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The Washington times., 1924-04-04
HELM LINKS Ut!
CREAGER IN
LAND CASE
More kilograms Obtained
Mention Daugherty, Grim,
and viii n. Hays.

The Senate committee investigat.
ing Texas land frauds today turned
its heavy siege guns upon the De-
partment Of Justice.
Under the command Of Senator
Helm, Dem) Of Alabama. the In
vestigators sought to determine
whether political influence was
brought to bear to halt prosecutions
Of land companies in which r. B.
Creager, Republican national COM
mitteenan from Texas, il interested.
Indications Of close relationships
between Creager, Former Attorney
General Harry NJ. Daugherty, and
Former Assistant Attorney General
]. w. III. Grim were in evidence be-
fore the committee.
One telegram produced by Helm
showed that Creager requested
Daugherty not to permit the district
attorney in Kansas City to seek
indictments OF his companies ''Iintil
further advised by you Daugh-
erty)."
Has More kilograms.
Heflin pointed out today that the
Department OF Justice has not yet
taken steps against Creager's com.
panies, although D postal inspector
J. M. Donaldson, reported the firms
used ''the most reprehensibie
methods" in selling land in the Rio
Grande valley in Texas.
Additional kilograms and COM
munications between CreAger. Grim,
Daugherty and VIII II. Hays, for
mer Postmaster General, were in
Helms possession.
He planned to mako this public
today.
Grim has already been subpoenaed
before the committee. Daugherty
and Hays probably viii be called
later, Heflin said.
George A. Hill, IT,, attorney for
Creager, issued a blanket denial tor
day Of all limitations that his client
had exerted political influence in
any way to stop prosecutions.
Postal Inspector Called.
ION the contrary" Fiji declared,
"Creager invited the Post Office de-
partment to make full and com.
plete investigation off the Alamo
Land and Sugar Company, and the
g. II. Swallow Company, in which
ne is interested"
Rush o. Simmons, chief postal
inspector, was called as the first
witness. Heflin planned to question
him regarding the failure OF the
department to recommend -prosecu-
ton of the two companies.
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ganda and McAdoo continuous let.
tiers of instruction until they will
have become a veteran professional
sticking army E@4
The Democratic Presidential aspi-
rant who did the losing in the Iowa
Democratic State convention was Al
Smith, OF New York.
Herring's opponent for Demo
cratic national committeeman from
EoWa was Wilbur March, who loves
Al Smith so much that he can bare
~ speak Of him without tears.
His voice Quavers and his eyes
are dimmed with emotion when he
recounts AIS struggles as a boy on
the sidewalks Of New York. Marsh
has been national committeeman
from Iowa for a long time.
Nevertheless the local Herring
machine and the national McAdoo
machine combined ran straight over
him and left him crushed. He will
be Democratic national committee.
man from Iowa no longer. =
What Survey DisclOses.
A survey Of the inside recent
history Of the McAdoo movement
showed the following facts:
When the Doheny scandal broke
out. the McAdoo machine was run.
ming full speed. When Doheny testi.
fled that he had employed McAdoo
as a lawyer large numbers OF
voters recoiled from McAdoo. The
operators Of the McAdoo machine
however, remained for the most
part steadily loyal. They came In
multitudes at their own expense
to the McAdoo vindication confer.
ence at Chicago.
They returned home and contin
ued uninterruptedly to blow the
bugles and beat the drums and
clash the cymbals for McAdoo. Now
the temporarily estranged McAdoc
voters are coming back. They hear
the cymbals getting boldly clashed
without stop and they timidly creer
back. The Democratic State con
vention here was an immensely
large convention and widely repre-
sentative OF all types of Iowa Hner
and women, large numbers Of whom
were not in any way officeholdert
but simply ordinary citizens takine
q little interest in public affairs.
Conversations with them by this
writer and by other reporters pres
emit showed conclusively that the
weight Of opinion among these mer
and women was friendly and sym
pathetic toward McAdoo.
Meanwhile the intimate McAdoc
friends and followers who will be
his delegates in the national con
lvention will be men and women
who went through a burning Oily
fiery furnace for him and who have
igot hardened and dead set in the
faith for him; and the great prob
lem Of the convention will be: ''fIov
in the world ever to detach enough
of them from him to- get q two
thirds majority for nominating
somebody"
Copyright. Washington Press Service.
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
CLARENDON I D
FORM GARDEN
CLUB
Prof. r. [. Milford VIII Adj
dress Citizens at Committee
/. Meeting Tonight.

