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MEN, GERMAN
EDITOR, IS DEAD
Foe of Kaiser Succumbs at
66 at Swiss Resort —Had
Fiery Career.
fly th<> AMrtciat***! Prr«».
LONDON. October Sl.—One of tho :
character* who was part of the im
perial atmosphere of Germany, a bit
ter critic of the kaiser, lias passed
front the scene.
Maximilian Harden, noted German
editor, who founded Die Zukunft in
1X92, died at Montana-Vermala, a
Swiss resort in the \ alle’> of the i
Rhone. aged <lO. Death was nttributed j
to bronchitis.
His passing: attracted general at
tention. as he was long known not
onlv as a publicist, but as the man :
who bearded the kaiser, between j
whom and Harden there was a strong
mutual hatred. Since Harden enjoyed:
the patronage of Bismarck. some saw j
the "Iron Chancellor's" hand direct
ing the pen which Harden wielded so'
bitterly against the kaiser and Ids j
court.
Perhaps, however, he will be ro- i
niemhered here and in the countries !
associated with Great Dritain in the I
war best as the outspoken critic of
his own country, in numerous articles !
published in both the American and '
British press.
To these criticisms was attributed
the violent attack he suffered in a
Fet'dn street in 1922 at the hands of
several young men. One of them j
Lieut. Walter Ankerman. snbsequent
lv was sentenced to six years for the j
assault. . ,
Harden was born in Deri in and his
real name was Isidor Witkowski. His
jviynnts were Polish .lews., but when
I<s he adopted Christianity.
Maximilian Harden caused more tin- j
easiness to the former royalty of Ger- l
many and men who occupied political
position* during the regime of the for- j
mrf Kaiser than any other man or j
agency in Germany. 11 1 hat'd the.
former war lord more and feared him
Jess than any other German subject: j
wa* violently opposed to the former j
Kaiser, and never permitted to pass ;
an opportunity to criticize and attack j
the ruler and those associated with i
him in the government.
Harden was an admirer of Bis- j
pvtrek and in his early writings ar- j
dentlv defended the policies and the- j
cries of the "iron chancellor." Tim!
breach between the chancel'or and the
Kaiser shortly after the latter ascend-1
ed the throne served to increase Har- j
den's admiration for Bismarck and his |
Antipathy toward the Kaiser. He be
gan to attract attention bv a series j
of essays on political subjects, pub- !
lis hod in 18SS.
Four years later, in order to get j
wider circulation for his writings, liar- :
den established Die Zukunft (The Fu-!
turd, a weekly publication. He stood :
apart front the development of ah- j
solutism, militarism and "kultur," ami '
in his newspaper criticized when and !
what he pleased. He ridiculed lose j
ma jeste until no judge cou’d pro-1
munc® sentence on a delinquent t
charged with insulting the Hohenzol- :
lerns without running the risk of being ;
lampooned by the editor's caustic pen. j
People bought his newspaper, not j
because they were in sympathy with j
his policies, but merely to see what be j
had to say on the questions of the :
day. However. Die Zukunft was 1
widely quoted throughout Germany. |
and it was not long before newspapers
abroad sought the publication for the
purpose of getting the editor's views
on German questions.
It was Harden who brought to light I
in 1907 the court scandal of Prince |
Philip zu Kulenburg and his com- !
panion*, which has been recorded as I
one of Germany’s greatest sensations. :
During »he World War. Harden was ■!
particularly active in his newspaper j
end on th« lecture platform in oppos- ;
ing German policies. He charged i
Germany with responsibility for the j
war and held that th® Kaiser, while \
rot personally responsible for the con-,
flirt, was the tool of militarists, lie !
declared that the Kaiser had the help j
of Batan. not God. The German au
thorities he accused of cowardice and
hypocrisy in trying to excuse their j
motives instead of frankly stating '
that they had long been prepared for S
conouest and seized niton the murder j
of the Austrian archduke as an ex- j
eus® to put their plans into execution. j
Harden made many enemies and !
several times was imprisoned for his j
attacks upon the Kmperor and gov- j
ernment. After the fall of the \
Kaiser and the establishment of the ,
German republic, he became an op- j
ponent of the post-war tactics of the ;
government.
After the war Harden announced I
his intention to visit the Fnited'
Btates for a lecture tour. He engaged
a private detective to investigate the j
American feeling toward him. hut the j
proposed trip was abandoned t*eoanse j
of the opposition voiced by Gorman- j
Americans and because of Harden's ill I
health.
