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Evening star., 1924-03-19
DAUGHERTY DECLARES
INQUIRY HAS IGNORED
DEPARTMENT EFFICIENCY

Declaring that the legitimate work
of the Department of Justice is be-
ing properly cared for and that his
time and energy are being directed
to the accomplishment of that work,
Attorney General Daugherty in a
statement last night asserted that the
! Senate committee investigating the
| department is engaged with "rumors
| gossip and unreliable hearsay evil
dence emanating from tainted
sources
"The constantly increasing amount
of business which the Department of
Justice is compelled to take care of
Mr.. Daugherty said, makes il i'm
possible for the Attorney General to
give much personal attention to the
various Investigations now being con-
Quoted by confessional committees.
In addition to directing the
policy of the many matters.
both large and small. being handled
by his associates in the department.,
he is compelled to act personally
upon each one of the opinions re-
quested of the Attorney General by
the President and heads of executive
departments
Involve Big Issues.
'TheSe opinions involve questions
of national policy and frequently re-
suit in litigation which terminates
only after a decision by the Supreme
Court of the United States. During
the past few weeks many of the most
important opinions during the ad-
miniStrat ton have been written and
others are still pending before the
Attorney General for decision.
MANY of these are decisions relating
to questions Of taxation involving tre-
mendous sums of money and are await
ed with keenest interest Many of them
involve the problems affecting the farm
ing interests of the country under legis-
lation greatly extending the jurisdic-
ton of the Department of Agriculture.
1.-The cases of large Importance in
volving the enforcement of the anti
trust laws in connection with large busi-
ness enterprises are being disposed of
in regular order, as though no investi-
cations of any kind were pending.
These cases require months of study
and investigation before they are ready
to be submitted to the courts, and the
Attorney General personally must de-
eide what cases shall be commenced
and where they shall be tried.
Praised by Judge.
'After the trial in New York of the
Trenton Potteres case, Judge Van
Fleet, since deceased, said:
at is my purpose in this case
to pronounce such sentences as will
serve to notify all men engaged or
inclined to engage in similar prac-
tices that neither the law nor the
public will tolerate any such COM
mercial oppression, and that if any
! further combinations either in the
building materials trade or others
are engaged in similar criminal oper-
ations they may take warning and
cease their lawless activities in time
to avoid visitations of the law. And
let me add that I should not close
this case without entering of record
my cordial Endorsement and appre-
citation of the splendid efforts of the
, Department of Justice through the
Attorney General and his assistants.
who 1T has been disclosed have been
so intensively and actively engaged
in the conduct of the investigation
Evening star., 1924-03-19

on outside Washington while the
Senate is investigating and debating.
and called on the republican leaders
in particular TO give more of their
attention to pressing economic needs
that affect wide sections OF the
country
Homes are being Sold he said,
business is embarrassed, and farms
are passing from their owners be-
cause OF taxes. Equally distressing
is the agricultural problem. In one
county in the northwest 5000 items
of property Of farmers recently have
been offered for sale"
Flags "Objecuess Program
While he did not oppose the pursuit
of the pending investigations, the Idaho
senator went on, senators must real
ize that 'the time is near at hand
when we should dissolve ourselves as
a grand jury" and resume the busi-
ness of legislation. He asserted that
at the present pace there scarcely
would be time in the present session
to consider adequately the necessary
appropriation bills.
Unless we depart from this OBJ
jectiess program" he continued, I'VE
not only shall fail to reduce taxes.
but L venture to predict that when
the session closes We shall have add
ed to rather than lessened the tax
burden. If that IS SO, there is only
one judgment due us
Evening star., 1924-03-19
Economic Needs Cited.

Neither Senator Borah nor any
other republican made reply to these
.attacks. Instead the Idaho senator
invited attention to what is going
Evening star., 1924-03-19
DAUGHERTY WAS REMISS
ABOUT LOTTERY CHARGE
CASES, ASSERTS TEXAN

