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SINCLAIR PROPOSAL
FOR 001 LEASE
IS READ 10 JURY
. Oil Magnate's Letter to Fall
Declared Reserve Was
Being Drained.
SIDDONS DEFERS RULING
*ON SENATE TESTIMONY
Court Demands More Fpcts Before
Decision on Admissibility
of Evidence.
t
Harry F. Sinclair's proposition to
Secretary of the Interior Albert B
Fall to lease Teapot Iconic, written
under date of February .1, 1922. and
declaring: that the great naval re
serve in Wyoming was being drained
of its oil, was read to the jury this
afternoon in the Fall-Sinclair con
spiracy trial by Owen .T. Roberts, spe
cial Government oil prosecutor, after
he had laid a foundation of evidence
in the morning session in an attempt
to show that the Interior Department
had regarded all existing claims
against the Dome as being worthless,
which claims later were acquired by-
Sinclair and used as a means of ob
taining the lease, according to the (
Government's charges.
In the letter and under paragraph
seven, Sinclair declared: "I will fur
ther undertake to quiet all outstanding
claimants' titles on this reserve No- 3,
thereby enabling the Government to
make a contract now which will lie
free from controversy. These claimants
have made some development * * *
through themselves or through those
Under whom they claim * * * have
drilled some wells to the depth to
. produce some oil and have expended
large sums of money in their develop
ment efforts. It is my understanding
that existing outstanding claims have
as great merit as some of those by
reason of which the department has
‘ recognized equities and granted
rights.”
Opposed Auction Method.
In the following paragraph Sinclair
•ays: “I desire to suggest that the
leasing of this area by public auction
would probably result in small areas
being awarded to a great many dif
ferent interests, with the result that
the congestion now existing would be
much increased. I also suggest for
your consideration that you would
have from the auction method a mul
tiplicity of accounts and a great num
ber of tenants to deal with which
Would involve great additional ex
pense.”
Sinclair said the plan he proposed
••will insure the Navy against loss of
' Its oil by drainage.” The letter de
clared a contract with the Govern
ment would be wanted on terms of
which “I would be authorized to take
out all of the oil in this reserve with
out reference to the length of time
which might be required to accom
plish that in.” Other proposals set
forth included: A willingness to pay a
which will have to be agreed upon by
reasonable royalty, the amount of
the Government and Sinclair; a devel
opment of the property as rapidly as
conditions will warrant; construction
of steel storage tanks to take care of
the production until the volume is
•sufficient to warrant the building of a
pipe line to connect Wyoming with
the markets of the world; agreement
to furnish for the use of the Navy
• along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast
fuel oil in exchange for thq Navy’s
royalty oil and construction of storage
tanks to keep the Navy's oil on the
Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
‘‘The recent drilling and discovery-
Os oil.” another paragraph of the let
ter said, "in what is known as the
Paddle, lying between the Naval Re
serve No. 3 and the Salt Creek field,
is conclusive evidence of the fart that
the Teapot Dome is not a sealed dome
»nd has been and now is being
drained.
Argues for Storage.
‘‘ln conclusion, I respectfully sug
gest that it will he vastly more val
uable to the Navy Department to
have its oil in secure, steel storage
which does not leak and which is
above ground and which will be 10.
. cated by the Navy at such points
as it may direct and therefore always
instantly available, than to have the
oil underground, where it is subject
to being drained and perhaps totally
lost to the Navy and far remote from
where it could he used.”
Because counsel in the trial, during
their lengthy- argument Friday- for
and against the admissibility of Sin
clair’s testimony before the Sen
ate investigating committee in 1923,
neglected to establish all the facts
that body. Justice Siddons deferred his
ruling on the question until all doubt
Is removed as to Sinclair's status \yhen
he gave the testimony.
Justice Siddons opened the second
week of the trial by- reading a pre
’ pared statement on the question, in
which he declared no evidence had
* been offered on the status of Sinclair,
but cited excerpts from arguments
of the Government and the defense
which, he said, left in doubt whether
* Sinclair was under subpoena or only
had been sworn as a witness after
having been notified to appear. The
court also drew the inference from
the arguments that no subpoena for
the defendant’s testimony had been
issued prior to December 27, 1923.
whereas the statements before the
committee which the Government
seeks to have admitted as evidence
against Sinclair were made Decem
ber 4. 1323
Demands* All Facts.