CLARENDON. va. April A.
Mrs. s. b. Detwiler. chairman Of
the town beautiful committee, an
nounced today that a special meet.
ing Of all citizens interested In
gardening would be held IN the Com
munity Han tonight at o'clock.
Prof. Furman Lloyd Mulford. Of the
Department Of Agriculture. WIN de-
liver an illustrated lecture on gar
dening. A permanent club, to be
known as the Clarendon Gardening
Club" viii be organized at the
meeting.
That citizens Of Ballston may be-
come better acquainted with. the
needs Of the towns fire department,
Chief =. ]. Plark announced today
a mass meeting will be held In the
engine house tonight at 8 o'clock.
Citizens will be asked to aid in COM
pleting the equipment for the new
two-ton master" truck which, when
put in service, will give Ballston
three modern equipped chemical
engines.
In the absence OF the Rev. C. I.
F1ory, pastor Of the Clarendon
Methodist Church, who with r.. A.
Sauls Is attending the Methodist
Conference at Roanoke, Va, George
Culbertson Of the Y. M. c. A. of
Washington, Will conduct the II
o'clock Sunday morning services.
Columbia Lodge, No. 2S5, A. F.
and A. M. OF Clarendon, viii meet
at the Masonic Temple to accom-
pany District Deputy Grand Master
Harry X. Green on his first official
visit to Henry Lodge, at Fairfax, to.
morrow night.
Martha Sharp, colored, Of Queen
City, and Joseph Maggie, and C. A.
Pope, Of Fort Myer. who were ar
rested Wednesday charged with
violation Of the prohibition laws,
have been held by Police Judge
Harry r. Thomas, for the action Of
the grand jury. They were released
ON bond.
The resignation Of John W. Pal.
mer, jr., president of the Parent
Teachers Association, was accepted
last ulSuIs MIS-. ". b. El1Ss vice
president, announced that the nomi.
nation and election Of officers would
be the principal business at the meet
ling In May. ,e',F
Mrs. c. r. Taylor, chairman Of
the education committee with Mrs.
L. s. German. visited Prof. Fetch.
Ter Kemp yesterday, regarding the
| Clarendon school remaining In the
Parent Teachers Association.
Mrs. Taylor reported that Prof.
Kemp favors the Cooperative So.
ciety OF Virginia, rather than the
Parent Teachers Association because
there would be greater cooperation
in the high school through the 30
ctety than through the association.
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COMMITTEE BACKS BILL
TO BAR OUT OPIUM

