Show J II ATTORNEY riD RETIRE IS ISn CAPITAL n PITAL TALK t Goes Out That nt t Coolidge Is leer d With Conduct of Jau gherty's Department ft xie Stinson Sticks s to li Involving Ex- Ex Exand I 1 and and Cabinet I Ian Air Scandal Next I March 27 By Retirement Ir Jp r Retirement of Attorney from the Cool Cool- Daugherty rom the cabinet has again been under serious d indications today point to in the near future resident Coolidge has almost if entirely come to agreement h vian many of his closest advisers tt It with charges piling up daily Jint Mr Daugherty's adminis- adminis tion tion of the department of jus jus- jusa a of the attorney is of load ratin ral in office more a administration justly can called upon to bear made by the president to have failed to wince him that the current iness of the department is being wi with wish h. h the expedition Tco has a right to demand iS circumstance is believed d to toIe Ie been weighed more heavily h Mr Coolidge than any other t toS r. r conferences held by the eident J with his attorney general erday are understood to have haven n devoted largely to a consid- consid this subject and to have the matter nearer to a ad d t than n it ever has been be- be e. e jcl March 27 The The ugh ty j-ty ty Investigators today heard hd xe divorced wife wite of ot IY j v Smith Smith go through a cross lm by the attorney gen gen- I ra counsel ri ngel decided to c consider ether th r the attorney generals general's S S. t Daugherty WashIng Washing- I LC O OW banker am and anda a a his bit bank banc should be cited I contempt mI t for failing to answer summons and listened tr cital by bv H L. L Scaife who aircraft frauds and his Investigations were UGH ABSENT testimony was in- in rup rupt d frequently by clashes been be- be en committee members arid and l inseT sel for the attorney general the efforts of the counsel r the he names of five men be said Smith told her had hadIe Ie in iii oil stocks The ni e had no Interest In the thet t ter r ut mt former Senator Chaman Cham- Cham an Ie ald he expected the witness say one o of ot the men was the I Ident of the United States Ashurst retorted the com- com not be trapped Into the name of a a. man now now n il cx executIVe session of the com- com tee was was called to consider the 1 Jp L s S. Daugherty after the at arms had reported him present pent and Paul Rowland Howland the the generals general's lawyer had said was not in the city gave tho the committee a de- de I of his work In investing ting ing war frauds especially the raW cases and charged that he blocked at various times In efforts C EDINGS DELAYED he me ame of Mitsui Co Jap- Jap Ill 6 bankers was brought in by I fe who said the Standard Air Air- j owned by Mitsui 0 c o. o had ad been overpaid the government The Mitsui pany was mentioned in the tes- tes i my Gaston B B. B Means when vas v-s on the stand Means assert- assert ra Japanese representative of ot bankers had handed him in a Washington hotel which Ic urn gave gaye to Jess Tess W W. Smith committee had bad adon ad- ad on page 3 Bl S s. s ATTORNEY TO RETIRE IS CAPIT CAPITAL ALT TALK ALl Continued from page 1 1 ed cd until tomorrow hart announced the contempt edings edinga to be sought against M. M and the other Ohio rs would not not be pushed today also announced the committee received a letter from from- the gen ral refusing to allow v the of justice files to be fined Ined or withdrawn except in cases and on particular he attorney generals general's generals general's letter said saide pie Ile e would wO desire to know each I terr Involved In the request for I ers and to have his attorneys dlin reply Matters which he heined hem I m med ined d confidential I In the tha files flIes uld be ex examined only In he said Time would needed by the tho committee to prea- prea pree pre pre- e lits record of facts s before deIning defining de- de fining Ining whether to go to the senith sen- sen with ith the M M. S. S Daugherty case said I aul ul Howland long time friend the attorney general conducted 1 1 cross examination examination of ot Roxie son which was de decided upon withe committee had held that 1 her ther er Inquiry Into the stor story of a profit to five men from deal aea Seal In oil stocks was as without Its pPe Howland land said he had only a few to ask and first took up White Motor stock which Miss e tt inson son has mentioned In her tes- tes es- es any ony as being received from Jess tho th INGS UP PURCHASES certificate for twenty-five twenty y Sires res of White Motors which you dUn Columbus In September Howland Howland began would you say that you did not buy that buy that st stock ck I In to October 1921 1021 yourself Miss Mies Stinson hesitated To be bo frank trank about it that certificate certificate was handed to me by Jess Smith she said She owned at several times several sev- sev eral certificates of White Motors stock she said and would not be