‘‘The Court desires that no doubt
* exist on this point and considers it
important m know the exact circum
stances under which Mr. Sinclair ap
peared," Justice Siddons said in ad
dition to his prepared statement.
“The court awaits this information
before proceeding further.”
Counsel for both sides then con
ferred at the counsel table and later
at the bench, following which Owen J.
Roberts, special Government oil coun
»el, resumed presentation of his case
at the point where it had been inter
rupted Friday when he sought to have
the jury hear Sinclair’s Senate testi
mony to the effect that he visited A1
bert B Fall, then Secretary of the In
terlor and co-defendant in this case,
•at his Three Rivers, N. Mex., ranch
c the last week in December for the pur
pose of discussing a lease on Tepot
Dome.
The Government produced evidence
.fmsed on an Interior Department in
vestigation in an effort to show that
»h* placer claims to lands In Teapot
{Poma for which Sinclair paid the
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WEATHER.
(U S. Weather Bureau Forecast.l
Fair tonight and tomorrow; not
much change in temperature.
Temperature—Highest. 81. at 4:15
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 49, at 7:30 a.m.
today. Full report on page 9.
AIR MAIL ON INCREASE SINCE
LINDBERGH'S TOUR. SAYS NEW;
Poundage Twice as Heavy Eack Montk as
Corresponding Period Last Year —Air
Hero Concludes Trip.
By the Associated Press.
NKW YORK October 24.—The loads
of letters in United States air mail
planes have grown steadily heavier as
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh toured the
Nation in his Spirit of St. Louis, fa
mous New Yotk-to-Paris plane, to ad
vance the cause of American aviation.
Coincidental with the conclusion
here Saturday of Lindbergh's epochal
flight of 22,350 miles in three months
across 48 States, Postmaster General
Harry S. New revealed yesterday the
attendant growth of air mail volume
in a letter to the Guggenheim Fund
for the Promotion of Aeronautics, by
which Lindbergh's tour was sponsored.
Gain in September.
In September, wrote New, air mail
planes carried 140,088 pounds of let
ters, ns compared with 96.926 pounds
| in April, the month before Lindbergh's
flight to Paris Every intervening
; month showed a gain
"Without doubt substantial eti
i eouragement has been given to use
iof the air mail by Col. Lindbergh's
j tour.” said the Postmaster General.
“It is quite difficult to determine ex
actly what portion of this increa>e is
due diiectly to the tour, but at every
office where Lindbergh visited there
was a substantial increase, especially
for that day. The net result. I am
sure, will prove that a definite gain
was made.”
Air mail poundage since April has
been about twice as heavy, month for
month, as a year ago.
In his national tour Col. Lindbergh
visited every- State in the country,
j flew in approximately 260 hours
HEAVIEST QUAKES
IN YEARS RECORDED
Seismographs Locate “Im
mense” Disturbances Some
where in North America.
By the Associated Prej*.
DENVER, Colo., October 24.—An
earthquake, described as "immense.”
was reported on the seismograph at
Regis College here at 9 a.m. today.
Rev. Father Forstall, observer, re
ported at 9:45 a.m. that the seismo
graph was still recording the temblor
and that from his observations the
North American Continent was the
scene of the earthquake. He said the
shocks recorded were the ‘‘most vio
lent in my 25 years of observation."
4t 10:15 a.m. Father Forstall re
ported his instruments continued to
show the disturbance.
‘The violence of the earthquake is
such that it threw the pins of my
seismograph out of order,” he said.
‘‘l am having to watch the pins even
now- to replace them when they are
thrown out by the continued violent
shocks.
“I am positive the disturbance is
within the boundaries of the Atlantic
and Pacific, on this continent.”
NEW YORK. October 24 C4>).—An
earthquake 2,278 miles away, describ
ed as ‘‘the largest in years,” was re
corded by the seismograph at Ford
ham University today. Officials there
said the temblors were "tremendous.”
The seismograph recorded the first
shocks at 10:08 a.m. Eastern standard
time.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 24 (/P).
—An earth tremor of unusual intensi
ty was reported today at 11:18 a.m. by
Rev. Father Odenbach of John Car
roll University. Father Odenbach es
timated the disturbance to be cen
tered in Central or South America.
ANN ARBOR, Mich". October 24 OP).
—"Very violent” earthquake shocks
were recorded on the seismograph at
the University of Michigan observato
ry, beginning at 11:20 a.m. today.
