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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-07
Sebasticook Club Meets

The Sebasticook Club met Tuesday
at Mrs. Lester Patterson's for tho
regular meeting. In the absence of
the secretary. Mrs. Doris Russell
served as secretary pro tenn. The
roll call was responded to by 12
members with current events. Miss
Sadie Morrow gave an excellent pa-
per on AUGMENTATION. The i'm
migration peril was discussed by
Mrs. Charlotte Norton. Mrs. Harvey
Hodges presented the subject. "15
Years Test of Amcricanization."
a community social will be held
at the Warren schoolhouse Saturday
evening.
Fred Ellis and crew of four men
have been putting up ice for Camp
Nhslow, about 600 cakes from Tat
tees pond
Twin Guernsey calves arrived
Monday at the farm of Stephen
Hodges.
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c D 7
INCOME TAX
REFUNDS
Weeks and Mellon Obtained
Tax Cuts-BIair's Wife and
Kinfolk Benefit.
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Republican leader in Pennsylvania,
who was given three refunds. for
amounts Of $173,49O, I$69.12O, and
$22,212-a total OF $264,822. An
other was the refund of $56,226
to Proctor & Gamble, Of Cincinnati.
headed by Col. William c. Proctor.
Other individuals given big re.
funds were E. G. Stillman, Of New
York, repaid $264.3S7: the estate Of
Zenas Crane, Of New York, $685.
44S: Rodman Wanamaker, 2nd., of
Philadelphia, $25,56O; the eState tof
Richard j. Reynolds, Salem, N. c.,
tobacco king, $410.69 and Adolhpus
Forstman, Of Passalc. N. j.. $34,714.
Refunds to corporations included
$1O4,3O0 to Sears Roebuck Com
pany, Of Chicago; $S41,S42 to the
Northwest Steel Company: Of Port
land, Ore; $80,661 to the E. l. du-
Pone DeNemours Company; $522, ATT
to the East Coast Car Ferry Com.
pany, Of st. Augustine, Fla: $751;
600 to the Singer Manufacturing
Company; $453, 1916 to Mas & VALID
stein, of New York: a total Of $685..
$40 to the Southern Pacific Com
pany: S162,l66 to the Locomobile
Company. Of Bridgeport; $219 $40 to
the Carnegie Steel Company, and
S368,477 to Curtiss and Company.
Of Willston, Mo-
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TwO-Year Rule Check
On ''Tax Lawyers" Made
To Curtail Operations

TAX lawyers" ex-employes Of
the Treasury Department, are pro-
hibited from representing clients
in tax cases, Of which they had
personal knowledge while in the
Government service, before the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue.
This comment was made by
Treasury officials today in con-
nection with testimony before a
special Senate committee investi.
eating the Bureau Of Internal Rev
enue, in which it was claimed that
former employees of the bureau
were responsible for reduction OF
taxes against large corporations.
Officials pointed out that in Aug
ust, 1923, Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon issued an order barring eX.
employees from practicImg before the
Trcasury in cases Of which they
had personal knowledge. and That
no eInploye could appear in any
chae N!shir two years after he
leaves the service without IegMls.
sion Of TIE Secretary.
That vast numbers of men en-
tered the Internal Revenue bureau
in 1917, '9iS and 1915 when tho
income tax laws we're new, obtained
a goo working knowla iE,e Il meth.
ids Of aspiration and then left to
practice as tax lawyer was the
statement.
Officials, while maintaining that
there is little chance for such ex-
employees to fraudulently bring about
reduction Of taxes, admitted that
they might cause reductions through
intimate knowledge Of the applica-
ton Of the law. Frequent instances
OF where income tax auditors have
discovered errors resulting in tire.
mendous refunds to taxpayers are
on record In the bureau, according
to officials.
Secretary Mellon was in Pitts
burgh. but for him It was stated
the order crimping the operations
Of ex-employes as tax lawyers, had
been put into effect partially to
meet an abuse alleged in the Senate
probe.
Mr.. Mellon. It was stated, feels
that the Internal Revenue Bureau,
employing a great number of men,
is not perfect and admits that some
employees will be found dishonest.
However. Mellon has declared that
generally speaking hS believed the
Treasury employees were trust.
worthy and working in the best
interests of the Government.
The Secretary Of the Treasury
declared that continued assaults on
the integrity Of the bureau had q
tendency to undermine morale. He
expressed the hope that the matter
would be threshed out finally and
that operation might be resumed
without faint Of suspicion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-21
FOES Of PROBES
At Tackled
BY DILL
Propaganda Started Day After
Teapot Dome Exposure,
Senator Declares.
BY TOM EvERRTTT.
Cosmopolitan News oorvlOo.


