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WH PROBE
'HAS ATTENTION
IDF DAUGHERTY
Attorney General in Chi-
cago for Veterans’ Bu-
: ^reau Investigation.
!.
MAKES A STATEMENT
| . ——
! Again Announces Deter-
;; mination to Remain in
Coolidge Cabinet.
** « Chicago Fdb. 28—Hnrrv V- Daiigli-
tpiprty attorney general of the United
states cam«< here today on govern-
*yjjiM*nt business as be stated it ap-
before the federal gram! jury
J jntestigatyig -tec United States Vet-
• s ierans.Bnth<|U hut tefu/H’d to make any
♦ a 'piatdioV'n.t J^'ative .to the Senate oil
■ H inquiry dfugloiiwents nt Washington.
'rind-Weed on his ptyviotfs statements
Z * Hint lie would not resign his office.
_ He would not discuss the Veterans
a.. Bureau investigation now apparently
* drawing to a close although Brig.
K Gen. C. A. Sawyer who was placed
‘ in charge of the bureau's hospitaliza-
* tion work by the late President Hanl-
* ing. came to Chicago on the same
% train and also testified before the
•» grand jury. . - •
The attorney general's only direct
* reference to the senatorial develop-
- ments was that he might have some
* statement to make late today but
a that it probably would depend on
»* what was done or announced by the
• Senate.
Indirectly he said he had received
* in the last two days more than 3000
a> telegrams^from friendly individuals
tone of which read: “
“A winner never quits and a quit-
» ter never wins.’
“Hurry up. boys” he told newspn-
£ per photographers. “You never ean
S tell how long a man may be attorney
S general nowdays.”
•. He said he planned to leave Cln-
> cago at 9 :10 o'clock tonight for
* Miami. Fla..-to join his wife who is
2 there for her health.
£ Washington D. C„ Feb. 28.—At-
« torney General Daugherty’s _ an-
• nounced determination to remain in
“ the cabinet for the present at least
* spurred Senator Wheeler ■ Democrat
S Montana to press for quick action in
_ the Senate today on his resolution
i calling .for an investigation of Mr.
L- Dangbert administration.
» As soon as this’lnvestigation is com-
* pleted and regardless of its Outcome.
* Mr. Daugherty will be expected to
* quit the cabinet. He refused yesterday
to retire voluntarily while the inquiry
a is pending and President Coolidge de-
y- cided not to force him to do so.
Mr. Daugherty was fully advised at
"Z yesterday's succession of conferences
— regarding the cdncljuiong reached by
the I’residpnt but he took the position
M that he would not resign unless Mr.
Xg CooliUge was willing to make'n formal
«’ imperative demand for the retirement.
_ The attorney general .left for Chi-
li*: cago yesterday after a last minue con-
« ference with President Coolidge. It
“ was not until three hours later that
* a statement he had prepared previ-
£ ously. with reference to his retention
* of office was made public.
“It is not my purpose” he de-
clared “to even consider tendering my
_ resignation as attorney general until
* after a *'ir hearing on charges pre-
* ferred against me ”
0 1- . **♦
S FOLLOW OIL TRAIL
* THROUGH TELEGRAMS
1 (Continued from page one.)
ai over the phone and he said he had
58 received a message from Walsh which
M he would transmit to you.”
Senator Walsh interrupted the read-
* ing to say that Palmer had telephoned
t him this morning asking if the com-
“ mittee desired his appearance. The
_ Montana senator added -that “as far
as I am concerned 1 have no disposi-
* tion to call him" but Senator Dill
as Democrat Washington suggested that
v Mr. palmer had “acted as the go-bc-
• tweea here in these' messages" ami
“ Chairman Lenroot supponeu a pro-
• posal to call him. A call was then
2 issued.
The next message read was eigne!
2. ‘‘Bennett." addressed to McLean and
■' (laVd January 3. (Ira Bennett is an
editorial writer on the Washington
I'ost.)
The telegram said:
“Major and I saw Curtis this morn-
ing and he promised to see Lenroot
and have your statement placed in
the record. He advised us to see Un-
derwood and ask him to see Walsh
in your behalf. We. saw Underwood
who promised to speak to Walsh but
he hinted that it would not do any
good.” * -
The sender skid that “Walsh was
evidently determined to Insist upon
calling you” and told Mr. McLean
that if a doctor’s certificate for bad
health was obtained for McLean
“Walshswould merely postpone de-
mands.”
