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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08

the oil leases will be adjudicated in
the courts give DENLY prospect OF
complete vindication; whereas the
kind of charges Senator Wheeler has
preferred are so obviously baseless and
partisan that they afford little chance
of vindication and promise only to be-
come the football of partisan politics.
Wheeler's charges, in the words of the
New York Tribune, are mere blather
skitis."
The full extent of the decentralization
of the Senate can best be appreciated
when it is realized that the Republican
leaders are actually considering permit
ting Senator Wheeler to select his
own committee to investigate the De-
partment of Justice. That means, of
course, that the investigation would be
conducted by hand-picked commit
tee as completely insured in advance
to bring in a verdict of guilty" as
would be jury hand-picked by the
prosecution. In fact, hand-picked
jury, having no political fish to fry,
probably would bring in a fairer YER
dict.
A fine example of what hand-pick'
ed jury will do has just been afforded
by the conference of McAdoo support
ers and henchmen who have just sat
in judgment on their chief and employ
er and solemnly decided that his rela
lions with E. L. Doheney in no way
disqualify him for the presidential
nomination. If McAdoo had not kept
his relations secret and had not quit
the minute his client got into trouble
it might have been possible to save
the McAdoo boomlet. But 1t will take
more than the verdict Of the hand-pick-
ed McAdoole-ites to give their boss
coat of whitewash that will hide his
really contemplate conduct from an
observing public.
While the Senate is devoting itself
to hysteria and "blatherskitis grave
developments are taking place in the
House. Garner, the Democratic leader,
has frankly avowed his purpose to go
just as far as he dares to destroy the
Administration tax revision bill. al
! though he does not want to make it
quite bad enough to compel Mr.. Cool
idge to veto it. And unfortunately
some nineteen insurgents are helping
him, they holding the balance Of pow.
er in the House. There is, however,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08
LETTER

(From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington. Feb.-Harry M. DaugE'
erty, Attorney General, has become the
target for the Democratic barrage
which already has resulted in eliml-
mating Secretary DENLY from the cabl
net and which for no sound reason,
has thrown the Republican leaders in
to a state of mind as calm and deliber
ate as that of runaway horse. Repuo'
lican leaders have urged President
Coolidge to ask Mr.. Daugherty's resig
nation, on the ground that his contin'
ued membership in the cabinet will
jeopardize Republican success merit
November. Quite possibly Mr.. Daugh-
ertv would have esigned-althoug
little disposed to-had not Senator
Wheeler, Democrat Of Montana, obvi'
ously envious Of the vast publicity
gained by his colleague, Senator Walsh
in the oil investigation, made charges
Of actual dis honesty against the Attor
ney General Mr. Daugherty now feels
that to re sign would be tantamount to
admission of the truth Of these charg'
es and so stated in a public letter 20
Senator Pepper who, with Senator
Lodge had urged upon the President
the political necessity of Daughertys
retirement.
Edwin DENLY, Secretary of the Navy,
has resigned since my last letter. But
his situation was different. No one OF
any Importance believed Secretary
DENLY had been dishonest or had dar'
ed to charge him with malfeasance in
office. The only charge against DENLY
was that he was guilty of poor judg-
ment in leasing the naval oil reserves,
debatable question. Most naval
strategists, many of the ablest geolo'
gists believe his course was wise.
Many of the ablest lawyers believe his
course was clearly authorized by the
law-not the Standard Oil Attorney
of course, but then. his company was
profiteering tremendously by the fail
ure of the Navy Department to lease
it's lands. Moreover, the Presidents ap
pointment and the Senate's confirma,
ton of ex-senator Pomerene and Cd
en- J. Roberts and the certainty that
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08
CIVIL WAR AT HERRIN.

Some of the marines at present en-
numbering Haitian soil and despoilinS
her liberties could be we'll utilized at
Herrin, Illinois; where for the last
few days civil war between the Ku
KluX Khan and decent citizens has been
the order of the day. Martial law has
been proclaimed and State troops are
said to have the situation in control at
the present moment, but this does not
change the fact that claw n order"
are not such typical American institu-
lions as to allow of surplus energy
in forcing them upon other peoples
these peoples who have shown them
selves quite capable of preserving
peace and serenity within their Dor
ders.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08

