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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Sinclair Testifes >
In Oil Probe With
Session All Serene

Washington, Jan. 22-The bomb
shell which had been timed for cx-
plosion today with the appearance
of Harry +. Sinclair under subpoena
before the Senate oil investigating
committee, turned out to be a dud.
Mr.. Sinclair appeared before the
committee, accompanied by an ar
ray Of counsel. including Martin w.
Littleton, of New York, was ques-
toned at length by Gilbert f. Roe,
the committee. as to the stock own
ership Of the Mammoth Oil COMPANY.
and the affairs relating to oil Of the
Hyva Corporation, and concluding
his testimony with good humor pre-
vailing on every hand.
The Oil man, during the three
hours he spent on the stand, COM.
piled to the satisfaction of the COM
mittee, with demands for informa-
ton as to the Mamoth Company, the
concern organized by Mr.. Sinclair to
operate the Teapot Dome Naval Oil
Reserve lease, and as to the Hyva
Corporation, a private investment
companyowned entirely by Mr.. Sin
clair and his family. The request OF
the committee attorney for the COM
plete records of the Hyva Corpora
ton, which Mr.. Sinclair refused last
week on the ground that the COM
mittee had no authority to investi-
gate matters other than oil, was not
repeated.
After leaving the stand and while
the committee continued it's inquiry
through subordinate officials of the
Sinclair Companies. Mr.. Sinclair
made this statement to newspaper
men:
II think the impasse we came to
the other day was because the minds
of Mr.. Roe and myself did not meet.
It. was not because I was unwilling
to give what he wanted, or because
he wanted more than I was willing
willing to give"
Previously during an interlude in
his examination, Mr. Sinclair had OK
pressed to Chairman LaFollette, his
regrets that any unpleasant incidents
had arisen during his appearance be-
fore the committee and Senator La
Toilette smilingly expressed agree
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23

Dusseldorf. Jan. 22.-(By A. P.)
The Germans and French are both
claiming the advantage in today's
movements in the economic battle
which has been in progress here for
the past ten days. The Germans hold
that the strike of the miners is
complete success. but the French de-
clare that the order for a general
strike has not been followed by the
miners, many of whom, although
they did not report for work in the
morning, went down into the pits
later in the day.
The A. p. correspondent visited
the mines at AltenesSeE, which is the
junction for Essen, and found prac-
tically the entire force at work. Coal
was coming to the surface in guam
titles averaging between 30 and AZ
per cent of the regular output.
The railways are running on de-
creased schedule, about 40 per cent
of the trains having been cancelled.
The tramway service is normal, both
in Essen and Dusseldorf, while the
steel and iron trades are as yet un-
disturbed:
Telegraph and postal rates have
been tripled and the railway fares
doubled. 1t now costs 1850 marks
per word to telegraph to London.
The re-opening of the Dusseldorf
branch of the ReichSbank is regard
ed with great satisfaction by the
French, as it will ward off for the
present the crisis in paper marks
and postpone the necessity of the
French issuing new Ruhr currency.
Despite Berlin's announcement
that the government would no long
err send marks to the occupied area,
funds have been coming in regularly
in semi manner and
the French have been taking the
greatest care to to interfere.
Coblenz, Jan. 2S.-(By A. P.)-
The Inter-Allied Rhineland Commits
sion has decided not to arrest Herr
Won Lazenauer. chief collector of
customs taxes at Cologne. who re-
fused to obey the commissions or
ders to turn over his books, but will
admonish the official.
DIR. Brandt. district governor of
Cologne, notified the commission to-
day that he would be obliged to obey
the orders of the Prussian minister
of agriculture that officials in charge
of the forests decline to make rep
Continued on Page 5, Col. g.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
S. S. Sachem Towing
Disabled Capto is
24O Miles off St. John

st. Johns. n. F.. Jan. 22-The
Furness Liner Sachem, which is tow
ing the crippled Norwegian ore car
rier Capto to this port. reported by
radio today that she is still 24o miles
from st. Johns and has been COM
PEELED to so south to escape a large
field of zee that is spreading over the
Grand Banks.
The Sachem also reported that she
broke her towing hawser this morn
ing during a storm, necessltating
delay of several hours. The vessel is
not expected to arrive here before
Thursday. The Capto was on her
way from Narvill to sydney. c. Il.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Arrest Communist
For Completely in
Dynamiting ATTEMPT

