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Evening star., 1924-01-27
Marines Meet Waterloo in Shape
of Maryland Hamlet in Taxi Seizure
Pride Of Headquarters Corps LanguisEes in Jail
POndering On Vagaries of PriUate
Detectives.

story tho detected devil dogs related
to Justice John H. Stanford in the
Central police court in Baltimore yes
terday before a convulsed audience.
Here Is the story as they told it to
the judge:
Promised New York Trip.
One day last week d. A Anderson
manager Of the Washington Office OF
the Burns Detective Agency, appeared
at Marine Corps headquarters and
told the devil dogs there he had q
number Of taxicabs he wanted driven
to New York. The first eighteen men
to volunteer, he said. would receive
their expenses to the metropolis and
back and pay Of IS day. The rush
was precipitate. =
Friday evening they were met by
Anderson, w. c. Pantra and b. J.
O'Day, the latter also operatives for
the Burns Agency. Told to hire"
the first> Pennant takes they saw
and motor to Upper Marlboro, the
marines dutifully obeyed.
! Once in Upper Marlboro the PEN
nant cabs were confiscated by the
detectives. the others were sent back
and the next leg Of the journey was
begun toward Baltimore. There. the
CONTINUED on Page 4. Column 81
Evening star., 1924-01-27
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

President Coolidge's friends and
political supporters are gratifled
at the attitude which White
House authoritative reports credit
him with taking in the oil lease
scandal, and with the promptitude
with which heli making the gov
ernments positions known. To be
sure, nothing else was expected
from him, and 1t is realized that
he is not actuated by political
motives. but a sense OF public duty
and the responsibility upon the
Chief Executive.
Nevertheless, political reaction
in favor of the administration Is
expected from his course and is
being taken into consideration by
the politicians. Republicans say
they are entitled to take account
of the fact that the democrats are
seeking, while pursuing the laud-
able effort to uncover possible
malfeasance In public Office, to
make all the political. capital pos
sible out of the situation for the
Evening star., 1924-01-27
&c. 0. P. STILL SPLIT
ON TAXPLAN STAND
Groups Fail to Agree on In.
come Rates-Community
Provision Passed. .

The House ways and means commit
tee advanced a step nearer the income
tax rates Of the revenue Bill yesterday
with disposition in part Of the COM
munity property tax section Of the pend
ing measure. but two groups Of repub-
licans failed at meetings to unite their
forces Tor the impending income rates
fight.
Secretary Melons recommendation to
prohibit husbands and wives from divid-
ing family incomes for purposes Of fl
ing separate tax returns. as allowed in
eight states, was rejected In commit
tee on a bipartisan vote. Another vote.
however, will be taken tomorrow on n
proposal OF Chairman Green to prohibit
such divisions Of incomes when re-
ceived alone from wages and salaries.
Secretary Mellon estimated adoption Of
this section would net ss,0oo,0o0 addi-
tional revenues.
Whether the republicans will unite
on a party bill in committee or make
new overtures to the democrats for
a compromise on the Mellon bill was
the subject OF discussions at a meet
ing OF the republican steering COM
mittee and at conference Of re-
publican members OF the ways and
means committee. No action, how
ever. was taken. Meanwhile demo-
cratic members OF the committee
maintained their attitude of passive
resistance to the Mellon bill. await
ing a move by tho republicans to sup
port or compromise on the Treasury
recommendations.
Upon completion Of consideration
Of the community property taxes to-
morrow, the committee will proceed
under its program to discussion of
the proposals for additional reduc-
ton in taxes on earned income. Two
days probably will be given to this
subject and then income rates will
be taken up. The bill must be re-
ported to the House by February IL.
Young Offers Plan.
munity property section yesterday
Representative Young republican,
North Dakota, submitted a motion to
compel the husband or wife In charge
of family income to file a Joint re-
turn for the entire income. This
would prohibit, he continued, evasion
of. high surtax rates by the splitting
Of incomes between husband and
wife.
Representative Crowther, republi-
can. New York. who supported the
motion, said Joseph Mccoy, Treasury
actuary, had estimated such a pro-
vision would yield $22o. 100000 addi-
tional revenue. The committee de-
ferred action on the motion.
Evening star., 1924-01-27
SOK0L0WSK| SENT
BACK TO POLAND
BECAUSE OF RAID
Hughes Tells Minister Wrob-
lewski Secretary Abused
Liquor Immunity Privilege.

