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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-10-09

The Navy Department received
from the commander Of the naval sta
ton at Guam message stating that
a typhoon swept the island on Oct. /,
causing foods which brought severe
damage to the Government, naval and
private properties.
The value of the loot in jewels
stolen from the Long Island home
of John Sanford, millionaire carpet
manufacturer and owner of race
horses, was $250,000, and not $4,000,
as reported, it was learned from an
authoritative source.
Earl Cooper won the 130-mile
Raisin Day classic at Fresno, Cal,
with Bennett Hill second and Tommy
Milton third. The time was 1 hour
25 minutes and 10 seconds, new
track record.
The Democratic State Convention
meeting at Rutland, Vt, expressed in
it's platform opposition to the Ku
Klux Khan, the Eighteenth Amend
ment to the Federal Constitution and
direct primaries.
The bitter political feud between
Mayor Freeland w. Kendrick and his
safety director, General Smedley D..
Butler, has been brought to peace
full settlement. Butler remains as
Safety Director.
Loot from Long Island home OF
joni Sanford valued at $250,000
Plan submitted for new form OF
Westchester government.
More than $50 planes flock to Day
ton for air races.
Chairman Butler admits election OF
President may be thrown into Con-
gress.
Dawes ignores Brookhart in Iowa
speech.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
Predict Mount Vernon Tinlbers
Viii Last for 800 Years More
Lumber Experts Declare WOod in Excellent COnoi-
ton at Present and Is Wiftstanding
Onslaughts Of Time.

Constructed with care and the
finest wood available at the time, the
main foundation timbers OF Mount
Vernon. George WashinEton's home,
on the Potomac, will possibly be in
tact as late as 500 years hence. the
National Lumber Manufacturers As
ISOLATION estimates. Shingles on the
roof have been renewed twice since
Washington's death-first in 1850 and
again in 1913. but the timbers and
lath and siding OF the house are in
excellent condition.
The Mount Vernon estate was one
OF several owned by Augustine WASH
1ngton, the father of George Wash
ington. and was originally known as
the Hunting creek estate. Lawrence
half brother of George, succeeded
to the estate on his fathers death. He
named IL Mount Vernon, after the
British admiral under whom he
served in a West Indies campaign
Lawrence. in 1743-4. built the original |
house between the two chtmneys, part
Of which still stands.
Took Possession in 1852.
The property passed to George, on
the death of Lawrence. the first
President taking possession in 1852.
Remodeling the house was begun in
May, 1I5S. and was completed in Sep
tember, 1853. When It was done a
single story or Il story-and "a half
house had been made two stories and
q half.
1t measured fifty by thirty-two feet
and contained twelve rooms. In 1873
Washington began the work of add
ing two wings-one for Il library and
the other for a banquet hall. Each
wing is twenty-five by thirty-tWo
Evening star., 1924-02-25
FRAUD IN CASKET
STOCK SALE DENIED
Howe Says He Made No Fraudu-
lent Promises on Progress
of Firm.

Ralph a. Howe. former vice presi-
dent and director of the Crystal
Glass Casket Company, testified to-
day in his own behalf before Justice
Hitz and a jury in Criminal Division
I, where he is on trial with. James
W. DeCamp and Edwin c. Reed,
other officials of the company. on a
charge of conspiracy TO defraud in
connection with the Gale of stock in
the company. Howe denied that ne
had made any fraudulent promises
to persuade persons to invest in the
stock Of the corporation and express
ed his belief that glass caskets
could be made.
The witness told of a visit to Ada.
Okla, where he said a glass concern
there had actually made caskets of
glass Referring to the alleged mis-
about the purchase of
Ia manufacturing site at Nitro, W. Va.
the witness said the local company
was in negotiations to buy the prop
erty seveFal months before the sign
ing Of the contract of purchase. Mr..
Howe identified about forty letters
from the files Of the company relat-
ing to the purchase of the plant. The
reading of these letters by Attor-
Ineys T. Morris Wampler and Harry
la. Hegarty for the defense occupied
the larger part of the session OF the
lcourt. Howe will be crosS-examined
hv Assistant United States Attorney
Bilbrey.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
SAYS NAVAL PARLEY
IN ROME is SUCCESS
"All Cards on Table and Divergent
Views Made Clear" Com
mander Hodge Declares.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, February 25.-"Everybody
has put their cards on the table at
this conference" said Commander
Hodge of Great Britain, secretary of
the naval disarmament conference, to
the Associated Press today.
I'VE all have learned something"
he added. We know just where We
all stand, and for that reason this
meeting Is bound to bring good re-
suits on the question of Limitation
of armaments.
''For instan,e take Russia. There
was a great problem on which we all
were at sea. But we heard the Rus
sian viewpoint frankly discussed by
the Russian representative, we Of
fering our counter viewpoints. Then
arriving at some basis, everybody has
learned the other mans case. I am
sure this feeling prevails through
out the whole commission"
Commander Hodge refused to give
any of the tonnage figures discussed,
saying that all the members of the
commission were sworn to secrecy
evident disappointment regarding
Spain's stand for the tonnage she re-
ouested and her withdrawal from the
conference.
Commander Hodge, asked if he
thought the conference might be con-
sfdered successful in overcoming df-
yergencies of the South American
countries with regard to naval arma-
ments, replied: Eyes, I think 1t has
been. The delegates have discussed
their particular claims with great
candor and now know each other s
viewpoint better"
Evening star., 1924-02-25
SPAS, 600 ESTATE LEFT
BY CHARLES E. FOSTER
Will Offered for Probate Here.
Sister and Niece Will
Receive Bulk.

