New Britain herald., 1924-03-27
.DAUGHERTY PROBE DEVELOPS INFO ROW Lawyers Argue Over Getting
 Names Of Five Oil Men' MISS STINSON EXAMINED

MISS STINSON EXAMINED She Does Not Disclose Those Who,
 She says, Made B Million Dollars
 -Aircraft Irregularities Again Are l Brought Out in Hearing. | Washington, March 27 Roxie l Stinson, divorced wife of Jess Smith, spent an hour on the witness stand today under cross-eSamination by counsel for Attorney General Daugh- l erty. A large part Of the time was taken by wrangle among the law yers.
 No Names Gi,en Paul Rowland and former Senator l Chamberlain, for Mir. Daugherty, in- sisted that the witness should tell the names of five men who she said Jess Smith told her made s33,00O,000 dealing in oil stocks. The committee, which had ruled the names irrelevant,
 
 about it, and the witness was ex- cused without any further pursuit of 1 the matter.
 My impression" said Senator ] Chamberlain, ''is that she is going to say Jess smith told her one of the i five men was the president of the 1 United States"
 Will Avoid Trap I've are going to walk into your trap" shouted Senator Ashurst, dem- ocrat. Arizona. You would like very much 10 have us be charged with having besmirched the name Of someone now dead, but we are not going to walk into your trap" We don't know who these five people are and we care less" Senator Chamberlain said. We assume the committee wants the truth. My im- pression is that she is going to say Jess Smith told her one of the five men was the president of tho United States. Now, when the fact is this uplifter Frank A. fanderlip---."
 Here the committee came into ac- tion.
 Senator Wheeler said it 'was not fair in view Of the facts that every member of this committee is under attack by the republican national committee"
 'Jt Is time for me to make a stump snehch," interjeeted Senator Ashurst. You arc anxious tc put into trap, where Q wiii be charged by the nttropol,an a.ess Nlth besnnirching thk name If q si., now daad, Inough our footsteps are doggei by day and by night. you nave not walked us in- 10 this trap
 With ss Examined
 While the committee was not ar- guing about tHe s33,00o,o o0O deal, which it "a had never involved the attorney general or Smith. Miss Siin- sen was examined by Mir. lIowlsnd as to her testimony Of Smiths stock deals and tho incident in a Cleveland ' hotel, where X. L.. Fink Of Buffalo had registered her as his wife.
 She insisted she went to Cleveland ! 10 talk with Fink about a deal to reorganize 9 rubber tire company and i that she had refused to take part in 1 1t because she believed it was "a bubble"
 Robb Is Called
 When the witness was excused, | Arthur D. Robb, a department of | justice filing clerk was recalled to furnish a list Of cases in his file the committee wanted.
 Nal Daughcrry Absent
 Robb said he had asked for help in the big task asked Of him but had not received. The committee called NJ. s. Daugherty, brother Of the at- torney general, who did not answer and the sergeant -at-arfns was called 10 summon him. Mir. Rowland said was not in the city and he could not say whether he intended" to answer the committee summons.
 IT. l.. Scaife Called
 II. l.. Scaife, former army officer in charge Of war fraud prosecutions, whose name has been mentioned in he case of the Standard Aircraft cor roration was called.
 scaife testified that he had re- signed from the department Of jus- tice when the aircraft investigation was blocked" I' By whom was it block?" senator Wheeler asked. li That was a matter Of public rec ord," said Scaife. TT mailed the attorney general a .opy of an article--a brief which I prepared on the subject" scaife said. On June 1G. 1921, the secretary Of var wrote him that all aircraft in- restigation and Irregularities in the tir service" were ''in the hands Of the [ lttorney general" ( ''On October 1. 1921. I went 10 work i or the department or justice" Scaife [ aid. C And one of the cases affected the [ Standard Aircraft corporation?" [ put in.
 "Yes."
 And this case. in which Mitsui and o.. the Japanese firm. was interested. c ras the one in which Gaston B. |, leans testified here he got 100 s1,o0o 2 ills passed 10 him:" ic 'It was-though I know nothing of \ hat particular transaction"
 when did you resign and why7"
 Resigned in Disgust
 "In April. 1922. because these in- p appeared 10 be blocked" [, cafe returned. a Scaife said the principal report in a le aircraft cases 'T understand has 4 A letter from ". J. Burns to Scaife. | sad by the witness. indicated that the