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The upper picture shows the Rev. John J. Grady, pastor of St.
Francis Xavier’s Church, Northside, Pittsburgh, in charge of police,
being taken to the detective bureau for questioning by the homi
cide squad on the charge of murdering his housekeeper, Miss Anna
McDonough, forty-five. The priest claimed that the shooting was
accidental. The police found two chambers in the revolver empty.
Father-Grady was lodged in jail to await investigation. The house
keeper’s sister, Miss Margaret McDonough, was held as a witness
to the shooting, but later was released. She is shown in the lower
picture.
GIRLS FOUND IN
WILD LIQUOR
ORGY
Youngsters Discovered in
Camp Near Berwyn—Youths
Are Sought.
Additional v arrants probably
will be sworn out today as a re
sult of a three-day liquor party
f near Berwyn, Md., in which two
girls, fourteen and fifteen years
old, are said to have taken part.
County-wide search is being
made by Prince Georges officials
for Robert Taylor, of Berwyn,
who is wanted on a warrant
charging criminal assault on Dor
othy Tobin, fourteen. The war
rant was sworn to by the girl’s
father, Andrew Tobin, of Mount
■ Rainier.
Tobin Girl is Held.,
The Tobin girl is now held in the
House of Detention pending further
investigation of the case. The other
girl, Lillian Moulton, of Berwyn,
has been sent to her home.
The party was exposed by Thomas
V. Garrison, head of the National
Detective Agency, of Hyattsville.
In addition to the two girls and
Taylor, the party included the
Moulton girl's brother. Howard
Moulton, twenty years old; William
Raker, and Carl Roberts, county
officials state.
The Tobin girl is said to have
made a confession, which implicates
other members of the party in
Statutory offenses, upon which war
♦ rants are being prepared.
The liqu<» orgy began Maturday
night at the Moulton home in
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SCHOOL OFFICER
ACCUSED BE
GIRL, IB
Disciplinarian Said to Have
Taken Her to Hotels
Several Times.
An eighteen months’ courtship be
tween Claiborn 8. Close, discipli
narian at the National Training,
sixteen-year-old girl, who lives on
School for Boys, and Ruby Reid,
Bladensburg road across from the
institution, has come to an abrupt
end through the interference of the
police.
Close, forty-three years old, is at
liberty on SI,OOO bond while, the
girl is detained at the House of
Detention. Close’s arrest followed
serious accusations preferred by
the girl. Close will be arraigned
in Police Court Tuesday.
Mystery Cleared.
The arrest of Close, Precinct De
tective Oscar W. Mansfield, of the
Twelfth precinct declares, clears up
the mystery of the disappearance of
the young girl from home on Feb
ruary 3. The girl wrote home that
she was going to commit suicide
and then took a train for Cleve
land where police found her several
days ago.
Detective Mansfield declares that
Close met the girl on February 3
at a downtown hotel, bought her
new cldthes, gave her money and
put her on a train for the west. In
a Cleveland auburb the girl went to
the home of George Beyert, former
inmate of the Training School here.
Police took her in cuatody at the
boy's home.
When brought back to Washing- ■
ton the girl refused to dimuss the
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No. 12,852
La Follette Asks Coal Lease Data
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CHRISTIAN TRIED TO BLOCK
ANTI-TRUST SUIT, IS CHARGE
ASKS DATA
ON GOAL
LEASES
Senator La Follette to Offer
Resolution Calling for
Full Information.
By GEORGE E. DURNO,
International News Berrien.
Another sweeping Senatorial i»- i
vestigation into the manipulation
iof public lands—this time the
great Alaskan coal reserves—ap
peared certain today in the face
of grave charges filed with Presi
dent Coolidge against Secretary
of the Navy Denby, ex-Secretary
of the Interior Fall, and other
Government • officials, past and
present.
Senator LaFollette (Rep.) of
Wisconsin, leader of the Senate
insurgents, and author of the
original resolution calling for an
investigation of the Teapot Dome
scandal, taking prompt cognizance
jof these latest disclosures, has
drafted a resolution for immedi
ate introduction in the Senate call
ing upon the Navy and Interior
Departments to produce every
thing in their files pertaining to
the coal reserves.
