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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
DOHENY GIVES
life STORY ON
WITNESS ST And

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-P)--The de-
fense played it's trumps and aces today
in the Fall-Doheny oil conspiracy trial,
weaving into the record one of the
most colorful and dramatic stories
which has ever gone before a jury in
an American criminal proceeding.
Edward i. Doheny, 7O-year-old null
timillionaire oil man, in a four hour
direct examination told the story of his
life from the time he was a "shavetail
mule driver" in the old west until he
found himself defendant in a suit in
volving naval oil reserve leases in
which he had estimated there might
be profit of $10O,0O0,OO0.
His story was an unqualified denial
of all charges of wrong doing, unpatri-
otic intent or corrupt purpose in the
leasing negotiations. He repeated what
he told the senate oil committee three
years ago concerning his 100000 loan
to Albert B. Fall, then secretary of the
interior, in November, 1921, when the
oil reserves policies still were on the
fire in the navy and interior depart
ments-"it was personal transaction
with an old prospector friend"
His personal interest in the Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, oil storage project,
which led to the leasing of the Elk
Hills, Calf, reserves, grew out of the
conversations with a naval officer
which Convinced him the menace Of
Japan" in the Pacific was in 1921 of
Importance, he told the jury.
Mrs Doheny earlier in the day had
described her husbands conversations
the loan with Fall and pro-
9uced the missing note signature of
Eall,. which has been in her possession
ever since the first feeble twisters of
the oil storm swept over the national
capital to the United States senate and
thence to the law courts of California,
Wyoming, Minnesota and the District
of Columbia.
Edward L. Doheny, Jr., the defend
ants son, also took the stand and told
of delivering the 100000 to Fall in
Wardman Park hotel here on Novem-
Der 80, 1921, and of handing the note
to his father in New York the next
day, with no writing in the space pro-
vided for the interest rate.
President Coolidges name was
DrougnI into lne proceedings. Win the
offer of evidence of a letter Doheny
had written him on March 8, 1924, re-
garding progress under the Pearl Har-
Dor contract. Government objections
to admission of the letter on the
ground that it had no bearing on the
charge were sustained and
the document did not go before the u
jury In whispered argument over the
bench, it was stated by defense counsel
that the White House had never re-
piled to the communication.
1t was revealed for the first time to- /
day that Fall had rendered stocks val
ued at 100000 to Doheny in March, !
Continued On Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
DRY AGENT WAS
WARNED TO BE
QUIET, HE SAYS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9 Dr.
Threats that he would lose his job
and that the boys would get him"
if he testified for the government
were carried to Carl Ahlin, chief of
the federal under-cover prohibition
agents, Alrlin said from the witness
stand in the trial here today of. Col
onel Ned NJ Green, former district
federal prohibition chief, on il
charges of embezzling confiscated Ii
Gror. Ahlin is one of the chief gov
ernment witnesses Pressed by de-
fense counsel to name the man or
men who made the threats Ahlfn re-
sponded that on one occasion an ele-
vator man in the federal building
remarked to him that they were out
toN get him.
Il asked him who was out to get
me?' the witness said, "and he re-
sponded try and find out"
Later the witness said that he
saw Joe McShane, an attorney in
one of the corridors Of the federal
building and Mcshane remarked:
"I hear that the boys are out to
get you" McShane' did not say who
"the boys were,'' the witness said
Ahlin was followed to the stand
by Ivan Johnson, newspaper man
and son of Colonel Samuel I. john
son, who was Colonel Green's chief
aid in the prohibition bureau. Young
Johnson testified that he visited Col
onel Green at his hotel on one oc-
casion and. the colonel offered him
a drink, which he accepted. Colonel
Green took the bottle out of a bureau
drawer, the witness said
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
CROP DAMAGE
GROWING AFTER
STORM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 R.-Crop
damage was mounting hourly in I'm
pertal valley tonight as the storm
which yesterday descended on the
area about Los Angeles moved south
eastward virtually paralyzing motor.
traffic, washing out railroad tracks
and filling irrigation bitches to flood
stages.
Continuing rain, already passed the
record point wrought serious dam
age to barley pasture fields, the let
tuce crop, and unpicked cotton. Live
stock was suffering from exposure
to the driving rain and winds. The
main irrigation canal, supplying
about one-third of the water of the
valley burst from it's banks at Dixie
Land and spread over the San Diego
Ell Centre highway. Northwest of
Brawley the Salton sea highway
was closed by order of the state
highway commission, the rain hav-
ing undermined the pavement or
covered it.
Highways in every other direction
were impossible. Arizona authorities
all traffic by automobile east
of Yuma Stages and other machines
were unable to get washed out sec
tions of highway on the San Diego
route.
A washout on the Southern Pa
ic.fic companys line northwest Of
INLAND delayed outbound and main
line westbound trains last night un.
til 2 o'clock this morning. Trains
are now running an hour or more
late because of soft track.
No more earth shocks were felt
here today following the series of
jolts yesterday. The last tremor
was felt at $50 p. m. last night and
was of equal intensity with the pre-
ceding shocks. No damage was re-
ported
The rain fell generally over the
valley. INLAND reported more than
three inches; Ell Centre a little less
than two inches, and Brawley 1.ST.
Strong cold winds whipped Los
Angeles during last night ana to-
day following the freakish storms
yesterday. Harbor craft were threshed
about in 6O-mile gale but out
side of small steamer being strand
ed on a mud bank, no serious dam
age was done.
The yacht Poinsettia, formerly
owned by the German crown prince
was enormously reported to have
Slipped her mornings and crashed
onto the breakwater at San Pedro
during last nights gale A check
this morning showed the Poinsettia
lmndamaged. Heavy winds We're gen.
idena, near Pasadena, large trees
were uprooted, awnings torn from
l(houses, fences blown down and de-
Ilbris scattered over lawns and
streets.
h Mountain peaks and the higher
Ilfoothill levels were blanketed with
Ienow chilling the winds which swept
over the metropolitan area,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
Treasure House of MEXICO