SasSs
grave danger that the Democratic-in-
surgent combine will go so far that
Mr.. Coolidge will veto the bill, or at
least that there Will be deadlock
which will prevent the taxpayer from
getting any relief in the way Of leduc
ed taxes. The President and the Repub
lican leaders have pleaded with the
insurgents to give the Mellon plan
fair trial, pointing out that if Mr.. Mel
Ions contentious are right no one will
want to amend it, and if they are not
it can be easily amended later; but
without avail They know it is useless
to appeal to the Democrats because
they are only playing politics and are
entirely willing to sacrifice the tax
payers to put the Republican admins
tration in bad.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08

gotten in it's work with the Negro
house servant and only a southerner
can appreciate the effect Of j..
One wealthy lady told newspaper
men that she had five servants within
the last few days and that all of them
had refused to stay after dark for fear
the black ku klux khan would get
them. They simply walked off the job
q half hour before shutdown in order to
be within their homes before dark.
Similar reports come from various
parts of the city.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08
VETS FILCHED OF MILLIONS

All the scandal isn't in OIL. a series
of articles by Will Irwin in the New
York World are proving another tribu-
lation to the sorely set and badly ex-
posed Republican Party. In this series
Will Irwin makes the claim, substau-
tiated by figures, that the disabled vet
Grams of the late war to -er-make
the world safe for -er-what was it
oil or democracy or something-that
these disabled heroes were filched OF
1925 100000 through the wizardry Of
Col. Charles r. Forbes, who, later,
came near getting the appointment as
Secretary of the Interior. Mr.. Irwin
also tells how Forbes and his cortrac.
tor pals drank their way through the
"arid West" at time when President
Harding was calling upon the nation
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08

to respect the Volstead Law. Irwin al
leges, too. that Forbes made another
little cleanup in the matter of sale OF
Government goods, in which 5000 O0O
worth of stuff was sold at loss of 81
400, 900 to the taxpayers Of the coun-
try.
The New York World is also respon-
sible for a thorough exposure and
scathing arrangement of the horrors OF
child labor in this so-ca]led civilized
country. Under the caption of ga Mil
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08
KU KLUx PATROL STREETS

Just to what extent claw and order
was torn from its mornings in this
American community may be judged
by the fact that when the troops came
to Herrin they found the mayor and
his police force besieged by Ku Klux
men and Klansmen patrolling the
streets of the town.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08

Boston-Dora Woodward, Brook
line lass, would make one think ct
Palm Beach, but instead she is
skating right in New England at
Jamaicaway Pond, clad in her bath
ing suit. She enjoys her skiing and
skating and would not wear a fur
coat under any circumstances.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-08
u. S. GOVERNMENT A
MESS OF GRAFT AND
CORRUPTION.
Oil, Khan War and Child
Labor Sorry Spectacle
Plus Neglect and Robbery of Ex-Sol'
diers and General Inefficiency and
There You Have Government
by ''the Only Race Fit for
Self-Goyernment."
CRUSADER Service.)


Washington, d. c., Feb.-With an
administration of "the only party fit
to govern" in a country controlled
by 'the only race capable of self-gov-
eminent" fairly staggering under the
weight of a series of shocking scandals
and exposures, an entertaining, II nau-
seating, spectacle is presented for the
edification of the colored races, Kip
ling's lesser breeds without the law"
Feverish efforts are being made to
stifle the oil investigation. These eff
forts are backed by the ring politicians
the military-navaldip lomatic-social
lobby and others. But these efforts are
not likely to succeed. The beans have
been spilled, and it will be hard task
to fool the public on this particular is
sue.
This unmasking of the sinister
truth of private ownership Of the gov
eminent at Washington has set going
a political revolution throughout the
United States. Tens of thousands of
letters are arriving at the offices OF
public men who are thought to be lib
eral or progressive, demanding that
the inquiry be developed thru every
possible vein of evidence. no matter
what the effect may be upon either or
both of the old party organizations.
If the shame of bribery, fraud, theft
of public property and wholesale polu-
ton of the springs of public action
shall wreck the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties-well and good. The vot-
ers, colored and white, who are now
taking up the issue in letters and reso
buttons ask only that the country be
given the facts as to what kind OF gov
eminent actually exists.
OIL AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
Influence of the oil crowd upon the
government extends even into the
realm of foreign relations-of rela-
lions with foreign nations. peace with
whom depends upon the graft that the
oil men can get out of their govern
ments. A resolution soon to be offered
in the Senate will ask Secretary
Hughes to furnish to that body all cor
respondence and records showing his
oil diplomacy toward Mexico, Column
bia, Persia and other countries where
American oil kings have sought conces
sions. From this data the Senate COM
mittee will proceed to inquire into the
means by which Hughes was induced
to demand for the American oil kings
privileges in Mesopotamia, Burmah,
Columbia, the Dutch East Indies and
Persia
Under a separate line of inquiry will
he taken Up the question as to whether
recognition of Russia has been delay
ed until the utmost possible conces-
sions are made to Sinclair or Standard
Oil by Moscow.
, 1924-02-14