In 1922 an attempt was made tipon j
the ]jfe of Harden by.several young •
radicals. They attacked the editor;
on his way home one night and stab- j
Led and blackjacked him. Although ,
seriously wounded, he recovered.
riAWKII TO KKSI MK I*K\.
TSF,n7.TN. October 31 (A*).— The death i
of Maximilian Harden, noted German;
publicist, in Switzerland, came on the j
e\e of the projected reappearance of
"Die Zukunft.’’ the noted paper in
which Harden for so many years di
reeled his shafts against the policies j
of the former German Kmperor WH- j
h°im.
This publication, which brought '
world fame to Harden, had been *us- j
ponded for the last few years, but !
Harden was aisiut to resume its is- j
sunrx-e ijeuinning tomorrow. The pa- I
P r was founded in 1*92 for the sp*-. j
rial purpose of opposing th** th»-n Km i
p°ror Wilhelm and defending Bis-j
marek. whom Harden greatly admired.!
News of the death of the editor cam#
as a great surprise to his family her* j
and a daughter said that her father!
must have been ill only a few days, j
since she hod heard from him re- !
cent ly;
Harden's closing years found him a
lonesome man who was no longer the
force in political life that ho once had j
been. Apparently disappointed in tie- [
H'w republican regitne, he attack'd
the Republican parties of Germany
with much the same vigor that char
peterized his earlier criticism of the
imperial court.
After an attack upon him in 19.*»
b - a group of young men who resented
h’» criticism*. Harden spent, most of:
his time in Holland and Switzerland.
RUM CASE REVIEW DENIED
The Supreme Court today refused!
to review a case involving the right < f 1
th® < "ast Guai'l to hoard and search a
Btitisii ship outside the 12 mile hmit.
after it had bt-en olc.ei \ed cruising
vihin that zone.
Jacob \\ oitte and others convict' d
in the Federal District Court of u*,. j
gon of violatin'; Hie Federal proiiibi I
Hon law aboard the Pescauha brought
the case.
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FRIHAV Services
1, |\ I |*f| M »t tile Sixth strri-t
S.vnasoz this Kijilsv
nirht At S rm. bats* chow; cantor; |
! A'ur« for J«vri*h youth.
m 4 rIIUUMFiIUBJi'" 1
Foe of Kaiser Dies
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MA\IMHJAN HARIIKN.
OIL DEAL LEADING
TO ALLEGED BRIBE
DESCRIBED TO JURY
i
! (Continued from First Page.)
j tors of the Sinclair (‘rude Oil Co.. he
:uid, but ills aciion was ratified at
I tie* August 2, 1923, meeting of the
' Is .ltd.
Neither Sinclair tier K. W. Stewart.
' pri :-::d lit of the Standard Oil Co. of
! Italian:!. which is half ovon r of the
i Sinclair (h tide oil Co., w ere members
| of th * lv:ar.l of directors of the latter
<n M iaation at th' time i f tin* * xe
| cut ion of th? November 17 resale con
j tract. Fiiil • • testified. Tlic resale
: contract was signed for the Sinclair
t'a. by Gorge 11. Taber, then presi
dent.
; i'ormrr Senator Charles S. Thomas
of Colorado was recalled to the stand
i when court was resumed toil.ay to
j complete his recital of the conferences
at tlie Vanderbilt Hotel in Nfw York
; City on November lti. 1921, J*t which
i were diawn tip two connnets covering
i the sale of enormous (quantities of oil
iin this country. The Continental
: Trading Co. of Canada was a party
j to one i f these and stood to make
! profits running into the millions.
; The contention of the Government
is that Sinclair shared in these protits
■ and that $230.r>00 in Liberty bonds
which once were held by tlie Conti
nental passed into the possession of
Fuji.
At the outset today. Justice Bul
lions rendered a decision favorable
:to the defense which made it impos-
I sible for Roberts to connect Sinclair
i directly with the Isuids.
When the trial recessed Friday aft
ernoon Roberts had asked Senator
Tl. ias what nanus he had inserted
in a skeleton draft of the contract in
which the Continental Co. later had
i been named as the ven 1 **. Roberts
repeated this question this morning
and Littleton, for the defense, im
mediately renewed his objection.
