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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
STRIPS
SINCLAIR CASE.
Of LEGAL WEB
Technicalities Thrown
Aside by Judge In Trial
For Contempt.
JURY GIVEN SAY
Conclusion Of Hearing Ex-
pected to Be Reached
Wednesday Night.

WASHINGTON, March Is (P).-
Stripping the senate contempt case
against Harry F. Sinclair of the legal
technicalities in which it had become
meshed, Justice Hitz bluntly announced
today TO counsel that he would leave
only four facts to the determination
the case tomorrow.
II am only. going to leave it to the
jury to say" he stated, whether as
a matter of fact Mr. Sinclair was
summoned, whether he appeared,
whether the questions were put to
him, and whether he refused to an
swer."
The government has offered evidence
to show all four things and there has
been no defense evidence to controvert
it, In fact, the only evidence the de-
Tense was permitted to offer was the
statement Sinclair made to the senate
March %, 1924, and explained his rea-
sons for refusing to answer
Justice Hitz's instructions are to
follow very closely those given in the
celebrated Chapman case of contempt
of a congressional committee in which
the jury returned a verdict of guilty
after celebrating for more than "a
hours.
After he had overruled defense mo-
ton for a directed verdict on not
guilty and had heard argument on
nearly half hundred government and
defense prayers to the jury, Justic Hitz
electrified the crowd in the small Dis
trict Of Columbia supreme court room
with this declarations:
"Now, gentlemen, l have come to my
about this case. am not
going to leave for this jury to pass
upon any aspect of the pertinency of
any of these questions. The four ques-
tions set out in the Indictment which
refused to answer.
Continued to Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
DESTROYER s
BRIDGE IS HIT.
BY TWO SHOTS
u. S. Minister to Peking
Orders Consul to Investi-
gate Firing.
LODGE PROTEST
Cantonese Government Sus-
pected of Responsibility
For Attack.

SHANGHAI, March Is (P-Investi-
cation has been ordered by the
United States authorities of a new
International incident which occurred
on Sunday when Chinese soldiers
fired on the American destroyer
Preble, and across Standard Oil
launch which the destroyer was pro-
tecting from interference, 12 miles
from Wuhu OH the Yangtse river.
The Preble had placed an armed
party aboard the launch and was
cscorting her out of danger when
she was fired on. The bridge Of
the destroyer was struck twice but
there were no casualties and the
Americans replied to the Chinese
fire with machine guns
John Van A. MacMurray, American
minister has instructed F. P. Lock-
wood, consul general at Hankow, TO
Investigate the incident and for
NAL protest will be made to the
Cantonese government which only
recently captured Wuhu, if it ;s
found that nationalists were respon-
sible for the attack
Unconfirmed news from the fight
ing fronts tell Of fighting at Thing,
which the Cantonese claim to have
occupied, and near Chen Chow in
northern Honan where the northern-
prs claim victory.
The Cantonese claims say that
Thing, which is a port on the west
ern side of Lake Taihu, 100 miles
west of Shanghai, fell before them
after severe fighting. Capture OF
Ching would mean further eX
tension Of the Cantonese plan to
encircle the important city of Nam
king, from the south, and to cut it
eff from Shanghai.
The northern victory was claimed
at the headquarters of Marshal
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war lord,
where it was said that severe losses
had been inflicted on the semi -inde-
pendent Honan forces of General
Chin Yunao, forcing them to retreat
to .Chengchow The Manchurians
now plan to attack the latter city.
Nanking was still quiet today but
everything was in readiness to evacu-
ate the women ard children there in
case of need.
Now that the British commercial
community, including the chamber
of commerce and the emma asSoc4a-
ton, has had an opportunity to
digest the mass of regulations en-
bodied in the recently concluded
l1anlkow agreement between Great
Britain and the Cantonese, they have
issued long memorandum Of pro-
test.
The agreement fills the British
business men with dismay, because
not only does it contain no safe
guards, but it does not provide any
quld pro quo for the virtual sur
render of all British rights except
extra territoriality and is looked
upon in fact as a capitulation whicr
the Chinese regard as a further sigr
of weakness.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
RADIO
COMMISSION IS.
NOW ORGANIZED

