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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
|. JOHNSON FACES
. SIX INDICTMENTS
Grand Jurors Charge Accused
With Being Terrorist of
Benning Section.

Six indictments, charging house
breaking, HOUSEKEEPING and larceny
and assault with a dangerous weapon,
were returned by the grand curry to-
day against Louis Johnson, colored.
The indictments allege Johnson to be
responsible for the deeds committed
by a colored man who terrorized the
Benning section in the latter part OF
May.
On May 10. one indictment charges.
Johnson entered the home of Mrs.
Mary Betran, CAB Florence street
northeast. demanded her money and
then struck and choked her. On May
%, another indictment says, he broke
into the store Of Edward A. Krau5e
at 632 * street northeast. The follow.
ing day, it is charged, he entered the
home of Mrs. Sallie L. Deck, 1885
Benning road northeast, and while
she slept in bed, struck her on the
head with a milk bottle. She escaped
through a window and over roof to
neighbors and the assailant fled.
The grand jurors charge that he
entered the store of Joseph Klein,
1901 Montello avenue northeast, and
took SIT on May 81. While two days
later they allege he attacked Mrs.
Mildred NJ. Hawkins in her home at
her and escaping with $3.50.
Other indictments returned by the
grand jurors were:
Howard Q. Thompson, Samuel l..
Sailor, alias Samuel l.. Saylor; Charles
A. Berry, William f.. Joyce, Leroy
Higgs and William L. Brown, house
breaking and larceny: Joseph II. Phil
lips, Charles Berry, SimmS William
Leedon, Woodland j. Holton. Stanley
Gray two counts), Preston II. Lowell
1.-TWO counts), George E. Garrison two
countsl, Clarence Back two countsl
and Joseph E. Hilleary two counts,
grand larceny; William Price, Frank
Gray, Joseph Banks and Andrew
Davis, assault with dangerous weapon
Isadore n. Dantzler and Joseph H.
jury; Paul NJ. Walter, embezzlement
Roy Henderson, embezzlement, lar
ceny after trust and grand larceny;
William l.. Golden. Joseph Fairfax,
George e. Young. William p Holmes,
Cornelius J. Wheeler. James Clark
and Carl Holmes, joy-riding; George
T. Collins, violation section S26 of
District of Columbia Code and grand
larceny; Gaius NJ. Brumbaugh and
Charles J. Demas two counts), VIC
lation section of Harrison narcotic
act: Samuel Edward Killian, John Ed
ward Killian, John Hands and Joseph
A Richardson, violation Harrison
narcotic act: Clyde Pingley. violation
Mann act; William L. Joyner. abor-
ton, and James Eberly, violation
Mann act.
The grand Jurors ignored charges
against the following:
William A. Reese, grand larceny
larceny after trust and embezzlement;
Samuel Zedwrick, carnal knowledge;
Daniel Patterson, robbery: Mary
Brown, violation national prohibition
act. and Martin A. Zorn, grand
larceny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
OHIO o. KS EXTRACTION
OF De AUTREM0NT TWINS
Accused Mail Bandits Leave To-
day to Stand Murder Trial
in Oregon.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1e-Gov.
A. V. Donahey today issued extradi.
ton papers to jackson County, Greg,
officials for the removal of Ray and
Roy De Autremont.
The two men. with their brother
Hugh. who Is held in Oregon. are ac-
cused of holding up mail train in
oregon October IL. 1923, killing Elvin
f. Daugherty, mail clerk. when they
blew up the mail car. and with shoot
ing to death Marvin Seng, Charles o.
Johnson and Sidney L. Bates. railroad
employees.
Roy and Ray De Autremont. twins.
were captured in Steubenville last
week and are being held here. The
sheriff and a deputy from Jackson
County, Greg, arrived here yesterday.
and with the issuance of the extradi-
ton papers probably will start for
Oregon late today with their pris-
oners.
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PREDICTS FARM ISSUE.
Mrs. Kahn Says Next Congress
Will Face Problem.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO.-Far relief and
lower taxes loom as the major issues
of the next Congress, believes Repre-.
sentative Florence P. Kahn of Cali.
fornia, who summarized congressional
prospects by saying:
Wen face an agitation stronger
than ever for prohibition modification
Further reduction in Federal taxes Is
quite certain. An intelligent farm re.
lief measure can be expected. Colo
RADIO River legislation is likely, pro-
vided there is a closer cooperation be-
tween the present conflicting inter
estS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
Mailing Easy for Auto Drivers
Under Plan Originated by Texan