Roberts had asked directly if the
name of James K. O'Neill, who was
president of the Prairie Oil &• Gas Co..
! had been in the preliminary draft.
The Government counsel insisted he
wanted to show all tlie facts and cir
cimutances relating to the Continental
deal. Littleton objected that what
i Thomas had presumed upon could not
;be admitted as evidence. Before mak
! ing his ruling. Justice Siddons dis-
I cussed the situation fully. It had
!<eon shown by previous testimony
i that after Tltotuas had “presumed" to
insert names in the skeleton draft, he
had been told by Blackmar that the
Continental Co. would be the
vendee, in a discussion that followed
| both Blackmar and Sinclair had
agreed to be co-guarantors in the ileal,
the name of the Continental Co.
being inserted in the final draft.
The court upheld the objection of
defense attorneys and Roberts lost bis
opportunity. He sought in various
other questions to obtain an answer,
but objection was upheld. Finally
Roberts asked if as a result of dis
cussions changes had b?«*n made in
the preliminary draft. Thomas admit
ted that was so after “indiscriminate
discussion.”
By a not her question Roberts ®U« ited
from the witness that the vendee of
the contract would be the Con
tinental Co.
Contract I* Signed.
“Again I ask what names were
put into the preliminary draft," Rob
erts demanded.
Littleton blocked tlie question.
“Was a final draft submitted?" Rob
erts continued.'
Thomas replied that the final draft
was submitted the next morning. No
vember 17, at the same place, in
Blaekmer'** room in Hu- Vanderbilt
Hotel. There were present on this
occasion, he said. Col. Humphreys.
Blaekmer, O’Neil. Sinclair, H. S.
Osier and R. W. Stewart.
“The contract was signed that
morning?” asked Roberts.
“Yes, sir,” Thomas replied.
Government Counsel then called for
the original contract, which was pro
duced and identified by the witness.
It was between Col. Humphreys'
company, the Mexla, and the Conti
-1 nental Co. as vendee.
Thomas related that Osier took the
so::! of the Continental < '<». from hi*
pocket and affixed it to the contract
after he had signed it.
Thomas was shown two legal doom
‘ merits, which he identified as having
: figur' d in the oil sale conference as
being a guarantee by Sinclair arid
O Neil for the performance of the
Continental Co.’s contract and an
agreement lo resell the oil to Sinclair's
! and O'Neil's companies.
Former Testimony Read.
j “Did you have anything to do with
, or know of any resale contract by the
I Continental Go.?” ask' d Roberts.
The witness replied he did not.
“Did you have any knowledge with
i in several months afterward?"
"1 first harried of it ia Paris in
, 192 4. w hen I read about it in a newts
! paper,’ replied the witness.
Littleton, under emss-examination
; for the purpose of refreshing the wit.-
ness'-s' recollection of the meeting,
: read excerpts of Thomas' testimony in
Hie civil proceedings in Wyoming in
i Man h, 1925. This testimony referred
to Thomas appearing at tin- meeting
i with a “memorandum.” and as in*
' went into an adjoining room to pre.
i pan* the contend Blaekmer said the
j v* iKlfc would be th<* Continental Co.
'1 Ik* < iicyenne testimony also was that
‘ 1 prepared lii» first draft of the
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October 31st *■
If it l!o we#* vi :it SW WKK— l
I nofliin' like if.*.!! \ll lit#' V
j witchrtt. liohkoM in* and
MMMtkft ht town will l»e
liter** hot-fool in* it to the ,
toon of the Swa»i#*e H>n
«onaiorfc led Itv \| /* 1
k iiiHiti*. May unnr if jnf
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THE •RVEyTTCa STAR TVASHINfiTOy. T>. C„ MONDAY. OCTOBET? m. 1927.
FIREMEN OFFER AID
| ! IN FDRBDSH HUNT
Minister’s Party Again Takes
Up Quest for Woman
at Wheaton.
One hundred fireman of Montgomery
County stand ready to join in the linn’
•for Mrs. Anne Ramsey Forbush the
\ minute a clue in that section is dis
j covered, Rev. Duscomh K. For
I bush declared today just before h<
i left the licadqtiarteis of the party at
j the N’cw Winston Hotel, for \Vheaton
Aid., to renew the search that ended
with the coming of night yesterday.