Exposed by Railroad Builder.
Demand for this information re
sulted from charges inAde by John
E. Ballalne, builder of the original
Alaskan railroad, and foremost
champion of Alaskan conservation,
that Fall and Denby connived to
i transfer the coal reserves from the
navy to the Interior Department
with a view to their leasing to pri
vate interests. This transfer was
made, Ballaine showed by official
records, at a time the navy had
fully equipped itself to mine Alas
kan coal in large quantities for
naval use.
Other charges were that Admiral
J. K. Robison and Admiral E. W.
Eberle both reported against the
use of this Alaskan coal despite
official navy tests that proved It
far superior to Pocahontas coal, the
naval fuel standard.
La Follette’s resolution specifically
calls for a copy of the transfer
agreement, all executive orders and
other papers bearing thereon, all
correspondence, etc., dealing with
the legal phases of the transaction,
and all information pertaining to
leases, or application for leases, of
the reserves.
The resolution reads:
Text of Resolution.
“Resolved, That the Secretary of
the Interior is directed to send to
the Senate:
“(a) A copy of the agreement be
tween the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of the Navy re
garding the transfer of the naval
coal reserves in the Territory of
Alaska from the Navy Department
to the Department of the Interior.
“(b) All Executive orders and
other papers in the files of the De
partment of the Interior and its
bureaus, or copies thereof if the
originals are not in the files,
authorizing the transfer, Including
all correspondence embodying or
concerning all agreements, in-,
structions and requests by the
Navy Department as to the dis
position of said naval coal reserves
and properties thereon.
“(c) All correspondence, opinions,
and papers showing and concern
ing the legality for the leasing of
said naval coal reserves, as stated
by the Secretary of the Interior,
in view of section 2 of an act to
provide for the leasing of coal
lands in the Territory of Alaska,
etc., approved October 20, 1914 (SR
Stat., 741).
“(d> All leases, applications for
teases of saTl naval <-oal »wervee,
| .md correspondence relating there-
Entered as •eeond-elaas matter at
Poetotfice at Washington, D. C.
POMERENE
FOUGHT IN
SENATE
La Follette Swings Insurgents
Against His Confirmation as
Oil Lease Counsel.
The House this afternoon passed
l the Walsh resolution directing the
! Secretary of the Interior to take
steps to recover oil lands in Cali
fornia now kid by the Standard
Oil Company. The resolution has
passed the Senate and now goes
to the White House for President
Coolidge’s approval.
The land involved is sections •
16 and 36 in Reserve No. 1.
By KENNETH CLARK,
International News Berviee.
The scene of the fight between
Democrats and insurgents in the
Senate and President Coolidge
over the nomination of Atlee
Pomerene as one of the counsel
to prosecute the Government’s oil
cases shifted to. the floor of the
Senate today after more than a
week in committee.
Although reported from the
Public Lands Committee with only
three opposing votes, cast by
Senators Walsh (Dem.) of Mon
tana, Dill (Dem.), of Washington,
and Adams (Dem.) of Colorado,
the appointment precipitated a
lively row in the Senate chamber,
where Senator La Follette (Rep.)
of Wisconsin added the opposition
of his insurgent followers.
Dill Leads Attack
Little opposition was expected to
the confirmation of Owen J. Roberta
of Philadelphia, as Republican coun
sel, to succeed Silas H. Strawn.
The chief assaults against Pom
erene were directed by Senator Dill,
who also was one of the leaders of
the opposition in committee. In
stead of considering the nomination
in secret session, the custom of the
Senate, Dill demanded open execu
tive session so ‘that the American
people can know wnat the qualifi
cations of these nominees are and
who is for them and who againsL”
Pomerene, in Dill’s opinion, is un
acceptable primarily because of his
lack of experience as a criminal
lawyer and because of the almost
universal opposition to him by the
railroad brotherhoods. |
Lenroot announced that he would
call up the nominations for con
firmation at the conclusion of the
morning hour, during which the
Senate considers routine bills upon
the calendar.