N. Y, Dec. 9.-R-Copper
quiet; electrolytic spot and
futures 1875. Lead dull;
spot 7.9O. Bar silver So ".
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
4 KILLED IN.
EXPLOSION Of
INDIANA MINE.
Fire in Entry Drives Rescue
Crews From Mine. IA
Rescued May Die of
Burns.

PRINCETON, Ind, Dec.
8 (AP)-Fire in the south
entry of the Francisco Coal
company's number 2 mine,
in which 21 men were killed
today and five are still en-
tombed, tonight drov e
rescue crews from t h e
shaft.
Seven men were rescued
alive from a heretofore un-
explored entry tonight but
one of them, Ollie Rohl, Of
Evansville, died before he
reached the hospital.
1t was in an entry ad-
joining the one from which
the seven men were releas-
ed that the fire broke out,
aug1nenting the disaster
which occurred at $50 this
morning when an explosion,
Of undetermined origin, en-
tonbed II men in the 500
foot shaft as they, the first
contingent Of the 400 men
employed in the mine, went
down at the beginning of
the day shift.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
Cadet Tries to Stand
In Straight Position,
.Bre AXIS His Neck

WORCESTER. Mass, Dee. a.-tH1
Cadet Adrian j, Van Leeuwen,
first year man at the west Point
military academy, is at his home in
this city recovering from a broken
neck. War department records
which have reached this city reveaI
Chat the injury was caused while
the cadet was endeavOring to fol-
low the instructions OF an upper
class man to stand straight enough
to meet academy standards. The
war Department records show that
this was in line with instructions
and was not hnaing stunt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
MEN
GET HIN, NOW.
ON WAY WEST
Man Under Indictment
With Mrs, Mcpherson
Surprised He Was Not
Taken Before.

ALTOONA, Pa, Dee. 8
(AP)-Kenneth G. Oriais-
ton, wanted in connection
with the Aimee McP Pherson
case in Los Angeles, left
Altoona at 4:06 this after
noon, according to Penn
sylvania railroad officials
here. These officials said
Ormiston was accompanied
by two detectives.
The apartment IN which Orm.ston
had his quarters is situated in one
Of the best residential sections of the
city and overlooks the Susquehanna
river. other residents in the apart
ment said that in the two months
Ormiston had been there they had
seen little of him He had two
room suite and was said to have
had only one or two callers during
his stay here.
In Ormiston's apartment were q
typewriter and radio set. A. closet
contained a stack of magazines, some
of them dating back number of
weeks, and on ae.stable was a pro-
gram of "a high school football game
which was played here Thanksgiving
day. In the little kitchen were COOK
ing utensils and food. Just what
Ormiston worked at, during his stay
here, was not learned.
Mrs. catherine Neil, an aged womas
who cleaned his apartment once a
week, said her employer wore greasy
clothes, and slept until afternoon,
she said he sometimes did his Iuan
dry work.
Mrs. Neil declared the clothes werc
so greasy that she was sure he
worked around machinery and that
a white chair in the kitchen was
hard tc clean because he sat on 1t
with soiled clothes. She said she
never saw any mail in the room and
that when she came to clean there
always was a dollar bill on the
,
on mail box in the vestfbu1e OF,
the apartment was a card with the
name "F Linenger'' printed in cap
lJaI letter WITH pencll. OeIec''
tive Carson, late tonight, said an
examination of Ormiston's trunk dis
closed diplomas from five radio
schools He also said that corre
spondence discovered in the trunk
indicated that the radio operator had
a wife in Brazil.
Declining to discuss the case
throughout the day, Carson tonight
told why local police had failed to
apprehend Ormiston.
mo detective in the world would
arrest Ormiston on the description
supplied to local police" he said
since the photograph with which
we were provided was taken Ovinis-
ton has grown a niustache: He fur
ther changed his appearance by the
use of glasses. In no description
did it say that the man rmped. It's
almost impossible to recognize him
from his photograph"
After previously declaring that
Ormiston was on his way to Chicago
and that charges of conspiracy would
he filed against him in that city,
Carson said the whole affair was
"a publicity stunt" He declined to
amplify this statement
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
CLEVELAND'S DAUGHTER
 IS GRANTED DIVORCE
Wife Of Former President Explains That Decree Was on Grounds
 of Dcsertion.

