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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
IS
FILED AGAINST
TWO OIL MEN.
Defendants Agent Is Re-
leased on $4,000 Bond
By the Court.
NEW TRIAL SET
Teapot Dome Criminal
Case Will Be Resumed on
January 16.

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 GA for
NAL complaint charging Harry F.
Sinclair and one Of his agents, Henry
Mason Day, with conspiracy to tam
per with the jury which was hearing
the criminal oil conspiracy charge
against the wealthy oil operator and
Albert B. Fall, was issued today by
United States Commissioner Need
ham G. Turnage.
A warrant against Sinclair also
was sworn out, but subsequently Dis
trict Attorney Gordon said this &C
ton had been a mistake and that
the warrant had been revoked. It
developed, however, that the warrant
simply was held in allegiance pending
final action by the grand jury, which
is investigating activities Of detec-
tives OF the Burns agency in shadow
ing members of the trial jury.
The complaint was sworn to by
Neil Burkinshaw, assistant district at
torney, in charge of the grand jury
inquiry, immediately after CHIEF JUS
tice Mccoy, of the District of Colum-
bia district court, had ruled that Day
could not be compelled to testify be-
fore the grand jury since he had ta-
ken the position that any evidence
he would give might tend to incrim=
mate him.
Day and his counsel, former Justice
Daniel Thew Wright of the district
court, accompanied Burklnshaw to
the commissioners office, and were
present while the complaint was pre-
pared. Day surrendered himself;
waived a preliminary hearing and
was liberated on $4,000 bond to
await the action Of the grand jury,
While these stirring events were
transpiring in and around the dis
trict court building, Albert B. Fall
suffered a relapse in his apartment
at the Mayflower hotel and was or
dered to bed by his physician, DR.. j.
j. Kilroy, who said the former in
terror secretary's physical condition
was bad on account of his previous
illness.
Falls immediate ailnnelt is con-
gestion of the lungs, super-ind
by a chronic pleural condition. The
former cabinet officer, who Is 66
years old, had pneumonia less than
year ago, and was in bad physical
shape when he came here in nlia-
october for his trial with Sinclair.
He had expected to leave today for
his home at Three Rivers, N. M
With attorneys and secret service
men engaged in running down many
rapidly developing new leads" in the
case, the grand jury inquiry pro-
ceeded only slowly during the day,
with six witnesses questioned, They
were Mrs. Annela L. Bailey, Conrad
j. Herzog, William H. Goucher and
John P. Kern, members Of the trial
jury; Charles Marchal, chauffeur,
reputed to have been in Sinclair's
employ here, and A. @. Gill, Wash
ington newspaper reporter, who IN
vestigated reports that private de-
tectives were obtaining information
sbout prospective jurors before the
oil trial started on October II.
tContinued OH Page Ten1
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
EARTHQUAKE TEMBLORS FOR ]
HOURS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

lies about so miles north Of Santa
Barbara, which also felt the
shocks, but reported no damage.
The town of LOmpOc, twice that
distance from Santa Barbara, re-
ported that several residential
chimneys and the cornice of the
First National bank were shaken
down.
One or two chimneys and stones
in the Masonic hall at Santa
Maria were toppled by the tenb-
lors. The cracking of plate glass
windows also was reported there.
The scverest of the shocks APP
parently came at $40 a. m, and
was preceded by a lesser temblOr
starting two minutes earlier.
Quakes of lesser effect were felt
for an hour and half, and
were renewed again at mid-fOre-
noon. The last teSnblor wound
UP its Shimmying at noon.
Ships off the coast reported OBJ
serving the quakeS, among them
being the FlOridian, which was
near ArguelIO.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05