United States Senator G. G. Dill
at Washington today returned the
fire Of those who are claiming that
the Senate Is doing too much in
vestigating and too little legislating.
Dill charged that propaganda
against Congressional investigations
was started the day after the Tea.
pot Dome committee unearthed
President CoOlidge's kilograms to
Edward B. Mclean.
"If we had yielded" he said, "to
the agitation or propaganda against
further investigA alton, the Teapot
Dome committee would have not
discovered that c. Bascom Slemp.
President Coolidge's secretary, had
been specializing In oil stocks.
"This agitation started the day
after the oil investigating commit
tee unearthed the kilograms from
the President to Edward B. Mclean,
which showed the Presidents ami
able relations with Mclean even
after it was known that Mclean
was deeply involved with former
Secretary Fall in deceiving the COM
mittee about the $4,000 loan.
THAT made the whole investiga-
ton 'nauseatingi to certain Admin
istration interests and newspapers.
Luckily, the men in charge Of
these Investigations are under no
obligations to listen to the inter-
ests that are trying to suppress
them. In fact, this propaganda In
dicates that we are getting facts
that are too convincing to DO easily
explained away"
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"a fishing expedition" but said he
favored proceeding.
Kendrick Wants Time.
Senator Kendrick said he would
prefer more time to consider Lit
tleton's arguments and Sinclair's
rights. Senator Cameron expressed
a similar wish.
Chairman Ladd said he believed
1.-The committee Is within its rights
to summon witnesses"
Senator Walsh said he believed
the committee had adhered more
to legal and fair practices than
many investigating committees Of
either house Of Congress-.
II know of no law" he said, that
would prevent the witness testify.
ing merely because he was a party
to some other litigation"
Sinclair Is charged in that bill
with conspiracy to defraud the
Government.
"If Roberts and Pomerene to.
morrow, under this bill, should at.
tempt to take Sinciair's testimony
no court in the land would grant
It.
"They couldn't take his testimony
before a trial.
Therefore. Congress havin q
taken action to force the matter
into court and the court action hav-
ing already been started the com.
mittee should not force us to testify
here"
you mean as a matter Of fair
ness, or that the committee has no
authority?" asked Spencer.
well. was approaching on the
soft pedal. I think the committee
has no right to force Sinclair to
testify.
II don't believe any committee
Of Congress has the right to go
into what has been started in court
to prejudice II. to force testimony
that must be adduced later in
court" said Littleton.
The sum and substance of Little.
tons lengthy contention was that,
the courts having assumed jurisdic.
ton Of the case as q result Of this
very. oommittee's actions. thsro was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-21
HOTEL AUDITOR
M|SS|NGFOR
26DAYS
Management Refuses to Say
Whether His Accounts
Were in Order.

