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The Washington times., 1924-01-30
POLICE GUARD
PREPARATIONS
BODY
Commission, Brings Hope %
Germans, Though Some
Papers Are Bitter. &
BY 8. d. WEYER,
Tm4ernationnI News Service.

BERLIN, Jan. 30.--Extra police
guards were furnished by the gov
ernHnent today to members Of tha
first committee Of international
Preparations experts headed by Gen,
Charles G. Dawes, which arrived
last night from Paris. For the
most part the committee was hailed
as q harbinger Of hope, but some
Ireactionary newspapers, notably the
Deutsche Zeitung, attacked 1t. in
flaming the imagination, Of young
lnationaliDts.
For fear that fanatics might at-
tack members Of the committee,
the government decided to give
police bodyguards to the members
and special precautions were taken
to guard the hotels whore they are
living.
Dawes Gets to Work
General Dawes lost no time TO.
day in getting down to work. He
has already outlined memorandum
showing the facts which the com
mittee wishes to ascertain.
simultaneously with the arrival
| of the committee men the Govern
ment launched a propaganda cam
I paien to show that Germany can
not pay the February installment
OF the cost Of military occupation.
Despite the clamor Of the
minority the general opinion Is one
| OF hope. 1t is felt that the Amer.
leans. who are disinterested IN
European politics, will pave the
way to the reparations settlement
or at least help Germany to her
feet financially.
Most Of the newspapers gave q
cordial welcome to the committee.
Some of the papers told the Ger
mans to trust to the business abil-
it of General Dawes, who is q
young man-alert and full Of en-
ergy."'
Deutsche Zeitung Bitter.
A notable exception was the
Deutsche Zeitung, which comment
ed: ''while we do not deny the
individual right OF the committee
men to call themselves gentlemen
the committee as q whole is q
bunch Of bloOd-seeking enemies
hyenas-desecratin the Germans,
They are disgusting to US. We
welcome them as bunch Of hanEs
men,"
Hugo Shines newspaper, the
Deutsche All Gemaine Zietung,
pointed out that General Dawes els
personally pro-French because hd
Is the possessor Of French and Bel.
CLAN decorations conferred in war
time"
The newspaper added:
Nevertheless we wish him sue
cess and we have confidence that
ne viii be entirely impartial in his
official business"
The Washington times., 1924-01-30

money!
''Front royalties. from the Cali.
fornia and Wyoming fields. OF
course, It is q big program and will
extend over great number Of
years."
Daniels Named Now.
Following examination of Ad.
miral Gregory as to details Of the
construction work. Republican mem.
bers Of the committee followed up
disclosures made ON the floor Of
the House Tuesday that an amend.
ment to the naal appropriations
bill Of 1920-included at the specific
request Of Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels-was the basis for all OF
the navy's contracts with the Sin.
clair and Doheny interests.
''I want to establish the basis for
all Of these contracts" Congress
man Britten Rep) Of Illinois said.
''They couldn't have been made II
It hadn't been for an amendment
TO the appropriation bill OF 1890.
could it2"
mo sir" replied Gregory.
THAT amendment was suggested
by the then Secretary Of the
AN@sNS
81 don't know"
Danlels' Letter Read.
Congressman Britten then read
into the record q letter, dated
March s, 1890, from Secretary
Daniels to the chairman Of the Ap-
preparations Committee, requesting
inclusion in the appropriation bill
OF that year an amendment which
give the Secretary of the Navy the
right to conserve, develop and op-
crate the oil reserves, and lease,
sell or use the oil derived there
from.
II don't question Daniels sin.
cerity and honesty-neither do
question the sincerity and honesty
Of DENLY. Daniels with q keen
knowledge OF the situation, wanted
to protect the navv'a infarAafs
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
MODEL HOME
GOES To new
LOCATION
Exhibit Is Being Moved From
Sherman Square to Per-
manent Site.