Prof. Ralph H. Curtis, director, esti
mated the location as in southw-estern
United States or Mexico.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 24
OPi.—An earthquake of severe inten
sity was recorded on the seismograph
at Yale University- here today at about
11:30 a.m. The shocks w-ere of such
a violent nature that the recording
needle was thrown off the paper.
Georgetown University seismograph
registered a very severe earthquake
at 11:08 a.m. today and the tremors
were still on this afternoon.
Director Tondorf placed the dis
turbance at 2,900 miles from Wash
ington, probably in a southw-esterly
direction. He expressed the opinion
that it may- have occurred on the bot
tom of the ocean.
col macnab’chosen
ATTACHE IN MEXICO
Succeeds Lieut. Col. Davis by Ap
pointment to Military Post
at Embassy.
By the Associated Press.
Col. Alexander J. Macnab, jr., now
attached to the office of the chief of
Infantry, was appointed military at
tache at the embassy in Mexico City
today-.
Col. Macnab will succeed Lieut.
Col. Davis, who was relieved as
military attache to Mexico some time
ago.
,
U. S. Follows Jack Spratt's Example
And Eats No Fat, Meat Packers Told
By the Associated Pies*.
CHICAGO, October 24.—Meat styles
have changed so that the United
States rapidly Is becoming a Nation
of “Jack Spratts," who’ll eat no fat,
Oscar G. Mayer, president of the In
stitute of American Meat Packers, told
members at the institute's annual con
vention today.
"The universal yearning for a more
classic contour, the increase in sed
entary work and the diminution of
j hard labor may have something to do
j with this," he said. “At any rate,
I lean meat is in style and apparently
i it is due for no early change.”
The amount of meat produced in
1027 probably will total about the
same as last year*, he predicted. The
outlook for the packing industry he
1 characterized as "promising.”
Statistics presented bjr Mr, Mayer
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Mht Xheiting §kf.
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WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1927-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. *
almost the distance around the world,
s paraded 1,285 miles, attended 69 din
-1 nets, delivered 147 addresses, and was
s seen, either personally or in his plane,
by a throng estimated at between
30,000,000 and 50,000,000 persons.
Regan on July 20.
His trip began July 20. and lasted
■? exactly three months and three days,
terminating at New York where it
t began. Only once in the course of 81
J stops was he late—at Portland, Me.,
on account of heavy fog.
' With the conclusion of the journey
. Lindbergh is to prepare for the
’ Guggenheim Fund a statement on the
• status of aeronautics as he observed
them throughout the Nation, and this
work is expected to occupy his time
1 in the immediate future. He has
■ made no announcement of his further
‘ | plans.
‘ The air mail fiuures made public
; ; by Postmaster General New were
tabulated in pounds for each month
\ since last Aptil:
’ j April 96,925
" i May 99,107
' June 118,746
July 140,065
' August 145,023
‘ September 146,088
f Lindhergh is estimated to have nd
t dressed, during liis tour, some 2,000,-
i 000 persons who actually heard him
speak, in addition to other multitudes
5 who listened to radio broadcasts of his
r addresses. He dropped messages to
192 towns and cities in addition to
i the 82 at which he stopjted, ami he
. was greeted by governors in 23 State
s capitals.
HOW IS HAILED
I BY MEXICAN PRESS
Hope of Healing Pending
Difficulties Seen as New
Ambassador Arrives.
Associated Press.
i MEXICO CITY, October 24.—The
arrival of Dwight W. Morrow, newly
t appointed American Ambassador to
. Mexico, is hailed editorially today in
* both of the city's leading newspapers.
• which see in his designation an aus
picious chance for healing pending dif
* Acuities between the two countries.
] Excelsior finds a source of congrat
[ ulation in the fact that Mr. Morrow- is
• not a "diplomat,” because, it says,
. American diplomats in Mexico of late
1 years have not gained prominence for
their spirit of Justice or their proper
’ understanding of Mexican affairs. The
paper declares that this condition had
i become so pronounced that President
> Coolidge finally decided to appoint a
t trusted friend, thus implying that mat
ters w-hich might better be understood
j in both countries are subject to revi
; sion.
Called President’s Trump.
El Universal expresses belief that in
appointing Mr. Morrow President
[ Coolidge played his trump card. It
* says that Mr. Morrow belongs to a
; group of North American "heroes”
. who control the world’s finances, and
i are the only ones admired in the
1 United States, hut that Mexico finds
satisfaction in discussing her view
point with a prominent member of the
I North American plutocracy, since, the
T paper contends, the Mexico-American
. disjmte at bottom is nothing else but
. a fundamental economic question, and
. Mr. Morrow is the most capable man
to deal with economic affairs.