Between 50 and 200 persons have
been combing the dense underbrush
surrounding When ton since Satunkn
night win n two colored men reporter
that they had seen .Mrs. Forbush whih
I they were passing through tin* woods
Dev. Forbush and his party of 12 Can
nndaiguans think that she may hav*
been driven deep into the woods b.\
ihe searching party and bloodhounds
and it is there they are hunting today
I One of the searching party has licet
’ left behind to Investigate a rumor tha'
: tin* missing woman was seen in :
downtown department store,
j Another report of a woman reseinh
i ling Mrs. Forbush was i reived by lo
* j cal police tbis morning, from Chariot
Taylor of I’rinee Georges County. .Mil
* | to the effect that In* saw a woniai
answering the description of Mrs. For
hush on the Fort Washington road
near Si I e*tn. Aid. about eig ht miles In
low Anaeostia. at H> o’clock last nirht
agreement between tie in. The first
agreement, which -was first of the two
agreements, was with the Canada cor
poration.” Littleton read for the per
;m«? of showing that there was but
one contract and this contract bore
I th" name of the Continental Co.
I Jionias declar'd the testimony was
. correct, and after he had been ex
cused by Littleton he volunteered the
| I information that “th® memorandum
’ referred to in the testimony is what I
I have called the skeleton agreement."
II L. l’liiHips ot Tulsa, Oklahoma,
president of the Sinclair Crude Oil
I ’urcliasing Co. since 1923 and vi.--
president in November. 1921. the time
the “oil d .91" was made, then was
called to th® stand by Roberts and
: j produced upon his request .loeumen’s
- j in tin* company's possession "relating
'j to the deal." After identifying the
| documents Roberts read them to th
■ jury.
* The first, bearing date of November
I<. 1921. was a contract between
Humphreys' two oil companies, the
vendor, and the Continental Trading
Co., the vendee, in which the vendor
■ agreed to sell 33.333.333 barrels of
I crude petroleum, each barrel con
taining -42 gallons, the entire amount
i to be taken from s<i per cent of the
' production of the company's fields.
; The price of $1.50 per barrel was listed
! and payments were to be made in cash
i on the fifteenth of the month follow
' | insr the preceding month's delivery of
1 j *>il- It was mutually agreed that all
terms would be binding and enforced
against all assigns or successors of
* the patties involved.
Contract Guaranty Rend.
Roberts tii'n read a guarantee
which stated that tlie “undersigned”
would guarantee to the Humphreys*
company "due performance” by the
! Continental Co. it was dated Novem
ber J7 also and bore the signatures
~ of James R. O'Neil for the I'rairie
. j Oil & Gas Co. and If. F. Sinclair and
. | R. A\ . Stewart for the Sinclair Crude
j Oil Purchasing Co. and George )(.
; Taber, president of the Sinclair Crude
I ! Oil Purchasing Co.
, i The third document read to the
! jui'.v was a resale contract dated No
vember 17, 1921. whereby the Conti
i >t“ntal Co., called the vendor, was to
Ciesel) the oil delivered by the Htun
i I»hrevs’ company to the Prairie Oil and
Gas Co. and the Sinclair Crude Oil
Purchasing Co. One term specified
that the “vendor agrees to sell and
the vendee agrees to buy” the* oil,
paying either $1.75 per barrel, or the
field price of mid-continent crude,
“whichever shall be the higher, but
not to exceed o a barrel.” Th*
vendee (die prairie and Sinclair com
panies) agreed to pay on the tenth
: day of each month for oil delivered in
the previous month. It was mutually
j agreed that the vendee take over ail
; terms of the contract between the
; Continental and the Humphreys’ com
j ponies except the price of the oil.
I This resale contract was signed by
j Osier for the Continental Co., by
!f» Neil for the Prairie Co. and bv
i Taber for the Sinclair.
! A final contract entered Into
j between the Humphries .companies
i and the Prairie Co. and Sinclair
• 'Hide Oil and Purchasing Co. as ven
(j dees was also introduced. This con
tract covered the sale of surplus oil
tielonging to the Humphreys compa
nies over and above the amount sold
to the Continental Co., and its execu-
I G" 11 was contingent upon the fulfill
; ni®nt of the Continental contract,
' The two companies were to pay
Humphreys the prevailing market
• price lor oil. and tie* contract was to
, i continue as long as oil was prod need
! those fields in commercial quan
’ i t it icy.