An itinerant ''scofflaw," who had
been marching around the Ellipse
chanting softly ''The Battle Cry Of
Freedom, in observance Of the con.
viction of w. III. Anderson. stopped
dead in his tracks and blinked In
unbelief at the scene before him.
Either that house is moving.
he said. cor AL has been giving
me terrific stuff
His unsteady gaze was directed
toward Sherman square. In the
roadway that winds around the
south grounds Of the White House
was a (very substantial house.
There was nothing Ounsual about
the house, except that 1t was
moving!
'Volstead was right groaned the
''scofflaw." and went off sto take
Moved for Reason.
If he had observed q little more
closely, and IL he had asked a few
questions, he would have known
that the house was being moved
from Sherman square to Eighteenth
street and New York avenue by a
professional moving force. It was
the model home," erected on the
square by the Better Homes Move.
ment promoters during the Shrine
convention, last June.
Cables, logs, wheels and ropes
manipulated by q score Of work
men, were the instruments Of re
moval. Creaks, sQueaks and the
chugging Of engines used in the
work accompanied the laborers. The
sidewalk bordering the roadway was
adorned with q tangle Of ropC
stretched between a picket Of the
White House fence and & lamp
| post.
A sign, attached to the rope, for
bade passage. but as the rope wai
not extended along the sidewalk
, pedestrians read the sign with
ubiquitous calm. walked around the
lamp-post and the picket and pro
ceeded.
A Futile Proceeding.
A bearded old watchman waved
his stick futilely and yelled him
self hoarse at the trespassers.
The new site Of the home has
been prepared, and the house will
be used by the Girl Scouts OF
America. 1t is q replica Of the
dwelling. Of John Howard Payne
author Of Home. Sweet Home"
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
.HARD|NG GIRL IS
CALLED JAZZ
AGE V|CT| IN
Elizabeth Marbury Points
Moral to Society Seen In
Untimely Death.
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girls suicide. How can q girl help
having them II she dances night
after night?
Apparently this is what most
girls In society do.
People everywhere seem to have
the nervous Jig.
There il no repose in the world. y
Margaret Harding shortly before
her death told her father that after
''just one party" she would settle
down to q quieter life. But Q sud
den catastrophe came upon her
Catastrophe with which she was un
ITO do anything too much 10 q
great mistake" Miss Margury ~
serts.
"Of course, my views may be re
garded as belonging to the fossil
class. Nevertheless, from my oh
servation Of the beautiful dancing
dervishes Of today. think instead
of giving 20 much attention to theil
feet they should give q little more
to their heads. The general result
would be admirable.
'I have no objection to any
woman smoking" Miss Marbury
continued, "but I have great OBJ
jections to her smelling ofNsmoke
81 practically gave up smoking
when / revolted against the un'
Ioveliness Of seeing young women
smoking through an entire dinner
as i have often seen them do.
Ashes in the Soup.
"Ashes in the oysters! Ashes ir
the soup! Ashes on the roast
Ashes falling on the sweets.
''Then l do not like the picture
Of a young woman stretching Out
her hand for q cigarette as soon as
she opens her eyes in the morn
ing.
Young people are not cultivat
ing their own resources. What are
they going to do when they are
past the dancing age?"
The chain of Margaret Harding's
life has snapped. She couldn't
stand the pace.
Excessive dancing and smoking
had not given her stamina to en-.
dure suffering.
The tainted incense Of the smoky
social whirl poisons heart and
lungs.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
House Navy Committee
Starts Inquiry, With
Admiral as Witness

Congress opened new angle In
the oil lease investigation today
when the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee summoned high officials to
determine exactly what benefits the
navy has derived from the lease Of
the Elk Hills reserve to e. L.
Doheny. Secretary DENLY failed to
appear.
Rear Admiral L. e. Gregory,
chief Of the Bureau Of Yards and
Docks, was the first witness. Con.
gressnan Butler of Pennsylvania,
chairman Of the committee, inter
rogated him to determine what
naval construction the oil company
had agreed to do under the con-
tracts and how near it was com.
pleted. The committee was parttc-
dlarly interested In the expense of
the Government.
Flow much would you say an Of
the projects would cost the Govern.
I,~o---"'' ~ o'~nnan Butler asked
Admiral Gregory.
-. yvv,vvU,0
Where are you going to set the
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
Senate Halts 100000
Fund Until Allowed
To Pass on Counsel

The Senate Appropriations Com.
mittee today voted unanimously to
withhold from President Coolidge
the 100000 appropriation passed
by the House for the employment
Of special counsel unless the Presi-
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
To
Be QUIZZED
ON OIL
Former Assistant Charges At
torney General Showed
Negligence.
BY JOHN r. LAMBERT,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