Excelsior, however, touching this
. same point, expresses the opinion
? that Mr. Morrow, besides being a
t banker, is a statesman, which is im
- jKirtant because at present "some
. thing higher and more transcendental
• than money matters is at stake."
l Latin American countries at present
offer the deepest and most complicated
problems for the United States be
-1 cause of the activities of American
j financiers, the paper says.
t Mexico Suspicion Intense.
1 Suspicion is especially intense in
' Mexico, where it is believed that
Washington's policies have been con
tradictory, incoherent, wavering and
, intended to foster constant conflict.
' Mr. Morrow’s main task consequently,
5 Excelsior declares, will be to bring
about the conviction among Mexicans
' that the United States does not intend
* to dictate Mexican policies and to
' dissipate the uneasiness of the Mexi
can people, w-ho fear that the United
States “is implacably destroying our
'rights and our tranquillity.”
El Universal, in contrast, stressing
the economic aspect, says that Mr.
Morrow has arrived under the best
| auspices to fulfill a mission of peace
and harmony since he is not a profes
sional politician. If Mexico follows
. President Coolidge’s example and
shows the pending controversies in
their true colors on an economic and
social plane where they belong in
stead of on a judicial, political and
nationalist basis, the outcome will be
v successful, the paper says.
f .
King Alfonso Injures Leg.
MADRID, October 24 VP).— King Al
. fonso injured his leg while playing
r jiolo Saturday-, the Injury paining him
? severely yesterday so that he was un
able to walk.
showed that, with the exception of
i beef, the price of wholesale meat is
[ lower than it was at this time last
, year. Calves which sold for $l5 per
100 pounds during the week of Oc
’ tober 16, 1926, aold for $14.25 during
the same week this year, a decrease of
l 5 per cent. Hogs showed the greatest
• decrease in price, $1.15 per 100 pounds,
a 9 per cent reduction.
s A $40,000,000 decline in value of
• lards and meats exported during the
' first eight months of this year as com
i pared with the same period last year
, was reported. Increased production of
live stock in Kuropean countries which
normally have been the chief custom
i ers for American meats was given by
s Mr. Mayer as the reason for the de
s cline.
> . .
; P/oftaagyEafe ?l
BRITAIN PROPOSES
NEAR EAST TREATY
TO COMBAT SOVIET
Rivera Admits Discussion of
Scheme for Spain to
Quit Morocco.
FRANCE WOULD STEP IN,
LEAVING SYRIA TO ITALY
Mussolini Said to Favor Project,
Giving Rome Outlet for
Surplus Population.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
Rv CaMe to The Star and t’tiirairo Dailv
NVwg Copyright. 1!*”T.
LONDON, October 24.—Gen. Prime
! de Rivera, the Spanish dictator, has
granted an interview to the corre
spondent of a London newspaper in
which lie disclosed the reason for his
recent meeting with Foreign Minister
Chamberlain.
“\Vq discussed the possibility of
Spain’s withdrawal from Morocco,” he
is quoted as saying.
Although this statement was denied
later, at the special request of the
British foreign office, there are rea
sons to believe it was entirely correct.
The writer learns from reliable sources
that Mr. Chamberlain, in his endeavor
to assure permanent peace in Western
Europe and to form a solid barrier
against the * ever-growing Soviet
menace to Great Britain, drafted a
plan, which, if successful, will remove
all elements of trouble between Italy
and her neighbors.
This plan, according to the writer's
information, is as follows:
France to Step In.
Spain agrees, in exchange for a
substantial loan and a seat in the
Council of the League of Nations, to
withdraw her troops from northern
Morocco, which will be handed to
I< ranee. France, obtaining thus con
trol of the entire north African terri
tory from Tunis to Tangier, agrees
to ask the League of Nations to re
lieve her of her Syrian mandate,
which will be intrusted to Italy.
The British foreign office plan Is
simple and. if accepted, highly ef
ficient. Spain always has considered
western Morocco a white elephant.
It costs her huge sums and brings
in no revenue. A financial crisis in
Spain, due ih large extent to the Riff
War, is causing serious concern to
the Spanish premier and the sub
stantial loan promised by,Mr. Cham
berlain would enable da Rivera to
consolidate his own position as well
as that of the dynasty, and he conse
quently is willing to sell his white
elephant for a considerable sum.