certain as to the disposition of any particular lot Did you have a twenty five sl share aro certificate registered in your name name mime which you sold September 18 1922 Howland asked I may have Miss 1 Stinson said Pressed to say that this was the tho stock that Smith gave her with In Instructions instructions in- in to sell quickly and quietly Miss r Stinson said No Miss Stinson said the business deal dealon on which A A. A L L. Fink had called her to Cleveland was a reorganization tion of Tire The Ideal Tire and Rubber I company compan which Fink Pink had under under- taken TORE UP NOTES On Saturday you read from a statement about this Cleveland transaction Mr Howland Rowland still re referrIng referring referring re- re ferring to Miss Stinson's assertion that she had been framed up ina Ina in ina a Cleveland hotel with A A. I L. L Fink by false faIse registration You said you had some notes of of- what went on there e I tore them up she said lr I dont don't presume though that Ill Il Ill ever forget about that Have you jou talked over this matter matter matter mat mat- ter with Senator Wheeler I have met him she said rye read over o s lette to him Asked as to whether she had discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed the matter with Frank A. A she said that he told me he was Interested as a citizen How Flow long have ha you vou known Mr Fink Z asked Mr Howland About ten years she said Mr bir Howard continued to test her story that she had found herself hersel registered as Finks Fink's wife wite MANY SALESMEN Did you come In as a purchaser of or rubber v stock Mr Howland asked Miss Stinson said that Fink had so regarded her A A. AMr Mr Ellis was his partner she went on and the two had forty men out In Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Did Fink tell teh you that the tho company company company com com- pany was In a receivership in the hands of ot the Hon lIon Newton D. D Baker r No Miss Stinson said Fink had wished to Interest her as an investor invest invest- I or In the rubber company deal teal but that she thought it was a bubble bubblo and had nothing to do with itI itI itI it I was Introduced as Miss Brown to Mr Ellis at the Statler hotel Miss Stinson went on I dont don't know why I asked Mr Fink what ho ha did die it fO for foX I Miss Stinson Howland put In finally decided not to Interest herself In the dead HAD TWO MEALS When did you next see Mr Fink after leaving Columbus Columbus' At home where he came with Senator Wheeler and Mr Stearn Steam You have explained that at al Cle Cleveland Cleeland eland you were incensed to tc find yourself registered like that Mr Howland said but you had hac dinner and breakfast with him I II II I had breakfast with him because I wanted an arrangement whereby I could get my luggage Miss Stinson Stinson Stinson Stin Stin- son retorted I dont don't feel kindly toward Mr II Fink yet Fink yet a man I had known twelve years before Irresponsible perhaps said the witness Deep down in my mv heart I think a n. lot of ot Fink ink but that is of no Inter Interest st to tho ho world Do you think he was unfriendly to o you jou ou In this transaction I dont don't know know ld Id I'd like to find out Miss Stinson her statement statement statement state state- ment that Lyle Johnson who represented represented represented rep rep- resented himself to be from the Associated Associated Associated As As- Press had offered her 1000 1000 to o tell her story RECALLS A. A P. P STORY You know that Is denied by Johnson Howland Rowland put InI inI inI In I dont don't care there care there was a third Party there Miss Stinson said She named a Mrs Holbrook of ot Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Courthouse Johnson Is employed by the Columbus Co- Co lumbus umbus Citizen which is not a member mem mem- ber bel of the Associated Press Howland asked it If she would re relieve re- re lieve Smith W W. Bennett Columbus attorney from the confidential re relationship relationship re- re as her counsel Senator Ashurst Democrat of Arizona said Howland owed It ft to the committee to withdraw the question Mr Howland dropped the Issue When were you married to Jess Smith Z he asked November 8 1908 When were were you divorced 1 About a a year and a half later You testified yesterday Jess Smith told you there was a profit made of by five men Who Tho were they Just a minute Chairman Brookhart put in The committee has decided not to go into that be because because because be- be cause Daugherty and Smith were m not t In it it Y You ou see how we are handicapPed handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped Mr Howland said You are not half so handicapped as we Senator Wheeler came InThe InThe inThe In The attorney general has refused to give us the files mes that show the existence of ot conspiracy to smuggle arms Into Mexico Mexico Mexico-a. a conspiracy that w was not prosecuted |