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LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
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THE WEATHER
Washlnfrton, Feb. M. — ICaaUra Penna: K.air and continued cold Sun¬ day; Monday un-icttlcd, probably anow.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEB. 24,1924
The   Only    Sunday    Newsp.iper Covering   the. Wyomins   Valley
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PRESIDENT MAY UPSET HIS ENTIRE CABINET
OIL LEAK NEXT JOB IN PROBE
Managers Of Telegraph Lines Are Summoned To Tell Senate What They Know
SECRETS DISCLOSED
PeTs*bns In vol vea'in The in¬ vestigation Show Prior Knowledge Of All Plans
OPEN BROKER BOOKS
Washington, Feb, 28,—Invpsligatlon «f "Icults" from tho Senate oil BcandaJ Investlgatlne committee, by means of ¦which persons Involved have been ¦warned In advance of coutemplaleii committee action, ^ll be Invest Ig.ated ¦when tho oil Inquiry la resumed Monday.
Subpoenas ¦were ordered tonlg^ht b,; Senator 'Walsh, Montana, Icr local managers ot the Weatern Union and PobUU Telegraph companies. The ,^{iuhcoenaB call for all tolegrama sent JO. former kecntaii oi tlie intL't-ior Fall nnd Elilwln B. Mclienri, "pubfislicr ot tho ¦Washington Post, while they ¦were at Falm Beach, Fla., la De¬ cember,
C. Bascom Slemp. aecretary to the I'resldent. was asked to appear at 10 a. m. Monday to tell whether hy knows anything about the oil leak.
Some members of the committee It¬ self may later bo placed on the stand.
"We ¦«'ill a-sk .Mr. Slemp about all communications he'has had with any¬ body regarding the oil Inquiry," Walsh said In announcing he had summoned Blcmp. Slemp agreed to iiiipear. He was In I'alm Beach ¦when Fall and McI^ean were there, but Walsh indi¬ cated he was not much interested In that.
Conversation of the Inquiry Into a leak investigation cime ,aa Walah, Ju.st returned after a week's ah.scnce, pre¬ pared to put Into operation mature! plans for continuing his search for tho full story of the oil scandal, in¬ cluding undisclosed portions of the history ot the leasing ot o 11 reserves, facts concerning reported speculation ¦ in oil by government officials and the truth about a reported ?1,000,000 slusli fund .«aid to havo heen raised by oil operators to re-lmburso Washington ofliclala for losses sustained In oil speculations.
Secrets Get Out
Evidence ot "leaks" fiom secret ¦esKlons of the committee was seen •when persons mentioned at those se.s¬ slons but not named publicly appeared Ht the capitol to coii.'er with Senators and showed Uiey knew committee plans which had not been given out.
Walsh held linglhy conference.s throughout the day with niembers ot the committoo outlining his plans for ¦what may turn out lo bo the final drive lu reveal all the .secrets connect¬ ed with thc leasing ot naval resei-ve land.s by Fall.
This Is the program llnaliy agreed upon:
1—Questioning nt Slemp and ofBclals 'of the two telegraph compiuiies.
2—A flnal effort to get deflnlie evidence IndicaUng "criminal intenl" In tho actions of somo ot tho.se In¬ volved In the scandil, so that prose¬ cutions may be uiidortaken speedily by I'resldential counsel,
3—I'ut oft questioning of Edward n.,( McLean and Harry F. Sinclair for a few days until some evidence concern¬ ing stock speculalion and the reported million dollar slush fund can first bo put Into tho record.
4—Calling   ot   Washington   bunkers Monday to bo a.sked  whether tho re¬ ported   million  dollar  slush  fund  had been dcposltetl In their hanks. Suiiiiiioii New \Vitiies.sf»
If Walsh sicuie.i the evidence he hopes for, new phases ot the Inquiry may be drawn out. If his way is blocked he will have to plan some new manner of getting at the evidence or conclude  the  Inquiry.
Those subpoenaed for Monday niorning include:
H. F. Taft, general manager of liie Western Union Telegiaph ofllce In ¦Washington; Thomas 1'. Uowd, gen¬ eral manager ot tho 1'o.stal Telegraph '^9Bl offlce; Charles U. Lyddiane, ¦ylcc president ot thc Foderal Amerlciin National baiik; .1. H. Baden, vice president ot the Commercial Njitlonal Bunk, and Millon Alles, president ot the   RIggs  National   Bank.
Survey ot broker.s' books is nearing completion. Itisults ot the inspeotioii thua far havo not been Intimated by any member ot thc commiitee, but rumor.s wore afloat that the names of somo high offlcial^ had been found In connection  with oil  speculalion.
l^enials were Immediately made by Lenrool, Walsh and other oiembers ot the committee.
The conimitteo hopes to disclose operations ot a stock iiurcha.sinK "pool." The slory is that a half dozen big offleials who were iniiniate friends Joined together in buying and selling Stocks. The )iool, however, was said to have failed when all oil stock slumped.