WASHINGTON, March is (P.-The
new federal radio commission complet-
ed it's organization today and took
several steps toward establishing it's
authority over communication by ether.
It's first order settled all immediate
concern which radio users on ship
board or in the amateur field, have
felt as to how the new regime might
effect them, by continuing all licenses
of that character for an indefinite pc
riod
A second decision touched upon the
most congested radio phase, and by
it all operators of broadcast stations
are notlfied to apply in the near flu
ture for a renewal of permits to op-
crate.
In the meantime, beginning March
20, in Washington the commission will
hold four days of open hearings to
consider what shall be done with radio
broadcasting. 1t will prepare and send
out special forms to all holders of per-
mits to broadcast or to transmit radio
from point to point, on which applica-
tions for the right to continue opera
tion may be made. 1t was stressed in
the commissions first public statement
that these applications should be made
and returned to the commission
through the supervising inspectors OF
radio in each of the several districts
! laid out over the country by the COM
merce department.
The formal session at which the
commission acted was called by its
chairman, Admiral Bullard, who is now
en- route to Washington from China
and was presided over by the vic
! chairman, e. o. Sykes, of Mississippi
F, In spite of being handicapped by {
/ failure on the part of congress to ap-
| propriate funds, the commission viii
undertake its work, the statement said
and does not expect to be too mucl
handicapped to meet its necessary OBJ
legations.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
FRANCE, ITALY
AGAIN ASKED TO
AR MS .PARLEYS

WASHINGTON, Marcn 15. (P1-Invl-
tations to France and italy to par
ticipate "in some manner" in the
three power naval conference at Ge-
peva were made public today at the
state department. While similar IN
form and also in language in part
they differed in that reply was made
to arguments advanced by each coun-
try in rejecting the original five
power conference invitation.
Assurance was given both govern
rnents that while the United States
had no desire to reopen questions as
to naval limitations already settled
by treaty it regarded all other ques-
tions as open for discussion and had
no pre-conceived ideas as to French
or italian tonnage ratios in the
classes of auxiliary ships to be dealt
with.
To the French suggestion that sue
cess of the preparatory commission
at Geneva organized by the league of
nations, might be risked by stimuli
taneous treaty negotiations between
the naval powers, the American note
said:
"The government of the United
States is of the opinion that all ap-
propriate measures taken by the large
naval powers cannot but contribute
towards facilitating the task of the
commission"
Italy's assertion of the inter-depen-
dence of every type of armament was
answered similarly shat in the Ameri-
/ can view "limitation of the nava
branch of armament must greatly
contribute in advancing the solution
of the problem as a whole"
Dealing with Italy's suggestion that
] her geographic position and strategic
CONTINUED to Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
= OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PROGRESS
IN A. A. SPERRY
CASE TUESDAY
w. M. Dougherity Ends Six
Day Testimony; McKin-
non On Stand

Auditor W. M. Dougherity ended six
days testimony in the case against A.
A. Sperry, on trial in Tombstone SUI
perior court on charges Of embezzling
approximately $4,000 from the Com
Douglas, yesterday.
Charles H. Edmondson Of Cananea
was on the stand in the afternoon and
was followed by H. M. McKinnon,
manager of the Arizona Southwest
bank,'who was still on the stand when
court recessed.
Court convened at $3.50 a. M Dough-
Gritty again went under cross examin-
alton by w G.. Gilmore, attorney for
the defense. Dougherity was first
questioned about several insurance
policies, which had been cancelled, and
concerning the return premiums due
the company.
Gilmore asked the witness to state
to the jury just what he meant by a
return premium.
'The amount that the insurance
company owes to the parties who can
eel it," Dougherity explained.
Alexander Murray prosecuting at
torney, suggested that the witness
write definition of return prem
ium on the blackboard, but Dougher-
ity protested on the ground that he
would not be able to write any better
than he had already explained. The
suggestion was oVerruled.
To the question put to him by At
torney Gilmore "HoW much money
came into the business during the pc
riod of time covered by your audit?'
Dougherity replied, 81 don't know"
did you state to Mr.. O'Neil then
that there was a loss of almost $4,000
shown on the books?"
mo, L told him that 1 had found a
difference of over $4,000, but had
charged some of the items to errors. =
The monotonous identification OF
records and entries took practically
the whole morning, and there were no
important developments when the
court recessed at 10 o'clock.
The afternoon session opened with
Dougherity still under cross-examina-
tion by Attorney Gilmore. He was
quizzed concerning his evidence given
Saturday under direction examination
in which he again explained about the
two meetings which he testified took
place on July 2 and TO- respectively
Continued to Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16