France is eager to order control
over the Riff because this would con
solidate her north African posses
sions. On the other hand, it is an
open secret that the French govern
ment long has been anxious to get
rid of its own white elephant—Syria
—which has cost her vast sums of
money and many lives, and" has
brought no profit at all.
Syria has large colonizing poten
tialities, but the French never intended
colonizing there and from a purely
fiscal viewpoint that country has
proved a complete failure.
Solution Pleases French.
France would have abandoned Syria
at the beginning of the revolt of the
Druses had her leaders been able to
find a dignified way out. The solution
offered by Mr. Chamberlain is more
than satisfactory.
When the British foreign secretary,
immediately after his conversation
with Gen. de Rivera, approached For
eign Minister Briand of France on the
subject, he found the latter almost
enthusiastic over the scheme.
To Italy the idea of taking over
the mandate for Syria is more than
appealing. Since the large surplus
population of Italy is barred from
immigration to the United States,
Dictator Mussolini has been endeavor
ing to find a place under the sun for
those who could not earn a living in
Italy. He looked toward Tunis and
western Anatolia and, according to
reliable report, was prepared to go to
war to obtain territory for his surplus
population. Syria is only thinly popu
lated and has large possibilities for
economic development. It has large
cotton-growing areas and ample min
eral resources, which so far have not
been exploited.
Geographically, Syria is much nearer
Italy than it is to France, and the
Italians could provide the necessary
forces to maintain order at much low
er cost than France. A mandate over
the country would suit Italy’s political
and economic plans perfectly.
Bolsters England’s Security.
The scheme not only would satisfy
the interests of these three Mediter
ranean states, but also would increase
Great Britain’s security. The presence
of an Italian army on the Turkish
border would constitute an efficient
control over Turkey. So far, Mustapha
Kernel Pasha has been living in fear
of an Italian attack, designed to bring
ibout the annexation of Anatolia. This
danger would be removed, but if Tur
key continued to play into the hands
of Soviet Russia, the powerful Italian
army would be a menace to the young
republic.
King Feisal, now in London, also
welcomes the plan, which would con
solidate the Arabs under the tutelage
of Great Britain and Italy. Italy al
ready has signed, a treaty of amity
and commerce with the new Hedjaz
ruler, Ihn Soud, and the writer is ad
vised British and Italian financiers
are endeavoring to float an Anglo-Ital
ian company for development of
Arabia.
Should the proposed scheme prove
successful, the entire Near East would
be brought under indirect control of
the British. It would form a solid
cordon against Soviet intrigues and
also would be able to exercise pressure
on Persia and Afghanistan, which now
are under Russian influence.
’6l SHELL WOUNDS TWO.
Swept Into Fire by Wife of Caro
lina Minister.
DUNN, N. 0., October 24 OP).—Two <
more casualties have been added to I
the Battle of Bentonville, one of the
closing engagements of the Civil War. i
A shell picked up by the Rev. J. J. i
Langston of Dunn on the Bentonville i
battleground at the exercises there a
few weeks ago exploded at the minis
ter's home and severely ipjured Mrs. ■
Langston and her young son. <
Th® old shell had been swept into i
the Are by Mrs. I.angston, who did not <
w-,
BANKERS DISCUSS
‘FRAUD’ FINANCING
Addresses Open Convention
of Association at
Houston, Tex.
By the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex., October 24.—Tax
revision, legislation, educational cam
paigns and exposes of “gold brick
financing" featured discussions at the
opening of the American Bankers’
Association convention here today.
Responsibility for bank failures of
the deflation period was charged to
systems used by the various State
banking departments and the control
ler of the currency, by Dan V.
Stephens, president of the Fremont
State Bank, Fremont, Nebr.
Banks Decreasing.
The business of the country now is
being conducted by about 4,000 less
banks than existed seven years ago,
when the deflation started, he as
serted, and no doubt could be con
ducted with 4,000 less banks than are
now- operating.
He declared the Federal and State
system of bank examination was in
effective, due in part to lack of per
manent assignment of examiners,
which he found resulted in “long
range findings." He suggested adapt
ing the banking departments of the
various States and the controller of
the currency to the credit clearing
house idea.
An address condemning “archaic
court decisions affecting check collec
tions,” and urging adequate legisla
tion to protect banks in out-of-town
items, was made before the State
bank division by O. Howard Wolfe,
cashier of the Fhiladelphia-Girard Na
tional Bank.