I Roberts then came directly to the
j meeting of the board of directors of
•be Sinclair Crude (til and Producing
.Co. on November 2fi, 1921. It was
! at tills meeting that action was taken
by the directors on the original Conti-
Mnentnal contract and the resale con
! ! tract. Roberts asked that the min-
I ut'-s 'if the meeting Is* produced, and
| these were identified by Phillips. At
tins juncture court took a short
1 | recess.
Calls for Agreement.
Roberts asked Phillips to produce an
i agreement dated May 2<i. 1923. “where
> ! by the Continental company assign's]
jits eon!rant with th*' two Humphreys
j eonrpanie* to the Sinclair Crud‘» f>i 1
■ I Purchasing Co. and the Prairies com
I pany.
i Littleton objected on the ground
! that: the date of the agre;mein v,;e--
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1 It is not necessary g;
| to have had an Ac - 1;
I count at this Bank to $!
8 Borrow. t
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\PLAN, J
Easy to Pay
Monthly P
lean Month* H
si 2o SIO.OO :
SIBO $15.00 g
$240 $20.00 I
H SSOO $25.00 I
ij $360 $30.00 I
!'J $540 $45.00 |
! i $1,200 SIOO.OO -i
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I THE MORRIS I
I PLAN BANK 1
3 Cndnr Sttjcrrision V. S. Treasury 8
8 1408 II STREET, N. W. I
|'JOHNSON WARNS RAILWAYS
j U. S. CONTROL IS IN OFFING
Roads Must Increase Freight
Equipment to Meet 1928
Boom. He Says.
Federal Rule Is Foreseen if
Systems Are Found
Unprepared.
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: Sqei i;d Pi-|>;it. h In Tlie Star
I Pllll.A DKLI’HIA. October 31.—Al
j ba R. Julms'in. president of tin* Rail
[way Business Asseciation and former
j president of the Baldwin Locomotive
1 Works, believes the great railroad
systems of the Nation may face ate
joih'T period of Government control
’ unless they increase their freight j
j hauling equipment to meet the vast
! industrial activity which he visualizes j
i for the near future.
In a letter to members of the as-!
! social ion. Mr. Johnson pointed to con-!
•ditions which he said indicated great j
! industrial activity in 1923. ami warned j
[that unless the railroads were pro- !
pared to handle th'* freight, private
•ownership of the loads might, he pn- j
j da tigered.
Secs Serious Situation.
“A serious situation seems to have’
develop'd in respect to class I rail- \
way equipment as relleetcd in tin* tv- ;
port of the Ameiiean Railway Assn-!
eiatiou. published October 2li. cover |
ing nine months to October 1," his I
letter slated “As has recently been
usual, the installation of locomotives i
and cars were fewer that) the retire-!
ociits. but whereas heretofore through \
•nl i rgement of units the total power!
and ear capacity have increased con
stantly, the turn has come. The'
freight locomotive increments and
modernizations since January 1 were
exceeded by retirements, measured in
tractive pounds of effort, and Site car
| capacity owned October 1 is onlv a
[quarter of 1 per cent greater than!
j January 1.
STRANGE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
MARK FORBUSH NIGHT SEARCH
I
! \n eerie undertaking, this htisi-<
I ness of tracking a hitman being m
i dense woods in ilip dead ot night,
j exemplified Saturday *iight through
! til'* futile search for Mrs. Ann Ram
s y Forbush. believed then to be in
hiding in the thickets.
By daylight. Burdoffs woods, near
Wheaton, Ml., present a pleasing
enough picture with leaves tinted ,
from the paste of Autumn and thick!
patches of honeysuckle forming oases j
■ of green in their depths. But M :
j night they arc a thing of dread, i
| looming black against the gray sky. \
The desperate search for .Mrs. For- !
bush was fraught with the uncanny ’
1 sort of tear that comes with pent uat- j
ing the unknown.
j Th® flashlights of the searchers but j
'served to accentuate the inky Hindi- j
| ness within tlie woods, their beams '
i Mopped by tree trunks or swallowed j
jup by brier patches. The very ground
! became a thing of menace. Briers !
| tore at the searchers as they advanced
[stumbling through the woods,
{hianchcs and bushes whipocil at their
| faces; broken limbs twisted up to trip
•hem. saggy depressions hampered
their progress.