Mailing letters on the run is possible
the attention of postnlasters all over
the country today by John H. Bart
lett. First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. and already in operation at
Shreveport, La, and Houston. Tex,
where it was originated by Roy B.
Nichols. postmaster.
Motorists are enabled to mail let
tiers without leaving their machines
through a courtesy mail box" placed
at the curb with parking prohibited
20 feet or each side of the box 1t
is especially useful in districts where
traffic congestion makes it difficult to
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find parking space near the post office
Postmaster William Moody stated
this morning that he did not think
that the courtesy mail box plan" is
necessary for Washington at this time.
since the parking situation near the
post office and substations enables mo-
florists to leave their machines and
reach the offices easily.
The courtesy mail box" is simply
an ordinary package box, tilted to.
ward the street by a four-inch piece
of timber placed under its legs. A
chain is attached to the drop of the
box. A motorist may easily open the
box with one hand and mail a letter
without leaving the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
VIENNA ENJOYS u. S. LOAN.
Will Expend $3o,ooO,oOo in socia.
and Municipal Upbuilding.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
VIENNA.-All sorts of social and
municipal improvements are planned
for the next five years when the pro
posed $50, 200, 900 loan to be floated in
the United States supplies the fund.
Thirty thousand apartments, street
car terminals. modern lighthouses for
school children. 1900 workmen's cot
tages, a gas plant and a cold storage
house will be built.
Subsidies also are to be granted
to art, sports and charitable institu-
lions and pensions given some fam
lilies that lost their incomes through
the depreciation of the Austrian cur
rency.
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16 health officers, sanitarians, 90
sanitary inspectors, SO nurses.
MississippiESfx physicians. 8
health officers,s2 sanitarians, 10 san
itary inspectors. rs nurses.
Missouri-Five health officers, 5
sanitarians. 4 nurses.
Tennessee-No personnel.
Supplies to Be Needed.
In the work which already is being.
carried out in sections where further
inundation is considered improbable,
the following supplies will be needed:
Forty-four barrels of crude oil, for
burning carcasses; 2,480 barrels of
spraying oil, oil-spraying cans.
1880 cans chloride of lime, LAO
barrels hydrated lime, 1875, 900
grains quinine; 210,750 yards
mosquito netting, in addition to 100,-
600 mosquito bars furnished by va
to be used in burying dead animals.
and material for screen doors and
windows.
Coincident with the reconstruction
announcement the Red Cros also an
nounced the virtual completion of the
emergency health program, which has
cost $4,000 up to June Is. 1t had
expended $4,000 on health work,
$4,000 of which was for the inaugu-
ration of the 30-day program. Forces
varying from $50 to 500 persons have
been engaged in health work in the
last eight weeks, the announcement
said.
Supplies Now Provided.
The total supplies provided the
workers up to June Is were:
Hydrated lime, 200 pounds; un-
sIaked lime. $4,000 pounds; chloride of
lime, 33,29S cans; crude oil, 130,420
gallons: spraying oil, 74,9S0 gallons;
spraying cans, IA; screening, 900
yards; quirine, 9.274.403 grains;
typhoid serum. 312,5OO cubic cent?
meters; smallpox vaccine, 10000
points. The announcement said that
1000 cubic centimeters of typhoid
serum had been donated by the
French Red Cross.
Since E2:ter Sunday 100000 per-
sons have Teen immuniZed against
typhoid the announcement said The
total is expected to reach 100000 be-
fore the 3G-day program is completed
In discus ing the health situetion
in the flood-stricken areas, DIR. Ted
den said that not only had there been
no serious outbreak of disease, but
that the proportion of illness had ac
tually been less than the normal eX
pectatioa in the scIne districts.
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Dawes to Return Home.