CONTINUED from First Page
Evening star., 1924-03-19
Hits States Rail Law.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March IS.
An interiocutory Injunction restrain
ing the operation of the law recently
passed by the South Carolina legis-
lature forbidding the collection OF
Pullman surcbarges on intrastate
travel was issued here yesterday by
United States Circuit Judge c. A.
Woods and District Judges Ernest +.
Cochran and Henry A n Smith, after
q hearing in federal court
Evening star., 1924-03-19

that u will be observed the testimony
confirms completely what he said in
his letter to Senator Willis under
date of February %. which letter is a
part OF the Congressional, Record, ad-
vising the Senate, Congress and
everybody of the amount of oil stock
that he had bought and paid for prior
to his becoming Attorney General and
had thereafter sold at a substantial
loss.
Stock Bought Long Ago.
rhe stock was purchased long
before the leases in dispute were
made. The uapsaction was not
speculative in any sense, and even
though it had been, the purchase
was not prompted by any informa-
tion he had or supposed he might
have in connection with oil leases
subsequently made There was
nothing improper, suspicious or
profitable connected with the trans
action and he has never tried to con
ceal it Though known long aarn
1t is now again used 10 keep sIs-
Evening star., 1924-03-19
DAUGHERTY SEES HIS
DEFENSE AFFIRMED
Says Evidence in Oil Inquiry Con-
firms Statement He Made to
Senator Willis.
NOTHING IMPROPER SHOWN
C. Bascom Slemp Has No Further
Explanation.

Attorney General Daugherty issued
tho following statement last night in
connection with the testimony given
yesterday before the oil Investigating
committee of the Senate:
After reading the testimony pre-
Hented to the oil committee today,
Attorney General Daugherty said
Evening star., 1924-03-19
picion and gossip going and to pro-

picfon and gossip going and % pfO-
duce headlines" 81.
c. Bascom Slernp, secretary to the
President. said in explanation of
the testimony brought out yesterday
that his purchases of oil stock were
entirely regular and that he die
not think any further explanation
was necessary.
He explained that .P. w. fslemp.'
whose name appeared as the pur-
chaser Of 100 shares Of Mexican Pc
troieum stock. is his cousin and buss-
ness aSssociation.
Evening star., 1924-03-19

In one period of two years schu
bert wrote 239 songs.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
BUSSES FLOCK TO AKRON
TO REPLACE TROLLEYS
Mayor Predicts Perfected Service
STANDARDIZATION Company Firm
! for Scent Fare.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AKRON. Ohio, February 2.--Akron
began its second day without street
cars, with little change In the situa-
ton. Busses continued to arrive from
over the state and fleets Of automo-
biles are traversing the car routes.
The city lost street car service
shortly after midnight Thursday,
when the twenty-five year franchise
Of the Northern Ohio Traction and
Light Company expired and the COM
pany refused to renew it except for
a six-cent fare; the city held out for a
nickel or nothing"
Mayor D. c. Rybolt, who Is lead
ing the franchise fight, said today
that the city is gratified with results
so far and that perfection of the bus
service soon would be noticeable.
At present a large number Of bus
riders are paying q ten-cent fare to go
from one section OF the city to an
other. where formerly they could ride
the same distance on the car for s
cents. receiving a free universal
transfer.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
OUSTING OF TRAINMEN
FOR STRIKE IS UPHELD
Court Backs President Of Brother
hood for Dismissing Men Who
Walked Out Unsanctioned.
By the Annotated Press.