Tlie darkness played strange tricks
with the eyes and ears, straining al
ready overwrought nerves in uncanny
fashion.
A brown hush against a tree trunk
became at a distance a human form.
beyond the hounds of the conspiracy,
as alleged in tho indictment.
Roberts replied it was evidence to
show "what the Continental company
was, where it got its profit and who
was interested in it in order to biing
home Sinclair’s ownership and the dis
tribution of bond*. After having
taken only a small portion of the
i 33,1)00,000 barrels of oil due it under
[the contract with Humphreys, the
> Continental company sold its contract
! for the paltry sum of SIOO,OOO ”
j Littleton objected at this point and
declared Roberts was making state
j uiciits that the jury should not hear,
land the court remarked that if Rob
'•its were making a full statement of
i his proffer it should he out of the
' presence** of tin* jury. Thereupon the
j jury tiled out of the courtroom and
j Roberts continued with his cxplana
j l:
'The purpose of this evidence is ;
i •his,” began
Glow that bonds were distributed by
;the Continental Co. on .May 8, 1922.
and that they reached Fall May 29,
1922. The evidence so far shows the
source of the bonds was the Contin
ental Co. Was Sinclair interested in
this company? Sinclair was pres-j
cut when the negotiations were on for |
the contracts which I have introduced. I
Fuither. Sinclair's own company re
purchased the oj| on the satin* day at !
a profit of 25 rents per barrel to the j
Coiitini'iilal Co.
“The'Tvinonce will further show 1
that the Continental Co., was organ-j
iz‘*d on that day—November 17.!
1921. That is was organized for j
the purpose of taking this inter-!
j mediate contract for the purpose of j
i making this 25 cent profit. It now |
j appears that Sinclair. Stewart and j
> O'Neil guaranteed performance of tin* ;
contract and then on the resale agreed :
to perform till the Continental's obli- ’
gallons as well as to indemnify it !
against loss. The continental Co. j
was a mere shell, made up by these!
gentlemen for their own put pose*.
“f promise to follow evidence al- i
• ?t: T.d. ~' yC? zrrn Tnn.T'■;■'■ :r? n:crrrvrfi :■..■ ~f-Tn’tttt’• d" '*
I V.;: * * ' ~ ■ “ b*'
111 II
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I Tomorrow 1
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I zee zr/// celebrate our
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Silver
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j'| ■ Anniversary fr
111 ■ ... I
a// are cordially invited
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i DeMoll Piano & Furniture Co. IS
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Steinway and Duo-Art Reproducing Pianos
if Twelfth and G Sts. |
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I Aeolian Co. Representatives |j
1
ALISA R. JOHNSON.
; “Apart from the anxiety which all
! '•oncertied should |V>-1 over transport
preparedness at any normal time, are
| we not confronted with a probable
I tralHe ' m*‘rgvney in 1923? i allude
to the strengthened buying power of
lit*' larmers and to tin* impending re
sumption Os low-priced automobile
1 manufacture now laid back for a
, demonstration of tia* New Ford model.
To Benefit Industries.
i “This will greatly benefit the oil in
dustry. the mills la hi i< a I ing ear parts
or materials, and all industries dealing
Jin shelter, furniture, food, clothing
and luxuries, whose business expands
Tioiu resumption in any occupation so
vast as agriculture or the automotive
industry.
"Kvidentlv 192$ will bring a severe
test. At each juncture from now on.
preservation of private ownership will
l>e a struggle between satisfactory
service on the one hand and Govern
ment ownership progaganda on the
1 other.”
j cruising hearts to leap high with the
j hope that the long quest was at an
: and. The rustle of the night wind
j through the trees caused intent listen
ers to stand rigid in their tracks, be
! Sieving that a hunted human being
was err-ping through the underbrush
! hidden by the black mantle *tf nicht.
The snapping of a twig, tlie scamper
• of a squirrel across the leaves, made
; hearts pound harder.
j And when the bloodhounds, with
j nose* close to earth, following a
j human scent, of some unknown man
j or woman, gave tongue it made the
, blood run cold. Once (jueenie, finest of
; the pack, stopped suddenly, pidnted lift’
I nose to the sky and gave a mournful
! howl that signalized to tho searchers
! that human life was near,
j But darkness and a mass of honey
suckle hushes and briers kept the
| secret of whoever it was that the dog
i had trailed. It was of no avail for
i the posse to tear away through the
underbrush and rip apart the inter
meshed ti ndrils of berry patch bushes.