Bomb. Feb. 8tb.-The In iian Ma
tj01a isis Mana ma M1uaDd,3 Gandu
has writ,en to the ir,S ident OF the Ma.
ti01aI Congress- Niohan4d Ali, eXprea5luE
regret that tn. Bombay Government r.
leased him froal prison, owing 10 lIIA15',
because re does not regard the Illness OF !
prisoner as atfording grounds for hoera-
tIon. Moreover Gandhi SAYS hl5r2IeaS2 mas
not brought him relief, b2cau e he IS over
Wh-lmed with . sense Or the Responsible
Nv which he Is now unable to discharge.
He declares that the NltInnal problems
are more perp.eXing tOIay Cl1o Vn2" he
was IN prison, GNInE - inc u9pi0t3Ji1
disunlon of the Hlndus and MussuImans
and he appeals for cessation OF the ma
tual distrust and the promotion OF unity.
Two wears of solitude and hard tnlnkIaG,
tho Nationalist Leader says, have coEVIn-
ced him of the necessity Tor a constructive
programme, in the prosecution oI when
the people need never resort TO clVli as
obedience, although his belief IN the lot
ter plan has not weakened. dand0i arg
es his colleagues ID refrain I"oth quartet
ling with the mOderateS, because hey
also are we'll WlSherS OF the c0ualty.
"The EngiIShmen are also iflehGS no not
treat them as enemies" he writes. Inc
struggle AGAINST the system fur #llcE
the British Government 5 ACIDS IS not
against the EnglishMen VINO are al Din
Steering he system. Those who tall TO
bear in mind this distinction harm the
cause. n.
aoafaronc4 will be held in London short
u for the purpose OF discussing al cues
t;;ons outstanding between Great Britain
, 1924-02-14

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, 1924-02-14

aud Soviet Russia, it was learned defn
itely today The pFemiers suggestion
that this step be taken is AGREED to in
the Russian reply to BritaiN's not
granting recognition. The reply was ~
ceived from Moscow today is couched III
the most friendly terms. Ii iDtima.es
that NJ. Rokovsky will b. named Charge
d'Atfaires pending the appointment OF a
Russian Ambassador.
London, Feb 8h-The London news
papers this mOrnlng again devote then
principal columns to the secret Rhine
land pact" story printing at length the
statements of ex-Preminr Lloyd George
and others, cabled reports from the
United States and France and d multi
piicity Of details. The Times says,
somebody has bungIed, that's all. The
world will shr2g its shoulders and pass
on. We cannot see that the incident
needs have any effect on our policy.
What Mr.. Lloyd George thinks err
thought on the Rhjneiand matters dtlIe
now" Some o. the othef Papers regret
that so much has been mace cut OF nj
tie" aud Mr.. Lloyd Georges hostile
critics bid Mr.. MacD01a.d cease worry
ing. assuring him that NJ Poihcare kuo3s
Mr.. LLOYD George and furthermore knows
taat his influence now rs abs0!u. ely
nil" Sympuhy is offered Mr.. iacDon-
aid for being dragged into an unpIra-
SAINT occurrence over Whicn be had 40
control end it is made clear taal the
French Ambassadors request Tor gu)Il-
cation Of the Paris Conference J0cu-
meuts was made Oh January 6h, While
sending them 70 Mr.. Lloyd George VAS
Sd act of courtesy by permanent officials
IN January 22nd, during the transition
from the old to the ncV government
when there was actually no political head
Of he Foreign Office.
London. Feb. 8th. The most interest
ing thing about the list OF L~on0urs be-
slowed by he King today, ON the occa-
sion Of the retirement OF the Baldwin
Government is that it f@alslies the ru-
uaur which predicted a duhedom for
Lord Curz0n Of Kediest0n. Only one
aew Peer is created, Sir John George
Butcher being made a Baron. Sir Mon
-ague Barlow, Minister Of La0out IN the
Baldwin Cabinet, is made a Baronet, and
Sir Harry Britain is made a companion
If the order OF St. Michael and st.
George, for his services in connection
With the Imperial Press Conference.
Washington, Feb. 9Th. Chief Justice
Taft has recovered from his recent al
tack OF indigestion and was at his desk
Evening star., 1924-02-28
RELIEF WORKER DIES.