By the Associated Press. :.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February q
Action Of w. @. Lee. president Of the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen,
in ousting Ss1 members Of the Or
ganization for their participation in
the unauthorized strike OF 1920 was
upheld today by the court Of appeals.
All Of the judges concurred in the
decision.
The suit, filed by c. B. Clark and
W. H. Steed against President Lee
and other officers OF the grand lodge,
in behalf of other suspended men,
bers, asked for the appointment OF q
receiver to take over the property
and beneficiary funds of the brother
hood, said to amount to $5,000,0o0.
Charter of all locals whose mem
bers participated in the unauthorized
strike were withdrawn, but the men,
bers who did not join the strike were
permitted to transfer to other locals.
In its opinion, the court held that
members Of organizations whose
laws, charters, or constitutions out
line an appeal procedure in case Of
suspension must first seek remedy
under their own tribunals before ap-
pealling to the courts.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
INTEREST CENTERS
|NFORE|GN BONDS
French, CzechosIovakian and
Austrian Issues Move Up
in Days Trading.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch ID The Star. '..s
NEW YORK. February 2.-The
feature of the bond market today was
the activity and strength in the for
eign list. The improvement was
especially marked In French bonds.
Both French IS and French 7ks sold
at the high Of the week directly after
the opening today, while the French
cities and provincial issues made cor
responding gains.
In m!d-EuroSean issues the Austrian
govern9ec< Is were very firm around
85&. On the other hand there was
some reaction in the Jugoslav Ss. but
not a large one In view Of the more
than point advance these bonds
have scored in the past six days.
bonds Were strong.
United States government loans
and high-grade railroad bonds held
around the. top level of the week.
Only two showed declines on the
week. And in the case Of these two
the loss was only 1-32d. These two
issues are the tax-exempt 31hs and
the first ~ liberties, registered
Among the high-grade rails gains
have been scored by Central Pacific
As. and Illinois Central As of 1851.
Colorado Southern first As and re-
funding las have gained point or
more on the week.
Demand for bonds to yield per
cent or little better is large in the
present market. The run up in
Kansas Gas and Electric 6s today
was an example. The Virginia Caro-
lima Chemical issues. which were SO
weak last week, have rallied from
one to two points.
Total offerings for the week were
about S103, 100000.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
DICTATES farewell
PASSAGES TO WIFE
Ludwig Lewisohn Says Book Was
Written 1ntentially to end
Marriage.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 2.-Ludwig
Lewisohn. editor and lecturer. de-
cIared in affidavits filed yesterday
with the county clerk that one of his
books was autobiographical and con-
tanned references to his wife, which
were written Intentionally as u kind
ly farewell to relation which had
brought no one any happiness"
At the time the book was written
Mrs. Lewisohn, who is suing for q
separation, acted as her husband S
secretary. and the farewell passages
were dictated to her. The Lewisohns
were married in Charleston, S. c., in
December, 1906.
Supreme Court Justice Guy awarded
Mrs. Lewisohn SIS a week alimony
pending the outcome Of her suit In
his answering affidavits to the mo-
tion for alimony, Mr.. Lewisohn stated
1t was not his intention to contest his
wife'S action.
He alleged he was twenty-three
when he was married, that his wife
was nineteen years older, and the
mother, by a previous marriage, of
four children, the eldest of whom was
but three years his junior.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
i. S. GROSS DEBT
CUT s888,59Q,246
Now Totals $21,842,612,-
128, Says Treasury Report,
Made Public Today.

The total gross debt OF the Cnitea
States was pared $sss,55o,246 during
the year ended January 81, 1924, and
now stands at $21, the
Treasury Department announced this
morning. On December 81, last, gross
outstanding obligations aggregated
$21 ,067,407. and on August 81
1919. when the war debt was at it's
peak 1t amounted to s26,596,701,64s
The Indebtedness on January 81,
1924, includes unmatured Treasury
loan and tax certificates amounting
to 1920, 900.
To meet this obligation, the govern
ment, on that date, had net balance
in the general fund totaling $40
Government bonds constitute ap-
proximately 75 per cent, or S16,232.-
ell .440 Of the country's Indebtedness
Treasury notes tfrom one to Ave
years maturity come next with $4,-
! 046,3ss,000. with certificates amount
ing to Ss20.224.000 third. War savings
fsecurities, amounting to $378,128,417,
| matured debt on $26, $50, on which
interest has ceased. and non-interest
out the balance Of United States OBJ
legations.
Failures Show Increase.
Insolvencies during the opening
! month of the year are naturally more
numerous than in any of the late
! months of last year, and the iudebt-
edness continues very heavy.
r. G. Dun & Co. reports 2,10S ner =
camille defaults in January, involv-
| ing S51,272.508, as against 1887 fail
ures and s51,614,730 Of indebtedness
jim December and 2,126 defaults, with
liabilities of s4s,e10,497, In January
Iof last year.
The number Of large failures, par
ticularly in the manufacturing di
tvision, continues to swell the total OF
liabilities In January, as it did iIi
most of the months during the latter
Ipart Of 1929
| There Is a total of 4s9 failures IL
the United States this week. and this
icompared with 45s last week, $40 two
weeks ago and 437 failures in the
corresponding week of 1923. Failures
were more numerous in the east than
last week or year ago, and q slight
increase in number is shown in the
south, west and the Pacific coast
states in comparison with last week
but the increase is not large.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
BRADSTREET REPORTS
TRADE IRREGULAR
By the Associated Press.