face tracings of 1900 feet was re-
ported by the mining men.
The strike was made, Grand said,
ten days ago by Dan McGraw, a
veteran Nevada prospector
The mine located jointly in the
name of Girand and McGraw has
been named the Tornado Gold Mine,
the name being derived from the
tornado limestone prevailing in the
region, Grand explained. Veteran
viewed the ore samples in Girand's S
viewed the or esampIes in Girand's s
office declare it unparalleled in the
history of Arizona and probably un-
like anything ever before known in
gold mining.
The gold lies in what is technically
called brecciated masses, all ground
up, between quartzite and diabase
formations, Girand said, adding that
the greater part of it is free gold, or
wire gold. Unlike most gold, it is
not held in the quartz.
Girand scoffed at the idea that the
strike might be nothing more than
"a glory hole" explaining that he
had followed surface tracings for a
distance of 1000 feet. According to
Girano, nuggets We're picked up from
six pound pile of the ore to the
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
FORD WILL TAKE
WITNESS STAND
IN LIBEL CASE
Jury Drawn to Pass Upon
$1,OOO,OOO Claim Against
Manufacturer

DETROIT, March Is up = Henry
Ford will take the witness stan0
Monday in the $1,O00,O0O libel suit
filed against him by Aaron Sapiro,
of Chicago, organizer of cooperative
marketing associations, who claims
his reputation was injured by articles
appearing in Ford's publication The
Dearborn Independent.
This was decided at conference
of counsel for both sides today afteB
a jury had been sworn in before
Judge Fred M. Raymond of the
United States district court. SIX
women and six men parried with
attorneys and the judge in the
tiny marble-walled court room ano
succeeded in being chosen to sit as
Jurors in what promises, to be
long drawn out trial No alibls
were Forthcoming as to business
duties, illness in the family or
prejudices. 1t was obvious all wish,
ed to serve
Carefully the white haired sem
stor from Missouri James A. Reed,
appearing for Ford, questioned the
veniremen to bring out possibilities
or prejudice, religion or unfavorabie
fraternal alliances. One man was
excused after he informed the court
he had been member of the Ku
xiux Klan although he had never
been active and two members of the
Jewish race were excused.
William Henry Gallagher attorney
for Sapiro, began his opening plea
after the jury had been sworn III.
He declared the right of free speech
was open to all, but when a publlca-
tion injured the good character and
reputation of an individual it was to
be regarded as q menace. 1t was
. important, he said, to take into con-
sideration the motives behind an
article whether the heart was in the
right place, or malice and i'll will
were involved. The phraseology and
character Of the publication also
should be considered, he said.
Henry Ford has the right to at
tack the Jewish people as a raco
without exposing himself to libel"
Attorney Gallagher said in his open
ing plea, "but when he makes an
individual the target for mis- at
tacks, he makes himself subject to
discipline"
! Mr. Gallagher described the Dear
born Independent as peculiar
/ publication, carrying no advertising
and supported entirely by Mr.. Fora.
/ The publication was merely the
creature Of Henry Ford, he said his
mouthpiece and spok kesman When
it was started, it WAS announced as
Henry Fords effort to benefit hu-
marity.
J "The Dearborn Independent has a
Continued to Page Eightb
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
Gold Strike, Equaling
That Of Weepah, Found
Near Wn1klen,an, Ariz.

PHOENIX, March IS GA gold
strike, reported to have claims of
richness equal to that which has
sent thousands hurrying to Weepah,
New, will be told or IN the Arizona
Republican, tomorrow morning fol-
lowing the assaying of samples to-
day which reached as high as $10O, :
coo ton, according to James b.
Grand, veteran Phoenix hard rock
miner and engineer. Displaying
samples Of his "find" the Phoenix
man told of the discovery of the
rich body of in the, Dripping
Springs country back of Winkleman, f,
Ariz., about $50 miles east of Phoe-
nix.
News of the strike, seeping out
despite efforts of the locators to
keep secret their finding for an in.
definite period, already has sent
hundreds of Arizona men into the
district to stake out claims
Girand's story Of the create lode
vein of free gold was substantiated
and confirmed by other mining men
and by Charles Diehl of the Arizona
assay office. Diehl stated that he
had personally visited the property
and had witnessed the taking Of
samples
A mother lode with visible sur
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
MONEY FLOWS IN
u. S. TREASURY
In BIG VOLUME E