Passage Of the Porter bill to pro.
hibit the importation Of crude
opium for use in manufacturing
heroin probably will be advocated
by the House Ways and Means
Committee, which is now holding
hearings on the measure.
The committee has been informed
by officials Of the United States
Public Health Service and the army
and navy medical services that
these organizations have outlawed
the use Of heroin. DR.. Charles w.
Richardson, representing the local
branch Of the American Medical AS.
ISOLATION, has informed the commit
tee that the association has directed
that heroin be eliminated by its
members.
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N ADOO VICTORY
GIVES WEST
TO HIM
I'LL" ~ ~
Campaign in Iowa DiscIoses
That His State organiza-
tons Excel All Others.
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
McAdoo minority and would cast all
twenty-six votes Of Iowa for McAdoo
in the convention in New York.
The motion was bitterly fought,
but 1t was carried and the Iowa
delegation in New York will vote
under the. unit rule soIidly for
McAdoo. Watching these proceed
ings and accompI ishinents here was
Judge, David Ladd Rockwell. Of
Ohio. McAdoo's national political
manager. >: - D.
r, Based on Strategy.
,2P!The.. local kMcAdoo forces were in
constant touch with him in matters
Of strategy. BY deliberate intention
no effort was made to instruct the
delegation for McAdoo. The delega.
ton will go to New York ''unin.
structed," but this was strategy, and
nothing but strategy, based on GER
tain local political needs Of Herring
In his race for national committee
man. The internal ultimate fact Is
that Iowa's delegation is success
fully and tightly and totally sewed
up for McAdoo.
Inquiry ucFclOPcu %u0 1dCL LIJdL
in virtually every State west Of the
Mississippi the McAdoo national
forces are Intimately attached with
local political ambitions and in.
fluences at least as powerful as
those OF Herring in this State. No
other Democratic aspirant has spun
any such web ID connections be.
tween a Presidential candidacy and
q
Has Wealthy Backers.
Moreover it became clear that
although McAdoo is the favorite
Democrat here of, the railroad
works and although he Is, bitterly
opposed by numerous wealthy cor
porations, he, nevertheless, himself
is not without considerable wealth
on his side.
In this State, for instance, his
manager, Herring, is an extremely
/ wealthy man. So is his ardent local
| supporter, E. T. Meredith, farm
paper publisher, who will head the
Iowa delegation I'm the New York
convention. In Wisconsin the Nc
Adoo manager is H. A. MoepIenpap
who is president of the Bankers
Finance Corporation, which is an
organization Of some 200 bankers,
In Kentucky, McAdoo. has the
support of one Of the wealthiest
men In the South.
McAdoo presents the Unusual
| spectacle Of a candidate who is de
nounced as a long haired radical
but who at the same time has in
most States en- extremely competent
professional political machine and
some money with which to push the
cogs Of the machine into gear.
Foes Are Deluded:
It can be faithfully reported that
people who imagine that McAdos
can be ignored at the Democratic
national convention are simply de
luding themselves. He will have al
least 400 or 500 delegates to begir
with, which Is more than anybody
else will have and these delegates
will have been drilled and disci
plined by McAdoo continuous propa
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GEN. PERSHlN0 THINKS y
DAWES WILL AID EUROPE

General John J. Pershing. general
of the armies and chief of staff,
returned to his desk at the War
Department today after an absence
Of four months. spent on leave in
France. -
General Pershing was too busy
today picking up the loose ends OF
his Job to make any statement, fur.
Their than he believed the Dawes
commission would help to solve the
German situation. He travelled in
cognito in France and was unrecog
nized much OF the. time.
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
ENJOYS FILE $35o.ooo
CLAIMS AGAINST CHINA