For tWenty-six days a corps OF
private detectives have been Vainly
striving to locate Reginald Meehan,
missing auditor for the Hotel Hamil.
ton, Fourteenth and K streets north.
west, who was last seen on the
night Of February 25th.
Officials Of the hotel today said
that they had not been able to find
the slightest trace Of the missing
auditor. They said that they
had not heard that he had been
located in a hospital in Baltimore,
a rumor that was anonymously tele-
phoned in to The Times today.
~ hope that is true, though 1
do not believe that 1t is" w. H.
Barse, manager of the Hotel said.
Hotel Checks Up.
While it is known that auditors
have been going over the books Of
the hotel to determine whether or
not there was a shortage in Nee
hans accounts. the hotel manage
ment refused to tell the result Of
this check-up.
A private detective working on
the case made the definite asser-
ton that there was a fund Of So 200
which the hotel was anxious to
question about.
Meehan was last seen on the
night of February 25th when he
stopped by the hotel to get his
overcoat. At the time he was in
an automobile with a party of
friends. The next day he failed to
appear and he had not been seen
since.
May Have Taken Life.
Possibility that Meehan may have
taken his life because Of deSpon-
dency accustomed by ill health was
advanced. During the war Meehan
suffered a severe abdominal wound
and physicians recently told him
that he could not live for more
than six months because of this
wound.
The Hotel Hamilton provided
Meehan with his room and board
and paid him a substantial salary in
addition. Then too, he was bene-
ficiary Of the Veterans Bureau, and
his combined salary was more than
enough to meet his expenses.
The theory advanced when Nee
han first disappeared was that he
had been stricken with amnesia-
loss Of memory-and might be in
some hospital. Should this assump-
ton have proven correct. hospital
authorities wuold have learned by
this time who he was and would
have notified the ponce, it was
pointed out.
"Meehan has either committed
suicide or he has run away" was
the assertion of q friend of the
missing auditor today.
II believe that he was Respondent
because Of the declaration Of his
doctors that he had but six months
to live. I cannot believe that he
was anything but young man Of
integrity and I do not believe that
his accounts are in anything but
the proper shape"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-21

RIDING AND HUNT CLUB
TO HOLD HORSE SHOW

The Riding and Hunt Club Of
Washington will give a horse show
tomorrow afternoon and night at
the riding academy, Twenty-second
and p streets northwest. Six
classes are to be shown, beginning
at ESQ o'clock in the afternoon,
and eight classes starting at 8
o'clock at night.
Prizes are being donated by Mrs.
Charles Patterson, Miss Louise
Sewell, T. c. Hart, Admiral Cary
T. GraySon, Melvin c. Hazen, Miss
Mildred Tytus, Miss Alisa Mellon,
D. A. Epson, Wilton j. Lambert,
G. Winston. DR.. e. A. Simpson,
Becker's Leather Goods, Riding and
Hunt Club and the United States
Remount Service.
Judges will be Mrs. William
Mitchell, Miss Elizabeth jackson,
Cy Cummings, Morris Hacker and
Louis Leith.
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no ground for the committee inter.
fering with the functions Of a court
of competent jurisdiction or for ex.
aiming the matter at issue or
prejudging its merits to the ad-
vantage or disadvantage Of either
Ntigant.
Don't you think, therefore, that
II Is beyond the hale of all fairness
to force Sinclair to testify" shouted
I4ittleton.
What HARM" asked Walsh, can
It do your client to let us examine
him If his cause be just?'
1.-THE same. "Littleton nearly
screamed, that would make you
object to being examined by a
mob in the street"
Littleton reflected a moment, and
added:
THAT question coming from one
amazing, Senator Walsh"
When you say that, knowing
my client has been sued and may
be indicted in criminal action. seems
to me an outrage, a reversal of all
legal traditions"
Little Is Angered.
Littleon grew angry when Walsh
said that Sinclair could easily take
the stand and refuse to testify on
the grounds it might tend to in
eliminate him.
TITS outrageous" yelled Little
ton, "to suggest that my client who
may be indicted, accept the hu-
initiation Of coming here and say
ing he's afraid.
"We're not afraid. Well meet
you toe to toe in court--to forum
to which we are entitled"
G. O. p. Debt I'm Question.
The investigators particularly
wanted to question Sinclair about
reports that he gave a large batch
Of stock to wipe out the deficit Of
the Republican national committee
In the 1920 campaign.
This phase Of the inquiry de.
veloped since he last appeared on
the stand.
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D. c. SHAKES OFF
EFFECTS Of
STORM
Traction and Telephone Conn.,
pany Officials Report No
Serious Damage.
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veloped a slush of about five inches