The will of Charles Z. Foster, who
died at Ardmore, Pa, February 10,
was offered today for probate. 1t dis
poses OF an estate valued at s245,o0o
and names the Washington Loan and
Trust Company AS executor and trus-
tee. In the event of the death of the
chief beneficiaries without issue the
bulk of the estate is to go to the
Washington Home for Incurables.
Specific bequests include $4,000 each
to Margaret S. Rehn and Rose A.
Rehn. S10,600 to Marcy G. Browne,
$500 to A. L. T. Hausmann, $1,000 to
Lydia Hepburn and $1,000 to the
Home Industrial School and Peace
Memorial at Asheville, y. e. Two
thirds of the income from the re-
naming estate is to be paid to his
sister, Mrs. Flora F. Smith of AS
bury Park. y. j., and one-third to a
niece, Mrs. Anna +. Taylor OF Roa-
noke. Va. One the death Of the bene-
ficiaries without issue the estate is to
go to the Washington Home for In
CurableS.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
CHEF STUDIES DISHES
OF VARIOUS NATIONS
Makes Round of Embassies in Prep
aration for Continental
Dinner.

The head chef at the La Fayette Ho-
tel is still making the round of vari-
GUS embassies in order to learn the
national dishes that comprise the
menu for the continental banquet"
of the International Association of
Arts and Letters dinner next Thurs
day.
While the menu is a secret, 1t Is
unders '6od that the chef has Just
mastered the recipe Of the legation
cook for Czechoslovakian pudding. He
also spent an hour at the Persian le-
cation In order to master a Persian
dish that will be on the bill Of fare.
Diplomats from the five continents
will make a toast at the dinner. The
entertainment as wen as the menu
will be made up of the national
dishes and amusements of the various
countries on the continents.
Reservations for the dinner may be
made by writing to the banquet COM
mityee. at room 401. 1415 K street
s0fthwest.
Evening star., 1924-02-25

feet. Al the same time alterations
We're made in the central portion OF
the house.
The work Jagged OIL account of the
revolutionary war. but both wings
were completed by I77s, and before
Washington returned from the war
the front portico and the colonnades
connecting the house with the out
buildings in the rear were completed.
Timbers of the framework of the
mansion are of white oak, rough
hewn and cut from trees on the plan
alton. Part of those in the main
section of the house date from 1T43,
the other from the time OF the re-
are mortised and fastened together
with wooden dowels. Much of the
original flooring remains, for example,
that of the banquet hall, which is now
about $50 years old.
Sawmills Were Slow.
Siding Of the house was probably
sawed from local pine at nearby
water-power mill, which was also a
flour mill. as was the custom Of those
days. The capacity of the cabinet
saws then used was so small that it
took several days TO produce enough
siding for one house. One large saw
mill today. according to the lumber
lumber IN a day for twenty Mount
yernonS.
Judging from some of the old
wooden buildings of Europe, the
manufacturers claim, 1t is possible
that the present timbers of Mount
Vernon will be intact as late as 2750
A. II. So far Mount Vernon is re-
sisting the encroachments of time
better than the Carlisle house. of
about the same age. at Alexandria,
stone. and it has been necessary to
give it q protective coat of cement.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
APPROVES INQUIRY
INTO INDIAN AFFAIRS
House Committee o. KS Appro
priation of $4,000 for Probe
in Oklahoma.