The darkness held the secret of the
trail the hounds had followed.
To the Rev. .Mr. Forbush, plunging
through the blackness of the woods
in his frantic search for liis wife, the
quest was nothing short of mental
agony. Knelt hail brought a quicken
ing of a hope that has never died, the
hay of tin* bloodhounds gave a promise
that was' tragically unfulfilled.
ready given with more to show that
the Continental Co. was not a bona
tide buyer and seller of this oil. I
shall prove by Mr. Phillips, if permit
ted, that he received instructions from
a source he does not now remember
to take an assignment of. tlie Contin
ental contract at $400,000. On May 26,
1923, when the Continental Co. would
have made millions of profit under
its original contract, Phillips and Os
l* r went through a bargain whereby
the Continental (Jo. assigned all title
and interest to tlie Sinclair and
Prairie companies for $4»0,oo0, and
the 25-eent profit was brought to an
end. All this is to prove that the
Liberty, bond transaction was trans
action gotten up as a shadow.’’
Cites Supreme Court Decision.
Roberts cited the recent decision
of the Fnited States Supreme Court
j in tiie case of tlie United States vs.
.MammotW Oil Co., in which the court
held a conspiracy existed between
Fall and Sinclair and canceled the
Teapot Dome lease. Roberts declared
the evidence about which he was
talking “was put in and commented
• <>n by the Supreme Court." He said
i the court declared “this proof was
convincing proof” of a conspiracy,
j Littleton told the court that the
Government's bill of complaint in the
j civil suit, which the Supreme Court
j disposed of. had no limitations with
respect to dates when an alleged con
j spirucy lipgart and was consummated.
| ’l’he evidence, which Roberts seeks to
I have admitted in this ease was ad
j mitted under liberal rules in the civil
| proceedings which, Littleton declared.
| cannot ho carried out In the present
j ease. He maintained the Government
i had offered no evidence to prove that
; Sinclair was a shareholder in the
j Contim ut il Co.: that he ever had any
• interest in the Continental Co. except
• such interest with respect to his own
j company, buying and selling oil. or
| that lie ever received a bond as a divi
l dond for his share of profit.
MAFALDA CHARGES
ARE BRANDED FALSE
Liner Seaworthy, Captain and
Crew Did Their Duty,
Statement Says.
By t)i«» A“*n< i itrf! Pi
NEW YORK, October f!l.—A state
, ment denying reports that the steamer
I Pnneipesjsi) Mafalda, which sank in
| the South Atlantic six days ago was
improperly equipped, or that its crew
j was utility of mi-conduct or failed p
j aid in savins passengers, was issued
jyesterday by the Navigaziono < '.enerale
j Italians, owner of the vessel.
! “The steamer I’rineipessa Mafalda
j was fully seaworthy.” the statement
'•aid "and provided with enioient lif"
j savins apparatus, more than stiffieient
! lor all passengers and rrewu and satis
j tactorilv passed inspection by the
| Italian government officials before
j departure.
j “The conduct of the staff and the
crew before and during the accident, j
i reported according to general testi
j ninny, was above praise.
1 lie captain of the steamer !
! Mosel la. one of the first to reach the I
i scene of the accident and to lend !
j assistance, telegraphed the company’s
, j of lioe in Buenos Aires: ‘Capt. Guli was i
J hist seen on the bridge of the Prin- I
, I eipessa Mafalda as the steamer found- ;
_ j oi-od. and t be entire crew strenuously !
J did their duty.’ ”
MRS. ALICE ROBINSON
DEAD AT AGE OF 73
Widow of Noted Lawyer Prominent
in Social Circles Here
for Many Years.
Mrs. Alice M. Robinson, 73 years
old, widow of Heigh Robinson, noted
lawyer, prominent in social circles of
this city for many years and active in
various organizations here, died at her
residence in the Stoneleigh Court
■apartments today after a, long illness.
! At the time of her death Mrs. Rohin
! son was president of the Episcopal
jt’hiirch Home, was a member of the
t'liit* d Daughters of the Confederacy,
Colonial Dames and the Society for
the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui
ties.
Mrs. Robinson, who before her mar
riage was Miss Morson. was horn on
her father’s estate, Dover, on the
James River, about 20 miles below
Richmond, Va. She was a niece of
James A. Seddori, secretary of war
for the Confederacy, and was a first
cousin ot Senator William Cabell
I truce of Maryland.