Haverhill, Mass, Jan. 22-John e.
Merrick. owner of an automobile
repair shop. was arrested late today
charged with completely in an at
tempt to dynamite Knipe Brothers
Shoe factory here on Jan. 4. At that
llme suit case containing 80 pounds
of dynamite and a clockworS con-
trivance for decorating it, was found
outside the factory.
The arrest was made after a raid
on the repair shop during which.
police claim. they found the back of
a clock that fitted into mutilated
time piece connected with the ma
chine found with the dynamite.
Merrick, who police said, is an
avowed communist, admitted pur-
chasing wire coils corresponding to
those discovered in the suit case.
Hundreds of thousands of sheets Of
radical literature We're discovered
hidden in the shop, police said. NIer-
rick. according to the police, was
communist party in this city and
was questioned concerning his activi-
ties during the roundup Of radicals
here in 1919.
He will be arraigned in the district
court tomorrow. Other arrests are
expected to be made in connection
with the alleged dynamiting plot, po-
lice said tonight
The dynamite was found two days
after the State Supreme Court in
Boston sustained an injunction for
bidding the Shoe Workers Protec-
tive Union to interfere with the ac-
Invites of the knipe factory. Mer-
rick, police said. was formerly a
member of the union. The court &C
ton followed heated labor disputes
arising over the hiring by Knipe
Brothers of members of the Boot &
Shoe Workers Union, rival or
ganization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23

Newport, r. l., Jan. ga second
autopsy late today served to deepen
rather than dispel the mystery in the
case of J. A. McLeish and his wife,
Madeline, found dead in the lodge
they occupied on Paul Fitzsimmons'
estate, Narbourview, here, their
bodies charred by fire and marks of
crushing blows on their heads. Po-
lice tonight admitted that they were
without definite clue to work on.
The head wounds made it impossible
TO accept the theory that the couple
Lad been suffocated in the fire, the
Locked windows and doors of the lit
tie lodge left no explanation Of the
possible presence there of third
person.
Only in one respect did the finding
OF Medical Examiners William A.
sherman and Charles w. Stewart at
today's autopsy differ from their
verdict at the first held Sunday.
Then they pronounced death due in
each case to external violence"
Today they found that the mans
death had been primarily due to
suffocation.' although his skull had
an unknown parson."
NO smoke was found in the lungs
of Mrs. McLeish. the examiners re-
ported. Her body was found by fire
men in bed, badly burned. Her head
had been crushed by a single blow.
McLeish's body was found in n bath
tub, some distance from the bedroom.
There were four wounds on his head.
HIS feet, while not charred, as re-
ported earlier, showed evidence of
having been near the fire, the xami-
ners said. The fire in the lodge had
not reached the bathroom. The Sec
ond autopsy was held, the authori-
ties said. to decide definitely whether
suffocation had played a part in
causing the deaths.
Convinced that somebody entered
the lodge late Saturday night or
carly Sunday. the police today exa-
mined the partly burned building and
found that all the locks on doors and
windows were intact. Three men
who were seen trying to enter the
place after the fire was discovered
Sunday We're questioned. and they
said they had found even the cellar
door locked and bolted
Mrs. F'itzsimons, formerly Mrs.
Elsie French Vanderbilt. who came
to NEWPORT from New York with her
son. William II. Vanderbilt. immed-
atoly after she received word of the
tragedy. was at her home here to-
day. She denied current reports that
detectives from outside had been
placed on the case. declaring she be-
lieved the Newport authorities had
done everything possible. McLeish
was employed as gardner on the
estate.
The finger prints of the two vic
TINS We're taken today for COMPARE
son with marks found about the
place after the fire. Police said they
expected little result from this, but
were overlooking nothing.
\ double funeral will be held for
the victims tomorrow afternoon from
Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Verdict in Cotton
Estate Litigation
In Court Seven Years

Nashua. \. H.. Jan. ga verdict
was handed down in Superior Court
here today of $4,000 and interest
amounting in all to over $4,000, in
favor of the estate of Mrs. Mary l..
Cotton, who sued her brother !.
Frank Stevens, claiming that she
was defrauded out of her husbands
share in the Maine Manufa curing
Company. The claim was for $780,
COO. The case has been in the courts
seven years. In the first trial, the
verdict was in favor of Stevens. but
it was revoked by the upper court.
1t was the longest. the hardes thought
and most extensive litigation in the
history of Hillsborough County.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23

