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The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
BIAS H|NTED
At TRIAL Of
FALL, DOHENY
Defense Asks Prospective
Jurors About Political and
Religious Points.
'REVELRY GETS NOTICE
Questions Relate to oil
Scandal Book.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-An inti-
nation that the defense feared pos
sible injection of political or religious
prejudice into the famed Fall-Do-
heny conspiracy trial developed early
in examination of veniremen today.
The task of selecting jurors for
the trial of former Secretary of In
terror Fall and the multimillionaire
oil man, E. l.. Doheny. on charges
of conspiracy in connection with the
Elks Hill (Cal.) naval oil reserve pro-
ceeded rapidly, and within little
more than an hour after court
opened, seven talesmen had been ten
tatively selected and an eighth had
been challenged.
But their assignment to the jury
box came only after some had de-
clared they had not read "Revelry, !"
Samuel Hopkins Adams story of a
Government "oil scandal" and had
sworn that neither politics nor
religion would influence their judg-
ment.
Approached Brother
One Of the talesmen picked was a
Negro
Clinton Carver, steam filter, said
during his examination by Frank
J. Hogan, attorney for Doheny, that
his brother had been approached"
a week ago Friday.
''They wanted to know what was
my position" said Carver. "rhey
asked my brother about my politics
and where 1 was employed-just
about the same questions you are
asking now"
Hogan had been asking veniremen
If they had any religious prejudices,
because his client, Doheny, is a
Catholic.
Carver, however said he would
not be influenced by the conversa-
ton they" Che did not say who) had
with his brother and he was tenta.
lively accepted. He professed to
have no political or religious preju-
dices.
Asked About "Revelry"
Winfield Martingale, clerk, told
Hogan, friend, had told him about
"Revelry."
What did he say to your" asked
Hogan.
"He said it dealt somewhat with
the late President Harding's life" :"
the witness replied. But 1 didn't
pay any attention to it."
Martingale was accepted tenta-
lively by both sides.
Bertram A. Sampson, who re-
placed another tentative juror. said
some one had beep to his house a
few days ago and asked Mrs. Samp-
son about me-" Hogan did not press
this phase Of the questioning further.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
GIVES PEACHES
REDUCED AL|MONY
Court Allows $500 a Week.
Asked $4,000 Monthly.

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WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Nov. %.
Mrs. Frances Heenan Browning
was awarded $500 a week alimony
and $500 counsel fees by Justice
Morschauser in Supreme Court today
in the suit for separation filed
against her by Edward w. Brown
ing, wealthy real estate man, and
her counter-suit.
Brownings suit and the counter
suit of his wife have been consoli-
dated so the case may be tried to-
gether.
Browning's young wife, the former
Peaches" Heenan, asked $4,000 a
month alimony and $4,000 counsel
fees.
She said her husband had an in
come of 100000 a year and owned
real estate worth $10,000,000.
Justice Morschauser said the suit
probably would be heard in January.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
PUBLISHER FALLS DEAD
ApopIexy Ends Life of G. p. j.
Mooney at Memphis, Tenn.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 20.-C. P.
j. Mooney, publisher of the Memphis
Commercial-Appeal, dropped dead
here today. Death was due to apo
plexy.
Mooney went to his Office this
morning apparently in good health
and followed his usual morning
routine. Shortly before noon be com
planned of feeling badly and went
into his private office, where he was
stricken and died before medical aid
could be called. He was 81 years
old.
He was president and managing
editor of the Commercial Publishing
Company andH was one of the most
widely known newspaper men in the
South.
Recently Mooney announced he
would start an afternoon edition OF
the Commercial-Appeal. He had been
working on plans for this new edi.
tion, and it is believed that strain
and Overwork caused his death to-
day.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
Valuation of $1s,oo0,ooo
Set by Federal Court
Is Upheld.
2 DISSENTING OPINIONS
Decision Means Present
Schedule Remains.
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q WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The
United States Supreme Court today
affirmed a decision OF Federal Judge
Gelger restraining the Indiana pub
lie service commission from putting
into effect lower rates on water for
the city Of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis Water Company
brought the suit and won In Geiger's
court. his decree holding the com
mission rates were confiscatory. and
setting $19,OO0,0O0 as a minimum val.
uation for rates.making purposes.
The commission and the City of In.
dianapolis appealed, asserting the
valuation was too high. Justice But.
ler announced the decision uphold
ing the commissions valuation.
Justices Stone and Brandeis dis.
scented, asserting Judge Geiger has
misconstrued the law by holding that
"spot reproduction cost was tanta-
mount to value"
They criticised Geiger for ruling
that the company should pay min
imum Of per cent on the valuation.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
FIVE KILLED IN
PARTMENT FIRE
Several of Seventy 0CCu-
pants Hurt in Leaps.