She is survived h.v two nephews.
Dr. A. V. ’l’. Garnett and Henry Wise
Garnett, both of this city; two nieces. !
Miss Ellen Garnett and Mrs. Henry
S. Venn, both of Washington, and two
nieces. Miss Alice Meredith and Miss
j Marion Meredith, both of Richmond.
Va. She also leaves several other
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the Church of the Kpiphany, Epis
copal. Wednesday morning at ‘J:3O
o’clock. Rev. Z. It. T. Phillips, rector,
will officiate. Interment will he in i
Hollywood Cemetery. Richmond. Va.
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RITES FOR H. E. CLAFLIN.
Deceased Optician Buried Today
With Masonic Ceremonies.
Funeral services for Ifarrv Edwards
Claflin. Washington optician, who
died Friday, were iieid this afternoon
at 2 o'clock .at his residence, 1427
Longfellow" street. Rev. (lodfrev
Choi vt offieiated. Interment was in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
The serviees were conducted by the
P.. H. French Lodge. F. A. A. M., of
wiiieh lie had long been a member.
Mr. Claflin was prominently con
nected with several other fraternal
and civic organizations.
Wi s Band Championship
In a contest, in which I*l bands par
ticipated, Carlisle St. Stephens, Cum
berland, won the s.">,<»(io challenge
trophy for the best hand in England.
Moie than 3.000 instrumentalists were
iin the competition. Most of the
band's players are railway men.
BOY HELD AS POLICE
SEEK MISSING Glfy.
Virginia Youth Faces Trial on Kid
naping Charge—Another
Is Hunted.
While police here are searching for
I*>-yea r-old Louise Josephine Orau.
who has been missing from her hem",
in Vienna. Va . since September 3,
Justice James Allan of that town is
! holding Rufus Waple in *l.*o bond e n
a charge of kidnaping and has a war-*
rant tint for the arrest of Lynn
Armentrout. iointly accused of taking
Iwr away from home.
According to the storv told Justice
Allan by Mrs Ella V. Ilrau. th girl's
■■mother, the two boys drove up to her
house September 3 and called to the
girl. Mrs. Oran told her not to get in
i the car and ran to stop her. she said,
i but the girl paid no attention, jumped
; >n, and was driven away. Her mother
I has not seen her since
When Justice Allan arrested Wapl
and questioned him, he said today.
; Waple- told him the boys had driven
into Washington * later in the eve.
i ning let the girl out of the ear at *
i drug store at Wisconsin avenue an r
M street. They left her at her own
request. Waple said, and have not
seen her since.
Justice Allen said he did not want
to give Waple a formal hearing unil
Armentrout is found. He was se.-n
i about two weeks ago near his home, in
Vienna, the justice said. The justice
i rays lie will give the 1 « s a hearing
1 and if tlie evidence against them is
i strong enough lie will turn then- over «
! to Juvenile Court authorities Imre.
I Loth are under IS. but Justice Allan
i says he thinks Waple will he is this
S week, aral if Armentrout isn't found
! before then he will probably have to
j try Waple alone.
BUSINESS “PAUSE” LAID
TO THIRD-TERM DOUBT
White House Callers Say Projects
Are Delayed by Uncertainty
of President’s Future.
By the Associated Press.
Two of President Coolidge's callers
i entne from conferences at the White
i House today, declaring that business
I was experiencing a “pause” because
! it was not certain that Mr. Coolidge
would consent to he drafted to run
for President next year.
Charles H. Sherrill, president of the
Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Co.
of Adams, Mass., declared that he
“knew of two large projects” for in
dustrial expansion which were beinr
held up hecause of the uncertainty of
the political situation.
Earlier in the day E. O. Burkham.
editor of the Dayton. Ohio, Journal,
said he felt there was a slight uncer
tainty in business, which he attributed
to Mr. Coolidge's statement that he
did not choose to run.
Wrist Score Cards Used.
Correspondence of the Associated Pre»*.
PARIS.—A pencil and score card on
a wristband is a new golfing accessory
of Parisian design. There is a leather
holder for the score card and a leather
bracelet which fastens with a slide.
The same combination of pencil and
score card is available for bridge, made I
in several colors and attached to
wristlets of ribbon.