WASHINGTON Nov. 4 (E9--While
witnesses before the house ways and
means committee today were sGg-
costing an overhauling of the nations
revenue laws, President Coolidge let
it be known that the S22oO00, 000
reduction maximum set by the
treasury must be adhered to in draft.
ing the new law.
The president was pictured as
standing squarely behind the treasury
estimate, and the White House dis
cussion of the tax cut in advance
of the treasury estimate, when the
president made known that he was
opposed to the $400000000 reduction
proposed by the United States Cham
Der of Commerce.
AS the house committee continued
with it's hearing of testimony from
witnesses representing the legal pro-
fession, the business world and miners
and farmers, it found itself confined
again to a discussion of administrative
features of the law rather than With
the actual rate structure large
part of the testimony dealt with Sug-
gestions for speeding up machinery
of the board of tax appeals now
clogged with an accumulation OF
thousands of undecided cases.
On behalf of the board itself, Ben
jamin H. Littleton, its chairman. said
he believed the peak of congestion
had been reached, and that the time
apparently was approaching when the
board would begin to catch up with
its work.
He reviewed briefly the nature OF
the slightly more than $4,000 cases
pending before the board, enpha-
sizing that in some cases large
number would be taken care or in
one opinion, as the points at issue
were practically identical. He spe-
officially referred to some 1000 cases
involving the funds of the Usage
Indians in Oklahoma.
Hugh Satterlee, of New York city
representing the American Bar asso-
ciation, advocated revision of rules
Nof the tax appeals board that require
the taxpayer charged with fraud by
the internal revenue commissioner tc
I carry the burden of proving his inno-
cence before the board.
i "ThiS requirement violates tbs
fundamentals of Anglo-Saxon anc
American conception OF penal pro-
cedure," he said land the law should
specifically protect the petitioner
from the injustice the present rules
of the board inflict upon him."
5 C. Q Dayton, of Washington, Iowa
f speaking, ne said, for about Isl
farmers in that state, enlivened the
proceedings somewhat by suggesting
means of farm relief by revision O
: the procedure of assessing taxes OF
r farm sales. He coptended that during
| the land boom of the war the gov
eminent collected excessive taxes b.
S basing its assessments on total sale
: values instead of actual cash received
He argued that if re-assessmen
i, were made millions of dollars Woul
j be returned to the farmer in hi
s community.
j. F. Callbreath of Washington
: secretary Of the American Mimi
It Congress, urged simplification of tina
part of the income tax law applicable
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
CHINESE ARMIES ACTIVE

PEKTNG, Nov 4 up = Northern
forces have been advancing into the
province of Shansi in retaliation for
the recent unsuccessful Shansi de-
scent On Peking and have captured
the important city of Tatung and are
advancing toward the city OF Soping
in northern Shansi.
Other advices report that the troops
of General Feng Yu Hsiang, who is
believed to have supported the Shansi
invasion of Chilli, are being driven
out of their position north of Che
yellow river.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
Attempt Is Made To
Poison, Wife Slayer
In Cincinnati Jail

I. CINCINNATI, Nov. 4 H9 George
Rcmus, former, bootleg king, awaiting
trial for the Staying of his wife,
Irnogene Remus, frustrated what was
believed an attempt to end his life by
means of poison candy today.
A box of candy, addressed to Remus,
was received by guards at county jail
and delivered to the prisoner. The
experience he gained some years ago
as a chemist warned him of taste
of poison in the candy as he bit into
a piece. He notified the guards of his
discovery.
Samuel Mcqueen, one of the guards
already had swallowed piece OF the
candy. Mcqueen became i'll, but was
given immediate medical attention.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
Is Lives Toll of Flood in New England States
: & 1899 = j
Queen Marie Prisoner
OF Bratianos, London
Daily Mail Announces