Wolfe assured bankers of his belief
that differences of opinion on legisla
tion along these lines could be worked
out and presented to the various Leg
islatures in concrete form.
Warns of Crooks.
“Gold brick financing” costs the
American public more than $1,000,000,-
000 a year, Harry W. Riehl,
general manager of the Better Busi
ness Bureau, St. Louis, reported to
the savings bank division.
Riehl warned the bankers of the
highly organized efforts of “stock
crooks, who go to school and swap
succer lists.” He explained that com
pilation of the sucker lists, now listed
under the sobriquet of “lily,” were
kept up to date and found a ready
market.
W. E. Albig, deputy manager of the
association, found that education of
children and the management of in
come through school savings had be
come a necessary part of schooling.
He gave shortened hours of labor,
high wages and sales pressure as rea
sons for the necessity of educational
campaigns to teach thrift aud income
management.
Hugh H. Saxon of Chicago char
acterized the trend of depositors to de
mand long time securities instead of
short time paper *s one of the chief
problems of State banks. He declared
this was a challenge “to our sources
of Information and our intelligence,”
if proper credit judgment was exer
cised.
Gounty Credit Viewed.
Reports to the State secretaries
meeting show’ed rapid progress in
linking county credit bureaus into
Statewide chains, to prevent duplica
tion of securities given in efforts to
obtain excessive loans.
Reduction of the corporation tax
from 13% per cent to 10 per cent in
the prospective revenue bill was ad
vocated by Senator George of Georgia,
Democratic member of the Senate
finance compiittee.
Senator George- also proposed re
peal of the estate or inheritance levy
and repeal of the remaining wartime
excise duties in a speech prepared for
today's meeting of the State bank di
vision.
Some consideration also would be
given by the Georgia Senator to cut
ting surtax rates applying on indi
vidual incomes between SIO,OOO and
$70,000.
OKLAHOMA BANK FAILS.
Fire Simultaneously Destroys Por
tion of Assets Taken on Debts.
BALLISAW, Okla., October 24 G4>).
—The First National Bank, oldest and
largest bank in Sequoyah County,
failed to open its doors toda>. A Fed
eral bank examiner took charge of
the institution.
Poor crops and low prices for farm
products since 1919 are said to he the
cause of the failure. W. H. McDonald
is president of the institution.
Several hours before the time set
for the bank to open today a barn
owned by the bank, with several hun
dred tons of hay and farm implements,
taken In on notes and mortgages, was
destroyed by lire of undetermined
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Penn Documents
Found in Antique
Chest in England
By this Associated Press.
WINDSOR, England, October 24.
—Ancient documents belonging to
the Penn family have been dis
covered in an antique chest here.
A number of locks of hair are
wrapped in one document. They
are said to have belonged to Wil
liam Penn, founder of Pennsyl
vania, and his wife. Some of the
hair is inclosed in the invitation
to the coronation of William of
Orange, in Westminster Abbey in
1689.
On the back of a miniature in
oils is written "this portrait of
Honorable Lady Julian Penn by
’ George Romney.” A w-ater color
1 of an old cottage at Stoke Poges.
> near Windsor, is inscribed as the
gift to Lady Penn from Henry Rae
burn.
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SUIT IS STARTED
TO OUST DUVALL
Attorneys Begin Action, Con
tending Mayor Is
Ineligible.
By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. October 24.—Quo
warranto proceedings to bring about
removal of John L. Duvall as mayor
of Indianapolis were filed in the Mar
ion County Circuit Court today-.
The suit was filed after Mayor Du
vall had declined to resign from the
office he has held since January, 1926
The action w-as brought by a group
of attorneys, who have contended that
Duvall is ineligible to continue in
office as a result of the jury’s verdict
in Criminal Court, when he was found
guilty of having violated the corrupt
practices act.
In addition to placing Duvall’s pun
ishment at 30 days’ imprisonment and
a SI,OOO fine, the jury ruled that he be
disbarred from holding public office
for four years from November 2, 1925
—the date of the alleged violation of
the law. Under that finding, the at
torneys held, Duvall never has legally
been may-or of Indianapolis.
Solon Carter, formerly city judge,
filed the suit.
Prior to taking the matter into
court, Carter and Joseph Hogue, city
controller under the preceding city
administration, called on Mayor Du
vall and formally demanded that he
resign. Duvall refused.
CATHEDRAL CONSECRATED
ON JAPANESE QUAKE SITE
Nefw Episcopal Edifice in Tokio Re
places One Razed by
Earth Tremors.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1937.