BY the A9s0cl4teo tfeoo.
NEW YORK, February Brad
streets Review today says:
"Irregularity characterizes the gen.
eral trade and industrial situation,
and varied degrees Of activity are
visible accordingly as different trades
are viewed. Briefly stated. activity
seems most manifest in what might
be called constructive industries
iron, steel. coal. petroleum, and in
lumber. paints, hardware and other
lines Of building material. On the
other hand, what might be described
as the apparel trades-cotton, wool
ems, silks and footwear-seem to lag,
and wholesale manufacturing lines
unquestionably fell behind q year ago
In January.
Retail trade, under the spur Of spe-
cial sales and cold weather, had an
other pretty good week, and hero the
conclusion seems to be that buying
was slightly larger than that of Janu-
ary, 1923. In financial lines feeling is
cheerful. and with money in abun-
dant supply. sales Of stocks and bonds
are considerably in advance not only
OF December, but also Of January,
1923"
Evening star., 1924-02-02
ST. LAWRENCE CANAL
PARLEYS MAY REOPEN
State Department Gets Letter From
Ottawa, Believed to Be
on Subject.

A resumption Of negotiations be-
tween Canada and the United States
on the question of opening the st.
lawrence river by means OF a canal,
30 that ocean going commerce might
be carried on direct with great lakes
ports, both Canadian and American,
appears probable with receipt yester-
day by TIE State Department of a
communication from the Ottawa gov
crnment understood to be in rela-
ton to the proposed project.
Department officials declined to
comment on the communication pend
ing arrangements initiated by them
TO have the Ottawa authorities agree
to It's simultaneous publication. 1t
10 known. however, that Secretary
Hughes presented the matter yester-
day to the cabinet, which discussed 1t
for more than an hour.
The proposal to connect the great
lakes and the St. Lawrence river was
placed before the Canadian authorf-
iles informally more than a year ago
by the State Department. but the mat
ter has not been pressed by either
government.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
RAILROAD SHARES LEAD.
Industrials Pushed Aside. in To-
days Brief Trading.
ny STUART p. WEST.
sna,isI O;snatch 10 TIE Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February Indus
trials gave way to rails In To-Day
two-hour session.
Wabash preferred A. with the large
offerings just above SO finally alb
sorbed, shot across 40 III q rush. Sen
timent became very optipistic Wnen
this occurred, for Ghe reason that II
seemed to point 10 dividends. and
when dividends are begun 1t Is not
thought that they will be less than .
per cent.
Next to Wabash. the ST. Louis and
SouthwesternS were the features
Last year earnings ran at the rate
Of over SI1 q share on the common
after allowing for the full IS on the
ureferred. The attraction about St
Louis and Southwestern common Is that
there is a comparatively small issue
outstanding, and now that the pre-
ferred is back to u dividend basis a
distribution on the common Is d iair
speculative possibility.
OIL shares Irregular.
OIL shares were variable. but the
yelling in progress at tridays ciose
was not renewed. except In the case
Of the Pan -Americans. The weakness
IN these and the heavtness In SIN
clair reflected the Washington news
but otherwise this was not a factor
in the market.
sugars, the equipments and the mo-
tors. The only industrials to 90 mucn
were stocks Of the pool variety, uRe
Savage Arms, Hayes Wheel and Inn
ken Roller Bearing.
In the last hour the movement 1T
the low-priced rails broadened ou,
considerably. New Haven crossed u
on large transactions. st. Louis anc
San Francisco shares, Pere Marquette
Texas and Pacific, Seaboard Air Line
preferred, Kansas City Southern ano
Rock Island all were actively bought
AIIis Chalmers Is Feature.
Further buying of Allis Chalmers
occurred today following the publica'
ton of the 1928 earnings, which were
larger than for the previous twelve
months. Net profits were S2,103,63o
a. against s2.S08,549 in 1922. The
significant thing about the results rol
last year is that earnings showed
progressive increase from month &c
month. The net, after expenses ano
taxes and allowance for preferred
dividends, was approximately 80 pei
share on the common.
Recovery continued moderately II
both sterling and francs, and French
dollar bonds SOLD at the highest ir
over a week. Fridays vote in the
French chamber, showing a reduced
majority for the government on 3
minor question regarding reconstruc'
tion outlay, did not tend to clarity
opinion as to the result Of the mair
financial reform program.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
T0DAY'S COTTON PRICES.
Mill Reports in South Help Price
Advances.