Funeral services fer Mrs. Allen
Albert Blair, widow OF John S. Blair.
who died at the residence Of her
brother A. Mel. Albert, 2439 Ontario
road. Tuesday, were held in st. Johns
Church, this morning at 10:30. o'clock.
Tnterment was private.
Mrs. Blair was an active worker
for the Prisoners Relief Society. One
week ago she spent the day at the
sooiety's headquarters and went over
pians for the Leatha Watts Memo
rial University that the society Is
arranging to open to teach former
eonvicts. Mrs. Blair, it is stated. had
decided to take full charge of the
wornef's department OF the school.
She frequently went out and per-
sonally found positions for men and
women just out of prison. She re-
Gently asked Secretary Of the Treas
ury Mellon to contribute 100000 to-
ward the endowment fund of the So
eiety. She had been planning a trip
to New York city to ask contributions
for the endowment fund OF the uni.
When she was q girl She used TO
visit the jAils &t,d speak words OF
encouragement to the prisoners. She
had long been interested IN this ana
other welfare Won
Evening star., 1924-02-28
THROWS BANNER OVER
HOUSE GALLERY RAIL
Martinowski Repeats Ofense of
Week Ago and Doorkeeper
Elects Him.

For the second time within a few
days. John NJ. Martinowski threw a
banner over the railing Of the CALLER,
in the House of Representatives on
which was set forth his grievances
against the district attorney and the
Post Office Department, which he
says have denied him his rights when
he was cheated" BY q music house.
Martinowski threw his banner over
the gallery rail on the opposite side
Of the Speakers desk from the saI-
lery In which he made his appearance
about week ago. As the banner
fell over the rail, several members
rest him!"
Bert Kennedy, the doorkeeper OF
the House. noticing Martinowski 1ust
as he was dropping his banner over
the rail. tore the banner down. He
then took Martinowski to the guard
house in the Capitol. The CAPITOL
police force then sent the prisoner
TO the sixth precinct for Observation.
Orders were issued by the police
board OF the Capitol that Martinow.
sld Is to be hereafter kept out of the
Capitol building and grounds.
At No. 6 the prisoner was held I'm =.
der a charge OF violating q law pro-
hibiting display OF banners within
the Capitol building.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
CONVICT BACHARACH
AND FOUR OTHERS
U. s. Jurors Sustain $75, 900 Fraud
Charge Against Former
Judgeship Aspirant.
ARRESTED HERE IN JUNE
Manipulation Of Bank Checks in
1922 Basis Of Case.
ARRESTED HERE IN JUNE

Harry B. Eacharach, prominently
mentioned year ago as a candidate
for appointment to the Police Court
bench, was convicted in United States
court, New York, yesterday, with four
others. of defrauding the Chatham
and Phenix National Bank OF New
York city OF SIS, 400, according to an
Associated Press dispatch. The de-
PENDANTS, pronounced guilty on twen-
ty-four counts, were, besides Bacha-
rach: Charles Bernstein, former
bookkeeper; Leonard c. Myers, In
come tax accountant; Louis FeldmaH,
ticket speculator, and William Perl
man. a paying teller Of the Bank Of
the United States.
Department of Justice operatives la st
June, and John B. Cunningham Of the
bureau of investigation Of the De-
rsrtment Of Justice appeared at the
States Commissioner Georges II. Mac
donald on June s. Bacharach was
charged at the time with violation
of the penal code under the NATIONAL
banking section and waived prelim-
mary hearing, being held under 1000
bond for the New York court
Onensex I'm 1922, CHARGE.
The alleged frauds. according to
the dispatch, we're committed in 1929.
and were effected through Bern
STEMS alleged manipulations of
checks of the others implicated The
checks were cashed by his alleged
eonfederates and Withdrawals credit
ed to accounts Of other depositors
Bacharach was said to have been the
instigator Of the scheme, which was
uncovered by Joseph A. Genan, spe-
cial bank accountant Of the Depart
meht of Justice. For quite a time
prior TO appointment Of Judge Schuldt
to the Police Court bench friends Of
Bacharach had been Advocating hfs
candidacy for the position and wide
attention was. attracted to him. He
years.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
DAUGHERTY SENDS
ANTITRUST REPORT
Senate Told Status of Prose.
eutions -$241,5 $50 in
Fines Collected.