“Major and I have both studied the
situation carefully.” the message went
on. “And agree that willingness on
your pert to appear will cause ’Walsh
to ntsip the matter without doing any-
thing more than ask you one or two
‘ questions. But if Walsh finds it nec-
essary to compel you to come there
will be disagreeable publicity and
Walsh may be encouraged to be dis-
agreeable We therefore recommend
that you come if possible.
“Walsh suggested to the committee
■ that be would like to have Secretary
Fall come before it. Chairman Len
rotAsaid he had been anxious to have
Fall to npenr to a=k him the source ol
Further Debates
The Men’s Class Trinity M. E.
Church -tor. Huisnche and Grant
continuing the Debates for which
they have planned .makes the fol-
lowing announcements:
Thursday Evening
February 28 1924
Resolved that the. intense se-
crecy fostered by th^;Ku Klux
Klan is Against Public' Welfare.
Aff. Robt. G. Harris.
Neg. C. A. Davies.
You ere cordially invited to be
present.
THURSDAY.
money to buy ranch. If you appear to
be reluctant to come Walsh would
be disagreeable after you were finally
on stand.”
Major wired again in an undated
message to McLean a description of
committee proceedings saying that “in
my opinion today’s events mean fin-
ish.” • . . r
“Questions are to be brought to you
there (Palm Beach)” the message con-
tinued. “It will probably take Walsh
a day or two to prepare them. Will
keep in close touch with situation and
send you in. detail what he wants to
know over private wire.”
“This is just a flash” Major wired
to McLean on January 5 with a
Western Union note to rush as fast
ns possible “the questions are to be
brought to Palm Beach. Lambert is to
assist Walsh in his task of preparing
questions.” (Wilton J. Lambert is Mc-
Lean's attorney.)
The next telegram signed bv a new
name that of “Johns” to McLean on
January IS said:
“Party'’ in Friendly Mood.
“Willis saw party this morning.
Willis said that the party was in a
friendly mood and intimated that noth-
ing further would be requested from
your end. Harry out ot city. I have
appointment 5 o’clock with Eyed. He
expects something. Will also see party
I returned with.”
Senator Walsh then rend the origi-
nal message from McLean nt Palm
Beach to Major which occasioned the
ativities here in connection with his
appearance before the committee.
Marked “extra extra rush.” and
dated December 25 the telegram
said:
■ Have had tip that T_ am to 1*
called before the congressional inves-
tigating committee in Trarot Home in-
quiry. My health at present time pro-
hibits my returning north. See ex-At-
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer on
receipt of this wire and see if he can
end will represent me in proceedings
if I am called unon. Use long distance
in answering this wire.”
On January 5 Bennett wired Mc-
Lean : ■ „
“Congratulations upon decision
which resulted of Lambert's skillful
work. Case could not have been han-
dled better.”
Bennett on January IC wired Mc-
Lean :
“Walsh told Associated Press nnd
other reporters today that Fall had
misled committee regarding source of
funds. Walsh said he would not in-
sist on Fall'- apearance but would
leave it to Fall to decide whether to
correct his testimony. Carawav made
attack unon" yon in Senate today in
hi< usual’ rambling manner."
Tn telegrams read today John Ma-
ior. a McLean employe here reported
to McLean that he was “busv with
Underwood. Curtis and ‘Zev.’ ”
“Zev” is understood by committee-
men to refer to J. W. Zeveley per-
sonal counsel for Harry F. Sinclair.
Ira Bennett editor of the Post
telegraphed McLean on January 3
that he and Major saw “Curtis”
who promised to see “Lenroot.”
Refer to Underwood.
“ ‘Curtis’ advised us” the telegram
said “to see Underwoood. We saw
Underwood who promised to speak to
Walsh but he hinted that it would
not do any good.”
In placfng the telegrams In the
record the committee members made
no announcement of identification of
the persons referred to. leaving the
public to draw its own conclusions.
A telegram signed “Johns” sent to
McLean said “Willis" saw “party
this morning.”
“Willis” reported “party” in
friendly mood the message said add-
ing “Harry is out of city.”
The committee heard the text of a
telegram sent by McLean from Palm
Beach on Christmas Day informing
Major he had a “tip” he would be
called in the oil inquiry and ordering
Would You Clear Your Debts?