Walsh Not to Lead Fight.
Senator Walsh, dominant figure
in the oil investigation, and for
whom the committee called a ten
day recess that he might rest
A. B labors in the inquiry
which has kept him at his desk
practically sixteen hours a day for
the past month, made known that
he would not head the fight on
the nominations.
It was declared to be Walsh’s
V,e Jl* J hat inaßm uch as Roberts
and Pomerene were apolnted by
?nF. alde I lt Cool ldge the responsi
i.viAY {? r them rested upon the
White House, not upon the Senate.
E y « n ‘ n face of Dill’s fight, to
which he has gained numerous ad
herents, it was not believed that
the nominations, either of Roberts
or Pomerene, would be rejected.
The basis for that belief, expressed
in administration circles, was the
fact that Republican Senators want
the nominations confirmed so that
the prosecution of suit to recover
the naval reserves might go for
ward immediately.
In this connection, it was learned
at the White House that orders
have gone out that suits seeking
to enjoin Harty F. Sinclair and
E. L. Dnheny from further extract
ing oil from Teapot Dome snd Elk
Hills, respectivety. must he filed as
WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1924.
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Senator Frank L. Greene of Vermont, accompanied by his wife, was passing along Pennsylvania
avenue in front of Jackson Hall alley last night when a wild shot from a prohibition agent’s revolver
struck him in the head. The picture shows the scene of the shooting, with the artist’s drawing of
Senator Greene when he was shot. The car in the alley represents the police car when the shooting
started. The car driven by the two men the police sought to arrest was farther up. It was Isden
with huge copper boilers.
‘CAS’ TAX’S FATE
IN SENATE’S
HANDS
House Unable to Insert Per
sonal Property Levy With
out Consent.
Through legialatlve blunders, un
wittingly inserted in the House, the
fate of the gasoline tax bill affect
ing automobile reciprocity between
Maryland and the District of Co
lumbia today lies in the Senate’s
hands.
If, the Senate decides that the
District does not deserve a personal
property tax, in addition to the gaso
line tax and license tag tax. it will
be able to pass the bill without fur
ther objection from the House.
This is possible because the House
neglected to mention the personal
property tax in its bill and when
the measure goes to conference they
will not be able to insert this pro
vision without the Senate’s consent.
Senate to Amend Bill.
There is no doubt but that the
Senate will amend the House bill
so the two-cent tax will apply to
both District and jut-of-town motor
ists and not only to District motor
ists. as the bill now provides.
. With the sudden turn taken in
the proposed reciprocity legislation
through the tardy discovery of two
flagrant errors, it was learned today
that the District Citizens* Commit
tee will wage a strenuous fight to
convince the Senate that unless the
person property tax angle is dis
carded the District would prefer to
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WEATHER
Increaaing cloudiness to
night, followed by snow,
sleet or rain, with slowly
rising temperature;moderate
Mrih ahiftinc to Mat viitoa.
Published
Week-dxye
Ganna Walska Sails
to Produce Opera
Series in Paris
By International News Service.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Ganna
Walska, wife of Harold McCor
mick, sailed today for Paris to
produce a series of Mozart
operas in the French capital.
Whether she would sing in the
productions, she said, was un
decided, depending entirely upon
, the advice of Walter Strarem,
her “artistic guide and mentor,”
who also sailed on the Beren
garia.
Questioned as to the attitude
of her husband in her operatic
activities, Madame Walska
shrugged her shoulders.
“I engage in them not as Mrs.
McCormick but as Ganna Wal
ska,” she said. “Mr. McCormick
has no jurisdiction over Ganna
Walska. He leaves her free to
do as she likes and she leaves
him free to attend to his har
vester and other business.”
ENGLISH SHIRE FEELS
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
LONDON, Feb. 16.—A slight
earthquake shock was felt in
Shropshire, but no damage nor 1
casualties were reported.