NEWARK, Ohio, June 16 R).-Vice
President and Mrs. Dawes will leave
tonight for their Chicago home. after
having been guests of honor at COM
mencement exercises at Marietta Col
lege and visiting here at the farm
home of Gen. Dawes brother. Beman
G.. Dawes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
Doctor Candidates Examined.
eciai Disnatch IN The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. June 16.-The
State Board of Medical Examiners
opened the Spring examinations here
today. with large class of candidates
seeking to get the required license to
practice. The candidates mostly are
graduates of the Medical College of
Virginia and of the University of Vir-
ginia.
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Soviet Sentences "SpY."

MOSCOW, June 16 CP).-The mill
tary and naval tribunal at Kronstadt
has sentenced to death Comdr. Klepi-
koff, who formerly commanded a ship
in the Baltic fleet, on charges Of
espionage for Great Britain.
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Will BE on Exhibition.
Several of these have been printed
in the last few days. and, despite the
fact that they are nearly 20 years old
the details stand out just as clearly as
ever. They will be made a part of the
exhibit illustrating the history of pho
Biography at the National Museum.
Fletcher was born in Richmond, Va.
and in early life was a school teacher.
Afterward he turned to the Univer-
salist ministry and filled pulpits in
New England and Pennsylvania.
Shortly before 1915 he set up in Ohio
in the then flourishing trade Of
ola guerreotypist and worked out his
own process. Even if he had come in
some way on the methods of Fox Tai.
bot. he still must be considered as one
of the pioneer print photographers in
America. If he had devised a process
Of his own. he is entitled to a high
place among American inventors.
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$500, 600 PROGRAM
FOR FLOODED AREA
is RED CROSS PLAN

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Jdc0Oedn Style--thdt 70
the AEON. Every piece is
the essence Of thoughtful.
expert design. EUerV
piece tDpifes 17th century
English taste, but is mod
ern in convenience and
comfort A 1cdr finish
erecuted BY hand charms
the suite to its lUStrouS
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-23
Which Road Would You Take?

Place yourself in the position of the man in this Illustration and there is little qmsufn
as to what your choice woudb e is there? And yet do yu realize that therea are numerous
people in Peasantvme who are daily taking the wrong road on Ies highways when it
comes to community building? They KNOW til to their interests to trade in Pkasatvile
just as this man knows which rodh should take And yet sometimes they hesitate at the
They think thtp perhaps the gGmg might be ettr after while out it only be-
ONES worse utle eventually they retace their steps ant start RIGHT. So let's all get out
of the rs that lead to Nowhere and start on the wide and even trail to prosperity. There
nothing of greater Importance to US than the prosperity of our own community the prosper
iy of Phasantvmee And prosperity we know is baed sody on local business conditions
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-27
AMUNDSEN GOES
HOME;;ABANDONS
LECTURE TOUR

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 R)-Leaving
behind him a broken contract and
mingled emotions of anger, pity and
shocked surprise, Roald Amundsen was
on his his way to Norway tonight after
a sudden and mysterious departure
variously ascribed to a row" a brain
Storm" and an unidentified "influ-
ence."
Amundsen only arrived in this cour1-
try week ago Monday and was to
have begun a lecture tour on next
Tuesday which would keep. him here
until March. He had accepted an in
vitation to be guest Of honor Saturday
at a dinner where he was to be award
cd the Explorers club medal.
But despite this, Amundsen sailed on
lie Bergensfjord yesterday, his only
explanation to his lecture manager
and the explorers club being tele-
grams reading: "Am sailing today, sor-
ry I cannot be with you"
AS a result Lee Keedick, who has
naraged the explorers lectures for IA
wears had to cancel all arrangements
for the proposed tour and Rudolph
Kersting, secretary of the Explorers
club. dispatch 200 telegrams withdraw
ing invitations to the presentation
dinner.
"I will lose good deal OF money by
this" he said. "But am sorry for
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-27