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veloped a slush Of about five inches
depth.
1.-THE snow began to fall at 10
o'clock last night, and the flakes
at that time were the largest l
had seen in many years." the OBJ
server at the bureau stated. "The
records show that quite 4 bit Of
rain fell through the night, but I
have not been able yet to determine
just what the amount was"
The District government early
this morning put every available
pillow and sweeper to work on the
downtown traffic lanes. BY noon
practically every avenue and street
was opened for normal traffic.
Several hundred men were put
to work early today by the Dis
trict government to cleaning up
cross.walks and clearing the cutters
throughout the city.
In addition, both street railway
companies had on an extra force
to keep switches clean Of snow and
to remove snow from the tracks
Blizzard Hits Chicago.
CHICAGO March 81. Spring
rode in on blizzard which contin-
ued to sift snow and unloose gusty
greetings today after laying q blan-
ket of four inches over the midwest
and Great Lakes territory today.
Unlike its winter predecessors,
which moved down from the Cana.
dian northwest, the blustery sea-
sons finale came from the south
west, where Muskogee, Okla, re-
ported sixteen inches of snow.
En- route north and east, It re-.
minded Missouri, Indiana, Illinois
and lower Michigan that coal sup
plies might yet call for REINFORCE.
ment. St. Louis receiving four
inches of sticky snow and southern
Illinois and Indiana cities q depth
that blocked traffic. The North
west received none. nor did M
braska and Iowa.
The prospects were for no letup
before night and a mild recurrence
Of winters finale late this week or
early next in a closing furry of
snow and sleet from the West.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-21
Hays EnrOute Here.

Hays EnrOute Here.
NEW YORK. March 21.--Will II.
Hays, formerly chairman of the
Republican national committee. left
New York this morning to testify
before the Senate Oh lease investi.
gatink committee at Washington.
He declined TO make any statement.
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plishment of this long.desirOd and
worthy objective.
(NOte-The second article Of this
interesting series viii appear at an
early dnte.)
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
APROPOS OF NOTHING

Most thought isn't worth expressing.
Vices cling to prosperity like fleas
on a dog
In being polite, see how good Job
you can make Of it.
Getting even with someone is the
hardest kind of work.
Contentment is all very we'll when
one has nothing to worry about.
A glorious tradition" is a fine thing,
II holding II doesn't do any damage.
be ignored. They very seldom grow
big.
Hours between midnight and a. m
can make a good many things seem
mysterious that are not.
If man asks you for candid opin-
lon of him, you probably tell him what
you think he expects you to say.
Some promise, not intending to per-
form and others promise sincerely yet
fail to try. The result is the same.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12

Denver, Colo.-Arguments over tile
proposed reorganization and fixing of
the upset price as they involve the
right of Harold Palmer of New York
to intervene in the proposed reorgan-
ization of the Denver & Rio Grande
Western railroad was resumed at the
opening of the United States district
court here before Judge ]. Foster
Symes. The final argument in behalf
of Mr.. Palmer's petition for interven-
ton will be stated by Louis 3. Wehle,
of New York, Immediately upon the
resumption of court He was allotted
two hours to make his concluding ar
guments shortly before adjournment
of court Wednesday.
Aligned in opposition to the grant
ing of the petition of Intervention of
Mr. Palmer, were the Bankers Trust
anad the New York Trust company of
New York, the Stockholders Protec-
tive committee and the Denver and
Rio Grande Western railroad
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
GOOD READING


The highest steeple in Bohemia is
29C feet high
The proportion of males to females
Is generally largest In the West.
Italy is reported to have surplus Of
100000 people TO send abroad this
year.
The doors of ST. Peters at Rome are
made Of cypress and have lasted LOO
years.
In rural schools only 35 per cent OF
them have supervisors of physical edu-
cation
The ratio of males to females is
higher for the farm population than 1t
is for the total population except In
three states.
Nearly all schools In cities having 4
population of 10000 or more employ
of physical instruction.
The first real picture painted by MI
chelangelo was the one on the subject
of the Temptation of ST. Anthony"
The proportion of males Of all ages
to females In the population of the
United States as a whole is now 1O4
TO 100.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
NEW INVENTIONS