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LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. e.
Fire swept the Rangely Apts. here
early today, causing panic among
seventy guests and talking a toll Of
at least five lives.
The blaze was discovered shortly
after 3 a. m. by Officer E. J. Coltas,
who entered the building and spread
the alarm. Dressed only in night
clothing, the occupants Of the build
ing rushed frantically to fire escapes
and other exits.
Several persons were hurt jumping
from their windows to the ground be-
low.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
JAIL DRY VI0LAT0RS
Lawrenceburg Father ssld Son Given
Prison Terms.

Federal Judge Robert c. Baltzell
today sentenced Otha Hayes, 81, to
sixty days in Marion County jail,
and his son, Henry Hayes, to ninety
days, for violation of the liquor law.
The men were fined $500 each.
The case was heard last Tuesday,
Jury finding. the men guilty to-
gether with Robert Sedler, who was
fined s100 The age of the father
determined in a large measure the
leniency of the sentence, it was said,
and the sons sentence was made
shorter because of a recent ninety
day sentence served in Cincinnati in
connection with the same case.
The defendants had been charged
with the sale of liquor and main
tenance of a nuisance at Lawrence
burg.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
Pay$14O, 900, 900 for
Railroad at Auction,

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BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 22.-The Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way today was sold at public auc-
ton to Robert T. Swaine and Donald
c. Swaziland, representing the re-
organization managers, Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., and the National City Com
pany Of New York for $140 900, 900.
Immediately after the property
was struck off to them, the bidders
assigned their bid to the Chicago,
Milwaukee, & Pacific Railroad Com
pany, by which name the company
will be known hereafter.
Reorganization of the system and
lifting Of the receivership, which
began March 1S, 1925, was foreseen
as a result of the sale.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
SHULTZ DINNER GUEST
Stutz to Honor Driver Who WOT
Hill Contest.

Glenn Shultz. who won the hill
climb contest at Pixies Peak, Labor
Day, in a Stutz car, will be guest at
dinner given by the Stutz Motor
Car Company tonight at the In
dianapolis Athletic Club.
The Penrose trophy. a silver bowl
$50 years old. which was given
Shultz has been on display at the
Stutz-Indianapolis Auto Company
show window.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
INTIMIDATION BY
KING BEN DENIED
Counsel Asserts No Wit
neSses Approached.

Bu FHited Press
BENTON 1ARBOR, Mich, Nov.
22.-In an emphatically worded
statement ito the public press, -
counsel for king" Benjamin Pur-
nell of the House of David today de-
MED any attempts had been made
cases pending against Purnell and
asserted counsel for the respondent
are not going to permit threats of
prosecution to deter them from dis
charging their full duty"
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
STAR WITNESS VERY ILL
'Pig Woman" Who Testified From
Bed, Not Expected to Live.

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JERSEY CITY, N. j., Nov. 22.-
Mrs. Jane Gibson had a severe re-
lapse during the night and was in
very bad" condition today, physi-
clans at the Jersey City hospital
said.
Mrs. Gibson, star witness for the
State in the Hall-NIills murder trial,
was reported as unlikely to survive
her present illness after she had
been returned here last week from
the Somerville courtroom, where,
from a hospital bed, she dramatically
accused the three defendants of par
ticipating in the murder.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
Stays COUPLE At
BREAKFAST TABLE
Man Probably Fatally
Wounds Sister.

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BRIDGETON, N. j., Nov. o.
Linwood Ware, %. opened fire with
an automatic pistol at a group seat
ed around the breakfast table IN his
parents home today, killing two
and perhaps fatally wounding
third.
He then fed the house, but was
captured, without resistance, a few
blocks away.
The dead:
William Candy and wife, both
aged 65. who boarded with Wares
parents
Mrs. Madeline Maxwell. 26, Wares
sister, was so severely wounded her
recovery was considered doubtful.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
KEEP TAIL LIGHT ON
Motor Police Start Drive oil Auto
Law ViOlators.