Investigation by joint congress
SIGNAL committee of the admintstra-
tion of Indian affairs in Oklahoma is
favored by the House Indian affairs
committee.
Approving 4 resolution by Repres-
entative Carter, democrat, Oklahoma,
proposing an inquiry, the committee
in a report made public today recon-
mended the appropriation Of $4,000
for conducting the investigation and
that the committee named should
have authority to employ an attorney
subpoena witnesses and administer
oaths.
Mr.. Carter based his demands for
an investigation on charges contained
in report made public by Gertrude
Bonnin of the Indian welfare COM
mittee of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, Charles II. Fabin
American Indian Defense Association
and Matthew X. Sniffen, Indian
Rights Association, which the COM
mittee in its report said containe ed
"sundry and sensational charges vir-
tually constituting an indictment OF
Congress and the government as
guardians of the Indians"
Three members of the House and
three senators would serve on the in.
vestigating committee.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
FOUR MEN Die IN FIRE
THAT BURNED HOME
Three-Apartment Dwelling De-
stroyed by Blaze Believed Due
to an Upset Lamp.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
|. PITTSBURGH. Pa, February 20
Four men were burned to death in
4 fire which destroyed a three-family
dwelling house at Etna, near here,
early yesterday. Two other men es-
capped by jumping from a second
story window. An overturned oil
lamp was believed to have started
the fire.
All the bodies were recovered from
the ruins, but only one has been
identified, that of Andrew Dabic.
Three Of the victims were sleeping
In an upstairs room when the fourth
was believed by fire officials to have
upset an oil lamp on the first floor
and to have been overcome.
Their escape cut off when the
fire spread to the stairs, two other
occupants of the, second floor jump
ed from windows. escaping unhurt.
The other families In the house es-
capped without difficulty.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
ANCIENT CATHEDRAL
ENFEEBLED BY AGE
st. Paul's Leaning Badly and Suf.
fers From Vibrations
of Traffic.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON. February 3s-Oid st.
Paul's Cathedral. that for centuries
has lorded 1t over all London from
the peak of I4udgate Hill, IS showing
signs of fatigue. It's stones, black
ened by the fog and SCOT of bygone
ages, are getting weary from the
constant vibrations caused by the
roaring traffic that swirls all around
the structure and the unreIenting
pull of the Thames upon it's founda-
tiors.
The south transept has begun to
lean toward the river and the south
west tower has dropped several inches
from the perpendicular. Something
must be done soon to preserve this
crowning achievement OF the archi-
, tect. Wren. Mcrvyn Mccartney, arch
itecturai adviser to the dean. says a
large sum Of money will have to be
spent on the cathedral before very
long apd the board of commissioners
at present is considering several pro-
posals for its preservation.
An American firm, which under
pinned some Of New York'S great sky
scrapers. has examined ST. Paul's and
recommended underpinniug as a cure
for its architectural maladies. but the
commissioners are set against such Il
method.
In the eighteenth century iron
straps were put around the cornices
OF the transepts to hold the building
together, and since then II has been
necessary at various times to make
other repairs to the nalignment Is
caused by the movement OF the cath
edrai
Twenty years ago it was discovered
that the roof under the western pedi-
ment had dropped d few inches, and
within the present decade ii has been
necessary TO repair two of the piers.
1t is expected that repairs to the
other six piers, some of the masonry
of which has rotted. will require
thirty years to complete.
Meanwhile the stream Of busses and
motor lorries which flows past the
building becomes larger and larger,
with consequent increase In the de-
vaStating vibration.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
oil Counsel Put in Quarters
Near Standards Office Here
Rooms in transportation Building Assigned Roberts
and POn,erene Furnish Amusement
About Washington. -.

only be cynical soul. with a passion
for joke at any price: who would sng-
the governments dri'lers for oil trreg,
ularities In fields where the standard
Oil Company of New Jersey had al
ready staked out claim.
The chief of the Washington branch
of that corporation is J. u. Walker
who is known AS branch manager
There are no other oil tenants In the
Transportation building except the
Ballard Oil Equipment Company. which
is evidently not an oil-producing con-
Germ.
Building Unsatisfactory.
At one time it was suggested that
Messrs. Pomerene and Roberts would
be given offices in a building about
midway between the White House
and the Department of Justice. one
answering that de-" e"cription stands at
the corner of 18th and II streets.
But 1t probably was found unavai.-
able because it contains the Wash
ington offices of the Mexican Petro-
leum Company--a Doheny subsidiary
Of the American Petroleum anu
of the Elk Hills naval re"erve III
California. AS every oily step IL be-
ing carefully watched these hysteri- :
cal and historical days, there would
have been another reason against sta
tioning the governments oil lawyers AZ
that particular place.
Across the street from the building
In question, is the hotel in which Mr..
Doheny's silver-tongued san Fran
cisco lawyer, Gavin McNab. Is watch
fully waiting in Washington: Will"
across the way. in another direction.
are the offices of Levi Cooke. Albert
B. Falls special counsel.
a distinguished republican was re
Gently the guest of President Coolidge
at the White House. Reporters asked
hi, ha iy1crlN- hn a-.G
in oil. NO, not now he replied, but
formerly. 1 burned a kerosene lamp
when | was Il college student
Messrs. Pomerene and Roberts seem
to have no objection to the Trans
portation building in general. The
White House, the Metropolitan Club
and the State. War. and Navy build
ing are just around the corner. But.
If their friends are to be believed,
they'd hail IL change of venue to Ii
somewhat less cleaginouS site--or at
least to Il less fragrant floor.
(CoDyr!ght I9G4l
Evening star., 1924-02-25
URGES BASE FOR NAVY
AT ALAMEDA, CALF,
Oakland Business Declares Site
Only One Available on
Pacific Coast.