until some time after the lease had
been signed His first information had
been that only offset well leases were
contemplated.
On cross examination defense coun-
sci developed that Roosevelt was busy
with other official matters at the time,
and consequently could not follow the
lease matters closely. The defense also
elected from Beatty on cross question
ing that he saw no evidence of secrecy
attending the lease matter.
Government counsel now plan to
open up tomorrow the matter of the
operation of the Continental Trading
company, Ltd, of Canada, through
which it is contended some 100000 in
liberty bonds reached Fall either di-
rectly or indirectly.
Sinclair was one of the guarantors
of a contract the Continental COM
pany had with the late A. E. Humph-
reys, a Texas oil operator, to purchase
33, ,333, 1893 barrels of oil for resale on
the American market. 1t is the con-
tention of the government that the
profits of the company went into
liberty bonds and counsel have said
they will show that some of these
bonds went to Fall.
Moreover the special oil attorneys
have told the jury they will show that
Sinclair was the only one connected
with the contract touching the Con-
tjnental transactions who had had
dealings with the former interior sec
retary.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-27

Amundsen rather than angry. l can
only explain his action by the fact that
after arriving here he came under some
influence that made it imperative for
him to leave the country at once, and
secretly"
One of the most peculiar phases. OF
the situation developed when it be-
came known that Amundsen had told
his publishers, Doubleday, Page and
company, as long ago as last Saturday,
that he had given up his lecture tour
and was sailing Tuesday. They were
amazed to learn that the departure
was a general mystery and could sug-
gest no reason why the explorer had
not made his decision known to the
persons most interested.
At least once before in his life, a
life incidentally which has been dotted
with heated controversies, Amundsen
took to sea when pressure ashore be-
came unbearable to him. In his most
recent book, MY Life AS An Explor-
err he tells that as he was preparing
for his conquest of the northwest pass
age in 1903 his lack of funds was SO
great that one creditor threatened to
have his ship libeled and himself ar
rested for fraud.
81 grew desperate, and resolved
upon desperate expedient," he writes.
"I summoned my six carefully chosen
companions, and at midnight in a per-
feet deluge of rain we seven conSplra-'
tors went aboard the Gjoa, cast OFF the
haWSers and turned southwark. When
dawn arose on our truculent creditor,
we were safely out on the open main,
seven as light-hearted pirates as ever
flew the black flag"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-27
Nearly All Passengers
Continued from Page One)

morrow.
The Empire Star is reported to
have rescued 1876, the Formosa llu
and the Rosetti $50.
From meager accounts received
from various sources, experts are sat
isfied that the boilers of the Princi-
pessa Mafalda exploded, due either
to improper water supply, or to
flooding after the broken screw shaft
had torn a hole in the side of the
vessel. The liner is said to have
been "a hours behind her time, and
this is taken as an indication that
the machinery might not have been
functioning properly, or that tne
steamer was being forced along 10
make up for lost time.
Reports vary as to when the first
call for aid was sent forth by the
Mafalda's wireless. One report had
it that she signalled at 3:14 in the
afternoon that she was IN distress
300 miles distant from Bahia
The first to arrive on the scene was
the French liner Formosa. She hove
in sight at s o'clock ard Immediately
began the work of rescue. Other
steamers came quickly, and one OF
them is credited with having pu
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-27