How would you like to look the whole world in the face?
Suppose your debts were all grouped in one place one creditor
instead of a dozen or more—with a definite arrangement for payment
in installments within a year.
This is the function ot the Morris Plan.
fellouT who does not owe a cent probably
cleaned up on the Morris Plan. WHY NOT YOU?
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INDUSTRIAL BANKING
209 Wesb Commerce Street Travis 6226
We finance the building of
homes for responsible people
ivho own a well-located lot and
are able to make reasonable
cash payments.
Hillyer-Deutsch-Jarratt Co.
Lumber Hardware Paints Building Material
1309 South Flores Street Crockett 917
that Palmer be asked to represent
him.
On December 26 McLean in-
structed Major to tell Winton J. Lam-
bert bis attorney that he had asked
Palmer to see the oil committee.
In another message McLean in-
structed Major to keep “all my wires
in your possession.”
On December 26 McLean sent a
telegram to E. W. Starling (a secret
service man) at the White House
asking him to send this telegram to
’•Wilkins" nt Hopkinsville Ky:
“Leave at once for Palm Bench. E.
B. McLean.” Hopkinsville is Star-
ling’s home town.
Later Major wired McLean that
“Willis is in full possession of mat-
ters. ”
The satp“ message said Chnrles
Berhans was leaving Washington for
Palm Beach that night and that “the
Duck" would leave later.
“My advice is” the message added
“not to acquaint latter party (the
Duck) with our code system.”
Bennett wired McLean on January
20 that he had seen “Principal” and
delivered message; that there would
“be no rocking of boat and no resigna-
tions" and th... “he” expects “reac-
tion from unwarranted political at-
tack.”
Tells of Ixtan Probe.
E. H. Rochester confidential ad-
viser to Attorney General Daugherty
telegraphed McLean on January 16
that the oil committee was investigat-
ing whether McLean had $100600 in
the bank at the time when he claimed
he gave A. B. Fall checks for that
sum.
The Rochester message was a night
letter and ended with the statement
“I thought you should be informed.”
Rochester was formerly managing
editor of the Washington Post
Several messages in code had •refer-
ence to “apricots” “apples”
“peaches” and "cherries.” They were
signed “The Champion” and ad-
dressed to W. F. Wiley a McLean
employe at Palm Beach.
McLean telegraphed to Major on
December 27 to tell Palmer that
Francis M. McAdoo or his father
William G. McAdoo has been my
personal attorney for seven years.”
At the conclusion of the reading of
the telegrams Carl C. Schuyler a
Denver attorney was called to the
stand.
Br-rk to Ijeaee IVobe.
Schuyler took the inquiry back to
the Teapot Dome field explaining that
he had represented the Midwest Re-
fining Company and the Pioneer Oil
Company which had claims in that
field. He reviewed at great length the
now famous conference at Kansas
City at which Harry F. Sinclair
agreed to pay $1000600 to J. Leo
Stack. Denver oil operator and Fred-
erick G. Bonfils publisher of the Den-
ve“ Post.
The witness denied that any “news-
paper influence” entered into the set-
tlement.
“After my introduction to Sinclair”
he testified “and without further pre-
liminaries. I said:
“ ‘Mr. Bonfils has told me that your
last and final offer of settlement is
$lOOOOO and a one-half interest in
the net profits from the operation by
you of 120 acres to be selected from
your lease. On behalf of Mr. Stack
I decline this offer.’
“Sinclair said: ‘Stack will not get
another dollar.' ”
“Colonel Zcvely (Sinclair’s lawyer)
and I then engaged in conversation. I
supported my contention with a par-
tial recital of the facts and principles
I have already discussed.
“Sinclair broke into the conversa-
tion with the remark that $lOOOOO
is a lot of money and Stack ought to
be satisfied with it.’
“The conversation between Mr. Sin-
clair and myself led to the settle-
ment—a conversation lasting about
rone hou rand a half.
“I said ‘Mr. Sinclair if any young
I BETTER HOMES WEEK MARCH 10th to MARCH 15th
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
man came to you and created a situ-
ation for you to enter upon whereby
you might secure an oil property as
valuable as the Teanot .structure
would you think of valuing his ser-
vices at less than one million dollars?’
“Mr. Sinclair finally said: ’Well
it’s a big thing and perhaps you arc
not asking too much.’ ”
WILLIS “KNOWS NOTHING.’’
