Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-18

THE QUASHING OF THE IN
DICTMENTS against ex-Secretary
Of Interior Fall, Harry Sinclair, Ed
ward Doheny and f. L. Doheny, Jr.,
came as an anticlimax to the exciting
scandals of last summer in the Tea
Pot Dome investigation. The guilt
or innocence Of the menwas left out
of the question entirely, when Chief
Justice Mccoy dismissed the in
dictments on a legal technicality.
CASTOR b. Means, the man who stated
that his business in life was "an-
swering indictments" has not Jared
so well in the courts. Having been
convicted and fined $4,000 on
charge Of conspiracy recently, he is
again called before the courts to
answer a new indictment brought
against him-this time on charge
Of forgery.
IN ANNOUNCING HER CAN
DIDACY to succeed her husband as
Congressman from Massachusetts,
Mrs. John Jacob Rogers is following
the precedent of three Of our
congresswomen, Mrs Florence Kahn
and Mrs. Mae Nolan of California,
both elected to succeed their hus-
bands, and Mrs. Winnifred Mason
Huck of Illinois who finished the UNI
expired term Of her father. Mrs.
Rogers is prominent in Washington
society and is fitted for her can
didacy through her experience here
while her husband was in the House
of Representatives Her home was
a mecca" of interesting people and
because of her intense interest in
politics she made the most of the OPP
portunities which Washington af-
forded her and became well-informed
on the subjects with which she will
have to deal if she is elected.
CHARLES B. WARREN, twice de-
feated appointee for the Attorney
Generalship, may yet become a
member Of the Coolidge Cabinet if
Secretary Of War Weeks yields to the
pleas of his family to retire because
of his ill-health. 1t is rumoured that
Coolidge may beside to "eall the
bluff" of some of Warren's op-
ponents in the recent fight in the
Senate, who said that they would APP
prove him for any other post in the
Cabinet but that of Attorney Gener-
al. 1t is doubtful, however, that
Warren would accept the post if it
should be offered to him, in which
event, Charles B. Hilles, Republican
National Committeeman from New
York is considered the most likely
successor to Weeks.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH the Pre-
sident's well-known economy policy,
a survey is being made of all of the
Government Departments with view
to eliminating all expenses which are
not absolutely necessary. Included
in this investigation is the United
States Employees Compensation
Commission, whose activities have
been carried out independently, and
not under the supervision of any of
the various Departments, Unusual
interest is shown by the public in this
Commission not only because of its
splendid achievements but also be-
cause it is the only United States
Commission which has ever been
headed by a woman. The present
chairman of the Commission is Mrs. |
Bessie Parker Brueggeman, one Of
the most prominent women in the
Republican party. 1t is rumoured |
that the Commission will either be
done away with entirely, or placed |
under the supervision of some of the
other Government Departments.
A NEW NIGHT COURT has been
set up in Washington with an &C.
centric aud interesting character.
Judge George H. Mcdonald, to deal .
ont justice to the erring culprits. /
His comments and preachments bid .
fair to make him as famous as a
certain celebrated judge of decade
ago in North Carolina, made .
prominent on the vaudeville stage.
The cases which are brought before
the night Court consist largely Of
Bookkeeping and traffic violations.
THE MUZZLING OF COURT
KAROLYE by the State Depart
ment succeeded in creating such
dramatic suspense that his recent
utterance in Montreal was listened
70 with bated breath. Washington
fairly ate up the speech which was
made to newspaper men at hotel
shortly after he crossed the
Canadian border. He called his eoun-
try, Hungary reactionary. bar
ring an democracy and stated that
a series of conflicts in Europe are
{ Admiral Horthy con
.inue> in power lie said that he was
q radical but that It meant
little since, in his opinion. the
would call Stanley
Baldwin q radical in their ultra-con-
sentative state of mind Washington
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