and would like to enjoy
the fun with the gang" I will say
that the "Mets" have open house
always and if you are interested
In what they are doing. and make
yourself known, you will find that
their interest in you will be con-
siderate and unlimited.