+ LONDON, Nov, A up - Under !
+ the large type headline Queen
+ Marie AS. A Prisoner" the Daily ,
+ Mail prints a dispatch from
+ Sofia, Bulgaria, purporting to
+ give thoroughly reliable uncen-
!. sored information" from Rumania
Y l.lat the Bratiano government
+ will not allow the dowagen queen
7 and Princess Helen to leave Buch-
Arrest for fear they will join the
y forces Of former Crown Prince
Y Carol. II
Y The dispatch claims that the
4 cancellation by Carols abandon
y ed wife of her plan to leave Tor
+ Florence, Italy, a fortnight ago,
Y was due to the government stop
+ ping her.
= The premier and his brother,
= Vintila Bratiano, who is finance
+ minister, are steering between
+ policy of discrediting the royal
Y family and one having the APP
y pearance of dictatorship says
Y the Dispatch.
Y
!. X X X * y X y y y X X X y
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
.AW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT
IN COLO. TO FIGHT l. W. W

the WalSen mine of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company in Huer-
fanO county this morning. Twenty
five armed mine guards kept the
demonstrators off the company
property. During the meeting,
which was attended by 200 strik-
ers, Sheriff Capps and two dep
uties arrested three of the l. w.
w. leaders on warrants charging
them with picketing and intimi-
dalton. Two of the leaders were
pulled off truck that was be-
ing used for a speakers plat
form.
Pickets were reported in Las
Anilnas county again today for
the first time this week, and
three were arrested on charges of
picketing near Trinidad.
No new effort of the miners to
attempt to end the strike by
brining their grievances before the
state industrial board of arbitra-
tion was reported today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05

DENVER, Nov. 4 GA state
law enforcement department was
formed today by Governor w. H.
Adams in the hope that state
officers could cope with the strike
situation in the Colorado coal
fields and make it unnecessary
to mobilize the national guard.
The sudden move Of the chief
executive was determined upon
after several instances of picket
ing at coal mines had been re-
ported to him. The new Organi-
cation is headed by Louis N.
Scherf, former regular army cap
tain. He recruited Is ex-service
men for the organization, and
within an hour after they had
been sworn in, the new officers
were on their war to Walsenburg.
They were armed and carried
three riot guns.
A strikers demonstration was
held on the public road outside
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
ENGINEERS WILL MEET

PHOENIX, Nov. 4 F0 = Engineers
from most sections Of the state Will
nat here tomorrow for the annual
convention of the Arizona section,
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Morning and afternoon sessions, which
will include the presentation OF edu-
cational motion pictures, a luncheon
and dinner and scenic trips will fea-
ture the convention.
The annual business session and
election of officers will be held at 4
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
FRowN ON ARMY GAME

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 tR)-The war
department has given President Cool
idge little encouragement of the sug-
gestion that the West Point football
team go to California this aall to
play Leland Stanford university and
the proposal is expected to be dropped.
The invitation to the army team to
play in California was sent to the
president by Senator Johnson of that
state eiYtse 4e
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
Col. Lindbergh Forced
DOwn By Rain, Sleet
On Trip To Buffalo

* CURTISS FIELD, N. Y, Nov. ]
* 4 H)-Col. Charles Lindbergh
y and Major Thomas E. Lanphier,
y who took off for Buffalo from
* Mitchell field near here, in sep
* arate planes today, were forced
y. down by rain and sleet near
y Binghampton, NJ Y, Colonel
* Lindbergh notified friends here.
t. The planes were unchanged,
y. he said, and they planned to go
x. on tomorrow. landing at Buffalo
* for fuel and continuing on to
* Selfridge field, Detroit, where
y Lindbergh will be the guest OF
* Major Lanphier for several days,
*
* * * * * y * * * * y y y. y.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
BALLOON ALTITUDE RECORD

SCOTT FIELD, Ill, Nov. 4 CP,-
Captain Hawthorne G. Gray of the
United States army assembled in a
free balloon today in new attempt
TIC break the worlds altitude record.
His ascent last May 4 to an altitude
of 42,470 feet, the highest ever reach
ed by man, was disallowed as a
worlds record because he was forced
to descend by parachute.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05

to mine depletion He argued that
the law should be revised SO that
it would not inflict what he regarded
as discrimination against the large
number of smaller taxpayers who do
not have the technical staffs or who
feel unwarranted in going to the
expense of engaging professional serv-
ices necessary tc the establishment
of the discovery Of depletion under
the present plan
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05
MOTHER KILLS SELF, TWO

