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and that was not severe in view
Of his disregard for the law"
you didn't favor the rich crimi.
nails as it has been shown the
Department Of Justice did?" asked
Wheeler.
AppIauded. BY Crowd
''1f you would read my mail you
would think that there was nobody
ever satisfied with anything ! have
DONE" Lands retorted.
II can recall you gave certain
rich men the limit OF the law"
Wheeler added.
On one occasion Lands fined the
Standard Oil Company S29,Op0 900.
Lands was then excused,
''If I had known ninety days ago
that was to appear here today this
commission would not be passing
upon important matters In this
room ut Q o'clock this afternoon" he
said a. he left the stand. 1.-THE com.
mittee would be my guests ut the
Washington ball park"
The Washington team played to.
day In New York and lands I'm
piled he would have changed the
schedule.
The jurist received an ovation
from the crowd Is he lest the room.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-02
GOLFERS PLAY
HANDICAPPED
BY WIND
MI "hMH
Two Sixteens Finish First
Rounds in Match Com
petition at w. G. c. c.

Handicapped somewhat by a brisk
wind. contestants in the Washing
ton Golf and Country Clubs spring
invitation tournament are playing
the early rounds in six sixteens to-
day.
At noon, the fifth and sixth six
teens had finished their first rounds
and the. fourth sixteen was well
under way. At noon none Of the
championship flight matches had
been completed. 81
The results:
Fourth Sixteen.
First round--L. 8. Buchanan defeat.
ed w. ]. Hughes, and 8; A. B. Gait
defeated R. L. d'EspRrd. and I.
Fifth Sixteen.
First round--DeVare Burr defeatel
Edgar Markham. ! up; C. H. Baker
defeated Lynn Haines, up; P. s.
H. Robb defeated w. =. Carey, and
4: s. d. Paxton defeated r. B. Cum
mings, 9 and Q; A. L. Christman de-
fsSted H. da n: Bsm,s and l,,t g. M
J. L. Barnes defeated D. C. DRIVER.
Sixth sixteen.
First rounds. L. Mosby defeated L.
y. Tracy, . and l.; Z: w. Cushing ie-
f fstd = g; Clark. s and s; ". A;
Z; Dennis Barkalow defeated L. ~.
McKernan. 2 and i; D, r. fillmore de-
feated +. L. Fuller. and 8; G. D.
Duganne defeated H. W, Burr by de-
Turner. and i: Leroy Livingston dc.
feated A. w, Howard 1 up.
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AGENT IS
WITNESS ON
SHOALS
z. G. LeiboId, Secretary Of
Auto King, Repudiates
Miller Statements

The Senate Agriculture Com.
mittee today sought from James
Martin Miller, former Washington
newspaper correspondent, and E. G..
Leibold, Henry Ford's secretary, an
explanation Of Miller's statement in
q telegram to Leibold that Presi.
dent Coolidge was trying to de.
liver" Muscle Shoals to Ford.
Appearing before the committee
at the request Of Senator Norris
Rep.) Of Nebraska. Leibold said
that Miller wrote ''gossipy letters"
and that little importance" was
attached to his communications.
MILLER did not represent us in
Washington" Leibold testified. add.
ing, however, that he had asked
Miller to telegraph him the details
OF certain matters and that Miller
had contributed to the Deaborn In.
dependent.
Leibold said Miller wrote him n
letter, offering to use his newspaper
standing as a pretext for gaining
admission to official Washington to
get information for Ford. The let.
ter also said that in all his quests
tor information he was careful to
emphasize that he was acting as a
correspondent.
1--WE never considered him very
reliable" Lelbold said.
"tThen why did you telegraph Mil.
ler?" Norris demanded.
Just as q matter Of courtesy in
replying to the mans message"
Then why did you not tell him
you did not care for his informa.
tion?"
"Well, any information was wei.
come"
was Miller ever paid any money
for services other than for the
Dearborn independently" asked SEN.
ator Harrison (Den1.l OF Mississippi.
mot one cent" Leibold re-
sponded.
Don't you know" asked Senator
Norris, chat on or about December
10, 20 or 81, 1898, Mr.. Ford got a
telegram from the president Of the
United States?'
II know nothing about IT," Lei.
bold said.
y No Fer "a Publicity.
II believe Mr.. Ford does not wish
to come here" Norris said to
Leibold, "and / will. II I can, re.
spect his wishes. But, when you
60 back 70 Detroit. ask Mr.. Ford or
others who might be involved
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AGENTS REMOVAL TO
BALTIMORE PROTESTED