Princeton, N. j.. Feb. Is P --~ Mrs Thomas Jex Preston, Jr, widow of Grover Cleveland. today confirmed Paris dispatches an. nouncing the granting of divorce to her daughter. Marion Clel eland Dell of Morristown, N, I. Mrs Dell was the second child Of the marriage of Mrs. Preston 10 Grover Cleveland.
 The press dispatches declared that the decree against William Stanley Dell had been given be- cause ot his Injurious attitude" to- ward the defendant, This war characterized by Mrs. Preston as an 'impertinence."
 Mrs. Preston declined 10 go into detail regarding the litigation. She said Dell Is now in Switzerland, while her daughter is in New York.
 we had hoped that the affair would not be made public,' said Mrs. Preston. "Now that it is out, I want it made clear that deser- ton constituted the grounds for divorce. The news dispatches are n impertinence,"
 Mrs. Preston emphasized that the grounds for divorce were "daser- ton in the legal acceptance of the term"
 Beyond a mere statement of the fact Of the divorce, there Is nothing more to eay.' Mrs. Preston pro- tested.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
NOT S0 YARD, SAYS
 TENNIS CHAMPION
But Her Excited Actions Belle
 Her Words

lens poisa partly loft her as soon as she had retired from the court after today's victory over Helen Wills.
 "I told you that would would have 70 congratulate me" she said 10 the Associated Press reporter when ht shook her trembling, moist hand
 Tt was not a very hard match, " she said, But the bewildered, al- most frightened look on her face seemed to tell somewhat different story, While her hcaving breast showed tho emotion under which sho had been laborns.
 Miss Wills right knee. which she injured in her match with Mile. Nlasto yesterday, visibly bothered her during today's play.
 T have no excuses 10 make" she told the reporters over the tele. phone, but close observers Of the match believe that her weakening in the second set, while primarily due 10 annoyance over the poor deci- sion of the linesman, was consider ably aided by the pain in her in- jured knee
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
MEXICAN GOVERNOR NOW
 REPLIES TO CHARGES
In Petcct Case says Girls and Par ents Were Not Beyond
 Heproach.

San Diego, Calf, Feb. IG lp--.A couutor-attack against American criticism growing out ot the attack upon Clyde and Audry Peteat in Tia Jusns has been started by Governor Rodriguez Of the northern district Of Lower California.
 Tn a statement last night he lail part Of the glane for the oDtra ges rart of the blame for the outragos eVirida of the family upon the par rnts of the girls
 While a"owing that 'he men who attacked the girls are to he punished u-i'h the s"verest penalty o' the laU, lhc Mexican governor claimed that investigation has :s:own that the ccr1Gct cf Thomas Peteet and his wife vas not above reproaGh. The governor sa.1 that 'hA family was drinking heaN ly for five days during their stay at the Nacional hotel. each night they took liquor 10 their rooms and each morning 'he porter at the hotel removed the empty bottles" the s'a'sment says
 The governor ohtActs 70 tht criti. c!tm levnled at him and Mayor Pal. bcio of TlaJuana. and cannot under sand the severe srraiEnnent when las mater Of fat', affairs Of this chara ctnr are of common occurrerce n Los Angeles and other California and Amsr!Han cities
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
GEORGE CANS TELLS
 LIONS OF PALESTINE
Trip To Jerusalem Like Visit To New York, He Says Al
 Luncheon.