Keep your tail light burning"
might be an appropriate parody for
Hoosier motorists who like to keep
straight with the law.
Secretary of State Frederick f.
Schortemeier this morning in
structed State motor police TO show
no pity toward automobile drivers,
especially truck drivers. who neglect
to keep the rear warning light
burning after dark. IF they can't
provide bond, then chuck them in
Jail over night" Schortemeier in-
structed the State police.
IL don't like the idea all these
dives and campaigns, but it has
come to the place where lives are
being endangered by the failure OF
innumerable motorists TO provide
tail lights"
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
COURTS MAKE CHANGES
GemmiIl Chief Justice of Supreme
Body, Mcmahon of Appellate.

Judge Willard B. Gemmill Of Mar
ion became chief justice Of the Indi-
ana Supreme Court today with open
ing of the November term Of that
body. He succeeds Judge David A.
Myers of Greensburg.
Judge Willis c. Mcmahon Of
Crown Point became chief justice
of the Appellate Court, succeeding
Judge Solon A. Enloe of Danville.
Judge Francis NJ. Thompson Of Ver-
sailles ascended to the presiding
judgeship Of the Appellate Court.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
of
Treasury to Resign

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Under-
Secretary of the Treasury j. B. Win
ston said today he intends to retire
from public life within a few months.
It was understood at the Treasury
that Representative ogden L. Mills,
Republican, New York, who retired
from Congress in March, is slated to
succeed Winston.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
DENTISTS LICENSING VALID
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The Su.
preme Court today affirmed a Min
nesota Supreme Court decision hold.
ing the States dentists licensing law
constitutional, in a test case brought
by Charles H. Graves. Minneapolis.
Graves charged the requirement for
presentation of a diploma from an
accredited dentistry college before an
examination was given by the ex-
aiming board deprived him of his
rights.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
NEW YORK BUSIEST PORT

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-New
York easily held first honors as a
shipping center last year with total
ocean tonnage Of 61,710,000. the ship
ping board reported today Total
ocean-borne commerce handled at all
seaports last year aggregated 26S,'
900, 900 tons, an increase OF "a. .400. .00C
tons, or IA per cent over 1924.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
No Life Traces in
Mine Trap of Six

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HAZLETON, Pa, Nov. 22.-De-
spite the fact that no traces of life
were found when drillers penetrated
to the No. 1 breast in which the six
miners were entombed nearly a week
in the Tomhicken colliery here, res
cue squads today continued to work
at top speed to open UP other breasts
of the flooded mine.
Work on the bore hole into the
No. breast is being pushed as
rapidly as possible, but early today
the drillers, with less than fifteen
feet to go, struck rock. This ma
terially slowed drilling operations.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
C0LDEST THIS SEASON
18 Mark TOday-ShOuld Be Warmer
Tonight and Tuesday.

After reaching 1S degrees, lowest
temperature Of the season, at a,
m. today the mercury Is due to re-
bound bit tonight, and register be-
tween rs and 80, according to the
United States Weather Bureau. With
warm sun overhead the tempera-
ture climbed to 35 at noon.
Tuesday will see somewhat warm
er and party cloudy weather, under
the prediction, but there is no in
dication of decidedly higher tempera
ture.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
FARMERS STUDY
MEANS TO GET
RID OF SURPLUS
Annual Federation Meeting
W. C. T. u. Leader
Hits Vets

The Indiana Farm Bureau Fedora.
ion met at ths Claypool today in
its annual convention to outline
means of removing the inequali
ties" the Indiana farmer is strug-
Cling against in his efforts to make
a living.
w. H. Settle, Federation president,
spoke defending the McNary Haugen
bill defeated in the last Congress.
VoIstead Blamed
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley. State
w. c. T. u. president, urged the
farmers to unite to fight the vets
who, she declared, are seeking to
blame unfavorable farm conditions
on prohibition.
"These are strenuous years for
the farmer" Settle declared.
think most men who have studied
our economic problems know whore
the great difficulty lies. Some are
willing and ready to help us remove
the inequalities that agriculture is
subjected to, others, because Of self
ish interests or greed are not willing
that farmers should have a square
deal.
Surplus Is Problem
The problem of agricultural sur
pluses is the most important one
awaiting solution" he declared.
The McNary-Haugen bill would
have solved this program. He men,
toned the aid Senators James e.
Watson and Arthur r. Robinson
gave the bill in the Senate.
Settle also declared the farm bu-
reau received perfect cooperation
from State officials.
when we asked the Governor for
a favor we received it. When we
went before the securities commits
sion we won our case. The tax COM
missioners have worked for us. The
State Legislature has passed the leg.
islation we asked" he said.
Mrs. Stanley urged the farmer to
inform himself of general farm con
ditions and to cast his ballot intelli-
gently.
"The voters of the United States
need to know the truth about condi-
tions and legislation affecting agri-
culture" she said.
"'This information will forever
spike the guns of the enemies of this
republic who are now exploiting the
unfavorable conditions on the farm
as traceable TO prohibition.
Note Don't "HowT"
"As a matter Of fact, prohibition
has been the saliva ton of agriculture,
since It gave men normal appetites
for wholesome food, filled the baby's
milk bottle. furnished ice cream in
homes where it once was a luxury
and placed milk bars near the
factory for laboring men"
The speaker stressed the fact that
farmers must vote and not howl"
on election day because the best
men were defeated.
1.-THE time has come" she con
tinued, when we must make the
citizen who willingly absents him
self from the polls realize that he
bears the same relation to a moral
conflict as the soldier who deserts
his country's banner before a battle"
she said.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
OuUner in Church;
Guns Are Taken