A vigorous protest against the
assignment Of y. E, Fisher. the dry
agent who was alleged to have shot
and seriously wounded Senator
Frank l.. Greene of Vermont last
February, to outy IN Baltimore, was
voiced today BY Congressman John
Phillip Hin of Maryland.
In a letter to United States At.
torney Peyton Gordon, Congress.
man Hill declared that he is taking
this stand ''tc protect the welfare
of the people Of Baltimore"
In his letter, Hill characterized
Fisher as ~ reckless person totally
incapable of properly performing
the functionsNsof an officer Of the
peace and dangerous to the public. /"
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CECILIA .COONEY
To GET LONG
TERM
Bobbed.Haired Bandit Faces
Severe Sentence Despite
Plea of Guilty

NEW YORK. May 2.-If Mrs. Ce-
ella Cooney, Brooklyn's hobbed hair
bandit, entertains hopes that her
plea OF guilty will bring her a light
sentence, her hopes were shattered
by County Judge George w. Mar.
tin in Brooklyn yesterday.
Judge Martin IN discharging the
grand jury which brought in the
and her husband, Edward, for as.
body and minated that the Coon rs
will get a heavy sentence.
Twenty Years Maximum.
The maximum sentence is from
ten to twenty years imprisonment.
He said to the grand jury in part:
Your indictment was we'll fol . j.
ed and you can rest assured that
the judge here presiding will see
to 1t that your judgment is upheld
by the imposition Of a proper and
well.deserved sentence.
This disposition will be made Of
their case despite the maudlin sen.
tirnentality of certain individuals,
whose views and opinions on the
matter of crime, were they allowed
to serve az a guide. would soon
render any community a paradise
for robbers, thieves, and other Grim.
inals and a place of terror for law.
abiding citizens"
Fate Known Tuesday.
The prisoners will be sentenced
Tuesday. While Mrs. Cooney eats
and sleeps will. she has lost the
spirit of oravado and ostenslble In.
difference. to her future that marked
her demeanor, when she was
brought to Raymond street jail from,
Florida.
Warden Harry Honeck said today:
Celia seems to have come to a
realization Of the error Of her recent
wnvs.''
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SEIZE 3 BREWERlES
AND BOTTLlNG PLANT

SCRANTON, Pa, May 2.--Three
breweries and a bottling works were
seized by United States Marshall
John H. Glass and his deputies
pending decision on the libels filed
against them Monday by federal
prohibition authorities.
1t was announced at theI federal
building here that the Ortleib Brew.
cry. Mauch Chunk; e. Robinson's
Sons Brewery, Scranton; the LIE.
banon Brewery, Lebanon, and the
Seasholz Bottling Work, Sunbury,
were taken over by the marshal and
that guards were placed about the
plants.
There will be q hearing later on
the motion Of the United States
district attorney for permission to
destroy the. machinery and in.
gradients at the breWeries seized.
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JOHN B. LORDS ESTATE
ESTIMATED AT $35o,ooo

An estate estimated at $35O,OOO
was left by John B. Lord, accord
ing to the petition for letters tesla
mentary filed in probate court by
his son, Willard F. Lord, 1920
Monroe street northeast, and Eu.
gene H. McLachlen. Mr.. Lord
died April s,
Mrs. Florence w. Barnes has
filed a petition for letters testa-
mentary on the estate OF her
father, George w. Hills, who died
February % and left an estate
valued at in excess Of $4,000, In.
GLIDING premises at 1414 Montague
street northwest.
Amos Hadley, who died April 26,
bequeathed $1,000 each to his
daughters, Mary L. Hadley and
Clara b. Hadley, and George II.
Hadley, a son, Is given SIS. The
residue OF the estate is to go TO
the widow, Mrs. Susan II. Hadley.
Charles r. Rupertus, who died
April 81. left the premises at 3411
Georgia avenue northwest, to his
wife, Mrs. Edith v. Rupertus, under
his will. which has been filed for
probate,
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ANDS ON STAND TELLS OF LIQUOR DRINKING IN HIGH SOCIETY
The TeeIlling Times
By TINY TESSIE.