Members of the New Britain Lions club packed their imaginary | trunks today and went with former Tire Commissioner George Cans on an inspection trip of the Holy Lands Mir. Cans recently returned from q l trip to Palestine and at the meeting 1 of the Lions club today he told of 1 his travels,
 Palestine will play q tremendous part in the future development of the nations, he stated. He took his
 audience through the history Of Pal ostine from the fall of Jerusalem 10 the recognition of the new Palestine i hy the governments of United States, England and Turkey within the past
 two or three years.
 Some surprise was evincel when
 he stated that, although the scenes made familiar to the tourist through Bible and prayer book were encoun- tered on the trip, when one gets off the modern train at Jerusalem to-
 day, he or she is apt to imagine him.
 self or herself back in New York. He said the residents of Palestine spend s12 month for education alone, while out among the Arabs,
 an Arab father will not permit hls children to become educated. Remarks were made by Rev. Jos eph Sullivan of Springfield. Enter itainment was furnished by the Ser enadcrs. A. J. DeLaurier, manager of Garber Brothers store, and James Ryan, manager Of the ". T, Grant store. were welcomed as new mem- bers.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
PAPER IS NO MORE
Buffalo Elcning Post, After if Years Of Existence, Today Sus- bends Publication.

Buffalo, Feb. l6 GP--The Buffalo Evening Post, formerly the Buffalo Commercial, today suspended pub lication after having been issued continuously for 1i4 years, Owner" ship of the property reverted from the Coley Publishing company to Charles A, Tinnegan who an pounted he was negotiating a sale 10 q new syndicate.
 In recent months the post has been published as q financial daily The first issue of the Gazette. pre- d"cessor of the Commercial appear cd October 3, 1911, as I weekly. AL though Buffalo was almost on the firing line during the var Of 1872 publimation vas continued without interruption, but the plant vas moved several times.
 The Gazette wos given credit for having tho 'e" dropped from "Buf- faloa" as 1t vas spelled in those days. This Vas achieved after q spirited campaign.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16

hs bought stock personally with tho hope that "by putting in more mon ey, the concern could earu more money" IIc appeared confused as 10 how much he furnished the com pany personally. and how much tho bank paid, explaining that it WIS q case of Borrowing from Peter 10 pay Paul" and taking from Paul 10 pay Peter" Ha said he placed at least sloh,ono in the machine com. pany.
 Over Attorney Gilpa'ric's ohJer. tionS Attorney Howard questioned Harold Gilpatric as 10 WAipple and Gilpatric stock. owned by George Gilpatrie, father of the former cash fer, This stock, it appeared. had heen pledged by Harold as having been owned hy him. Attorney How. ard had in his possession what pur. ported 10 be statements relative 10 fhis stock, Attorney Gilpatric ob- jected on the grounds that tho mat ter Is already in court on rccama. ton proceedings. and had no part in the present examination. Attorney Robinson. for the receiver. objected 10 the objection, and he questions were admitted Harold Gilpatric could shed no light on the particular papers introduced. saving he had made dozens of statements. and that he was trying to establish every avenue of credit in the hope that things would turn.
 What l didn't do, I didn't think Of doing" was the way he expressed It
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
COMMERCIAL TRUST co,
 BRINGS SUIT FOR S6,0OO
Endorscrs of Notes for Thomas r Cashmsn Mado Defendants ip
 Civil Actions.

Two suits totsling s6,00o have been brought against Theodore NJ, Stanley of Wethersheld by the Com. merelal Trust Co.,. whlo Bertha E, Cashman of this city is named CO., defendant In ono action to the eS. tent of sS,ooo, Alleging that Stan ley endorsed s2,ooo note given on July 9S, 1925. by the National Type Foundry Co. and payable 10 Thomas r. Cashman, the bank seeks dam ages 10 the extent Of sS,0o0. A like amount is sought from each defend. ant in the second suit, the complaint being that they endorsed note for s2:oO given to the plaintiff by Thomas r. Cashman.
 Both writs were issued by Judge E. r. Galfnoy and are rcturnablo Tn the city court the first Monday of March, Constable Fred Wrinkle has attached property of the defendants in Berlin,
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
R. R. MAN TO RETIRE
President Of Missourt-Knnsas- Texas Line Has Been 55 Years In The Business.