Advocating establishment of a
naval base at Alameda, Calf,
Joseph E. Caine, representing the
Oakland Chamber of Commerce, told
the naval committee today that the
government could not find another
site on San Francisco bay large
enough to accommodate future mill
tary naval and air activities on the
Pacific coast.
The Alameda site, he contended, Is
we'll situated from transportation
standpoint to insure cheap and prompt
movement of supplies, and would be
insured an adequate labor supply
with more than a million persons re-
siding within a few miles.
Evening star., 1924-02-25

'~"htipaEo lloll = iio dbC.J
meetings with Fall and Mclean. but
he did ask the former Interior Sec
retary what the facts were.
Advised to Read Record.
young man. read the record
slemp quoted Fall as replying, II
have said all 1 have to say on the
subject"
Mr.. Slemp said he went to Palm
Beach. Fla, December % and return =
cd January 1G. Mr.. Mclean and A. e.
Fall were in Palm Beach at the time.
Il was In Palm Beach for so per
cent Of the time" Mr. Slemp said,
"and toured Florida for the rest of
the time. / met Mr.. Mclean casually
several times. I can't fix dates. l was
there for health and recreation.
Il Joined the tourist crowd in Palm
Beach and there wasn't much inter-
est in oil until 1t turned out you
(Senator Walsh) were coming down
mere was more conversation about
the Volstead law"
Asked About Conver,atIon.
IT'S quite likely you could tell the
committee about what you talke ed
with Mr.. Mclean and Secretary Fall?'
dSpSu >hSLIi IstHTOot.
II will say there was no private OF
confidential talk between u.s." re.
piled Mr.. Slemp. Il wasn't an init.
mate Of either man. Mr.. Fall looked
i'll; 1t seemed the desire of his asso.
ctates to avoid the subject.
Il met the two men at dinner ol
lunch. 1t was possible l met Secre.
tary Fall two or three times before
senator Walsh came. remember
once Secretary Fall aid the commit
tc" wasn't working along right lines
Il said. What are the facts abou
all this, senator" to Fall, and n.
responsed:
81 wish, young man. you'd read
the record.
Il want you 70 understand had NJ
Knowledge or official mission dowr
there" he continued. Il wasn't rep
rcsentiIl2 President Coolidge. bu
seeking recreation. The day befor,
Senator Walsh arrived there I me-
Mr.. Mclean, who told me he wa.
going to tell the committee the Who'll,
thing. ] think / told him 1 hoped h
would.
II didn't want my trip to be politi.
cal, though 1t was given out It wa:
so, and / received a continual stream
Of callers. who talked about loca
politics. and l got rather accurate in.
formation about that. didn't ahout
oi! matters. I didn't get chance I,
talk TO these gentlemen SO ,uuch a,
you'd think"
1t did occur 70 me that il would b,
the most natural thing In the worl,
| for you to have conversation witt
those gentlemen" Senator WalsI
pursued.
Was Determined to Stay.
Il do recall that after the testi
nony was given that Mr.. Mclean die
not furnish Secretary Fall 100000
Mr.. Slemp went on. II was at Mr.
McLean's. and Secretary Fan wa.
there. He said his physicians advised
him to go TO Bermuda. But that ht
was going TO stay IN spite of health
until the committee got the facts"
Secretary Fall said there was :
gentleman who had been associated
with him for thirty years who knew
| the truth, and that this man should
tell the committee the facts. If tn,
man didn't. Secretary Fall said h
would himself, and 1 advised him tc
tdo So"
Secretary Dill, democrat, Washing.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
~Y FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Oil has hitherto not provided fuel
for much nerriment in Washington
There is at last cause for loud. long
and legitimate laugh. 1t is likely to
roll gaily across this community Of
rumor. recrimination and remorse
when disclosures herein for the first
time made come to public notice.
President Coolidge's special coun-
sci appointed to represent the
United States government in the oil
investigation. have had Offices as
ity to the "oil interests! To be pre-
else. Messrs. Pomerene and Roberts
have been ensconsed in suite 420-421
of the new Transportation building. a,
18th and II streets, while in suite 433
on the same floor. is the ''Washing-
ton branch" of the Standard Oil Com
pany Of New Jersey.
No official protest has been launch
ed by the bipartisan legal commits
tocratic Office neishbors. But to dis.
tinguished lawyers from outside OF
Washington who were In attendance
at last weeks session of the Ameri.
can Law Institute. :hey are under
stood to have registered their disap-
pointment that they do not FIND
themselves In a somewhat differen,
environment.
Assigned to ONCE.
Inquiry as to how MeSsrs Pome.
rene and Roberts came to find them
selves plumbing the depths of civil
and criminal law as 1t may affect the
oil Developments in proximity to q
Standard OIL Company headquarters
brings In the bureau Of the budget II
appears that to Gen. Herbert NJ
Lords division of the Treasury De.
partment is assigned the task ot
housing special governmental COM
missions that suddenly require Office
space. The official OF the budget bu-
reau charged with this duty is the
chief co-ordtnator."
That post is now filled by Col. II. C.
Smtther, L. S. A, whose staff consists
OF other active officers of the Army
The "Chief co-ordinator's" division is
itself conducted from private property
the Arlington building. II would
Evening star., 1924-02-25
TEST FOR AIR MAIL
SUCCEEDS IN ALASKA
Pilot Delivers Sacks in Nine Hours.
Eighteen Days Required by Dogs
for Same Trip.
By the Associated Press,

