The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-20
'LAUDDAUGHERTY UNDER GUIDANCE
 OF HIS COUNSEL
Witnesses, In Absence Of Wheeler, Spring No
 Sensations

WASHINGTON, March l9. - In comparison with its usual whirlwind sessions, the Daugherty investigating committed had prosy time today. Sem ator Wheeler, the committee prosecu- tor, was absent with cold and Paul Rowland, chief of counsel for the at- torney general, improved the oppor- tunity to bring out some testimony fav- orable to him.
 1. Tex Rickard, the prize fight promot- CT, is summoned as tomorow's wit ness to tell what he knows about the alleged deal" whereby the Carpentier- Dempsey fight films were shown in 1922 with guarantees of no prosecu- tion. Senator Wheeler is expected back and the investigation probably will re- turn to high gear.
 MT. Rowland didn't care to cross- examine William A. Orr, former sec- retary to Governor Whitman, who has been testifying about the fight film deal" and also whisky deals," and the committee let Orr go subject to ! recall.
 Today's witnesses were Maco Stew art, Galveston, Texas, lawyer, who contends the department of justice has been remiss in prosecuting alleged lot tery schemes, and Thomas D. Dawkins, a Texas postoffice inspector, called in connection with previous testimony by Captain Baldwin of the Texas Rangers. Admits Prosecutions Made Through cross-examinatiOn, Mr. How land led Stewart to testify that the government had been indicting and pros- ecuting various alleged lotteries Stew art referred to, but Stewart insisted that all the prosecutions had been brought under mail fraud law and did not meet the situation, where, he con- tended lottery prosecutions should have been made. He said District Attorney Zewfeld of Texas has refused to prose- cute a similar concern because of an opinion by the solicitor of the postof- flee department, which he supposed had the approval of Attorney General Daugherty and the then postmaster general, Will H. Hays.
 Dawkins did not agree with Bald wins testimony that some of the de- partment officials had planned to black mail Dr. Frederick A. Cook of North Pole fame,
 During today's Hull the committee examined a sheaf of telegrams subpoe- naed from Texas. Among them were said to be messages sent and received by former Secretary Fall, Edward L. Doheny, H. F. Sinclair and Gus T. Jones, a federal officer formerly at- tached to the Fall committee which in- vestigated Mexican conditions a few years ago. William J. Burns of the department of investigation aided in decoding them.
 Some of the messages related to oil matters and may be turned over to the oil committee. Others were said to deal with alleged interests of Americans in oil and also revolutionary affairs in Mexico.
 The committee got sudden and almost unwelcome results from the batch of subpoenas issued yesterday for 16 more witnesses, including Secretary Mellon of the treasury, Secretary Weeks of the war department, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair, Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and other off cials. A number of the witnesses were informed that they could not be called for some time. The committee was informed that the two cabinet mem bers would attend whenever needed.
 Daugherty Is Pleased
 After the session a statement was issued at the department of justice say ing:
 "The attorney general is glad to call attention to the fact that the two wit nesses called today by the committee were both men of excellent reputation and did not come under the class of