James Hymer, 1927 Guilford
Ave-, representative of the
Remington Arms Company, at
tended services at the First
Baptist Church Sunday morn
ing, parking his auto near Yer
mont and Meridian SITS.
The car contained $4,000
worth of samples, including
1900 pocket knives, shells.
shotguns and rifles. While Hy
mer was in the church the car
and its "warlike" cargo were
stolen. Police have not recov-
cred It
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
Home Edition

Milton G. Works Bridge
Lesson is printed on the Edi-
torial Page today.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-22
Forecast

Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; somewhat warmer
tonight with lowest tempera-
Lure 25 to 30.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
Durham Wins, 13 to 4
Gets Revenge for Earlier Defeat by
Chapel Hill School

The Durham high school
baseball team won from Chapel
Hill Wednesday, in a match
played here, by score of 13 to
q. This puts the two schools on
even terms, the first game of
the season having been won by
Chapel Hill.
Both teams did we'll at the bat,
but Durham was able to bunch
it's hits and also succeeded in
holding the Chapel Hillians at
critical moments. Cozart, the
visiting left-felder, was the star
performer; he made two home
runs, three-bagger, and a sim
gle. Sher and Adkins each made
three hits out of four times up.
Hearn and Wright, with three
hits each, and King with two,
were Chapel Hills best bats
men.
Eight of Durham's 13 runs
were scored in the last three in
nings.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
Hi-Y Club Meets
Go Through Program in Presence of
Parents and Friends

The Hi-Y Club, composed of
boys of the Chapel Hill high
school, had, an open session on
Wednesday evening of last week,
with the parents and members
of the members as guests. 1t
was under the auspices of the
University Y. M. C. A.
The boys, about twenty of
them, sat on the platform of the
school auditorium, with James
Fowler presiding, George Henry
as secretary, and Theodore Best
as chaplain. Short papers on the
four C's were read by Francis
Uzzell ("Clean Athletics"),
Joseph Warren ("Clean
Specify, Paul Patten ("Clean
Scholarship"), and John War
rem ("Clean Body"). The chap
lain read the 18th chapter of
First Corinthians. These exer-
cises were followed by a talk
from H. F. Conner, secretary of
the University Y.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
GRASS STRIP FOR
THE MIDDLE OF
FRANKLIN STREET
Concrete Walks on 2 Blocks Are
Also Recommended By
Committee
CURBS FOR ROSEMARY ST.

If the board of aldermen ap-
proves report from it's COM
mittee on improvements, CEN
tral strip of grass, fourteen feet
wide, will be planted on Frank
lin street from Andrews cor
ner westward to the end of the
street. Trees will probably be
set out in this central space.
On each side of the grass will
be a roadway 20 feet wide slop-
ing down to a new concrete curb
and gutter. Each Of these
roadways will be separated from
the grass by a concrete curb
without the gutter.
= This is one of several essential
Improvements recommended by
the committee. 1t is proposed
to lay concrete sidewalks on
both sides of the business block
between the post office and Col
umbia street; to lay five-foot
concrete sidewalks on Columbia
street to the Carolina Inn; to
pave from curb to curb the short
Columbia street block between>
Franklin street and fire head
quarters; and to build concrete
CONTINUED on page three)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
Sanitary Expert Here
Representative of State Board of
Health Inspects in Chapel Hill