The Closing Hour
for
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SENATOR, SHOT,
EXPECTED TO
RECOVER
Greene, of Vermont, Struck
by Bullet Fired at Flee
ing Bootlegger.
The condition of Senator Frank
L. Greene of Vermont, who was
shot down by a prohibition agent
last night when the latter sought
to capture two alleged bootleggers
in an alley near Third street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
was reported as “highly satisfac
tory” at the Emergency Hospital
at noon today.
X-ray pictures of the wound,
which is just above the left eye,
were taken. What they showed
has not yet been ascertained, but
the physicians attending the Sena
tor declared that they were con
fident of his recovery.
Skull Fractured.
A superficial examination of the
wound last night showed that the
frontal bone above the eye had
been badly smashed. There was no
evidence of the bullet, though it
may have penetrated the forehead
and lodged in the tissues near the
brain. It is to establish the loca
tion of the bullet that the X-ray
will be taken.
Senator Greene was shot down
within a stone’s throw of the Cap
itol. Police and prohibition agents
had gone into Jackson Hall alley
to look for a stock of liquor and
they discovered a large touring car,
laden with a huge copper boiler,
unloading in ths alley.
Four pistol shots were fired and
Senator Greene fell with the bullet
wound In his bead.
Two youths wore arrested at the
corner of Fourth street and New
York svenue at 4 o’clock this morn
ing by six headquarters detective
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EDITION
THOMPSON,
ON STAND,
RECALLS
WORDS
U. S._ Commissioner Tells of
Summons to White House In
Lesky Film Proceedings.
An investigation into the fit
ness of George B. Christian, sec
retary of the late President Hard
ing, to serve as a member of
the Federal Trade Commission
was launched today before the
Senate Interstale Ootnmarce Com
mission.
Insurgent Republicans attacked
the appointmert. led by Senator
La Follette, (Rep.), of Wiscon
sin, who charged Christian with
exerting “pressure" upon the
disposition of an anti-trust suit
while in the White House.
Supported By Thompson
LaFollette’s charge was supported
by Huston Thompson, chairman of
the commission, who declared
Christian attempted to use “pres
sure” on him to prevent Issuance
of a complaint against the Famous'
Players-Lasky Corporation.
Thompson said he was called to
the White House «y Christian In
May, 1921, while the. commission
was considering the issuance of an
anti-trust suit complaint against
the film company. He said Chris
tian took Mm into the late Presi
dent Harding’s private office and
questioned Elm about the pending
complaint
“Did you feel that thts proceeding
on the part of Christian was Im
proper?’ 'he was asked.
“My feeling, and I belleva It w**
the feeling of other commissioner*
with whom I talked later, that this
was a pressure being brought upon
us to prevent the issuance of a
complaint,” said Thompson. *T
don’t think President Harding had
anything to do with It. He was
not in the room at the time and
I’m confident he didn’t know of It”
Quotes ex-Gov. Folk.
Thompson also declared former
Gov. James Folk had resigned M
attorney for the film company "be
cause, he told me, they were trying
to get him to do things he didn't
want to do.”
“We were told frequently by
agents in the field that we would
never bring out a complaint against
the Famous Players Company,”
Thompson added. “We were told
something would happen before we
issued the complaint.”
Thompson stated the commission
did not issue the Lasky complaint
the day after his vsiit to the White
House.
Thompson first explained how the
case had been built up against
the famous Players-Lasky Corpora
tion by agents who conducted a
“field” investigation. He also told
how “certain parties came from
New York after we issued the com
plaint trying to get us to elimin
ate certain parts of the case.”
Then he described the White
House meeting. He quoted Christ
ian as saying T understand that
you issued a Complaint against the
Famous Playero-l4uiky Corporation.
What do you mean by issuing a
complaint without giving these
people a hearing.*
“I said we hadn't Issued a com
plaint. but that we were thinking,
of doing no.
"I toM him I didn't know how
he had found out al-out the ,-oni
plaint Christian said he wanted »"