PEKING, April Aust eleven
months after the famous Lincheng
bandit hold-up OF the Shanghai
Picking express. the foreign lega.
tons today supported claims Tor
personal and property losses Of the
foreign victims to the Chinese gov.
eminent. -. @,
The claims are reported to total
$36O,OO0 (MexicanD, which is in addi.
tion to the per diem compensation
claimed by captives OF the bandits.
The American claim was largest
because sixteen Americans were
among those captured. RI. 's
Miss Lucy Aldrich, wealthy Ameri.
can, was loath to make any claim,
but was advised to do 30 aa 9
matter Of policy,
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
BOND TAX FIGHT
THREATENSIN
FAIRFAX
County Considers Court Ac-
ton to Make Alexandria
Pay Interest.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April A.
Threats to carry into court the
fight Of Fairfax county to make
the city pay interest on the bonds
which were floated for the improve.
ment Of the Little River turnpike.
were made in a letter. to the State
Highway Commission by Common.
wealth Attorney Wilson Farr.
The letter was sent to CITY Man.
ager Wilder M. Rich, who read it
at the meeting of the City Council.
held yesterday afternoon. This
letter was accompanied by a com.
munication from H. s. Shirley,
chairman Of the State Highway
Commission, stating that work
would be continued on. the road IF
no serious opposition was brought
against it." Mr.. Shirley also. wrote
that the commission had been over
the road and that portion Of It
that has not yet been improved
was in such good condition that
the commission had not thought It
necessary to attempt any improve
ments.
The city has stopped payment Of
the interest on the bonds, which Il
agreed to pay, because, no attempt
has been made to- improve a two
mile piece of macadam, road which
begins at the city limits and ends
abruptly at the beginning Of the
new road.
Mayor w. A. Smoot win appoint
a committee to confer with the
State Highway Commission in the
hope that speedy action will be
taken by the State to complete
the road.
A search Of over $50 children in
Washington School, in which a
number of children were made to
remove their shoes and stockings,
failed to reveal a 800 check and
SIS in cash that, 1t is alleged was
stolen from Miss Carolyn Burgess,
a teacher of the school, yesterday.
The alleged theft was discovered
shortly before noon during the
recess. The check and the money
were in the pocket Of Miss Burgess
overcoat in her room. A large mum.
Der of the children assembled in
the room to eat their lunch and
1t was after lunch that the alleged
theft was discovered.
John M. Reed has been reelected
president of the Old Dominion Boat
Club. The other officers, who will
serve with him during this year are
A. G. Uhler, vice president; =. e
Lawler, secretary and treasurer; j
S. Douglas, life captain; .Magnus w
Bales, first lieutenant, and John L
Curtin, second lieutenant.
The board Of governors is com
posed of j M. Reed, e. e. Carver
w. s. Snow, J. T. Preston, l.. o
Miller, D. G.. Grillwortzer, and J
Earle Ross.
Charles johnson. alias william
Gallant, was arrested, yesterday by
special officer Of the Southern
railroad on the charge of violating
the employment agency law. 1t was
alleged that Johnson had been so
Letting labor to go out Of the State
He was arraigned before Judge
Frederick g.. Duvall this morning
In Police Court and the charge
against him. for soliciting labor was
dismissed, but he was sentenced t
ninety days in jail on the charge
| of Vagrancy
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
FIFTEEN ARE INJURED
IN STRoMBOLI QUAKE

Y LONDON, April Am earth.
quake in which fifteen persons. were
Injured has followed the eruption
Of the volcano Mount StromboI, OFF
the coast Of Sicily, according to q
Messina despatch to the Daily Elk.
press today.
It said that refugees were fleeing
from Stromholi Island in terror.
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
VIRGINIA KLANSMEN HOLD
EXERCISES IN BALL PARK

RICHMOND, Va, April 4.-One
thousand Ku Klux Klansmen, in
full regalia and accompanied by a
large number of outsiders, paraded
through the streets Of Hopewell last
night on their way to the baseball
park, where they conferred the
ranks on q class Of 200 men. II
A huge burning cross attracted
practically all the residents to the
baseball park. The klansmen were
from Richmond, Petersburg, Hope.
wen and other towns nearby.
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cIRcUIToUS ROUTE FOR !.
MESSAGE TO WINSTED

WINSTED, Conn, April 4.-Some.
one in st. Louis addressed q letter
to colbert School, Winsted, Califor-
MA" and dropped It into the mails.
In another two weeks the letter or
rived where 1t should be, In Gilbert
school, Winsted, Conn.,, bearing the
marks OF its journey from st. Louis
Ito the west coast and back to the
east coast.
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
BIG VESSEL IN DISTRESS
OFF COAST OF FLORIDA