Dy hsS6clhteQ fresS.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, February 30
United States Air Mail Pilot Carl Elm
son completed a successful initial test
flight for the mail service into the in
terror of Alaska Thursday, it was an
nounced here. The trip was made in
nine hours of flying With speedy dog
team relays the trip usually requires
about eighteen days. The air trip, how
ever, was not made without mishap.
Eilnsop was lost for several hours in
the wilderness of the kantishna valley,
in the vicinity of Mount Mckinley. He
had to make an emergency landing to
get his bearings.
The trip from here to McGrath, the
interior terminus Of the fight, was
made in two hours and fifty minutes
The delay was on the return trip, and
due to low visibility and a faulty COM
pass.
Eilnson said he expects to make the
second trip soon.
Evening star., 1924-02-25
HERRIN KLANSMEN DENY
YOUNG ASKED TO LEAVE
Dry Raid Leader Has Support of
All Law-Abiding Citizens,
/. Says Statement.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MARION, Ill. February 25.--After a
meeting OF ku Klux Klansmen here
yesterday Samuel Sterns. jr., John l..
Whiteside and Fred Simpson, officials
OF the khan. issued a statement deny
ing reports that S. Glenn Young, their
J paid employe. had been requested to
leave Williamson county.
AS a result Of q series of liquor
raids conducted by the khan, led by
Young. the anti-klan and khan forces
clashed at Herrln recently. Two regi-
ments of the National Guard were
called to restore peaceful conditions
and at a compromise settlement of
the factional differences the khan
agreed to dismiss Young from their
: employ.
The statement declared that Young
chad not been requested to leave the
county and that no restriction had
. been placed on his activities within
the county by any one. 1t further de-
f., clared that Young has the Support
and good will of every law abiding
citizen OF Williamson county"
Evening star., 1924-02-25
APPEALS FOR U. S. PROBE
OF CLOSING OF MILLS
Fall River Mayor Asks Federal
Trade Commission to See If
Restraint Is Practiced. -.
BY the Associated Press.

BY ths Associated Press.
FALL RIVER, Mass, February 25.
An investigation Of the continued
curtailment" of the Fall River cot
ton mills to be conducted by the fed
eral trade commission, was requested
by Mayor Edward p. Talbot in
telegram which he sent to the chair
man of the commission Saturday night.
The mayor said that he was not in
timating that the cotton manufac-
turers' association was guilty of
restraint of trade, but asserted that
he was not sure that there was not
"some understanding" among the
mills to bring about widespread cur
failing of operation" Mayor Talbot
said that untold suffering was be-
ing caused by the closing of the mills
in Fall River, the largest cotton
manufacturing city in the world
He asked that the board determine
IL there has been any waste, mis-
management or gross neglect by the
manufactures whose mills have sus-
pended indefinitely.