E. P. Caruthers, sanitary en-
gineer of the State Board of
Health, is in Chapel Hill survey
ing the local sewage situation.
He came Wednesday and will be
here for about four weeks.
He and DR.. Nathan have been
going about the town, on a
house-to-house canvass, making
a record of all homes which must
put in sewer connections. Un-
der both the Chapel Hill ordi-
nances every householder with
in 800 feet of a sewer must (if
the slope of the ground permits)
connect his home with it.
Mr.. Caruthers is also making
an examination Of the sanitary
facilities at homes which are not
in reach of a sewer.
81 find conditions in Chapel
Hill, with regard to sanitation,
exceptionally creditable," he
said yesterday. About Is
sewer connections have been put
in since / was here the last time.
There are probably not more
than 20 possible connections
that have not yet been made,
and notices directing these are
being sent to the householders."
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
C. p. Russell's Book
BrentanO Announces a Biography by
University of n. G. Graduate

Charles Phillips Russell, who
graduated from the University
about twenty years ago and has
since done newspaper work in
New York, Paris, and London,
is the author of a biography, en-
titled Benjamin Franklin, the
First Civilized American" :"
which is to be published in the
fall.
The announcement, sent out
from New York by the publisher,
Brentano, describes the volume
as a new de luxe biography"
and contains the following note
about the author: "Mf. Rus
sell was born in Rockingham,
North Carolina, and afterwards
became a member of the editor
ial staff of the Charlotte Observ-
er when ]. P. Caldwell was still
it's editor and John Charles Nc
Neill was its, contributing poet.
He is a graduate of the Univer-
sity, where his grandfather,
Charles Phillips, and his great
grandfather, James Phillips,
both occupied faculty chairs.
For the sake Of brevity, he now
signs himself simply Phillips
Russell"
Mr.. Russell was a visitor in
Chapel Hill this last winter, re-
newing, after a long absence,
his acquaintance with the Uni
versity and his old-time friends
here.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
SCHOOL DEBATERS
WILL POUR INTO
TOWN NEXT WEEK
VictOrs in Triangular Bouts Will
Discuss a School Tax
Question
FINALS ON FRIDAY NIGHT

Next week is the week of the
high school debates in Chapel
Hill. They will take place
Thursday and Friday, the finals
being scheduled for Friday
night in Memorial Hall.
Including parents and teach
ers who come along, there will
be around $50 visitors. Of
these, ITS are women-girl de-
baters with their mothers or
other chaperones-who are to be
accommodated in the homes Of
the village.
Sixty-fve debating teams will
discuss the query, Resolved,
that North Carolina should lay
a state tax on property to aid
in the support of an eight
months school term"
The IS teams are the winners
in the triangular contests that
have been conducted all over the
state in the last few weeks.
Here they will be divided into
IA sections and will do their talk
ing in the Di and Phi halls, Ger
rard Hall, and other auditori-
ums and classrooms that may be
made available for them.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
MOreheads Pass Through

Mr.. and Mrs. Lathrop More
head of Durham, with their
daughter, Lucy, travelling by au-
tomobile, passed through Chap
ell Hill on their way home from
Charleston, South Carolina,
Tuesday evening. They left
Charleston at ten o'clock in the
morning and got here at about
half past seven. With only
twelve miles and twenty minutes
separating them from home and
supper, they suffered a puncture
in the right front wheel of A.
H. Patterson's. They chatted
with the Pattersons, and other
friends who passed by, while
a wrecking crew from Bruce
Strowd's garage put on the spare
tire.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-09
Hubert Neville Married
Member of WachOvia Bank Staff Weds
Miss Jones in Raleigh

Hubert A. Neville was married
to Miss Laura Jones at the First
Christian church in Raleigh last
Saturday evening. The cere-
mony, attended only by the
members of the family and in
innate friends, was performed
by the pastor, DIR. W. D. Parry.
The bride was dressed in bois
de rose with grey coat trimmed
in squirrel. Her hat and slip
pers were grey.
Mrs. Neville is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Jones of
Raleigh. She attended Mere
dith College and takes an active
part in the young peoples work
of the First Christian church.
Mr.. Neville is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Neville of Chap
ell Hill and is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina.
He now holds a responsible po-
sition with the Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company.
After a two-weeks wedding
trip in western North Carolina,
Mr.. Neville and his bride will
live at 230 North Person Street,
Raleigh. \