DENVER, Nov. 4 CP-Mrs. Edna
Angus, 81, and her two daughters,
Helen nine, and Charlotte, seven,
we're found dead of gas asphyxiation
in the kitchen of their home this
morning. In a note found by her
body, Mrs Angus stated she had
drugged the two children before turn.
ing on the gas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05

Railroad Service Paralyzed
in Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Massachusetts,.
BRIDGES co OUT
Heavy Loss of Life in
Montpelier Not Verified;
Lines Are Down.
NV me Associated Press

(by the ASSOCAAteU IECSSJ
A steadily mounting death toll
and property damage of millions
OF dollars is indicated in reports
from floOd-ravaged towns i'll New
England.
Unconfirmed reports were that
from 1877 to 212 persons lost their
lives in Montpelier, VT. with the
collapse of a large reservoir.
A score or more of other deaths
were reported from widely sep-
arated towns in Vermont, Con-
necticut and Massachusetts,, in
the grip of flood for two days,
due to dams in rivers bursting
as a result of excessive rains.
The affected area comprises
largely the New England mill
district, which, due to lack or
power, was idle today. Residents
of many sections spent the night
i'm darkness, and thousands of
families, forced from their flooded
homes, took to higher ground.
Flood conditions extended into
part Of New York state up into
Maine, where a IS mile gale
whipped the sea into fury and
sank at least one ship, and into
Canada, where crops were de-
stroyed and railroad lines washed
out.
BOSTON, Nov, 4 CR-Flood water
tonight still griped New England
Rain had ceased in most sections
but streams which had taken a tol
of at least is lives and probably NOR
continued to rise. Railroad servici
was paralyzed in Vermont, New
Hampshire and western Massachusetts,
3 Scores of bridges had been swep
away, with several dams. Highway
were many feet deep in water owe
extensive areas. The damag will
total several million dollars.
The known dead:
Northampton, Mass: Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Rubeck.
Sharon, VT: Mrs. Claude Rey-
nOIds and two of her children.
Barre, vt: Ralph Winters am.
Gerald Brock.
WestfieId, Mass: Mrs. Anna
Kannia.
Worcester, Mass: Mrs. Mar
celia CaSsius.
Beckett, Mass: Mrs. Cuisine
Carroll.
Millbury, Mass: Mrs. Charles
"A. Putnam and daughter, Dor
Othy, eight.
Boston: Camilla BardiIio.
Bennington, Vt: Martin Shop
ard.
Rutland, VT: John Sabula and
Mrs. Lucy Salter.
Reported dead:f
Westfield, Mass: Three un-
identified persons.
PittsfieId, VT: Unidentified
Continued on Page Tenl
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-05

Copper steady; electrolytic
spot and futures, 1880;
lead quiet; spot, Csc.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30
|CHICAGO'S MOVIES
CLOSED BY STRIKE
All 7heaters But Legitimate
Houses Are Affected

Chicago. Aug. 80 R}-The bright
lights of virtually all Chicago movie
houses remained dark today as near
ly 400 theaters joined in threaten
ed finish struggle with union labor.
Fifteen thousand persons-opera-
tors, musicians, ushers and stage
hands-were without jobs and near
ly 100000 daily movie fans were de-
prived Of place to go by the dis
pute over two union movie operators
which brought about the row. The
alter owners estimated their total loss
daily during the trouble would be
close to 100000.
The only theaters not affected
were the legitimate houses and few
neighborhood movie places, and
even the neighborhood houses we're
periled by the announcement that
film exchanges may take part in the
struggle and withhold films.
Going into effect without pre-
vious notice at 6 o'clock last night,
the closing of the theaters caught
thousands of patrons downtown for
the evening shows and crowds wan
dered through the streets during the
evening.
The closing of the theaters follow
ed a decision of the Chicago exhibit
tors association TO discharge all
| union motion picture machine oper-
ators and suspend employment of all
other help as reprisal to a strike
called by the union operators in
Orpheum circuit theaters. The strike
was called because one of theaters,
adopting a new policy, had cut its
staff of operators from four to two.
A meeting between the union
leaders and theater owners yester-
day was brief and ended in disagree
ment. Both factions announced they
would not compromise.
More complications were predicted
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30

