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DAUGHERTY !S OPENtY ACCUSED
CALIFORNIAN APPOINTED SECRETARY OF NAVY
FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGfcST TESTIFIES
THAT HE TURRED RRIRE MONEY OVER
TO ATTORNEY GEN. DAUGHERTY
Former wife of friend of Daugherty testifies that she
had intimate relations With Attorney General,
man who took own life in Daugherty’s
apartment was go-between for
Attorney General
WASHINGTON. Mar. 15—Hou American Marines rleared Teapo:
Dome of trespassers after the oil reserve had been leased to Sinclair. w:n
disclosed yesterday to the Oil Committee. Major General Lt.lune, Con.
mandant of the Marine Corps, said that the orders for action were issu“(
by RoflSeveH., "'ho was then acting Secretary of the Navy . Roosevel
testified that the request for the clearing of the oil reserve came from Fa!
who was quoted as saying that he and Harding wanted the squatters’
ejected. The churacterism of sending Marines to Teapot Dome as “out
rageous use of military forces" was charged by Senator Walsh who statec
that armed forces were used because Fall and Sinclair did not want t<
precipitate court action in which would be raised the question of the valid
Ity of the lease.
"You learned Vn school," Walsh said to Roosevelt, "that roilitar:
power is always subordinated to the civil power in the Unit'd States?"
“Yes," Roosevelt replied.
CHEYENNE, Mar. 15—Federal Jutfge Kennedy Thursday, granted :
temporary injunction halting further development work by the Maramotl
Oil Company on Teapot Dome Oil Reserve. Kennedy appointed Rea:
Admiral Strauss of the Navy and A. E. Watts, Vice President of the Sin
clair Consolidated Oil Corporation, as joint receivers for th* Teapot Dorn*
property, pending the final outcome of the litigation.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 15—The Daugherty investigation has eclipsec
the oil scandal in a large way with the sensational testimony of Roxie Stin
ton, who was still on the stand yesterday. As former w:f • of the lutt
Jesse Smith, and confident “Bumper" and friend of Daugherty,' she tes
tified to intimate relations with the two men, adding that Smith cleaned
up seventy-five thousand dollars during his associations with Daugherty.
CHEYENNE, Mai1. ll>—Pomerene and Roberts, the Government pros
ecutors, who will attempt to recover the Naval oil reserve in Th>- Teapot
Dome field, arrived in Cheyenne Thursday evening.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—The'Couzens resolution calling ' : an in
veseigation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue which handles ail the Fed
eral tax matters, passed the Senate yesterday and-the committee will be
gin to function with Senator Watson as chairman.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 15—Charging frauds, conspiracy and illegality,
the Government filed suit last Thursday to cancel the Teapot Dome lease
and contracts. The Special Counsel petitioned the United States District
Court to do three things—issue a temporary injunction, stopping the oil
production; appoint a receiver to take charge of the property, and to enter
a final decree cancelling the leases and contracts and returning the prop
erty to the Government and forcing an accounting.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—Gaston B. Means further testified today in
the Daugherty investigation that in February 1922 in the old Bellevue
Hotel In Washington, D. C., that he received from a "Japanese representing
Mitsui and Company," 1100,000 to stop Government prosecution in the
Standard Aircraft Case, and that he turned the money over to the late
Jesae Smith, who was Daugherty's "Hamper and friend."
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15 Replying to a question by Senator Dill,
Roosevelt admitted that he asked Sinclair to give Archie Roosevelt, the for
mer’s brother, a job. The oil magnate compiled with the request, mak
ing the salary t*n thousand dollars which %te soon increased to fifteen
thousand a year. Roosevelt further testified that Harding had approved
9t hie sending Marines to Teapot Dome.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15--Secretary Mellon s name was brought into
'the Daugherty investigation yesterday by Gaston u. Means, a former De
partment of Justice Agent, who said that he had investigated for Presi
jdent Harding, matters concerned with certain permits having to do with
| the violation of the Volstead A,ct. "Jesse Smith wanted us to catch Sec
retary Mellon and we caught him,” said Means. ‘‘Harding wanted in
formation about the same thing. The first time Mellon slipped through
our fingers, but the next time we nabbed him." Means is under indict
ment in a liquor ease and-when h>- was asked if h<* wa-nted immunity, he re
plied, ‘‘1 waive immunity. I ask no quarters and will giv* no quarters."
WASHINGTON. March la Attorney General Daugherty in a state
ment said "any inference direct or indirect that 1 have ever participated
in any way with Jesse Smith or any one else for a consideration of money
either political or social in any dishonorable way in connection with the
administration or liquor laws or any other laws is false and untrue."
He also denied any connection with Colonel Harden of the Western
Oil Company, and added that Smith never approached him at any time
regarding the clemency for Federal prisoners. This statement was issu
ed late yesterday afternoon from the Department of Justice and mostly
directed against Mrs. Stinson’s testimony.
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TOKYO, March 15—The Japanese Military authorities have frustra
ted an attempt of two American surveyors representing the Sinclair Oil
interests to enter the Northern section of the Island of Saghalien an.l
have alien them on a gunboat from the latter plage to Otaru. Japa/i does
not recognize concessions given by the Soviet Government.
LATE TELEGRAPH BREVETIES
HON’D! HAS REJECTS CENTRA!,
AMERICAN PEACE OFFF1!