SDS-NAShyC@-N~N~
Attorney General Harry M
Daugherty will be summoned as
witness in the Teapot Dome
scandal to tell why he allowed
the Standard Oil Company o1
California to take possibly $780,
OOO, 900 worth of oil which be-
longed to the people Of the United
States.
Evidence duplicating Daugh-
erty has been presented to Sena-
tor Walsh and the oil probers
by Leslie C. Garnett, who retired
from office as Assistant Attorney
General after Daugherty had
seemingly failed to protect the
public interest.
Garnett charged that he at
tempted to get an audience with
Daugherty in order to inform him
that the Standard OIL Company of
California had taken at least &c.,
600 900 worth Of oil: that it was
pumping oil to the value Of ''thou-
sands Of dollars" daily, and that
suit ought to be instituted to re-
cover the land from which the oil
was being taken.
Garnett said that Daugherty re-
fused to see him. He declared that
Daugherty dropped the case with.
out his knowledge. He said that
the first he heard Of 1t was from
the vice president Of the Standard,
who came to him with q note of
instructions for him in Daugherty's
own handwriting.
In his evidence duplicating the
Attorney General, Mr.. Garnett told
how he had sent q memorandum to
Daugherty asking for authority to
go ahead against the Standard to
recover the land and to compel the
Standard to pay damages for the
oil taken.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
QUIZ At HIS
BEDSIDE
URGED
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10 send currency to the former Sec
Totary had been found. They re.
Ierred uuestionerS to the committee.
When he appears Friday, Doheny
also win explain his offer to re.
convey Elk Hills reserve to the
Government.
Coolidge Names Counsel.
Urged into immediate action by
his closest advisers, President Cool
ldge appointed the two special
counsels to prepare the Govern.
1nent's case seeking recovery of
the leases executed by ex.Secretary
ct Interior Albert B. Fall.
The President named SilaS HI.
etrawn Repl Of Chicago and
Thomas Watt Gregory Dem.l, for
cabinet. Strawn Is in Washington
Austin, Texas. Both have national
regulations as lawyers. Strawn was
former president OF the Illinois and
Chicago bar associations.
''The investigation win be thor.
ough, you may be sure OF that, "
said Strawn today. II cannot, OF
course. give any outline Of plans
until I have consulted with Mr..
Gregory.
'I understand, however, that we
may draw assistance from any
source we desire, including the De-
partment Of Justice, although the
inquiry is to be tree Of the depart
ment. / expect to use my own
force In Chicago to some extent" ;"
Strawn at White House.
Strawn had q long conference
with President Coolidge this morn
ing and then left the White House
for the Capitol to see a number Of
Senators concerned in the Teapot
Dome fight.
"I am just getting Teapot Dome
into my system" he said by way
Of explanation.
Strawn said he wanted to con-
suit Senator Walsh Dl Of Mon
tana, and Senator Lenroot R.) Of
Wisconsin, the Administration
spokesmen in the Senate In the
fight.
President Coolidge's instructions
win be followed to the letter." said
Strawn. He has directed an I'm.
partial investigation as to whether
the leases are legal, whether the
Government was defrauded, and
punishment Of the guilty. il guilty
there are, and that is our mission" I"
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
ENCH BIRTH RATE
DECREASES FURTHER

PARIS, Jan. SO.-The French
birth rate continues 70 decline, &C.
cording to statistics prepared by
the French National Birth Rate AL
LANCE. In Paris the number of
births In 1928 was 46,4O0, against
$4,000 In 1922. The total decrease
Tor the ten principal cities Of
France in the same two years was
Il 900.
The number Of marriages in these
ten cities dwindled with even
greater rapidity, the figures for the
last three years being $4,000 in
!S2S. 6S,So0 in 1922 and $4,000 in
1891.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30

dent submits his appointments to
the Senate for confirmation.
The House bill. which turned the
fund over to the President without
strings was amended to provide
that any counsel employed by the
President under the authority OF
this resolution shall ''be appointed
by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate" It's passage In this
form by the Senate Is assured.
The amendment was proposed by
Senator McKellar Dem.) Of Tennes.
see, but he was Joined by members
Of both parties in urging its adop.
tion.
The committees action reflected a
general feeling Of "piQue' among
members Of the Senate against the
President for having made his ap.
pointments while the Senate was
still debating the resolution grant.
ing him authority. Senators attend
ing the committees session were re-
ported to have expressed much dis
pleasure at what they termed "a
slight" from the Chief Executive.
The amendment was adopted
without q single dissenting vbte
the committee comprising nine Re
| publicans, several Democrats and
| one Farmer.Laborite.
The Republican members includ
ed such Administration leaders as
Senator Lenroot Of Wisconsin
chairman, and Senator Smoot, Re
publican Of Utah, members Of thu
Public Lands Committee. and Sen
| ator Curtis Of Kansas, the Re
publican whip" Of the Senate.
The committee also struck our
a preamble to the resolution, which
the House had adopted and which
said that newspaper interviews In
dicated the President intended t.
employ counsel. This change wa!
made merely because the President
stole a march on Congress, anG
made the appointments.
PARIS, Jan. SO.-EIarry F. Sin
clair, millionaire American oil pro
ducer, whose name is involved In
the Teapot Dome oil scandal Al
Washington, has gone to I1ondoT
for several days on business. his sec
retary announced this afternoon.
Sinclair sent q telegram to Sena
tor I1enroot at Washington yesterday
stating he would return to the
United States ''as soon as he car
expedite his business affairs" anG
reveal all his knowledge of Teapot
Dome leasing.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
NICKEL-IN-THE SLOT GUM
HELD ILLEGAL BY JUDGE