have been made about liquor sales
quantity of alleged alcohol was
seized in a raid. Mrs. Peters admit
ted selling liquor for 20 cents a
drink, Mr.. Greenstein said and he
recommended that she be fined 500
and costs.
Judge Roche accepted the recon-
mendation and in view of the
straitened circumstances mentioned
by Mr.. Greenstein placed Mrs.
Peters on probation to pay the fine.
Attorney Albert A. Greenberg repre-
scented Mrs. Peters.
Stanley Luskowicz, aged Sc years,
Of 1855 Corbin avenue, was charged
with breach of the peace and as
saulting Charles Panasavich of PAS
Clinton street. He admitted that he
struck the latter during a scuffle last
night at his home and he regretted
he did not hit him better" II
don't care, though" he said. Let
him 60"
1t seemed, from the testimony
that Leskowicz objected to the &C
tons of a girl who. he said, appear
ed to be endeavoring to entice men
who were making a call at his
home. Panasavich heard the girl
screaming and felt impelled to in
vestigate with the result that he was
punched by Leskowicz. Judge Roche
imposed fine of IS and costs.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30
him to go home SOME time prior to
the breaking of the showcase.
Autonnhilp Case

him to go home some time prior to
the breaking of the showcase.
Automobile Case
Leo Haberski, aged 80, Of A
Cabot street, pleaded not guilty to
the charge of reckless driving and
on request of Attorney B. J.
Monkiewicz. continuance until
Thursday was granted. Haberski
was driving an automobile when 1t
collided with another automobile
driven by Vincent Costello, aged 10,
OF II Allen street. at High and
The automobiles were badly damag-
ed but neither driver was injured.
Costello pleaded guilty to the charge
OF driving without a license and
was fined SO and costs. Officer
Thomas Lee testified that Costello
admitted that he had never obtained
an operators license.
Assault Case Continued
The case of Jacob Parparian. aged
IS, of SIS Oak street, charged with
breach of the peace and assaulting
Mrs. Walter Homan of 1874 Cherry
street. was continued until Saturday
morning. Assistant Prosecuting At
torney Greenstein told Judge Roche
Mrs. Holman was unable to be in
court because of a leg injury. At
torney Monroe S. Gordon appeared
for Parparian.
Shrey's Case Continued
The case of August Schrey, aged
SO, of 60 Sheffield street charged
with breach of the peace, was con-
tinued for one month in charge of
the probation officer. Mrs. Schrey
testified that she obtained a divorce
on June II but as her husband has
afinancial interest in their home, he
a financial interest in their home, he
while she and the children occupy
the other. She accused him of drink
ing to excess and pulling down a
door. He denied the accusations.
Judge Roche said Schrey appears
to be largely responsible for the
trouble. He and his wife should take
steps to remedy their difficulties. At
torney Donald Gaffney represented
Schrey.
Woman Fined 500
Mrs. Bertha Peters. aged A., of
80 Arch street, pleaded guilty to the
charge of selling liquor in her ROOM
ing house. Assistant Prosecuting At
torney Greenstein said complaints
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30
fights, BRAWLS,
aired In Court
Several Fined and Woman
LIQUOR Seller Also PenaliZed