A report signed by Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty, reviewing steps
taken by the federal government TO
enforce the antitrust laws. was sent
to the Senate today by the Depart
r11ent Of Justice in response to, a
resolution OF inquiry.
It was not made public in detail
the Attorney General explaining that
embarrassment might result should
all the facts be disclosed. 1t showed
that of nifty cases indicating anti
trust law violations forwarded by
the federal trade commission prior to
March 4, 1921. thirty cases had been
Investigated and conclusions reached
that no proceedings should be in
Stituted.
All Of these cases are under the
Clayton act. Under the Sherman act,
the Department has acted on thirty
four cases, seventeen criminal and
seventeen civil.
The report said that an aggregate
Of S24f,550 had been imposed and col
fected in fines In antitrust cases since
March 4, 1921. An additional $237,S00
Is involved in cases pending in the
appellate courts.
!. The Attorney General said he was
aware of no instances of lack Of CO.
operation between the Department of
Justice and the Federal Trade Com
mission
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Cabinet Member
OF I849 Believed
Still in Office

Changes in administration and
In cabinet officers apparently don't
carry any meaning to at least one
of the residents of Pender county,
North Carolina. Secretary of the
Interior Work received a letter
today from the Rev. Charles
Kneusels. pastor Of st. Joseph's
Church at Helena, n. c., addressed
to The Hon. Thomas Ewing, Sec
retary of the Interior. Washington,
u. c."
The letter was signed by Rev.
kneusels and was a circular let
ter asking for funds for compile
tion of the interior furnishing OF
the church.
Thomas Ewing was the first Sec
retary Of the Interior. appointed
by President Taylor in 1S4s-just
seventy-five years ago.
And now officials Of the Interior
Department wonder whether the
sender of the letter believes the
Secretary of the Interior to be
appointed for life.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
FORMER BAY STATE
HOUSE MEMBER DIES
Ernest W. Roberts Left Congress
to Practice Law in
Capital.

Ernest ". Roberts, for sishteen
years 4 representative in Congress
from Massachusetts,, At ono time q
member of the board Of regents and
executive committee on the Smith
sonfan Institution, and a practicing
attorney hefe since 1917, died at his
home, 1913 N street northwest last
night following an illness Of several
months.
Funeral services will be held at his
late residence Saturday afternoon at
2:so o'clock. The body will be sent
Mass. his old home, for burial.
Born in Maine.
Mr.; Roberts vas bern in Madison,
son OF orin p. and Mrs. Eliza v. Il.
Roberts. He graduated from the
ter, Mass. in 1871. He received the
ftv III r p dsTee sgI Hs as 1s ss ws a4rsd
His first wife was Miss Nella Lue
Allen Of Albany. N. Y. whom he mar
mied November Is. 1851. He was
married to his second wife, WHO was
VI, Febfuafy ., 1898.
He practfced law in Boston for sew
eral years and later served In the
state house Of representatives and the
senate.
He was elected TO represent the
seventh Massachusetts district, in the
United States House Of Representa-
tiVes, in 1899. Later he was elected
from the ninth district. He served
his last term during hte e4th Congress.
AS a member of the House naval
affairs committee and one OF the
first members of that body to realize
the necessity for submarines and ait
craft, 1t is stated. he worked
hard to secure the necessary appfo~
priatiohs.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sarah Weeks Roberts, ard three
children, Ernest Weeks Roberts of
Boston, Miss Dean Roberts of New
York and John Page Roberts Of San
Francisco.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
COUPLE CELEBRATE
GOTH ANNIVERSARY
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel p. Thomp-
son Were Married in Annapo-
lis in 1864.

1st street southeast. are celebrating
their sixtieth wedding anniversary to-
day. They were married at Annapolis,
Nd, February 2s, 1864
At the time of their marriage Mr..
Thompson was a paroled Union soldier
at Camp Parole, near Annapolis.
Mr.. Thompson, who is eighty years Of
age, was born in Maine. and Mrs.
Thompson. who is seventy eight was
born in Howard county, Nd. The cou :
pie enjoy good health and were able
to receive the congratulations of rela-
tires and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson have lived
virtually all their lives in Annapolis
and recently moved to Washington to
i've with their nephew and niece, Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Curran