The groceryman now has some
troubles to face
OF character totally new;
The time has now fled when he
used to be scared
They'd catch him shortweighting
q few.
Those staples Of staunchness, the
raisin, the prune,
Good cornmeai, fine yeast, maple
syrup,
Mast bear affidavits ere sales slips
pass by
Or else there will be quite a
stir up.
Because-now. my children, please
give me attention,
This ruling is Just one more VOlstead
prevention;
The grocers would gladly all 30 on
their knees
3. Y. D.'S (before Voistead
days..
You're still in the dark? Well. In.
deed, you are dense
Most twentieth century folks have
The goods in the ban could entail
an injunction,
II given full powers of their fer.
menting function.
Cal Coolidge in writing demands a
fish law,
My heavens! he's easy TO please:
The salmon that swim in Alaska's
cold seas
Must certainly laugh in their
sleeves.
Fish laws of sort may be quite
all right
The fishes are squidgy and
sQuishy-
But why Coolidge wastes his time
writings by mel
When all Of our laws are 80 flshy.
GGmboIinO stceetly on the green,
Cunning lGDsbEinS may be seen;
HNbbies get ldmbed, too, tOeen.
Whem they gGmble on the green.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-02
Senator Walsh Denies
"Muck Raking" Charge
Made by Sinclair

Senator Walsh DENY Of Mon.
tana, today denied that the Senate
Committee investigating the Tea
pot Dome lease was guilty OF ''po.
litical undertaking" as charged in
the brief filed BY attorneys for
Harry +. Sinclair, on the motion TO
luash the contempt indictment
against the oil magriate.
THAT kind of comment might
be excusable in an address to q
political gathering or as contri.
button to q partisan newspaper but
IL has no justifiable place in argu.
ment before q court"
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RUM WORTH 81, 900, 900
OFF BAY STATE COAST

BOSTON, May 2.-Coast guard
officials reported the biggest fleet
OF rum runners ever seen in this
section.
Anchored at q legally safe dis.
lance outside Boston harbor are the
British steamer Johnstown: the
Cuban steamer Mimina; a British
schooner and three auxiliary schonn.
ers.
Off Martha's Vineyard are me
notorious Panama steamer, Toboga,
four other steamers and ten schoon.
ers. The liquod cargoes were esti-
mated at $1,900.000.
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whether the President sent Mr..
Ford kilograms"
YES" Leibold said.
Norris said they would be given
publicity only IL the commute di.
rected it in executive session.
1.-THE publicity doesn't bother u.s."
Leibold said. II am sure there is
nothing between the President and
Mr.. Ford that ought not be made
public"
Leibold told the committee Ford
had suddenly called his engineer
w. b. Mayo, back to Detroit from
Washington for a conference on
Muscle Shoals.
Leibold left the committee, with
the impression that Ford mlgnt be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-02
TRADE VESSELS WARNED
OFF MEXICAN COAST

The Mexican gunboat Zaragosa Is
patrolling the coast off Progresso,
and trade vessels which cannot
enter the river because Of their
draught are being warned off be.
fore obtaining cargo, according to
a report received by the Navy De.
partment, from the U. s. $. Tulsa
stationed there.
1t adds that relations with the
revolutionists are reported az friend.
ly by Americans ashore.
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considering some new attitude on
his bid, but all efforts to get details
were in vain, fer Leibold insisted he
knew nothing of Ford's position on
the Shoals and could draw no
surmisals.
"Do you suppose Ford might
modify his bid?" asked Senator
Harrison.
II can't say" Leibold answered.
docs he stand on, the bill as 1t
passed the House?"
"At present / rather think So"
Leibold was dismissed and asked
to have Ford give Mayo a written
statement Identifying Mayo as his
spokesman on Shoals matters, when
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-02
/. c. C. HOLDS RAIL RATES
ON HORSES ARE UNJUST

The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission today held that Hreight
rates on horses, mules and burros,
In carloads, from Kansas City, Mo-.
to points in Texas and louisiana,
are unjust, unreasonable and un
duly preJudicial.
The Commission prescribed new
put them into effect on or before
June 16.
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the engineer appears before the
committee.
Fred M. Allen, executive secre.
tary of the Chamber Of Commerce
of Gastonia. N. c., appeared before
the committee to urge that what.
ever bid be accepted provide guar
antees Of the safeguarding OF the
natural resources afforded by Mus.
Icle Shoals.
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PlMLICO ENTRIES.
IGOR sATIrRnAYN