Washington, .Mar. 14—The Hon
overtures of Central American
Governments to restore peace to the
1IOI SK ACCEPTS OFFER
FOR MUSCLE SHOALS
Washington, Mar. 14—The House
passed the McKenzie Bill accepting
Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals
Attempts to amend the Bill failed
and the measure goes to the Senate
practically as it was reported by the
Committee. Ford has said that he
would accept although the order has
been pending for two years without
action.
SAYS THE HORRID
MAX ATTACKED HER
Decatur, Ga., Mar. 14—A jury ren
dered a verdict in favor of Walter
Candler in a suit brought by Mrs.
C^yde H. Bon field. In %hicb she
sought one hundred thouftand dollars
damages, charging that Candler at
.tacked her aboard the Steamship
FATE OF FRENCH
FREIGHTER I'XKXOWV
New York. Mur. 14 No further
word has been received of the fate,
of the French Freighter Tours
which piled up on the rocks at Neu
vita. in Cuba, early Thursday.
FEDERAL ACTS PROVISION
EXTENDER TO HAWAII j
Washington. Mar. 14—President
Coolidge has signed a bill extending
the provisions of several Federal
Acts to the Hawaiian Islands. Jar
rett witnessed the signing.
FOt’R KILLED IV TRAIN WRECK
Lyons, France, Mar. 14—Four
passengers were killed and twenty
six injured in a wreck of the Calais
Mediterranean Express train yester
day.
PAOOF# OF LAFOA FLANKS
ON MIC AT ftvOOCT OFFICE
VLIFOKMAN OFFERED SECRETARYSHIP OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—Federal Judge Kenyon declined the Secre
aryship of the Navy yesterday afternoon.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—President Coolidge asked Curtiss I). Wil
bur, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, to become Secret.iry
>f the Navy, and the -noted jurist wired back his acceptance.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 15 President Coolidge telegraphed Chief
Justice Wilbur that “you seem to be the man ne.-ded for th« Navy and l
irn immediately drafting you."
WASHINGTON. Mar. 15 The nomination of Curtis Wilbur. Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of California, as Secretary «1‘ the Navy, was
sterday afternoon.
WIFE SEATTLE BANKER SHOOTS SELF
SEATTLE. Mar. 15 Mrs. Virginia Clarke, 26 years of as*-, and the
wife of Credit Manager of the newly organized Dexter Horton National
Hank of Seattle, was found dead with a bullet in her heart in an unten
anted summer home of Edward K. Agnew. Jr., in the Highlands exclus
ive colony of Seattle's richest bankers and capitalists. The police say the
case is plain suicide. Clarke is the son of Charles H. Clarke of the Kelley
Clarke Company, and was until recently Cashier of the I’nion National
Hank. He carried the weapon a^d by Mrs. Clarke in the World War.
Mrs. Clarke leaves tw.< girl babies.
IT VOLCANOES IN ERUPTION
TOKYO. Mar. 15- Dispatches from Petropavlosk by the way of Vladi
v -sto* yesterday stated that Seventeen volcano* • «>n the Peninsula of K.fii
chatka are in eruption. "V
!M» INDICTMENTS KETl'RXEll CONNECTION MlKUKIt
HERRIN. 111.. Mar. 15 Ninety-nine indictments have been returnee
in connection with the murder of Constable Caesar Cagle, and the rioting
at Herrin. Illinois in February.
SENATE RATIFIES TREATY BETWEEN C. S. AND BRITAIN
WASHINGTON. Mar. 15 - The Senate late yesterday ratified th«
treaty between the United States and Great Britain giving America th*
authority to search and seize British rum ships within twelve miles of tht
BANK OF FRANCE GIVEN HANKING CREDIT
NEW YORK. Mar. 15 The Hank of France has been given a bank
inR credit of on.- hundred million dollars by a group of New York rinanr
iers headed by Morgan. The loan is fully secured by gold held in th.
Bank of France, which is acting for the French Government, and will bt
used to stabilize the French Exchange and as the French Government nia*.
i:i:\T DEMONSTRATION ARRANGED FOR HENRY'S HOME COMINI
DETROIT. March 15 - Tlio
he was : • k*-u through the «rh»***i‘!
'he afternoon during which mor
sands of people win
1 u. The recepttions w.-iv held durini
’bun a thousand reunited their faith ir
d in a banquet in his honor at whicl
•and all politi a! parties were present.
all walks of li!
BHBV1TI E S
WASHINGTON. March 15- The Army Board which is investigating
military prisoners, has made a preliminary report that they would recoin
nend clemency in a considerable number of cases.
ALLENTOWN, Penn.. March 15—John (). Mack, the inventor of tht
Mack truck and founder of the Mack Truck Company which is now tht
international Motor Car Company, was killed in an auto collision with :
work train on the Lehigh Valley Transit Company tracks near Allentown
Nantucket. Mass., March 15—Members of the Coast Guard crew ai
'.'amticket have found the name plate of a vessel among a mass of wreck
ige washed in from Nantucket Bay. the name plate bore the -name of tht
dx masted schooner Wyoming which carried a crew of 15 men and it 1:
xdieved that the schooner was wrecked, but no traces of bodies were found
LEONARD SIJITALA DUE ARRIVE NEXT WEEK.
Mrs. Seppala, wife of Leonard Seppala. received a wire from her bus
bind dated Nulato March 13th, in which he states that he was leaving tha
>laco today for Nome with one pissengtw mitt some freight. p'.e'umabl.i
or the Haxnmoa Company.