New York, Jan. 22.-CBy A. Ply
Union leaders declared tonight they ex-
pected "soon"-possibly tomorrow-to
sign new wage contract covering the
tri-state competitive field, and thus re-
move all possibility of a bituminous
coal strike after April /.
Mine operators of Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois, with whom the labor men have
been in conference here since last
Wednesday, were not so optimistic.
An agreement might be reached tomor-
row, they said. but the signing of the
contract might be delayed for days or
even weeks up to the very date, more
than two months hence, when the ex-
listing contract expires.
Two reasons were advanced tonight
by representatives of both sides for a
possible delay in signing the contract,
after an understanding was reached as
10 It's ultimate provisions. They were:
both the United Mine Workers of
America and the operators concerned in
the negotiations are timid about Sign
ing on the dotted line without assur-
anceS from the administration that
they will not be in violation of the
Sherman antitrust law, both factions
being under indictment in Indiana for
alleged violation of the law in their
last contract. The contemplated con-
tract might even be sent to Washing
ton for approval before it was signed,
it was reported.
2-Signature would cause an immedi-
ate weakening of the spot" coal mar
ket. eliminating any prospect for GER
tain spot coal operators to profit in
a market stimulated by an impending
strike.
The real conflict in the negotiations
is said to lie between two classes of
operators: those whose output is con-
tracted for and to whom fluctuating
markets mean little. and those who
produce for the spot" market.
In this connection the labor element
today made public information from
England that interests representing
large American soft coal producers"
had. since January I. caused n rush
on the British coal exchange" with an
unusual number of ORDERS based on
the anticipation of Tabor troubles in
the American coal industry" which
created demands for coal for American
export exceeding those during the
strike last year"
According to this source. 10000 tons
of coal had been contracted for in
Wales up to January 4. and Is ships
chartered to transport it to the United
States. with three cargocs already en-
route.
. Opera tors attending the conference
declared they knew nothing of such
operations. expressing a belief that. if
bonafide, they were conducted by wa
terfront spectators" not mine owners.
who stand to lose pretty penney
because there isn't going to be any
strike
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23

The gasoline tax bill, talked Of for
.evoral months by State Officials and
politicians, was presented Monday
,,i,ernoon in the Maine Senate by
Senator Herbert +. Wadsworth of
vennebec and was referred to the jul
djcary committee, 1000 copies being
ordered printed. This act provides
for leyying a tax of two cents a gal
lon on all gasoline sold or distributed.
This together with the presentation
of the report of the committee on APP
rronriations and financial affairs on
Tho resolve relating to fire escapes
at the University of Maine, were the
outstanding features of the Senate
nroceedngs of yesterday. The COM
mittee reported that the resolve ought
IA mass in new draft. The new
daft Of the resolve was given its two
several readings and in concurrence
with the House, vas passed to be
engrossed
his resolve appropriates the sum
n 10000 to be Immediately available
FIR fire escapes at the University.
tms sum to bo deducted from what
ever sum this Legislature may APP
propriate for repairs at the Univer-
, slty.
Bills Presented in House
The elections committee reported
IN the House in favor Of seating Rep
rcsentatiw Joseph a. Pendleton of
Islesboro. The committee found that
pendleton had 661 votes; Roy A. Fer
nald Of Winterport, the Democratic
contestant, 665; and II ballots were
detective.
By rising vote and with cheering
file House adopted the order offered
by representative Burleigh Martin or
Augusta requesting the appointment ,
Of Major Widgery Thomas of Port
land as minister to Sweden and re-
ouesting the Maine delegation to APP
pear before the President urging the
appointment Of Mr.. Thomas. The
\ order was accompanied by q state
ment of facts setting forth the SER
vices Of Mr.. Thomas. :.
When the bill changing the method
of.taxing bank stock from the present
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Working Seven Days
A Week in Boston To /.
Clear Ash Collections

Boston, Jan. 22-The heavy snow
fall has caused an accumulation of
ashes in this city, so great that
collections are weeks behind.
Gangs are working every day Sunday
included, to relieve the situation. The
importance of their work was en-
phasized today when Judge Barnes,
in the East Boston police court sus-
pended the sentence Of John S.
Trenton. convicted Of intoXitation,
with the remark that the man hav-
inG worked all day yesterday had an
excuse for getting. drunk. and that
ash collectors who worked Sundays
were needed badly on week days. Il
haven't seen mine in three weeks"
the court concluded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
GASOLINE TAX BILL
/ FOR MAINTENANCE
!. ROADS INTRODUCED
i ssOs