DR.. Venceslas Sokolowski, secretary
of the Polish legation. has been sent
back to Warsaw as the result of a
liquor raid in Decem Der, when $4,000
worth of liquor was found In the cell
lar of the house where he resided, at
1854 Columbia road, by vice squad
raiders and special agents of the
Treasury Department.
One little sentence in a letter from
Secretary Hughes to DR.. Wroblewski,
minister Of Poland. made public last
night, tells the story:
II understand, from information
with which you have been SO good
as to furnish the department., that
DR.. Sokolowski has been transferred
to Warsaw" The time of the recall
was not made public.
This marks the first definite action
with relation to foreign representa-
tive implicated in an excess supply
of liquor in dry America.
Thinks Supply Excessive.
While Secretary Hughes mentioned
that entry Of the apartment Of Dr.
Sokolowski was "a matter of con-
cern" and deeply regretted. he stated
also that DR.. Sokolowski seemingly
had "a quantity of alcoholic bever-
ages greatly in excess Of that which the
privileges and immunfties in this
regard would Justify"
DR.. Sokolowski occupied the third
floor Of the Columbia road house.
Running down clues in a liquor con-
spiracy case. vice squad members and
Treasury agents under Lieut.. o. T.
Davis and Elmer Trey arrived at 1854
Columbia road with a warrant. They
say they didn't know anything about
a diplomat living there. When they
thought they had located the cache
Of liquor they were confronted by DR..
Sokolowski. who claimed diplomatic
immunity for the intoxicants. That
stopped the Seizure.
The letter from Secretary Hughes
and its inclosure, which follows, are
regarded by dry leaders as marking
the start Of a determined policy of
the government with reference to
liquor supplies in embassies and le-
Evening star., 1924-01-27
OIL DEAL PROSECUTIONS DECIDED ON BY COOLIDGE
Wedding =
Secret Out When
Mother of 3 Dies
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DfsrAtch to The Star
BALTIMORE. Md. January 26.-
A romance which the couple had
successfully concealed from their
relatives and friends for over fifteen
years was revealed in the death to-
day Of Mrs. Marguerite A. McElroy,
wife of John NJ. McElroy, a clerk in
the orphans court here.
In 1909, Mr.. and Mrs. McElroy.
who was formerly Miss Marguerite
A. I.ne of 'Ris city went to New
Jersey and were married. The bride
returned to her own home, while
the bridegroom went to the home Of
his mother. The marriage was kept
a secret. it Is believed, because Of i'll
health of Mr.. McElroy's mother.
His parent died last year. but even
then the secret remained unre-
vealed.
There were three children by the
marriage, 1t became known today,
but even Mr.. McE.roy's most inti-
mate friends believed he was un-
married.
Not even Mr.. McElroy's brother,
William F. McElroy.. deputy clerk
of the criminal court, was aware Of
his brothers wedding.
Evening star., 1924-01-27
From the halls Of Montezuma
ITO the shore Of Tripoli-"