KEY WEST, Fla, April 1.-THE
four.masted schooenr Aven Queen
is in distress off the Marqueses
Keys, twenty miles west of here,
according to reports received In
Key West this morning.
The United States Coast Guard
cutter saukee has gone to her >as>
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
STEANERSTUCk
ON ALASKAN
ROCKS
Vessel Hurrying to Help the
Admiral RodmaE1-Passen.
gers Believed Aboard.
BY International News Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-The
steamship Admiral Rodman is on
the rocks at Point Calvert in south
eastern Alaska and in need Of i'm.
mediate assistance, according to radio
SOS. calls picked up here early
today.
The steamer Queen. in those
waters, heard the signals and is
proceeding to her assistance.
The Rodman is believed to be
carrying passengers, but the number
on board is not known here.
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
- + / 4 . +
8 Bill ION.
BARRELS
LEFT: !.
Deposits Estimated bysU. IS.
Biologists Cited BY Henry I
Woodhouse, Expert. % q

1t has been said by many distis-
gWished authorities that the nation
(Which controls the oil supply sOiIt IN
the future control the aOorld. The
Teapot Dome scandals haze turned
the attention Of the. American peo-
pie to their oil supplies. The sub
feet Is here diseased By an expert.
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LABo R WILL BE ASKED TO
GET BEHIND McADoo

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April A.
The convention Of the Maryland
State and District Of Columbia Fed.
Grafton Of Labor, which win con-
vene next Monday in this city, viii
be asked to indorse the candidacy
Of William G. McAdOo for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Presi-
dency, 1t 10 stated here. The move.
ment is expected to precipitate a
fight in the convention.
While a strong group is reported
to be backing McAdoo, there is an
equally strong opposition to him in
the federation.
The introduction Of McAdoO's
name will be the result of a resolu.
ton passed by several railroad
organizations asking the representa-
tives Of all declarations groups Of
the State to line up, behind the ex.
Secretary.
The Washington times., 1924-04-04
TWO JAP DREADNAUGHTs
DAMAGED I'M COLLISION

TOKYO. April 4.--The Japanese
dreadnaught Nagato was slightly
damaged today when It collided with
the dreadnaught Mutsu during
maneuv0Ea
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-18
Foundation Laid For
Economic Recovery of
Europe, Hughes Ayers

Through the acceptance Of the
Dawes report, sound foundation
has been laid for the economic re.
covery of Europe, Secretary OF
State Hughes declared today in
formally expressing his qualification
over the London reparations agree.
ment.
II can not overemphasize my
hearty qualification at the success
OF the London conference and it's
ability to come to an agreement. Z"
Hughes said. This result could
not have been reached except for
the splendid cooperation Of the
representatives of the allied gov.
erpments and Germany and an
earnest desire between nll to reach
satisfactory agreement.
"At last a sound foundation has
been reached for the economic re.
covery of Europe and one that will
be to the advantage Of all con.
cerned, The greatest thing Of all
was to. make start, and this Mt
last has been done. I wish express.
~ to emphasize the spirit and pur.
pose Of the men who worked in the
conference. They were all most
enrnest In the real spirit Of CO.
operation"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-18
DOCTOR SLAYER
TRIES TOEND
H|SL|FE
Held As Murderer OF Brother
in-laW He Sewers Wrist
Artery With Safety Pin
BY international News Service.

BOSTON, Aug. 1s.--Doctor Ray
mond d. Thiery, held for the muir
der Of his brother.in-law, David. NJ.
Noble, made a desperate attempt to
end his life at the Massachusetts,
general hospital today, where he is
recovering from an unnecessary
operation, performed at his own in.
sistence.
Doctor Thiery severed an artery
in his wrist with a safety pin Hos
pital officials believe he will re.
cover.
Doctor Thiery wrote two letters
before attempting to take his life.
one to Chief Kendall. Of the Somer-
Vile police. and one to his father.
They were not made public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-18
HAY RAKES ARE
PRESENTED
COOLIDGE
President Starts Farming on
Patch His Father Left
In Field for Him
By GEORGE e. DURNO,
Internal iOnaI News Service.