Charles Smith, aged p. Of ESQ
North street and Hugh Kelleher.
aged II. OF 23S High street, were
each fined SO and costs In police
court this morning on the charge Of
injury to private property, despite
their insistence that they had no
part whatever in the smashing of an
outside showcase in front of the Hub
Clothing Co. store at 407 Main street
shortly after midnight. They said
they were passing the store when
they heard a crash as they were
about twenty feet away. At the same
time they saw a man run past them
and vanish into the darkness at the
corner OF Main and East Main
streets. Onicer William Politis testi-
fed, however, that he was at Main
and Myrtle streets and saw nobody
on the street In the vicinity of the
showcase. with the exception Of
Smith, Kelleher. Fred Paisson, aged
IS, Of Is Albany avenue, and a
fourth young man who ran and was
not caught. Paisson. who was charg-
ed with drunkenness admitted hav-
ing had "a few drinks" but denied
he was under the influence of Ii
quor. He was given the same PEN
atty as the others.
Drinking, Police Declare
Supernumerary Officer Lovines
johnson arrested Kelleher, Officer
Politis arrested Paisson and Super
numerary Officer Muszynski arrest
ed Smith. Smith said he had one
bottle of beer before he left home
last evening. Kelleher denied having
had anything to drink. Officer Politis
testified that the entire group ap-
peared to have been drinking and
Paisson was intoxicated. They were
abusive, also Officer Politis testified.
Officer johnson testified that Pals
son was intoxicated and he ordered
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30

inasmuch as agreements between the
owners and the musicians and stage
hands unions expire next Sunday.
Thomas Malloy. business agent for
the operators. predicted a nation
wide tieup of theaters if any effort
is made to employ non-union opera
tors.
In advertisements in the morning
newspapers. the exhibitors ascot
alton said: "On account OF arbitrary
demands of the moving picture OPP
orators union all motion picture
and vaudeville theaters have been
forced to close. We regret this I'M
pleasant situation exceedingly but
we had no other alternative"
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30

Martin L. Wentland of 447 East
street, and Stanley Kloskowski OF
$40 High street.
New lunch specials Crowell's-
advt.
The following notices of marriage
intentions were filed with the town
clerk today: William Seventulsky of
"a Williams street and Miss Ruth
Taggart of 1S9 Glen street. George
Fl. Heinsch and Catherine Maren-
chidien. both of Is Winthrop street.
Make your plans to start Septem-
Der 9Th at the Moody Secretarial
School. Phone 207.-advt.
The Women's Missionary society
Of the Reformation Lutheran church
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30
ENTERTAIN For CHESTS

Misses Rose and Gertrude Rosen
of 619 East Main street gave din
ner, Sunday evening in honor Of
Miss Lillian Gone and Miss jeanette
Rosen of Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Gone,
who is a violinist. entertained with
selections. She was accompanied at
the piano by Miss Jeanette Rosen.
Guests were present from Hartford,
Meriden and this city.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30
MISS BENNETT IN TIE RACE

At Watch Hill, r. l., in the Sat
urday yacht race for the Alden class
of boats, the Billow, sailed by Will
liam knowlton, and the Brownie,
piloted by Miss Helen Bennett, are
tied for first place in the August
series for Alden yachts, with IS
points each.
They will race off their tie next
Saturday. Miss Bennett, is a member
of the social set of Watch Hill.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30
City Items

Good coal makes warm friends.
City Coal e. Wood Co. Tel. 217-adv.
The police were notified today of
the suspension Of the right to oper-
ate. In the case of Edward Francis
of 20 Pearl street. also the suspen-
sion OF the operators licenses of
Adam Jasienski Of 1919 Broad street.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-30

will meet Thursday afternoon at
1880 o'clock.
Nash Suit or Overcoat $3.50. Nc.
Cabe. 40 Walnut. Tel. 454.-advt.
A daughter was born to Mr.. nd
Mrs. Clarence j. Callahan at their
home, l26 Francis street. this morn.
ing.
Hot lunches at Packard Drug
advt.