ITO the shore OF Tripoli-"
Loudly may the proud Marines
sing how they fight their country's
battles on the land and on the sea.
But whenever they mention the
drowsy Maryland hamlet of Upper
Marlboro hereafter they will whisper
it. For there the flower of the CORPS
tho pick Of the picked headquarters
personnel-languishes today behind
prison bars. For once the Marine
Corps is the goat"
Boy, page Gen. Butler.
The ten brave. bold "highwaymen"
who unwittingly held up eight driv.
ers for the Pennant Taxicab Corpora
tion and stole their cars, under the
direction Of operatives for the Burns
Detective Agency, were brought back
from Baltimore last night by Sheriff
John ]. Fling Of Prince Georges
county and five members of the
Maryland state police. And a sadder
but wiser platoon they were-"Just
boobs and rockies" they admitted.
A silver-tongued private detective,
promise of a free round trip to New
York with IS day to boot and the
marines natural love OF adventure
was their undoing, according to the
Evening star., 1924-01-27
SEE POLITICAL CAPITAL
In OIL LEASE SCANDAL
Democrats Counting Their Eggs Early.
While Presidents Friends Are Craft
. fled by His Attitude.

benefit OF the democratic party in
the coming presidential campaign.
y y X y
Republicans say they are con-
vinced that the country has entire
confidence in President CtHMk3s
purpose, his courage and HIS In
tent to carry on with such action
as facts warrant. without fear or
favor. They do not believe that
In the long run the country will
let his candidacy suffer from
causes far out of his control in
their inception.
His friends assert that he will
promptly justify this confidence of
the country and that he can be
counted upon, as the Chief Execu-
tive OF the nation, to carry out
the admonition Of the Constitu-
ton to see to it that the laws are
faithfully administered.
X X X
One feature of President Cool
idge's candidacy which causes
(COntinued on Pare q C0Iucn0 .
Evening star., 1924-01-27
S86,2OO IN STOLEN
GEMS Recovered
New York SIeuths Led to
Denver Cache by Man lndict-
ed in SchoeIIkopf Robbery.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 26.-Police
Inspector John D. Coughlin an
nounced tonight that $S6,200 of the
100000 worth Of jewels stolen from
Mrs. c. P. Hugo Schoellkopf <aof
Buffalo In the early morning hours
Of January /. 1928, after New Year
eve party in 1922, were found in
Denver, this week, in a sealed fruit
jar.
Detective Martin S. Owens was led
to the cache in Denver by John. w.
Mahan, former Broadway gem dealer.
who is now under $4,000 bail on an
indictment charging criminal re-
ceipt Of the stolen jewels. Mahan's
confession. Inspector Coughlin stated,
cleared all details Of the robbery.
Mahan stated in his confession that
he paid Eugene Moran and Albert
Hurwith, both Of whom are in Tombs
prison awaiting sentence for par
ticipation in the crime, $4,000 for
the entire loot.
Gems Insured for &2SS,O0O.
:. Inc stolen Jewels were insured TOT
s2ss.oOo. but since they were bought
their value is believed to have in
creased beyond tho estimate of
100000 given by Mrs. Schoellkopf
after the robbery.
The detective bureau made a mys-
terry of the place In Denver where
the jewels were found. the trip having
been made without the knowledge of
the Denver police. F. ]. Harris, Sec
retary to c. P. Hugo Schoellkopf of
Buffalo. accompanied Owens and
Mahan on the journey. it was said.
and identified the jewelry.
When the party left New York
neither Harris nor Owens knew
where Mahan was taking them, ac-
cording to the story at headquarters.
!, I'VE will have to travel north, then
west and then SOUTH" Mahan was
quoted as saying before the mysteri-
GUS trip began. "It is q two-and-a-
halliday journey, but will get the
Continued on Page 4. Column ID.
Evening star., 1924-01-27
RUM TREATY TO CAUSE
NO TROUBLE, E,GEDDEs SAYS
"Hour's Steaming" Clause Easy to
! Interpret, Retiring Am
bassador Asserts.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 2s.-Sir
Auckland Geddes. retiring British
ambassador. when leaving for home
today on the Aquitania gave an in
depreciation Of the clause in the
rum-running treaty with Great Brit
ain which refers to an hours steam
ing distance from American shores.
THE provision will cause no dind-
Guilty." he said. when a vessel IL
boarded by customs officers or other
ofiicials 1t will be easy to determine
her speed from examination OF the
engineA Tho distance can be esti-
mated closely and the time she would
need to traverse it determined"
Evening star., 1924-01-27

