The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

acting for the defense, sought to justi-
fly the actions of his men, asserting
that the defense had the same right
to shadow and observe juries as the
prosecution has, An apparent at
tempt to start back-fire was the
charge made by Burns men that
young assistant attorney general had
had improper contact with one of the
jurors, but this fell through A. Ma
son Day and Sheldon Clark. Sinclair
company officials who were charged
with directing the operations of the
detectives and receiving their reports,
refused to testify before the grand
jury as to who actually hired and
paid the investigators and what re-
lationship existed between them and
Harry Sinclair Both Day and Clark
were arrested and held under bonds.
Every Burns operative who was
sent to Washington for the Tea
pot Dome job was quizzed by the
government prosecutors in the effort
to establish the identity of two stran-
gers who approached Jurors ]. ].
Costinette and G. r. Grenfall. as re-
lated by those two men to the grand
jury.
@ EVERAL thousand residents of the
- Mississippi valley, with Mayor
Thompson of Chicago and a big dele
CATION of his admirers at their head.
went to Washington and presented to
the house committee their demands
for comprehensive flood control legis-
lation. Mr.. Thompson, Governor Small
of Illinois. Mayor O'Keefe Of New Or
leans and a number of others ad-
dressed the committee, and while no
specific legislative program was pro-
posed there was agreement among the
speakers that the federal government
must assume complete responsibility
for the adoption of a program to avert
future flood disasters on the Missis-
sippi. Willingness was expressed for
the most part to support whatever
program might be recommended by
the army engineers. There was in
sistence that other legislative projects.
which might be attached to Missis-
sippi flood control bill. be kept sepa-
rate.
While in the national capital Mayor
Thompson reached an agreement with
General Jadwin, army chief of engi-
neers. in Chicago's water meter dis
pute with the government
NEW ENGLAND'S floods, which
IN spread death and disaster
throughout several states. are subsid
ing, but the conditions in the stricken
regions are so serious that President
Coolidge and the Red Cross were
asked to go to the rescue. Bitterly
cold weather, impossible roads. short
age of food supplies and threatened
outbreaks of pestilence combined TO
render the situation of the people des-
perate. About $50 lives were lost in
the floods, and the damage to property
probably will run far~Into the mil
lions. Farmers lost great quantities
Of live stock and in many cases all
their buildings were swept away. In
cities and towns along the rivers the
losses of both lives and property were
heavy.
CONTRACTS calling for the con-
~ struction of eight Atlantic cargo
airpIanes, similar to the one piloted
across the Pacific to Hawaii by Lieu
tenants Maitland and Hegenberger
have been let by the War department
The planes will cost approximately
$4,000 apiece. They are tri-motOred
monoplanes, with a capacity of ten
persons to each plane.
IRON native sources comes the
L story of the heroic fight and tragic
death of Lieut. e. A. Thomas and
Sergt, Frank Dowdell, American ma
rine aviators who were killed by Mica
raguan rebels several weeks ago.
When their plane crashed they es-
capped unhurt and made their way to-
ward Jicaro. capturing two prisoners
whom they met. One of these men
suddenly attacked one of the marines
with a machete, severely wounding
him. The other marine shot the rebel
dead. but the other prisoner fled and
carried word of the happening to San
dino. The outlaw leader sent force
that trapped the marines in a cave. In
the desperate fight that followed the
Americans killed number of the
guerrillas before they were themselves
| shot to death.
COVIET RUSSIA celebrated the
| - tenth anniversary of the Bolshevik
revolution with great demonstrations