Measure Presented by Senator Wadsworth
Of Kennebec Provides an Excise Tax of Two
Cents Per Gallon on Motor Vehicle Fuel
Sold Within State Believe This Most Equit-
able Means of Securing Revenue for Main
tenance State Aid Road and Trunk Lines
$4,000 Resolve for Fire Escapes at u. of M.
Passed in Concurrence - Representative
Rounds Reviews State Pier Expenditures
Predict Executive Council Will Turn Down
Nixon Appointment Second Time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
NNofth Pacific Coast
asesl0n Feels Quake

MI. francisco. Jan. 22.-An earth
lhge,ss;s.!l by observers at the
EtM sir.y OF Nevada to have CEN
|las fslt miles north of Reno, New,
lorhss. IN many sections of the
|sdsy Facific coast region early
EsAopss.h' ious damage was reported,
EMae a landslide which delayed
Isda w.. q small railroad in Ne
N va, attributed to the tremors.
We "a .eak which developed in a
GocIss' tank at Willows. Cal.
Snento were stopped in Reno, Sac
Ps.stherr al. and a number of
lkdlss a NOV were ratified and the
|lsaaitv =. y. seismographs at the Uni
I aiorn,s Nevada and University of
ding DIVER were thrown off the re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Expect Present Draft
Treaty to Turks This
Week at Lausanne

Lausanne, Jan. 22-(By A. P.)-
The allies have decided to hasten the
conclusion of the Near East confer
eEce and will present the draft treaty
to the Turks perhaps before the end
Of the week. If Turkey is not dis
posed to. sign the convention after
brief reflection, the allies may pro-
pose adjournment of the conference
until the Turks express their readi-
ness to reassemble for final settle
ment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Recommend Twelve
Mile Limit as Means
Combating Rum Fleet

New York, Jan. 22-Substitution Of
a 12-mile limit for the three-rlile line
now drawn by International law. has
been recommended to Washington as II
means Of combating the rum fleet off
the New Jersey coast.
This recommendation, it was an
nounced today, was an outgrowth of
the conference Saturday between Act
ing Collector of the Port Stuart and
prohibition enforcement authorities
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Bay State Railway
Workers Seeks Raise

Boston, Jan. 22.-Delegates repre-.
senting 1000 employees Of the East
ern Massachusetts, Street Railway
company, today at general confer
ence mere voted to formulate de-
mands for higher wage contract
to replace the one expiring, March
81 next. The conference declared
that increased wages were needed !.
In view Of higher living costs, which
were attributed to the new tariff and
coal and rental expenses.
Wages paid employees OF the COM
pany are below those paid workers
on other similar systems, it was de-
clared.
The state excise tax on street rail-
roads was termed a burden" in a
resolution adopted by the confer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Approve Sale Pond .
Creek Coal Co. to
Ford Motor, Portland

Portland, Me-, Jan. 22-The pro-
posed sale Of all properties used on
connection with the coal mining
business of the Pond Creek Coal
company in Pike county, KY, to the
Ford Motor company, was approved
at a special meeting of the stock
holders of the coal company here to-
day.
The company owns more than 1850
acres of coal bearing lands and has
mineral rights to over 1926 acres
in that county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Rev. Grant Delays
Reply to Bishop
Manning's Demand

New York. Jan. 22.-The Rev.
Percy Stcikney Grant, rector of the
Ascension, late today wrote, Bishop
William r. Manning asking for fur
ther time in which to prepare his
formal reply to the bishops demand
that he publicly avow belief in the
divinity Of Christ or resign from the
ministry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
FIX RESPONSIBILITY
M0REH0USE PARISH
DISORDER ON kLAN
Great Number Of Arrests Ex-
spected Charges Ranging
From Murder

Attorney General Coco, In Charge of
Investigation Into kidnapping and
Deaths At Ner Rouge, Says Ku
Klux Khan Could Not Be Indicted
As An Organization, But True Bills
Can Be Found Against Its Officers
and acknowledgements Re
ported To Be Available When
Wanted
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Maine Packer Dies
At st. Petersburg