with Senators Walsh, democrat, Mon
tana, who has had the lead in the
prosecution of the oil inquiry, and
Caraway.
The resolution would authorize
and requests the President to in
stitute Immediately legal proceedings
looking to annulment of the Teapot
Dome, Wyo., reserve lease to the
Sinclair interests; to enjoin further
extraction of oil from the reserve
and to employ special counsel who
shall have charge of the prosecution
OF such litigation, anything in the
statutes touching the powers Of the
Attorney General or the Department
of Justice to the contrary, notwith-
standing"
Hold Up Resolution.
similar resolution respecting the
California naval reserve lease to the
Doheny interests was offered by Rep
resentative Garrett, but some mem ,
bers of the Senate committee said
such a resolution would be withheld
by the Senate until there had been
discussion of the Doheny offer There
"dS lhliLldtlOu, however, CnaL unless
the Doheny proposal was submitted
in writing over the signature Of Mr..
Doheny himself the resolution might
be pressed later.
Coolidge Asks Probe.
While the Senate committee was
re-examining Archie Roosevelt, son
of the former President, and G. d.
Wahlberg. former secretary to Har-
ry r. Sinclair, In an effort to get
more light on the relations between
Sinclair and Fall, President Coolidge
called on the Interior Department
for expert advice as to the wisdom OF
the policy under which the Doheny
and Sinclair interests obtained leases
from Mr.. Fall for the California and
wyoming oil reserves.
Fall to Testify Tuesday.
The former Secretary was to have
been heard tomorrow. but Chairman
Lenroot announced last night that his
examination had been deferred until
Continued on Page 10. Column y
Evening star., 1924-01-27
MERCHANT KILLS SELF.
Slashes Throat After Fire in Stor.
Killed Seven.

DYNDONvILLE, VT, January 60
Albert Stern, in whose building a fire
started last Monday night. causing
a loss of seven lives and $500,0oC
property damage, committed suicide
today by slashing his throat
. Stern, who conducted clothing
store In the building, had been call
ed as a witness at an inquest into
the fire set for next Monday. A
preliminary investigation developed
the fact that Stern was in his store
ten minutes before the flames were
discovered.
Evening star., 1924-01-27
PART TWO-l4 Pages.

PART TWO-l4 Pages.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Tales Of Well Known FoIk-Pase IL.
Army and Navy News-Page 10.
.. A. r. ActlvitIes-Pase 1s.
Notes Of Art and Artists-Paae II.
D. C. National Guard-Page IL.
Around the city-Page II.
Parent Teacher Activities-Paae "a.
Spanish War Veterans-Page II.
PART THREE-12 Pages.
Observation-Disclosures and the Photo.
play.
Music In Washinston-Page s.
Motors and Motorins-Pases 6 to 9.
Fraternties-Pase 10.
Veterans Of the Great War-Paae 10.
Young Folks Pace-Paae II.
Girls and Their AffaIrs-Pase II.
Girl scouts-Pase H. --~
Boy scouts-Pase II. ...
PART FOUR Pages.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE-8 Pages.
Magazine Section-Features and Fiction.
PART SIX-8 Pages.
Classified Advertising. =.
At the Community centers-Pase Z.
The Public Library-Pase 7.
News Of the CIubs-Pape 8.
The Civilian Army-Page 8.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS Pages.
World Events in Pictures.
COMIC SECTION-4 Pages.
Mutt and jeff. Res'Iar FeIIers; Betty;
Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1924-01-27
TODAY'S STAR
PART ONES. Pages.