I PLYMOUTH; VT, Aug. 1s.--Presi.
dent Coolidge set out today to estab.
fish himself as a real dirt farmer. "
A hay field was his setting. Two
handmade wooden rakes furnished
the inspiration.
There was not much work to be
done, for most Of the hay was
gathered. Colonel John Coolidge,
the Presidents father, had thought.
FULLY left small patch, however.
Rakes q Present.
IT thought maybe Calvin would
like to try his hand at it," the old
man exclaimed.
The rakes were presented to the
President and his father soon after
breakfast by Congressman Toad
way Of Massach Isetts, who had
made a special trip to Plymouth for
them.
Atwood affairs. they were made
by Marshall w. Steadman, of
Lyringharn, Mass, Of the fourth
generation Of q family Of rake
makers. whose greatest claim to dis
tinction is that "he bends the bows
by hand"
Aside from the hay raIstng the
Presidents third day Of vacation in
the Vermont hills was without par.
ticular incident.
The daily pilgrimage to the grave
OF Calvin, jr., dead just five weeks,
was made. But. in other respects,
Mr.. Coolidge observed his intention
OF getting complete rest and relaxa.
ton.
News of the acceptance Of the
Dawes plan by the allied confer.
ence at London was hailed by
President Coolidge with great salts.
faction.
In formal statement he termed
1t 1.-THE end Of the war and the he.
ginning Of an honorable and lasting
peace"
Thinks Of War Debts.
OF particular interest to the Pres.
ident was the prospect Of at last
collecting some billions of war debta
owed the United States by France,
Italy, and Belgium.
These countries by indirection and
delay, have failed to follow the lead
OF Great Britain In refunding the
war debt, claiming that payment
must be contingent upon collection
OF reparations from Germany.
With acceptance of the Dawes
plan, 1t was pointed out, prompt
opening Of negotiations with the
American world war debt funding
commission may be expected.
Sunday was spent quietly on the
Coolidge farm. The President and
his party attended the little coun.
try church. A short automobile ride
was taken.
The President and his family lis.
tened to sermon by the Rev. John
White on the need of a return to
simplicity and greater faith in re.
ligion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-18
COMMUNITY CENTER TO
STAGE ARMY NIGHT"

Army Night" will be held Wed.
nesday night at the Central High
School stadium when the third out
door concert of the Army band will
be combined with a program of ad.
dresses on defense day. The pro.
gram will be under the auspices of
the community center department
Of the public schools.
Army night plans were arranged
by Brigadier General Rechenbach.
commanding the District of Wash.
lngton, with the cooperation of r.
P. Andrews, District chairman Of
publicity of the defense test com.
mittee. WCAP will broadcast the
program. Engineer Commissioner
Bell and Major General Stephen,
District National Guard commander,
are expected to speak. Motion pic.
lures of the army will be shown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-18
FL|ERS To TRY
800-M|LE.
HOP
Jump From ReykjaVik to Cape
Farewell Now Only
Hope

A direct hop of 500 miles from
Reyktavik, Iceland, to Cape Fare
we'll, Greenland. remains the only
hope for the American round.the.
world fliers, IL they want to COM
plete the decentralization of the
globe this season, 1t was declared
at the War Department today.
The announcement was based on
radio report from Lieutenant
Lowell Smith. commanding the ex-
petition, who said that he and
Lieutenant Erik Nelson planned to
start as soon as practicable for
Greenland.
The date of their departure, how.
ever, Is uncertain. Smith said.
"Angmagsalik hopeless because Of
Ice" said Smiths message to the
chief Of the air service. ''Flight
planned direct to Fredericksdal
Navy cruisers Milwaukee, Raleigh
and Trenton will be prepared to re.
fuel us at sea II necessary"
Lieutenant Locatelli, the italian
'round.the-world flier, has caught up
with the Americans, hopping from
the Farce Islands to Iceland Sun
day. He will accompany the Amer
leans on their flight to Greenland,
permission having been granted by
the War Department today.