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 3d.
What is expected to be q slot ma
chine law test Of Statewide inter
est developed here when Judge
Frank B. Wickersham ruled illegal
a machine which gave chewing gum
and occasionally trade checks
worth a nickel each for scent
payment in the slot.
The judge held any reward
which looked like, a chance violated
the law. District Attorney Fox i'm.
mediately ordered all such ma.
chimes to be stopped in the county.
An appeal will be taken.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
OLDEST PICKPoCKET IN
N. Y. SENT TO WORKhOUSE

NEW YORK, Jan. go Eddie
Carr, sixty-four, who calls him.
self New York's Oldest pickpocket,
was sentenced to six months in
the workhouse for jostling.
Eddie has spent more than forty
years behind bars. His criminal
record dates back to 1877, when
he was only seventeen.
His health il still perfect, but
the police say his once facile fin.
gers are no longer steady when
they explore a pocket.
Carr was arrested by Detective
Flynn, Of the Pickpockct squad,
who alleges that Carr jostled sew.
eral spectators in an auction sale.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30

For Colds, Grip or Influenza.
rwo,as.s, snH &c Prevsntive. take Laxative
hears the signature of n. w. Grove.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
FALL TOO SICK TO TESTIFY YET HIS DOCTORS TELL PR0BERS
President's Program.
GAS a. m.-Senator David A.
Reed of PENNSYLVANIA.

9:45 q. m.-Senator David A.
Reed of Pennsylvania.
10 q. m.-Congressman John
Jacob Rogers OF Massachusetts,.
1O:15a m.-Assistant Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Howard
M. Gore.
1880 q. m.-Senator James
w. Wadsworth. jr.. Of New
York.
IO:45 a. m.-Bert Morgan. Of
Indiana.
I1:OO a. m. - Congressman
William s. Greene Of Massa.
chusetts.
11:l6 6a.m.-John r. Mitchell.
Of st. Paul.
1l:SO q. NV. p. Leach,
president Of the AQuatono
Company Of New York.
11:46 a. Charles w. Wat
erInan.
1900 noon-The Rev. Or.
Scott, Of China.
1915 6p. m.-Carroll b. Hunt
ress and COMMITTEES Of the Elk
Service Mems Anti-Bonug
League.
1920 p. m.-Governor Wallace
r. Harrington of Hawaii.
1925 p. m. - William Tyler
Page and committee.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
DIVORCE
CONCLUSION
NEARS
Final Chapter Of Trial, in
Which Minister Is Named,
Is Under Way.
Intsrnational Nswu Service.

CHICAGO, Jan. S0.-With the
testimony Of two rebuttal witnesses
and closing arguments by attorneys,
the final court room scene In the
Leland divorce drama was to be
enacted today.
Superior Judge Foell must de.
eide whether Mrs. Charlotte Leland
is mentally competent and has told
the truth in her extended story Of
q fervid romance with the Rev. DIR.
Carl D. Case, pastor Of the First
Baptist Church, Of Oakparh, or
whether, as the minister contends,
she is neurotlC and her account
was the outburst Of unnecessarily
repreSsed impulses.
Alienists are divided. Two Of
he trio who watched the Hnanufac-
urer's wife closely on the witness
tand testified she was suffering
rom a diseased imagination" ''Iiv-
ing in . dream world" The third
said she was telling the truth.
Albert r. Leland and his son
Harold were the closing witnesses
in rebuttal.
A crowd. eager for the final
thrills. again storned the court
room.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
Masonic Club Exercises.