Bangor. Me- Jan. 22-News has
been received here of the death in st.
Petersburg, Fla. on Sunday of Jas
per Wyman of Millbridge, Me-, a
wealthy packer of blueberries and
formerly interested in shipping and
shipbuilding. eli was about 70 years
old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Vermont Legislature
Elects Justice Butler
To Supreme Court

Montpelier, Vt, Jan. % - The
legislature in joint assembly today
elected Chief Justice Fred M. Butler
Of the superior court, an associate
Justice of the supreme court to sue
coed Justice Willard w. Miles. retired.
Frank D. Thompson of Barton, was
elected to fill the vacancy on the su-
periOr bench.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
|fNf. McCullOch
SV:of N. English Dept.
ues Very Suddenly

"peclal to kennebec JournaD
s'Vno' Me-. Jan. 22-Rufus w.
hs,0ch, associated professor of
snsn at the University Of Maine.
lS re ms afternoon following a short
~ Rn S. frof. McCulloch is a native
cunns.. nngton, N. c., and has been
saaa .sc sas with the Maine faculty
Cnr.ss:.V' ne was a graduate of the
sciyea OF North Carolina and re-
I;9l, "a +. II. D. from Harvard in
n AM ae was the author of a treatise
'Herican Literature.
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Maggie Cline, Irish
Queen of Variety is
Fighting for Life

Red Bank, n. j.. Jan. 22-Maggie
Cline. who won her way into the
hearts of American theartegoers a
quarter of a century ago with her
song Throw 'em Down McClusky,"
is seriously ill at her home here. and
little hope is held for her recovery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
But PARTLY.
SUCCESSFUL IN RUHR
ECONOMIC BATTLE

Germans and French Both. Claiming Advan-
tage.in Situation Order for General Strike
Has Not Been Follow ed by all Miners Rail-
ways on Decreased Schedule - Marks Still
Going Into Occupied Area Despite Berlin
Announcement = Senator BOrah Attacks
French Policy in the Ruhr as Violation of
Versailles Treaty, and Denounces U. S. At
titude of Silence and Inactivity
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
THE WEATHER
FAIR

North New England: Fair Tues
day and probably Wednesday.
South New England: Fair Tues
day; Wednesday unsettled, followed
by snow or rain.
East New York: Fair Tuesday:
Wednesday cloudy, followed by snow
or rain in south PARTON; 10 change
in temperature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
HOPE Of SIGNING
COAL WAGE SCALE
TR|-STATE FIELD
Union Leaders Expect Agree
ment In Conference At
N. Y. Soon

Mine Operators Not So Optimistic of
signing Contract Today-Agrec-
ment Would Remove All Posi-
bllity of a Bituminous Coal Strike
In April-Two Glasses OF Opera
tors Cause of Possible Conflict
workers and Miners Hesitate To
Put Name To Papers Fearing Vio-
latfOn Federal Laws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
MYSTERY DEEpENS
IN NEWPORT DOUBLE
HAMMER MURDER
Second Autopsy Fails Disclose
Clue In Death McLeish
And Wife

Investigation Shows Gardeners Wife
Did Not Die BY Sufrocation-AM
Doors and Windows of Lodge
Locked When Firemen Arrived
Mrs. FitZsimmOns Arrives At New
port EState.-Dcnics Outside De-
tcctivcs On Casc-Doublc Funeral
For Victims TO Be Held Today
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
WOMAN ANARCHIST
KILLS NEWSPAPER
OFFICIAL At PARIS
Then Turns Weapon On Her
self Fires Bullet Into
Breast

Twenty Year Old Gcrmainc BerthOn
Fires Five Shots At Plateau of
I'ActiOn Franchise = Papers
Found On Woman Indicate Con-
nection With Bomb Explosion In
Paris Home of Ambassador. Her.
rick-EditOr's Adherents Attack
Radical Newspapers In Rcrrisal,
Wreck One Plant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
General Forecast

General Forecast
There have been local SHOWS with
in the last "a hours in the Atlantic
states north of Virginia.
The temperature has fallen con-
siderably since Sunday night inathc
Atlantic states.
In New York and in the New Eng
land states, the weather will be fair
Tuesday and become cloudy and
somewhat warmer Wednesday with
probably rains or snow over the south
portion.
Winds north Of Sandy Hook: Mod
crate northwest and weather fair
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-23
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Tuesday fair; Wednesday. unsettled
followed by rain or snow: fresh
becoming northeast winds.