WASHINGTON, March 15 R.-Money
flowed in and out of the treasury to-
day in perhaps the largest volume for
any day since the war, the turnover
reaching into the billions.
AT night, Secretary Mellon, still de-
luged by reports from all sections of
the country, estimated that holders of
at least one third of the outstanding
second Liberty loan bonds had accept
ed in place of those securities, which
fail due neat year, the latest offering
of five-year treasury notes.
Likewise, Mr.. Mellon was confident
that his estimate of $6O0,00O,000 would
be good for the total of income tax
collections for the first quarter of the
year, which were due today.
Interest in the first income tax re-
turns for the year extended to the
White House and the capitol, as these
figures are expected to give the guage
of the prospective tax reduction in
sight for next winter.
If the $6OO,OOO,OOO estimated total
holds good, this will be almost $780,
OOO,O more than was received on this
date a year ago, when the effect of
new revenue law with it's reduced
rates first was felt, and will assure
a comfortable margin for the govern
ment to be available for another tax
pruning.
The treasury also was busy today
meeting the payment of 100000
in treasury notes dated May Is, 1928,
which fell due today. To meet this
Secretary Mellon sold $780,
900, 600 in certificates of Indebtedness
This sum, along with today's income
tax collections, will be sufficient to
meet retirement of the notes and other
government expenses until June Is.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
MOTHER TO SUFFER AMPUTATlON
OF FEET IN PROTECTION OF INF ANT

Amburger bore up herOicaIly and
the physicians hoped to save her
life. The baby she saved was
in the hospital with her.
The svOman's husband was
witness at the inquest, over the
bodies of their two children. lie
said that he went hunting SUN
day morning. During his ar
SeHce, his wife ana the three
children walked down to the
mountain, side to have dinner
with neighbOP. In attempting
Ia return to their cabin, they be
Continued to Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
PUPPY LOVE LANDS YOUTH IN
PRISON AND GIRL IN MORGUE

NEW YORK, March Is (F-
Puppy love and reV0lVers were
THE ingredients of tragedy
that has put Walter Goldberg ia
iaiI charged with murder, ana
Anna Harris in II mOrgue, ana
separated their families by n
cleft as great as that dividing
the fictiOnaI houses of CapuleT
and Montague, the families OF
Romeo and Juliet.
Yesterday, Walter. rs years
old brooklyn youth. stopped at
the home of Anna, 1O years old
honor student at Brooklyn
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
VETO SLEDGE FALLS HEAVY IN PF10ENl11L
Chinese Firing on u. S. Warships TO be Probed
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES y **
: Calling God "Irate Old
!: Party" COnvicts Editor
!: Of BIasphemy in Canada

TORONTO, Ont, March Is (P).
"A jury of Ernest V. Sterry's
peers decided in court today
after only 25 minutes delibera-
tion, that the middle aged lit
tie man, with a Bible in his
hand, was guilty of blasphem-
ing the Deity
Despite the protestations of
Sterry, the only witness, that
in his Christian Enquirer, he
had not intended blasphemy,
the jury asserted that it could
put no other Interpretation than
that of, guilt upon his written
criticism of Jehovah.
The editor further contended
that he had written of the
ancient Jewish God, and not
the God of current Christian
belief.
His gesticulations, which held
the jury at a point of intense
interest, failed, however, to
move the body of men to his
view that the God of his criti-
cism, was as he had written an
'irate old party given to
whims and frenzies.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16

Copper quiet; electrolytic,
Spot and fu, , 1887
asked; lead spot
7.65; bar silve
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16

LAKE VIEW, Ore, March is
P)-Physicians prepared today to
amputate the feet of Mrs. ID. w.
AmbuTger, the mother fOunG
yesterday in the mountains north
OF Lake View, warming an in
famt against her breast and witn
her two other children, Audrey,
>, and Arnold, 6. dead in the
snow at her side. The wOman's
legs below the knees were
frozen.
Despite exposure. the shock OF
the childrenS deaths and the
coming of fourth child, Mrs,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16

high school. They were sweet
hearts 'sWaIly' said. A few
minutes later Anna was found
with bullet i'm her heart. To-
day "WalIy" was held without
bail for hearing March - on
short affidavit charging him
with murder. He wept as ne
faced a magistrate. His mother
tainted when he was held with
out bail. Annals mother said.
'ThiS is cold bIOOded, crueI
murder"
WaIIy'S mother said; 81 tried
Continued to Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
+ *w*****x******** y ~ y = + X y
Feminist Heiress Weds
U. S. Senator c. c. Dill;
Obey Not in Ceremony

Y NEW YORK, March Is P.--
* Omitting the word "obey" and
X explaining that she will con-
* tinue professionally as Miss"
r. General Rosalie Jones, fem
y mist and heiress to $1,000
81 coo estate, was married today
81 to United States Senator Clar-
3& ence c. Dill fo Spokane, Wash
* Miss Jones, who won nation
* al prominence in the Womens
* suffrage movement, gave her
s. self away at the ceremony,
T which was performed at her
X home town, Cold Springs Har-
* Dor, Long Island.
* my mother is dead she
M said, "and Til not have any one
* else give ,me away. 1 guess I'm
), big enough to take the respon-
y sibility.'
y
X M x ~ x 81 * *4*** * x X y *
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-16
RETURN GAMBLING BILL

RENO, New, March Is H9-After a
day spent in parliamentary discussion
of the wide open gambling bill in the
senate, it was sent back to the as
sembly late today for corrections in
it's history and then returned to the
upper house for probable action to-
morrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-08
LODGE RAISING
HOSPITAL FUND
Odd Fellows Plan $125,000
Home in GreenSburg.