NEW YORK, February Cotton
futures opened firm March, $3.50;
May, 1920; July, 1885; October, 2S.20;
December $3.50.
Cotton futures closed firm. March.
34.0o to 34.o7; May, S4.aa to 3a.Ss;
July, 32.95 to 1902; October. 1888 to
1885: December, 27.s4. Spot steady;
middling, 34.35.
NEW ORLEANS, February 2.-Cot-
ton futures opened steady. March,
$3.50; May, 1856: July. 32.60; October,
27.65: December, 27.25.
Prices were lifted Is to 23 points
fu the first half hour Of trading in
cotton today by better political news
and much better accounts from mill
centers in this country. Reports
from Georgia claimed some OF the
most important mills in that state
were running night and day. The
recognition by England of the soviet
government was regarded by cotton
mon as an event of the highest trade
Importance. March contracts were
advanced to 1885 and October to
s7.70. = ~:
Evening star., 1924-02-02
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 2.-Foreigu
exchanges steady. Quotations Tin United
States dollars): Great Britain, demand,
4.364h; cables. 4.36Z; sixty-day bills
on banks, AJAX. France, demand,
.o472: cables, .o4721a. Italy. demand.
.043S5s; cables, .0439. Belgium, de
mand, .o41sh cables. .o419. Germany,
demand, .0o0000000o0023 cables, 90
00000000o023. Holland, demand, .3775.
Norway, demand, 1851. Sweden, de-
mand, 1852. Denmark. demand, 1885
Switzerland, demand, .1746. Spain, 6,s-
mand, 1889. Greece, demand, 017G
Poland, demand. .00000011. Czecho-
slovakia, demand. .02S9%. Jugoslavia
demand. .0117. Austria, demand, .000014.
Rumania, demand, .00511a. Argentina.
demand. 1912. Brazil, demand, .11S5.
Toxic, demand. .45k. Montreal, 81 3-32
Evening star., 1924-02-02
81 TAKEN IN RAIDS
AIDED BY KU KLUX
Large Quantities of Alleged Liquor
( Seized in Illinois
County.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JOHNSTON CITY, Ill, February =.
Liquor raids in Williamson county
were resumed last night, when s.
Glenn Young, aided by members OF
the Ku Klux Klan, made sixty-seven
arrests and confscated large guam
titles of alleged Illicit liquor. Thy
arrests We're made under state war
rants issued by C. s. Gable, justice o.
the peace Of Herrin. Six stills were
reported discovered and destroyed
twenty seven barrels of wine, fifty
four gallons Of whisky and more
than 1900 gallons of beer
The raids last night were made
simultaneously by groups of citizens
distributed in various parts of the
county. with orders to commence ac-
ttvtties at $3.50 o'clock. On January
three companies of the Illinois
state militia were stationed in Herrin
and Marion after q series of raids
made without the knowledge OF the
sheriff. They were withdrawn after
aoout ten days.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
SEEKS TO DIVORCE WIFE,
HIS WARTIME NURSE
Harry Wheatley Files Suit in Ohio.
Charging Incompatibility of
Temperament.

By the Associated Press.
LIMA, Ohio. February 2.-Shatter
ing of a wartime romance was re-
vealed here when Harry Wheatley,
thirty-one, son OF A w. Wheatley,
head OF the Wheatley Company.
brokers, with London and Paris Of
fees, fled suit for divorce from Mrs.
Anne A. Pearson Wheatley, formerly
Of Appledore, Kent, England.
The marriage Of the Lima boy and
the English girl in England in the
summer of 1919 resulted from an un-
usual war romance. -..
Young wheatley Joined the royal
flying corps early In the war. While
flying over England something went
wrong with Wheatley's plane and it
fell into the grounds Of a. largo es-
tate.
He was carried into the house and
there nursed back to health. his nurse
being his future wife. Incompati-
bility Of temperament is the general
charge in the petition. =
Evening star., 1924-02-02
COURT PICKED TO PROBE
WRECKING OF TACOMA
Rear Admiral Williams Heads
Board Of Inquiry Into
Disaster OF Vera Cruz.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., February e.
Rear Admiral George W., Williams,
commandant Of the sixth naval dis
trict, and the Charleston navy yard,
will be president Of the court of in
quiry which convenes next Wednes-
day morning to investigate the
wrecking Of the U. 8. s. Tacoma, of
Vera Cruz. Additional members Of
the court are Capt. Paul Foley, cap
tain Of the yard; Commander Arthur
X Atkins, also Of the Charleston
yard, and Lieut.. c. P. Cecil as Judge
advocate.
The court will convene Wednesday
morning. February 6, to take testi-
mony. It y probable that it may
be In session for ~everal days. The
surviving officers and crew of the
Tacoma are due to reach Charleston
on Sunday aboard the I. s. S.
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