FIRST RACE-Four furlongs: purse,
$3.50; maiden two-year-old fiilies.
Thistlewood .ilol (bDFiery Flight 10
Red Hawk ....1lOI Margaret st. L.. lIo
(clChrysalis .110I Frosty Dawn. =. ITO
Beauty Contest. 110l (b)Mrs. Finley. ! 10
Dorothy Gilpin. 40 lFirmament no
Jaw. T. seipp-samuel Ross entry.
(b)Edward F. Whitney entry. tc)Wal-
ter ]. Salmon entry.
SECOND RACE - The GreensprinK
Valley Steeplechase: four-year- olds and
upward; two miles; purse, $1,000;
added. handicap:
xxsea Tale. 80. .14sl tc) ouicksand ..lse
Houyhnhnm ...1l1I td)Bulls Eye. ISL
tclxophime ...l5sl is) Ether'l Blue. 1s2
Boss John. 1881 (c)S. A. Glauna 1913
ca Duttiste .isi tdlDan w.. ..l5s
xxTen pounds claimed for rider.
::(alJ. Z. Widener entry. (blGreentree
Stable entry (c)Middleneck Farm
entry, (d)J. s. Cosden entry.
THIRD RACE--The Gun Powder
Purse, $500. Four and one-hah fur
longs. Two-year- odds.
Bernice Observation-Disclosures ......... III
bBlennerhassetk. III lbContract ......l1I
Travers. ....... los laasright steel. iii
Tall Grass, ......111lbSenalado ......l11
aJarnes Butler entry.
bR. T. Wilson, jr.,-Walter ]. Salmon
FOURTH RAcE-The Chesapeake
HandicRpp. Six furlongs. Three-year-
olds ana upward. Claiming. Purse,
$500.
Bees. ......... .10Sla Mercury .......113
bCapt, Costigan.. 1O4 lxRepriRal ......IO6
Deputy. .".. .102laxOHenry ..... .104
xBeau Nash. ...... io2lAdmirer ......" 10!
Lion p'Or, ...... lS2lbMckenna .....1OA
Scotch Broom.....,110I
al. McMillen entry.
be. w. Campbell-G. w. Foreman
Firth RACE-The Dixie Handicap;
three-year-olds and upward; one mile
and three-sixteenths; purse. $4,000
Chacoiet .i1sIRsvenue Aren't. 90
aCherry Pie lick. Solmons Seal. lis
Gold Bug 49,. 9sRoland ......... 90
bNautical ...... e9laRialto .........1i6
Spot Cash 80. lis Fltntstone ...a III
Wilderness -. 106lbMartinga1e -. .120
aFlagstaff Ills Mr.. Mutt 49,. .1O1
(A)Greentree stable-H. p. whitney
SIXTH RACE--The Druid Hill; three
ysar.olds; fillies; one mile; purse, 1880.
Nancy I'SSorno. iSs Yankee Primo /. liz
SEVENTH RAcE-.Four- ysar-O lds and
upwardi one and one-eighth miles;
Gray Gables. .lCSIxtaj rornova -. .1O1
Ashland .n... .l06ISea Monarch. .i0B
xLord Wraok. 10s lxFree1y SneeSy.. vs.
Trajanus ..,...1l llSThe CART %
veronica .'.'.'' SylxNAlOlu thtuL. 1O3
xRecAabite 49,. .10lIHsll Gate. ...... .li2
la>w. J. Kramer-G' W. Foreman en-
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
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oil Sought in Spain

MADRID, May "A commission
of American engineers arrived at
Tortosa today to prospect for OF!
In the Cuenca-Ebro district.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-02
Mrs. Harding.

The death of Mrs. Florence Harding, wild
ow OF the president whose passing little
more than a year ago shocked the country, IS
the last chapter in the romantic adventures of
a couple representative OF that best element
in American life, the common people. War
rer G. Harding himself never had any illu-
sions as to the place he and Mrs. Harding
had occupied in life. Nor had she. Both real
lied, even when elevated to the highest posi-
ton Of trust, honor and dignity, that theirs
was no exaltation that came because OF class
distinction but in spite OF it. Neither suffer
ed from superiority complex.
Sensible persons both, Mr. and Mrs. Hard
ing too long had lived the simple life to per-
nit the fatuous conception that their place
was one to which others might not logically
aspire Together they had worked that they
might live Until they had reached middle
age they had no great honors heaped upon
them save those of respectability, nor had
they accumulated an economic wealth beyond
the average OF ordinarily successful citizens.
For years, it was recalled after Warren u.
Harding became president, Mrs Harding had
dcae actual work in the office Of the Marion
ways to her credit has the story of their early
struggle and her part in it been told She was
what every sensible American wife should
be, helpmeet
OF the common people in their beginnings,
Mr. and Mrs Harding were of them at the
end OF their career together. Which is not
to say that either failed to meet the demands
of the high positions they were called TO fill.
Mrs. Harding became the first lady OF the
land with quite as much gracousness as had
any of her predecessors. She was popular
and beloved figure in American society as
the wife OF a president than whom none had
been better liked personally by his fellow
men Kind, charitable and with wholesome
good nature Mrs Harding made a strong APP
peal to the hearts OF all the people, who new
er forgot she was like her husband, one OF
them.
The whole country will accord to Mrs
Hardngs memory that deep respect to which
woman OF her kinds entitled
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What the South Needs Politically.
From the Charleston News and Courier