Has’ No Idea Who Telegrams to Mc-
Lean Referred to. Senator Says.
Washington D. C Feb. 28.—Sena-
tor Willis Republican Ohio issued a
formal statement today declaring he
had no idea who was referred to in
telegrams placed before the oil com-
mittee saying that “Willis” was con-
cerning himself in the oil inquiry on
behalf of Edward B. McLean.
“I have been handed what purports
to be copies of two telegrams sent by
John or Johns to Edward B. McLean
at Palm Beach Fla. in which refer-
ence is made to a man named Willis”
said the senator.
“So far as I can recall I do not
know John or Johns. I haven’t the
slightest idea to what either of these
telegrams refer.”
CHILD MAY DIE
Dallas Raby Injured by Falling ScaL
fold in Critical Condition.
Dallas. Tex.. Feb. 28.— Bettie Mae
ExaU 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Exall. injured yesterday
when a falling scaffold at the Scollard
building struck her and her mother
is in a critical condition it was said
at the hospital today.
She suffered a fractured skull and
other injuries physicians say. The
mother is not seriously hurt.
G. C. Dawson n carpenter who was
killed when he fell with the derrick
from the sixth floor of the building
which is being demolished was buried
today. He is survived by 'his widow
and three children.
Johnson Files Name in Ohio.
Columbus Ohio Feb. 38.— Senator
Hiram Johnson of California today
filed with Secretary of State Brown
his official declaration of candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
President.
WOLFSON’S
Ma rch
S I LK
SALE
Begins
Monday
March 3
Nobody
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home. Wisdom independence com-
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vising coaxing and tugging at you
giving splendid sane reasons why you
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Our Service Bureau will show you
how.
We have the blueprints and
plans of hundreds of homes
i at your disposal without ad-
ditional cost. 5 * .
FIND RARE PAINTING
Authentic Titian Sold By Artist For
Los Angeles Feb. 38. — Aa au-
thentic Titian owned for 33 years by
au artist who never in all that time
suspected its true worth has been
purchased today by Linwood M. An-
drews Los Angeles art collector for
$lOOOOO the Los Angeles Times
states today.
Adolph Brngier of Santa Barbara
who owned the painting the Times
says bought it at an auction in
Florence Italy whie he was study-
ing art there in his youth paying for
it the equivalent of $l5O in American
money.
Experts have pronounced it genuine
and identified it as “The Madonna
Holy Child arid Titian’s Daughter
Lavinia” and long believed to have
been lost with other works of art in
a fire that swept Madrid.
Important to all women
Readen of this Paper
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Women’s complaints often prove to
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But hundreds of women claim that
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Many send for a sample bottle to
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8100000.
A Great Clearaway Sale of
All Boys’ Winter Clothes
Savings on *
Boys’ Shoes
All $6.00 Boy»’
High Shoes
$4.45
All $4.50 and $5.00
Boys* High Shoes
$3.85
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also in the number of hats involved »
—offering every color and shape
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tically giving them away When you see g
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$13.50 $l5 $16.50 $17.50 $2O $22.50
2-Pants Suits 2-Pants Suits
$OB5 s^2§s
Black Cat Stockings 4 Pair for
We are featuring for this week
the reguler 35c quality Blayk Cat
Stockings for boys and girls— ||| SM £
four pain for $l.OO. These v
stocking* ere especially well- ■- ■
* made having a triple thickness
of material at knee; reinforced
heel and toe; fast black.
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Union Suits BOYS’ OVERCOATS
On Sale ONE-THIRD OFF
Fleeee-Uned Ribbed BANKET Spreial
Cotton Unton Suits ROBES Overcoats
(sixes 10 to 18 ITlces ONE- Broken
veers) $5 and M Size 4to 18 Lines
Sw “ te " $2.95
89c $3.35 ■
- Special
Group Entire Stoek
__________ ■ . >. Sweaters Juvenile
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. Sweaters 10 to 18 Sizes 3to 8
$l.OO Flcoco - Nned ONF-H ALF
Cotton Union Sults $4.95 1 $1.55 ‘price
buttons on waist . ______ _______
drop seat (sizes 2 2 .00 $lO.OO
to 8 years) $9.00 to 810 BLOUSES Corduroy
Sweaters Sixes 7 to 14 Suits
69c $5.95 $1.45 $5.00
FEBRUARY 28 1924.
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