The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-20
Attorney General Makes
Public Letter on Fight
Film Case.
Secretaries Mellon and Weeks
Are Subpoenaed and VIII
Be Heard Later,

Washington.--While the senate
Investigators were continuing their
examination into the Dempsey
Carpenter fight film charges, Atty.
Gen. Daugherty today made public
letter from John p. Harris,
Pittsburgh theatrical man who said
that cas- an act of simple Justice
he wanted to recall an interview he
had with Daugherty about exhi-
bition of the Dempsey-FirpO pic
lures. I'm reply to my question"
the letter said, "as to the view the
attorney generals department took
on these questions you said There
is only one way these or any other
prize fight pictures may be trans
ported for exhibition How 10
that?' asked. BY repeal of the
federal law prohibiting their trans
portatiOn' you responded. Fur
thermOre, the government will pro-
secute anyone who transports them
and will ask for punishment, not
by fine, but by imprisonment" =
Washington tangled train
the senate committees investigation o
Atty. Gen. Daugherty and the depart
ment of justice swung back and fortl
today between the now famous fgh
picture IDEAL" and IDEALS" in whiakey
cases. Then it made brief detoui
into the fields of lotteries and what tb-
department of justice has done or has
not done to suppress them.
Will III. Orr, former private secretary
to Ex-Governor Whitman of New York
was the principal witness. Orr was 8
reluctant hating witness who protested
against the committee going outside
the scope of the inquiry to develop
that he had once been indicted on &
conspiracy charge in connection with
violations of the prohibition law.
Orr previously had been identified ir
testim ony as one of those engaged ii
the IDEAL" to arrange showing of the
Carpenter Dempsey fight films without
extensive prosecution while varioul
goats" were fined small sums by pre-
arrangement.
Was to Get One-Fifth.
Although Orr testified that he wat
to receive one-ffth Of the fund in
volved, he failed under cross-examina
tion to satisfy Senator Wheeler, the
committee prosecutor, what he did tx
warrant the payments, although he die
testify that he helped get past tn,
censors. Much of orr's testim ony cen
tered around liquor Withdrawals. Sen,
ator Wheeler tried to develop that one
Howard Martin, who occupied a desl
in the "little green house on X street,
had received large sums Of money il
connection with liquor cases and hac
been obliged to give it back because
his efforts were unsuccessful. Orr
could think of collections aFgregatine
some $4,000 which he persisted were in
the nature of retainers, but he dis.
claimed amy knowledge Of Jess Smith
the attorney generals bumper anc
friend" being obliged to return money
Got Money from Drug Companies.
Specifically, Orr testified that he
himself received money from five, 81,
or seven" Wholesale drug companies il
connection with liquor Withdrawals ant
that among them were the Contra,
Drug Co., the Emmerland Drug Co,
and the Alps Drug Co.
Before adjourning until 10 o'clock
tom orrow, the committee heard Mace
Stewart, an attorney OF Galveston, Tex
who told story of how, he alleged
the department of justice knew al
about certain lotteries and was falling
to prosecute and suppress them.
For later appearance tn ecornmittet
subpoenaed Secretaries Mellon an(
Weeks to inquire into the, machinery
of communicating confidential inforna.
ton between the two departments
Some other notables also were subpoe
naed in today's list.