The Greensboro News, agreeing with the
News and Courier that with pitifully few ex-
ceptions it is almost impossible to name
southern political leaders who carry weight
outside their own state, calls over a few
names in the house and senate which it
thinks are entitled to consideration and dis
misses the rest in despair.
If any one characteristic marks the whole
lot" says the News, "t is provincialism. The
south is interested in its own affairs and is
devoting its energy to local problems al
most exclusively. 1t has had either no time
or no training to look far beyond its borders.
All congressional representatives spend a
good part OF their energy on their own coun-
ties, but your southern representatives lets
little go anywhere else Like the people he
represents he does not think nationally. Long
years OF hide-bound sectionalsm are telling
their tale, and the party no less than the sec
ton and the nation are feeling the effect.
This is the plight OF the south. 1t is no
new discovery, but the truth comes home
with new force as the Coolidge millions
mount The democratic party in the south
can continue to control its local affairs with
out great trouble for many years; but the
election returns indicate how wide is the
chasm between southern thought and the
dominant thought in' America today This
IS not to say that the southern thought is
think it is But making that thought felt
nationally is another and jar more difficult
matter Yet that is what viii have to be done
if the democratic party is to become even
responsible party of opposition. Such a po-
sition will be increasingly difficult to main
tain so long as southern thought stops at
the boundary lines of the late Confederacy."
How to make the thought of the south
felt nationally" That is the problem. We
did it of old, not only in the whole period
down to the civil war but afterwards The
most striking single fact in the history OF
the American people, it seems to us, is that
twenty years after Appomattox, in March
1885 the democratic party under Grover
Cleveland. took charge Of the government in
Washington. There was no difficulty then
about making southern thought felt national
~. The south put brains and character to
the front politically, sent its strongest sons
to the national capitol to speak for it, and
the nation was ready enough to listen. 1t
would be ready enough to listen now.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-02
Child Labor in Congress.

The organizations which are backing the
national child labor amendment propose to
give congress power to legislate on this sub
ject controlling the employment OF children
up to the age of Is years.
1t is stated that SO states of the American
union already place restrictions on cond-
tons of employment for boys and girls under
the age of IS years.
These state laws provide for protecting
child labor from certain dangerous occupa-
tions or by limiting the number Of hours
which they may work in factories, mines, etc.
No one advocates or wants to make a law
forbidding boys and girls to work for wages
before they are Is years OF age on the farm
or in other suitable places.
No state has passed any such law, but it
is an open question whether the people should
give congress any jurisdiction over the matter
and lay the foundation for an army Of fed
eral employees to interfere with our children.
1t is doubtful whether any Legislation for
bidding the employment of boys and girls
under IS is not tending to raise generation
OF soft-handed white collar idlers and street
loafers.
The educational value of labor is not appre-
ciated in the formation of character in build
ing an enduring physical constitution and in
developing medium OF common sense.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-02
Lots of Talk.

There's lot of talk about what the short
session of congress, which convened on
Yesterday, will do but the talking is being
done by the politicians The administration
measures that failed at the last session, espe-
cially tax reduction; the railroad bills, nclud-
ing Senator Cummins' plan to take railroad
legislation out of politics, and SO on are be-
ing talked" into shape for consideration. Ev-
erything and anything that will help them to
square accounts are being made the subject
OF political propaganda.
But there is no more talk emanating from
the white house than there was before the
election. The only utterance the president
has made is to the effect that the appropria-
ton bills for the next fiscal year constitute
the principal business of the short session Of
congress. Just how this single utterance is
to be construed is uncertain, but it seems to
be notice served on the politicians that the
president not the politicians, will inform
congress as to the state Of the country"
The election turned the tables at Washing
ton Until then Mr. Coolidge was the vice
presidential successor of the late President
Harding Since then he is the president-elect
by an unprecedented popular plurality And
the president-elect is less disturbed by po-
litical talk than he was before election-and
that wasn't much.