PART ONE-S2 Pages.
General News-locai, National, Foreion.
IS.
Schools and coIIeses-Pases 20 and Fl.
Radio News and Gossip-Paaes 26 and
27..
Reviews Of New eooks-Pase %.
Financial News-Paees 30 and 81,
Evening star., 1924-01-27
Hope Virtually Abandoned
When Black Damp and
Water Invade Passages.
HEAVY FALL OF ROCK
SLOWS RESCUE WORK
Men, Women and Children, Ignor.
ing Cold, Wait in Heavy
Snow.
BY the Associated Press.

tn6 Associated fresS.
SHANKTOWN, Pa, January 20
Hope for the lives Of some forty min
ers, entombed late today by an ex-
plosion in the Lancashire mine of the
Barnes & Tucker Coal Company here,
was practically given up tonight
when rescue workers reported that
the wrecked mine was dense with
black damp and that water was
rising rapidly in the underground
passagewayS
The fanhouSe of the mine was
wrecked by the terrific blast and the
fan was put out of commission. The
poison gas, the water, the lack of
fresh air and heavy fall of rock
impeded the progress of volunteer
an effort to reach the entombed men.
Gas SLOWS Rescue Work.
Other rescuers were sent In, for 1t
was soon discovered that the deadly
gas was so thick a man could work
only a short while. Fighting their
way through the rising water, the
rescuers made their way toward the
sixth heading. But at heading num-
ber four they found a fall OF rock.
which. it was believed, extended back
to the sixth. Halted by the fall, the
miners used a hammer to signal on
an air pipe to their entombed fellow
workers, but the signals were unan-
swered. and hopes gave way to
despair.
On the surface there was the usual
gathering of men, women and chill
dren; some related to the miners who
had been trapped. Stricken dumb by
the disaster, they were unmindful of
the intense cold, a heavy snow and
"a high wind. The mercury stood at
two degrees below zero.
After careful check Of the miners
on the Lancashire payroll, Supt. Ham
ilton' estimated that from forty to
forty-f1ve miners had been trapped.
Dust Blamed for Blast.
While the cause Of the explosion
was not known. miners familiar with
the workings expressed the belief
that 1t was a dust explosion, as the
Lancashire was known to be free
from gas.
Shortly after 10 pm, word came
from the mine that the rescuers, dig
ging through the fall Of rock, had
Evening star., 1924-01-27
President Promises Public In
terest Will Be Protected in
Taking Legal Action.
FOUR.FOLD OBJECT INVOLVED.
WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT SAYS
To Punish Guilty, Enforce Civil Liability.
Reveal Fraud and Annul Leases
If Illegal.

President Coolidge has decided employ special
drawn from both the republican and democratic parties
ceed with court action result of evidence adduced the
Senate committee hearings the leasing of naval oil lands
In statement issued midnight the President declared that
counsel will be instructed these the
that if there any guilt will be punished if there civil
liability it will be enforced; if there any fraud it will he
veaed and if there which illegal they will
be cancelled"
Precedent Is Found.
The President upon course afte being ad
vised by the Department of Justice that it accordance
with precedents Explaining that the Justice
observing the evidence unfoded in the Senate
executive his statement asserted that every will
forced and right of the people and the will
protected"
White House officials in making public the statement said
that the special appointed Just as soon as seiec
tons could be made.
Text Of Statement.
The formal follows:
ut is for the President guilt or render
judgment in several That the
that action for the of either
civil criminal liability such the provinces
of the executive
Acting under direction the Department
the evidence which
conducted by the senatorial committee investigating
made naval which believe
enforcing the law and protecting the
hrmed by reports made to from the committee
crime must be prosecuted there has been
States illegally transferred or leased it be recovered
Public Entitled to Know
public in the conduct of such
actions one is shielded for political other
involved
having been advised by the Department of Justice
with former preceden employ special
drawn from both political bring
of the law Counsel will be cases in
the courts that If there guilt will be
liability it will be enforced will be re-
if illegal thew will be cam
right people and the
poyer will be
Evening star., 1924-01-27