added that the first he knew of the
leasing was when he read about it in
the newspapers.
Detailing his conferences with the
interior secretary about Teapot Dome,
Frank E. Kistler, western oil oper-
ator, and president of the Producers
and Refiners corporation, said Fall
told him in March, 1922, that he had
not determined what he would dc
about Teapot Dome; that he was not
then ready to consider proposals for a
lease and that if he did get ready he
would notify Kistler.
The witness said he never heard any
more from Fall, but did read in the
newspapers that Sinclair had obtained
the lease. At the time of his visit to
Fall, the evidence is that the negotia-
tions with Sinclair then were in prog
ress and that the form of lease was
being drafted.
John C. Shaffer, Chicago newspaper
publisher, told the jury of his applica-
tion for lease on Teapot Dome early
in 1921; of Falls promise to consider
his proposal If it were decided to lease
the reserve; of his conferences with
Fall and the latter's suggestion that
he confer with Sinclair about obtain
ing 200 acres in the Wyoming field.
Shaffer said he conferred with Sin
clair, who promised to let him have
$40 acres with Sinclair to drill test
wells, and added chat this agreement
never was carried out, although the
evidence was that Fall prodded the
oil operator on the subject of a set
tlement of Shaffer's claim.
Adverting to the Shaffer matter, the
United States supreme court in its de-
cision cancelling the Teapot Dome
lease, said Falls arrangement with
Sinclair for a sub lease to Shaffer was
extraordinary and Indicated that he
had favored the Mammoth company
and that Sinclair on that account had
assumed obligations not expressed in
the lease"
Next, oil counsel turned to the mat
ter of secrecy and called Senator Kend-
rick, democrat, Wyoming, and former
Representative Mondell, of Wyoming,
one time republican floor leader of the
house. They testified as to their diff
flculties in obtaining any accurate in
formation as to whether Teapot Dome
had been leased.
After inquiries by his secretary had
brought from the interior department
only a press announcement on April
6, 1922, that no contracts for the lease
Of the wyoming reserve had been sign
ed, Senator Kendrick resorted to a
senate resolution to break the interior
department silence.
Mondell also called on E. c. Finney,
first assistant secretary of the interior,
but got only the information that Fall
personally was handling the Teapot
Dome matter. Then he called on Sec
retary DENLY, who referred him to
Captain John K. Robson. Either on
his first or second conference with
Robson two weeks or more after the
lease was signed, the then republican
floor leader was shown copy OF the
lease.
AT the outset today, the government
called Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., assist
!, ant secretary of the navy when the
lease was executed. He testified that
he did not learn that all Of the re-
serve had been opened to exploitation
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-27
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER M 1927

An explosion in the boilers brought an
end to the Italian liner Principessa
Mafalda off the coast of Brazil last
night, reportes here declare. With
more than 1900 passengers and crew
aboard, the captain realizing that his
vessel was sinking, ordered full steam
towards the Abrolhos Rocks, Santa
Barbara ISlets, not many miles from
the mainland.
To calm the alarmed Steerage pass
engers, of whom there were some 300,
the captain ordered the orchestra to
pla ythe italian anthem. Officers and
seamen alike moved among the fright
ened Italian emigrantS, to stay their
panic and encourage them with hope
of early rescue.
For several hours the Principessa
Mafalda kept on her course until shoal
water was reached. Then the French
steamer Formosa came, and other YES
sells, British, Dutch and Italian soon
were circling the crippled liner.
With amazing speed the seamen had
out their boats and soon were taking
off the passengers of the liner and
picking up those already in small boats
in the sea. The presence of so many
rescuers served to assure the passeng-
ers, although at that very time the
Mafalda was sinking fast.
Wireless messages, telling briefly of
the disaster, report a total of 1150
passengers and crew saved from the
Mafalda by the ships that took the
leading part in the rescue. 1t is posi-
BILE that others may have been saved.
The Brazilian liner Bage and the
British steamer Andes, 100 miles off
at the time of the Mafalda's SOS was
sent out. asked if their presence was