Intimations wcie received Indirectly trom Uarry F. Sinclair that ho would
Local Girl Does Odd TraininyAct
Wollesley, Jla.s.i, Feb. 23.—.\fler months of pi-aotice. featiiriHl by al¬ mo.st unprccodentPil palienco. Mis.s F.volyn Boat of Kingston, Penna., a jironiinent student nt Wellesley College, has at laat succeeded In toaihing a donkey to use .skis. While the majority of Wellesley students have been skeptical and lowiisjieopio have openly ridiculed the Idea, Miss Boat has daily led "I'aloface" to the smooth surface near the shores of I.<ike Waban. tor hia dally attempt on tho skis. Much lo the a.<!tonlshment of the Welles¬ ley faculty anoil Ihe college body In general, the donkey today gave one of the most remarkable exhibitions of .skiing that, ha-s been witne.s.sed here for many a winter. Thc donkey has been trained lo usefull- ness iu? well, for on the relurn trip h(j.ha3 drawn seven ot Miss Boat's aao.ijj;jpto5i b^ejyo tho Ski Slide with little or no effort/ "Weilc-Bibji friif.rr- are enjoyed at Wellesley as freely a.s at Dartmouth and other men's colleges and the student body here has voted Mi.ss Boat the "Excep¬ tional" Medal tor acoompli.shing the leiist expected. In previous years attempts had been mado to do something worth while with "Pale¬ face' but until the Pennsylvania girl took him in hand this year, all h-ul been unsuccessful.
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A CTION ON BONUS BILL IS DEMANDED OF HOUSE
i VVa.shington, Feb. 2.3.--Tlie soldier bonus must be pa.ssed
I b.y the House next weok.   This ultimatum was sewed today by
I the world war veteran members of the House  on  administia-
I tion leaders in the lower branch of Congress.
I        A committee of five former soldiei's in the House a.'^ked
: Republican   Leader Iionjrworth  for  a promise  of  immediate
action on the bonus but received no definite reply.   LonRworth
previously had promised  Democratic supporters  of the  Ford
oflfer for Muscle Shoals that the McKenzie bill for acceptance ol
the proposition would be given right of way in the House next
week if too much time was not taken up on the tax bill.
However, he stated the legislative program was "up in the air."
Representatives Johnson, North Dakota, and Fish, New York, who saw service under fire in France are prominent in the move to force action on the bonus bill immediately after the tax bill is passed.
Gunman AnaWoman Aie^illed;  - Police Search The Underworld For Those Guilty Of The Crime
DEFEAIEDBYVOTE
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Bitter Fight Due Monday In Effort To Reduce The Levies On Motorcars
GIFT TAX DELAYED
Washington, Feb. 23—An effort by thn Progressive-Democrat coalition to write an excess profits tax into the new tax law wius defeated In the House today by a vote of Tt to 1D7.
By this voto the Hou.«e rejected Rtpresentatlve Freat's pjroposal to Ulx all profits nnder 20 per cent with a 10 per cent tax and all over 20 per cent with a .'lO iier cent tax. An ex¬ emption from luxation ot profits up to 8 per cent plus $3,000 was allowed.
l)cbate on the amendment brought from Bepresent.itlve Longworth, Ohio, Itepubliean leader, the charge that ef¬ forts were on foot to "butcher" the Mellon tax bill.
He said tho progressives and their Democratic allie-s, lacking the sense of responsibility that belongs to a real ir.aoJrity, woro trying to amend thc Mellon plan out of existence.
Tho Frear propoaal, Longworth said, WHS Just like othera which two Secre¬ taries ot the Treasurer, Glass and McAdoo, opposeii after the war.
Action on the gift tax went over un¬ til Monday. Chairman Green end-^iv- orod to bring up the question but Bepresentalivo Garner, Texas, ob¬ jected, saying that he was working oul an amendment with other mem¬ bers. Tho Green g^lft tax proposes to miposo levies of one per cent on gifts of $10,000, graduated up to 10 per cent, on $IC,000 and over, Tho ques¬ tion will come up Monday.
Longworth continued to work on his compromLse jilan which nlcludes a 2 per cent, normal tax on Incomes of $1,000 and six per cent above that amount and a maximum sur tax of STj per cent, on $200,000, without much success. While Repre-sentatlve Beld of lliinola. and Woodruff, Mich¬ igan, are incline* to favor the com¬ promise, the majority of progressives, according to Bepre.sentativo Nelson, Wl.scon.sin, will not support It.
A bitter light la due Monday when Rerpraenlativo Clancy, Michigan, at- tempta to have part of the taxes tak¬ en off automobilea. Clancy charges the railroads with oppcsing the cut, and is ready to flght It to tho last ditch.
