Evening star., 1926-11-24

Ing upon the mountain of evidence
awaiting presentation. The legal
technicalities with which the trial will
bristle may battle the Fall.Doheny
dozen. But they look like men able
to distinguish between elementary
right and fundamental wrong.
Whether by accident or design, the
presiding judge at the Fall-Doheny
trial is man with naval traditions
Justice Adolph August Hoehling is
the son and namesake of the late
Rear Admiral Adolph August Hoehl-
ing, United States Navy. One won
ders whether defense counsel had his
ancestral origin in mind when prospec-
tive jurymen were excused on the
mere ground Of having sisters, cousins
or aunts now or formerly employed
at the Navy Department. The under
lying suggestion. OF course, was that
men with such affiliations" would be
undesirable members of jury that
must deal with the basic question
of the Nays oil reserves. Justice
Hoehling is Philadelphian by birth.
He does not look his So years. He
was admitted to the District of Column
bia bar in 1890 and has been an asso-
ciate justice of the District Supreme
Court since 1921.
Newspaper men and radio broad
Casters-this observer is member
OF both professions-had their pride
rudely joted while the oil case venire.
men were being Xrayed Not
mothers son OF them could be IN
duced to confess he had formed any
opinion either from what he'd read
about oil In the papers or heard about
1t on the air. Man after man blurted
out that lie had glanced at articles
now and then" Others said thev'd
seen the headlines" None acknowl-
edged real acquaintance with the facts
from anything printed or spoken One
talesman declared he never read
editorials" Another boasted: Il
never listen in; don't like radio" The
big laugh Of an otherwise solemn
session came when defense counsel
extOrted an admission that a would
be juryman never heard of any of
the Government counsel. even by rep
utation." Atlee Pomerene. Democratic
presidential white hope, smiled broad
ly. as he unused over the elusiveness
of fame.
There's a distinct hint Of the big
stick in the published diplomatic cor
respondence with Mexico. Secretary
Kellogg does not say that he will re-
cal Amba ssa dor Sheffield or give Am
ba ssadOr 1'elleZ his walking papers in
Washington. But between the lines
of Kellogg's last note ia ID suggestion
Of f1rmness hitherto not conspicuous
in our polite and punctilious plead
ings with the Mexican government.
What Senior Gales now does know
Is that the United States Is thorough
ly fed up" with side-stepping and
y-dally1ng. and demands action
Cynics point out that we have de-
manded it before, and not. got it.
They are inclined to believe that his
tory is on the verge Of repeating it.
self, despite the evidence of punch"
righs9 and expectations.
Representative Ogden L. Mills, who
is slated to succeed Garrard B. Win
ston as Cndersecretary of the Treas.
ury, seems to have anticipated that
the Empire State would not ask him
to displace "Al' Smith at Albany.
At any rate, the late Republican can
didate for Governor of New York
renewed the lease of his granite man.
sion on Rhode Island avenue, Wash
ington, some time before election
day. His action was duly noted as
indicating Mills expectation of re-
naming a resident of the National
Capital. in some capacity. Politicians
believe. despite official denials, that
Mills became the sacrificial lamb in
the gubernatorial campaign in return
for a pledge of the Republican sena.
torial nomination in 1928. The G. o.
p. plans a herculean effort to defeat
Senator Copeland two years hence.
The hattls-cry will be. One Tam.
many Senator Is enough
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