TOKIO, October 24.-—The new
Episcopal Cathedral, built with Jap
anese and American funds to replace
the one destroyed by the earthquake,
has been consecrated by Japanese
bishops and clergy during the past
week and held the first foreign serv
ice y-esterday. The bishop, assisted
by American, British and Russian
clergy, participated in a service be
fore a united foreign community
congregation.
Seizure of Bootleg Airplanes Ends
Need of Funds to Increase U. S. Fleet
The Government has been confis
cating so many bootleg airplanes that
no additional appropriations to ex
pand this new and valuable arm of
offense in the prohibition war will be
necessary, according to Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Lowman.
Without disclosing the number of
planes which have been seized, the
prohibition chief said that they were
operating on three fronts, Canada,
Florida and Mexico.
Airplanes have been used to great
advantage, it was learned, in spotting
stills in unfrequented sections of the
country, and their operations have
been considered so satisfactory that
more planes were desired. The Gov
ernment, however, has been able to
capture planes used by rum runners
in such numbers that no new appro
priations will be asked of Congress
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OR .MOORE ENDS
WORK AT LIBRARY
I
Manuscript Division Chief to
Devote Entire Time to
Fine Arts Body.
Dr. Charles Moore, chairman of the
Fine Arts Commission, who for 10
years has been chief of the division of
manuscripts at the Library of Con
gress, now will devote his entire time
to the former position, it was learned
today at the office of Herbert I. Put
nam, the librarian.
Dr. Moore, one of the foremost au
thorities on Americana and the au-<
thor of several books dealing with
phases of American history, retired
automatically from his service at the
Library of Congress last Spring, but
has been at his desk almost daily dur
ing the Summer and Fall.
A chair of American history at
the Library of Congress soon will be
in operation under the provisions
of a recent bequest and the duties
of chief of the Division of Maunscripts
will fall to the Incumbent of this chair.
Dr. Moore has been putting the finish
ing touches on his long work in this
important field of American history—
the collection and preservation of
public papers, diaries and letters
which throw light on various phases
in the development of American life
and thought.
Stoneliouse of Material.
Under his direction the Division of
Manuscripts has become an increas
ingly valuable storehouse of source
material and is used widely by re
search students and others interested
in going to the original documents of
American history.
As chairman of the Fine Arts Com
mission, a position for which he re
ceives no compensation, Dr. Moore’s
duties have increased steadily with the
getting under way of various extensive
public projects. There will be a con
siderable increase in this w r ork in con
nection with the projects planned for
completion by 1932—the bi centennial
year of the birth of George Washing
ton.
Accomplishments Are Many. *
Completion of the Arlington Memo
rial Bridge and the Mount Vernon
boulevard, finishing of the gardens
and walks surrounding the Washing
ton Monument, and at least partial
completion of several of the large
Government buildings to go into the
triangle between Fifteenth street and
the Capitol, will mark the bi-centen
nial celebration, which is expected to
attract many thousands of persons to
Washington. Mr. Moore, in his w r ork
with the Commission of Fine Arts,
has been intimately connected with
all these projects, and has given his
advice and benefit of his long years
of experience to the work. He was
associated with . Senator McMillan of
Michigan in the formulation of the
McMillan plan of 1901, which is the
present modification of the I/Enfant
plan for the development of Wash
ington.
Mr. Moore was one of the original
members of the fine arts body, and
has been its chairman for many years.
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Fire Destroys Paper Plant.
SALT LAKE CITY. October 24 (4 s ).
—The two story warehouse and three
story business building of the Car
penter Paper Co. in the center of the
business district here were destroyed
by fire last night, with an estimated
loss of $400,000. Spontaneous combus
tion was believed responsible.
• year, Mr. Lowman said. The same
; thing applies to automobiles, many
. of which are seised and confiscated
i each year.
' The Treasury, Mr. Lowman also dis
} closed, will not ask ConaSwa for an
• increase In the prohibition budget,
which for the present fiscal year
; stands at $13,000,000. If Congress de
, sires any change in the scope of en
! forcement, the change will be left to
Congress, Mr. Lowman said. The
■ Treasury will abstain from any rec
ommendations except for maintenance
and operation of the present force.
' Progress in enforcement conditions
! was reported in the Detroit area,
i where the prohibition chief said there
had been concentrated reinforcements
of the Coast Guard patrol. A 75-foot
' rum chaser has been stationed at the
i mouth of the Detroit River, he said,
and 24-hour watches by picked boats
i have been established at two small
Jthe outskirts of Detroit,
Saturday’s Circulation, 98,016
Sunday’s Circulation, 110.159
DISTRICT BUDGE!