|
Oners Lease Cancellation.
An offer to have reconveyed to the
government the rich naval oil reserve
/ in California and other oil contracts
entered into by the Pan-American
Petroleum and Transport Company
after E. L. Doheny had loaned Albert
B. Fall, then Secretary of the In
| terior, 100000 on his personal note,
| was submitted to the Senate Oil COM
! mittee yesterday by Gavin McNab,
counsel for Mr.. Doheny.
The offer carries a single stipula-
tion-that the company be reimbursed
for expenditures made in the Pearl
Harbor government oil reservoir de-
velopment and willingness is ex-
pressed that payment be made in oil
from offset wells sunk in the Cali
fornia reserve at the request of the
government to prevent drainage of
that field. These wells then would
be surrendered.
Although this offer Is a modiflca-
tion of the original proposal for re-
conveyance should q board OF experts
determine that the contracts were
not wise, advantageous and the best
that tho government could have made,
the committee decided to transmit 1t
to tho Senate tomorrow without
recommendation. In the committee
discussion objection was raised that
the offer had not been signed by Mr..
Doheny, but by his counsel. Some SEN
| ators expressed doubt Of the wisdom
of passing upon the proposal in that
form.
Plan Substitute Measure.
| Independent Of the Doheny offer.
democratic leaders reached an agree
ment yesterday whereby a substitute
| for the Caraway Teapot Dome lease
cancellation resolution will be offered
| in the Senate tomorrow with a view
to Its speedy adoption. probably on
that day. 1t win, be in the same
general form as resolution offered
| in the House yesterday by Repre-
| sentative Garrett of Tennessee, the
democratic leader. after a conference
Evening star., 1924-01-27
Dust Blamed for Blast.

Continued on Page 3, Column 2.)
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CONTINUED on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1924-01-27
WEATHER.

Fair and cold today; tomorrow fair
ana warmer; moderate northwest
winds.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ended at 10 pm. last night-Highest,
~, at IL m. yesterday; lowest. Is. at s
am. yesterday. Full report on page 5.
Evening star., 1924-01-27

The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes at
60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start Immediately.
Evening star., 1924-01-27

Continued on Page =. Column u >.
Evening star., 1924-01-27

COMIC SECTION-4 Pages.
Mutt and JEFF; Res'Iar FeIIers; Betty;
Mr.. and Mrs..
Evening star., 1924-01-27

GRAPHIC SECTIONS Pages.
World Events in Pictures.
Evening star., 1924-01-27

PART FOUR Pages.
Pink Sports Section.
Evening star., 1924-01-27

PART FIVE-8 Pages.
Magazine Section-Features and Fiction.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-02
MUNDELEIN, HAYES
ARE MADE CARDINALS

Rome.-Archbishop Mundelein or
Chicago and Archbishop Hayes of
New York were created cardinals at
II 100 a. m. Monday. This unquestion-
ably is recognition of the constantly
growing Importance of the United
States in world affairs by the pope,
whose outlook is broader than that of
any temporal administration.
Twenty-eight members of the sacred
college, who, clad in their lenten cos
tunes, solemnly confirmed the eleva-
ton by raising their red silk caps as
the names of the new cardinals were
pronounced by Plus XI, are with few
exceptions Italians, but the ceremony
commands the popular assent of the
civilized world
The cardinals assembled soon after
200 a. m. in the consistorial hall Of
the Vatican. Standing in a semi
circle before their seats at a seemly
distance from the papal throne, they
awaited the entrance of the pope.
Promptly at 1920 Plus XI entered
with the members of his suite.
The formal question by the pope:
"Quid vobis videtur?" meaning what
is your decision?" was answered
unanimously with the traditional form
of assent as the cardinals raised their,
red silk caps, rose and bowed Then,
in the ancient formula, the pope ut;
tered the words by which the two,
eminent American prelates became!
members of the sacred college:
''By the authority of God Almighty
and Peter and Paul. the apostles, and
by our own we create the following
cardinals: George w. Mundelein and
Patrick Hayes"