A fork attachment that can be
slipped upon a table knife has been
invented for handling slices of cake.
A new valve for heating radiators
is closed by stepping on it, and is
opened by pressing a knob at one
side with a foot.
The top of new folding table for
motor tourists can be turned down
to form a back when a lower portion
is used as a chair.
A new process for the mechanical
manufacture of plate glass of uniform
quality and high polish has been dis
covered in Bohemia.
A metal band to surround a stove
pipe from which extend wire racks on
which utensils or clothing can be
dried has been patented.
Made of secret substance,
Frenchman has invented a cigar light
err mounted on a cane that Is made
to glow by pressing 1t into the cane
to compress the air.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
Demands channs of Venue

Memphis. Tenn.-Charging judge
j. VIII Ross with being biased and
prejudiced because of financial deals.
Clarence Saunders demanded, Sep
tember Bird. that another judge be ap-
pointd to try the Saunders-Piggly
Wiggly corporation litigation in feder-
al court here. Saunders charged in
his bill that Judge Ross deals have
obligated him to persons opposed to
Saunders interests in tile case.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
Dempsey To lake Wife

Philadelphia, Pa. Jack Dempsey
who rode the brakes to fame and
fortune, has taken the count of ten
in the first X. o. to be scored against
him. Battling Dan" Cupid is the
lad who did what Carpenter, Firpo,
Gibbons and score of others failed
to do. The worlds heavyweight
champion definitely announced his
engagement to marry Miss Estelle
Taylor, star of the screen. The mar
riage will take place, Dempsey said,
as soon as he goes through couple
of ring battles which have been ar
ranged for him.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
GEN ERAL

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has
left the hospital at Boston where he
has been under treatment since his
recent operation and returned to his
home in Nahant. His physicians
said his condition was satisfactory.
but that a second minor operation
would be necessary.
Four persons are believed to have
been killed and one injured when a
Philadelphia e. Reading passenger
train hit truck at Crawford, N. j.,
derailing the engine and turning it
in the opposite direction. Two pas
senger coaches were turned over.
There were ritous scenes in the
reichtag Wednesday. Blood-real red
Proletariat blood-flowed in the Ger
man national parliment when the
communists, socialists and democrats
mixed things more lively on the floor
of the reischtag than was probably
ever done in any parliment. 1t was
q record battle for the reichstag floor
where usually more skill is shown
Will tdSo WINS lne-ll VIII 4lcIc
Ninzo Matsumura, professor of
science at the Imperial university in
Toxic and the nations leading seis-
nnologist, predicted an earthquake as
great as that which rocked the cities
of Toxic and Yokohoma last Septem-
Der. According to the prediction,
the center of the earth trembler will |
be near Toxic. The date set for the
coming event was not predicted.
The Prince of Wales was given an
enthusiastic reception upon his arri-
val in Washington to pay an official
visit to the White House.
Ramsey Macdonald, the British
prime minister in a speech Wednes-
day alluded to the heavy response
bilities of the people governing the
federation of self gov
erning nations comprising the Brit
ish empire. He said they sometimes {
had the feeling that human wisdom Z
and strength were unequal to the
Lask of enduring them. {
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
Idaho Ex-Governor to Speak

Clicago.-D w. Davis, American
Falls. Idaho, former governor of Ida
no and now commissioner of the bu-
reau of reclamation, will make a
speaking tour for the Coolidge Dawes
ticket, tile speakers bureau at Repub-
lican headquarters has announced:
Mr.. Davis will speak at Madison. Neb
at Oakland. Neb., and at Beatrice
Neb. He is expected to arrange for
additional engageme nts,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
children See Parents KILLED

Glendale Ariz.-Pablo Gonzales and
his wife, Romario, were shot and kill
ed by three unidentified assailants
in front OF their home. An automobile
containing three men drew up in
front of the house and the couple fell
lead as twenty shots were fired The
Gonzales four children witnessed tile
Heath of their parents. No. trace of
the assailants had been found by a
posse headed by Sheriff Sullivan of
Maricopa county.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-12
seaplane Exceeds 100 Miles

Philadelphia, Pa.-Shattering the
American seaplane record of 100
miles an hour, made by Lieutenant
Ralph A. Ofstie, L. S. ~, over the
Delaware river course. Lieutenant
George Cuddihy drove his plane 1916
miles an hour in further tests prelim-
mary to the navy's defense of the
Schneider international seaplane tro-
ply at Baltimore next month.