A joint installation Of officers
Of the Masonic Clubs Of the Dis
tr1ct Of Columbia will be held at
the City Club at o'clock tonight.
The ceremony will be under direc.
ton Of the advisory board Of the
District. Addresses will be made
by prominent Washington Masons.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22
MvMedMu6iu
1sD'B Hddeg =

walter Hodses had content to remain obscure farm
mana oo
the Hon Walter Hodsea Angeles millionaire 1905
stricken uned'sted ak nfty little
ranch he didn't zlS9l ll III u.
His motber-naw fen 5000
company She trSded to Making
Angeles be forced the him
waxOns Hut what with sixteen hungry mues?
Riding Of them other fifteen
he'd "a Los AnxEafs could On his
alone he hired thFe
had
To make he haul He bed a.
gravel four miles Demand $3.50
load . $4,000
department
esaaor Hurng dealer he obtained assortment
Of old machinery
long movable
into ravine
and have dumped than could handle before
His business began profit At night he studied In
Los Angelo: walking twelve nle. each day to do But
months later. he himself &35OOO In delk
One Monday $4,000 fell due He the bank and
Hodges
needy" asked him $4,000
the tide way n paid Then
he built and
buried his His $4,000 He built
interest
Western OratiOn for $1l0OOO cash
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22
MONTE VISTA MCa GIRLS
FALL BEFORE HOOPER

The home team met defeat At
the hands Of Hooper High girls
team Tuesday night at the Armory.
In spite Of the lightning getaway
OF their iive-wire forward Hermins
Williams. and Hooper won with .
score Of 25 to -.
hut since Hooper has the fastest
girls basketball team in the val
ley. the home team are not . bi'
down-hearted.
But the ". v II g. boys squared
things somewhat by snatchinK vic
tory from Hooper boys team. scor'
Ing ~ to 1: 10 favor Of Monte Vista
high. although the visitors put up !
good game. They were simply out
classed.
Puri Crook. light and speedy
made - points. while Schall = cap
itai forward. scored 1: to help brins
In laursls for ~. v. II. 9.
The last school game Of the sea
son will be played In the Armory
Saturday night. Feb. %. with Ala
mosa High ss opponents.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22
Theodore Knight Wins \ !!
Prize Essay Contest

In every community that lend
money to worthy students who show
some inclination on their own part
to make = sacrifice in order to oh.
I tain an education.
Can you Imagine q girl or boy In
good health. and thru the eighth
grade. who could not make enough
money to keep on going to school!
And II he found It hard to stay in
school on account OF financial dif-
ficulties. what would he do after
leaving school. II called upon to sup
port some one else besides himself!
The duty OF citizen is more than
Just making a living for himself. 1t
is more than making q living for
his family: he must help bear the
burden of the more unfortunate
classes Of people, and in order to
do so he must make more money.
which means that he must do more
work. IL is not evident that an
education would increase ones earn
ing power. II he applied himself TO
his work?
In summing up all OF these i'm
rortant facts, that high school
education is a necessity: that there
is mental satisfaction derived from
knowing that you have an educs>
tion: that the education OF your
community is raised and other peo
pie are encouraged to get more edu-
cation: that there Is greater
chance to get on in the world. that
The amount of work done would be
increased as result OF an educa-
ton: that education makes per-
on a better citizen or soldier: that
as business proposition It has
material cash value: and there be-
ing no good reason for not finish
ing high school. l believe that l
should finish high school.
THEODORE KNIGHT.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22

Mrs. r. X. Mitchell returned .
few days ago from visit to hes
parents In Charleston. llhnois
While sojouI ming In the Windy City
she encountered terrific blizzard
which makes her particularly thank.
ful to bask again In Colorado winter
sunshine.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22

We dare the starry heavens with Our
magic wooden wing. and We warhle by
machinery-any time we want to sing: we
have done away with hossex. and divorced
the M .ey COW. and we cultivate our tod
der with an automatic plow. ! reckon
fhe-"'s no limit TO the energy OF mei-
wi 9 We shove aside old Bihdy-for \
var...ned. wN1len hen! Heres our patent
noiselcss cooker that performs without
tire-an' bcgosh. we're sending messages
without q sign Of wire!! We can hear
the festive yOdler on the plains Of Tim
hncioO-or feast on jazz from Nutvills.
any time We turn the screw.-Simply tune
the family jiyger-sny time you have the
chance-,neite ketch . Congo Niger. or
"A eaxahO In rrancr!! I amt surprised
at anything In this damfOyant life.-they
tell ine they are testin' out an automatic
wife.!!
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22

In = letter to Monte Vista friends.
Mrs. Florence Jermy writes that she
Ii enjoying greatly her visit In Los
Angeles. where she 10 the guest Of
her son and his wife. and that
the weather Ia the California ne.
tropolis II very warm.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22

Miss Hannah Beatty was the hon
ored guest at an informal dinner
given by Mr.. and Mrs. James Lin
coin In their hospitabls ranch home
near Del Norte last Sunday evening.
Other guests were MIR. and Mrs.
George Beatty.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-02-22

C.. II. Charles. who has been
spending the past two weeks here
In the interests Of the Chevrolet
Motor. left Tuesday night for
Pueblo with Mrs. Charles.