HEARINGS STARTED
WITH SALARY QUIZ
'Two Commissioners and
Other Officials Present at
| First Session.
TOTAL OF $42,000,000
ASKED FOR FISCAL YEAR
City Heads Determined to Fight
Any Drastic Reduction in
Original Estimates.
Two District Commissioners and a
number of the municipal government
department heads appeared before tho
Bureau of the Budget today to defend
their estimates for the next fiscal year.
The hearings on the District budeet
will bo held daily from 9:30 to 1 p.m.,
and are expected to last for more
than two weeks. Salary items were
discussed at the initial session.
The budget, including almost $3,000.-
000 in supplemental items, totals ap
proximately $42,000,000, but this
amount likely will be reduced by the
j bureau before it is transmitted to
Congress. The Commissioners, how
! ever, have indicated that they will
j make a strenuous effort to prevent
j any drastic cutting.
As soon as consideration of the sal
ary items is completed, the estimates
of the department, heads will be taken
up under a procedure outlined by Guy
F. Allen and F. J. Bailey, assistants
to Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, direc
tor of the bureau, who are conducting
t{ie hearings.
Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty
was the only Commissioner not pres
ent at the first hearing. He is in Bos
ton attending the annual convention
of the American Civic Association, but
has planned to return the latter part
of the week, when the estimates of
the departments under his supervision
are scheduled to be considered. The
department heads who attended In
cluded Daniel E. Ganges, secretary to
the Board of Commissioners; Roland
M. Brennan, chief clerk, of the engi
neering department; Assistant Engi
i, neer Commissioners Coveil, White
hurst and Atkins; Auditor Daniel J.
Donovan and E. P. Brooke, superin
tendent of the District Building.
saie’ofTteamers
INDICATED BY BOARD
Committee Named to Draft Ten
ders for 36 Ships Oper
ated by IT. S.
By the Associated Press.
A decision to sell the 36 vessels com
prising the American-Australian Ori
ent, American-Oriental Mail and Ore
gon-Oriental Steamship Lines was in
dicated today by the Shipping Board,
which appointed a committee to draft
tenders of sale for the three Pacific
services. The committee also will con
sider a rearrangement of the present
port schedules.
While no announcement came out
of the special meeting called to con
sider whether the lines would be of
fered for sale, it was understood that
members favoring an increase from
5 to 10 years for the period of opera
tion guaranteed by purchasers had
gained a partial victory In the pex*-
sonnel of the committee.
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REFUSED BY COURT
Promoters of Boxing Contests in D.
C. Can Be Punished Says
Decision.
By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court refused today
to review the decision of the courts
of the District holding in a case
against Frank Dane that promoters
of boxing contests in this city could
be punished under the criminal law.
Dane contended that the criminal
statute under which he was prose
cuted was aimed at those who engaged
In pugilistic encounters, and insisted
that his indictment for aiding and
promoting the contest at which an
admission fee was charged must be
dismissed. He pointed out that he
was not charged with actually "en
gaging” in the boxing encounter,
which he asserted had alone been
made punishable by law. The lower
courts, however, took the view that
those who promoted such contests
were liable to punishment under the
law.
Dane was convicted in the District
Supreme Court in May, 1926, and serf l
tenced by Justice Stafford to serve
three years in the penitentiary for
promoting a pugilistic encounter at
the Arcade in January, 1926. He
noted an appeal to the Court of Ap
peals, but that tribunal affirmed the
conviction and sentence. Dane has
been at liberty on bail.
Five indictments were reported
against Dane, in which he was joined
as defendant with five pairs of con
testants in the five bouts staged at
the Arcade on the night of the raid,
January 12, 1926. Only one case went
to trial, and John Cody and Philip
Raymond, the boxers in that case,
were acquitted, but the jury held
Dane.
TWO KILLED IN WRECK.
Engineer and Brakeman Victims of
Freight Collision in Virginia.
GRAFTON’, Va.. October 24 <*>).—
Two trainmen were killed in a colli
sion between two Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad freight trains near Buck
hannon last night. The victims were
James E. Tierney. 55, engineer, and
C. Thomas Baker. 24, brakeman. Both
live in Grafton.
Both engines were telescoped. The
two trainmen were dead when they
were removed from the wreckage.
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