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MKS.   WIM.IA.M   T.   \VU.I.I.\:MS
Announcement of the ileath of Mrs. William T. Williams, aged 39, befoie marriage Miss Maudo HowelLs, of I'ly¬ mouth, has been received by local relatives. Mrs. Williams died audden- ly at her home in Bluerteld, \'a., on Friday night. She Is survived by her husband and two chlldi-en, WlUlam and Ethil. Sho Is also survived by her inother. Mrs. Lewis Howells, and the lollowing .sisters: Mi-s. .Minnie Parry, .Mrs. W. B. '^'eaple and Miss Jennie Howells, all of Plymouth. The mother and sisters will attend the tumoral at liliiefleld, tomorrow.  <S> .
HKAK VKTKK.^N C.XSKS Members of the appeal board of the I'nlted States Veterans' Bureau will spend th eeoming we<'k in Scraiton hearing claims of disabled World War veterans. The aessoin.s of the board will .start tomorrow morning In the Courtroom of the federal building nt Waahington uvenue and Linden street.
answer queatlon.s when he ia called to the .stand. It la underslood he intenda to make atrong defense of his leases contending (1), the le:ises were valid and have re.sulted In great benelit to the government and (2), that the $25,000 loan he made to Fall -was given after the lease had been signed and could. In no way, be considered a "biiba."
Two Run Down By Motor Trucks; Driver Of One Machine Escapes
Chicago, Feb. 23.—Into the under¬ worlds ot a half dozen cities tonight police sent Investigators In search of evidence which they hope will solve thc strange murder ot Mr. and Mrs. John Duffy, ncwlyweda.
Dufty, who I'hiladelphia police have Identified aa John Dougherty, a notor¬ ious gunman, was shot some time Thuraday night. His body was found many hours later In a anow bank on the outskii-ts of the city. j
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as Leah'Exicy ot Norwalk, O., and more recently ot Loulsvil'e, Ky., was also killed by a shot in tho head. Her body was found in thc Duffy apart¬ ment In a fashionable section of the city.
The couple were married In Louis¬ ville several weeks ago, Exiey told police, when he Identified the slain woman as his aister.
Having idcntifled the mnixlered couple, police are aearching tor Or¬ lando Horton. said to be a noted gun¬ man from Indianapolla. Horton Is said to have been living at the Duffy homo with a woman known as Mra. Horton, but police are Investigating the theory that there was no Mr.s. Horton—that Duffy, Mrs. Duffy and Horton were tho only occupants of the apartment.
Jealousy Motive
It there was no Mrs. Horton, poilce Iwlieve Mrs. Dufty waa murdered by a Jealous rival. If there was a Mrs. Horton, then It is bellevod the couple was slain in an underworld or beer war.
Both Duffy and Horton,*poIlce said, were connected with a beer running "syndicate." Thej^ are said to have served a large   clientele   with   choice
liquors smuggled through Detroit from Canada,
Firat knowled.ge of tho double killing came with the discovery of Duffy's body. It was nearly burled In ,a deep snow bank and had apparently been thrown from an automobilo.
An address in Duffy's clolhing led police to his apartment. When no response came to their knocks they broke in and found the body ot Mrs. Duffy stretched out on a davenport. Tho apart-Tient w.-is in disorder, but many valuables lay u'ofSlfF in co.i- splcuous places, eliminating a theory of robbery.
While it is boh,/T-i both Dufty and his wife were slain in thc apartment, pelice have not decided why Duffy's body was taken away and his wife's left in the rooms.
DetroU poliee have been asked to watch for a man and a woman be¬ lieved on their way to that city by automobile from Chicago. The couple Chicago police have been advised, are Mr. and Mrs, Hoilon.
A Two (iun Mail
Philadelphia, Feb, 2S.—John Dutty, alias John Dougherty, found murdered in Chicago, wna known to the police here as a "two gun" man and was wanted in I'hilad<ilphla on ausplclon of killing Edward Bozey, a, colored clergyman, two years ngo.   _/
Dougherty was known .oa k raah and rcckle.aa user of two revpflvers. It ia alleged Dougherty picljfed a quarrel with Bozey by throwing a lighted cig¬ arette at the preachpi^ and then shot his victim. He h.id Wen arrested more than a score ot tjAies In thla city on charges ot burglary and ia said to have engaged ^Vn more pistol battlea with the police than any other man iu the rogues plIleiT.
Tuo girls were injured last night shortly after 7 o'clock uhen run dowfi at Breslau hy a recklessly driven motor truck whose driver disappeared following the ac¬ cident. Agnes Demore, 17 years old, residing in the rear of 211 East Main street, Plymouth, is in Mercy hospital suffering from a possible fracture of the skull. Mary Sallinger. IS years old, of 65 Yeager street. Forty Fort, was discharged from the hospital after she had received trectment for bruises and lacerations. The victims had just alighted from a Breslau hus on Felloivs street when the unknown driver, propelling his truck at a reckless pace, bore down on theni. The girls did not sense their danger until a moment before being struck and then it teas too late to escape. The Demore girl was dragged a considerable 'distance before being dropped on the pave¬ ment. Her companion received a glancing blow from the machine. After the accident the driver, with a fresh burst ol "Spm^f /?."