New York. Feb. 1b R--Closing D career of 55 years of service with various railroads, C. E. Schaff, president Of the Missouri.Kansas- Texas railroad company. announces he will retire May 1. He will be succeeded by c. N. Whitehead, who In his 33 years with the Katy" has climbed from messenger boy to the post Of executive vice. president,
 Mir. Schaff recently celebrated his roth birthday. Mir. Whitehead Is 4S years old.
 Although the Missouri Kansas Texas is one Of the units In L. F. Loree's proposed western merger. 1t is considered probable the road will continue 10 operate for some time under its present management.
 The retiring president of the Katy" entered railway service in 1871 as a brakeman with the Pitts burgh. Cincinnati & St. Louis rail- way.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
Greek Govt. Gives Medals
 Tn American Naval Men

Washington, Feb. Is PD --- Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, now commandapt of the first naval dis trict, Boston, and seven other naval officers, who served with him when he commanded the European squadron aboard the flagship Pitts bursh, have been awarded deoora- tions of the Order of the Sayiours by the Greek government.
 The citations on which ths awards were made have not as yet reached the navy department, but Senator Butler, Massachusetts, is preparing q bill 10 authorize the acceptance of the decorations,
 The other officers Are Captain F., T. Evans, Commander James $, Woodward, medical corps; Com msnder ". F, Halsey. Commander Raymond spurance, Commander A (. Sterling, Lieutenant Commander ". J. Hine and Lieutenant H, 0. Hunter.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
WAS WITH MERIDEN GIRL

It was erroneously stated that Dave Young, 505 Arch street, who was driving q machine on North Colony road near Merideu, Sunday night, when 1t was run into by Daniel Fennessey. l?S Dwight street was in tho company of Miss Mario Meddin of New Britain. Miss Med din is from Mtriden. and is ac~ companist for Mir. Young when he sings in concerts, Young was not cut about the face, but Sandy Cur ", who was accompanying Hennes- sAy. was cut slightly. Mir, Young said that he was taken Miss Meddin to Meriden.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-16
Suzanne Wins Again
toilcratIllatp Helen

New York, Feb, l6 Rl--Joncs ".
 MersereaH president of the United
 States Lawn Tennis association,
 cabled congratulations 10 Helen
 Wills today upon her play against Suzanne Lenglen and predicted tho
 American champion would win If they meet again.
 Congratulations on well-fought
 match" Mr. Mersereau's cable read.
 You have nothing 10 regret and
 probably will win the next time" Informed of details of the match hy the Associated Press, Mir. Mer- sercau expressed the opinion that Miss Wills played exceptional ten- his under the conditions. He regret ted that there should have been any dipute over line decisions such
 as the one that cabled dispatches
 report cost Miss Wills victory in the second set,
 Other tennis officials and critics shared with Mir. Mersereau the be- lief that Miss Wills had acquitted herself brilliantly and given Mile. LengleD 8 much closer fight than
 was generally anticipated.
 That dispels any theory of Leng-
 lens superiority by love-set scores" said one official.
 Forced To Play Hard On only five occasions since her reign of supremacy began In 1919 his Suzanne 1englen been extended such as she was today 10 win from Helen Wills In their dramatic inter-
 national battles at Cannes. The American champion takes her place
 alongside Elizabeth Ryan, Kathleen WcKane, Mola E. Mallory and Mrs, Lambert Chambers as the stars who have put the French girls ability to severe tests.
 Mrs, Mallory is the only player Of these five with q victory over Mile. Lenglen 10 her credit in this period. That was scored by default after she had taken the first set from Suzanne, 6-2, in the American
 national championships of 1921, but the French star atoned for this set-
 back by crushing defeats of Mrs Mallory abroad in 1922 at 6-2, GO.
 and in 1923 at GO, GO.
 ! Thus, Mrs. Mallory In three con-
 tests with Suzanne failed to win as
 many games as Helen did today in one match.
 Mrs. Chambers. veteran former English champion who explained the British Wightman cup team in its triumphant visit here last sum-
 mer, gave Lenglen a keen fight be- l fore the latter won her first cham ptonship at Wimbledon in 1919.
 Twice Mrs. Chambers was within a
 point of victory after taking one set.
 Following her downfall In 1921, here, Lenglen twice was extended in 1922. once by Miss Mckane in the i hard-court championships at Brus-
 sels, where the French girl won by
 6-2, 1o-a, and again at Wimbledon.
 where Miss Ryan pushed Suzanne to scores of 6-l. S-s.
 Lenglen's sway was unchallenged again until 1924 at Wimbledon.
 Again it was Miss Ryan who rose 10 unusual heights and Suzanne lost set before she won from the
 California. chop-stroke star. 6.2. 6-S. 6-4 Lenglen complained of illness during thiss match and was so un- nerved afterward that she withdrew ! from the tournament,