A campaign to raise S125,OoO for
new hospital at the Odd Fellows
home in Greensburg has been an
nounced by George P. Bornwasser,
grand secretary of the lodge.
The new building is to be fire.
proof folr-story structure and will
be equipped with an up-to-date
operating room and sufficiently
large to supply the future demands
of members of the organizations and
their families.
The present hospital at the home
will accommodate only seventy
two people and has been filed to
capacity for some time. At the last
meeting of the grand officers, Born
wasser suggested the building of the
new hospital, the money to come
from voluntary contributions, rather
than assessments. Letters are being
sent members throughout the State
asking for donations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-08
200 COLORADO
ELKS TO VISIT
HERE SUNDAY
Special Train Headed for
Grand Lodge Convention
Will Stop Several Hours.

Two hundred members of the
Colorado State Association of Elks
will arrive here at IL a. m. Sunday
on a special train from Denver en-
route to the Grand Lodge conven-
ton at Cincinnati, July II to Is.
The delegation will be made up of
Colorado members.
The train will be met by members
of the local organization and taken
to the Elks Club, according to
Joseph L. Clarke. chairman of the
committee Following dinner, the
visitors will be taken for an auto
mobile tour of the city and they
will leave at p. m.
The Cincinnati convention COM
mittee, composed of Joseph l..
Clarke, Herbert S. Riley, w. A. Tay-
lor, Fred B. McNeely and Fred Blk
ley, have been making plans for the
annual pilgrimage to the conven-
ton. Because of the large number
Of members that are driving, the
committee has not arranged a spe-
cial train. One hundred members
are expected to leave Monday and
more will go later in the week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-08

diana Hive No. FOG. picnic at Garfield Park.
Dance, July Is, at Modern Woodmen Hall.
Masons
De Molay Commandery No. 60. knight
Templar, stated meeting, July IL at 1880
Broad Ripple No. las Royal Arch, stated
meeting. July IL AZ 1880 p. M, Broad Rip
pie Masonic Temple.
Monument No. 657. stated meeting, July
IA at 1880 p. m. Masonic Temple.
Mystic Tie No. 1913. stated meeting. July
IL at 1880 p: M, Masonic Temple.
Modern WOodmen
Broad Ripple Camp No. 1914, stated
meeting, July 10, at 1880 y. m, Woodmen
Hall at Broad Ripple
Capitol City Camp No s743, special meet
ing. July IA at 1880 p. m, lI6 Z. Maryland
Cedar Camp No. 1858. stated meeting,
July Is. at 190 p. m. Modern Woodmen
Ironwood Camp No. 1884, stated meeting,
Mapye Camp No. 1858. stated meeting,
July IA at 1880 p. m. Modern Woodmen
Marion Camp No 1858. stated meeting.
July -. at 1880 p. m, Modern Woodmen Of
'-' Oak Camp No. o9O6 stated Meeting, July
II at 1880 D. M. Twenty-Eighth and RAIDER
Park Camp No. 66O4. stated meeting.
July II. 1880 p. M, Twenty Ninth and Cliff
ton SITS.
Moose
Womens Mooseheart Legion No. II. card
party, 1855 NJ Delaware ST.. July "a, at 2:3O
D. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-08
WOODMEN WILL
SEEK 200 FOR
OSBORN CLASS
Big Membership Drive Being
Staged BY New NJ.
w. A. Deputy.

A drive for 200 new members In
memory of the late District Deputy
G. A. Osborn is being conducted by
Seventh District Modern Woodmen
Of America under M. t. Wright, 308
Board of Trade, new district deputy
The drive opened June is and will
run through July, eliminating In a
place to be selected later.
Several of the seventeen camps
report they are close to their quotas
Renewed efforts to make all camps
successful are being directed by Dis.
trict Deputy Wright.
Degree teams of Marion, Ceda
and Maple camps, and possibly O
Capitol Camp. will go to the North
ern Indiana log rolling at Button
Labor Day.
Capitol City Camp has moved
back to- its old lodge hall In Mary
land ST., between Pennsylvania and
Delaware SITS.