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New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
CHARGES SINCLAIR CREATED ILLUSION
Prosecutor Sees Continental Co,
 as Veil for Conspiracy
FORMER SENATOR ON STAND
Allcsc Corporation Was Source From Which Fall Received S2O3,- 500 Liberty Bonds After Signing Teapot Dome Lease

Washington, Oct, 51 R-The prosecution In the Teapot Dome oil conspiracy case plugged persistently along today in its efforts to show that Harry r. Sinclair was connect ed with the Continental trading company. Ltd, Of Canada through whose profits il charges s230,50O in Liberty bonds reached the hands of Albert B. Fall.
 Through documentary evidence and witnesses, owen J. Roberts gov ernment counsel, continued to trace out the organization of the com pany. which he claimed was formed merely to take profits on oil pur- chased from the late A. F. Humph- reys, of Denver, for s15o a barrel and sold to other companies, tnclud- ing Sinclair's own company, for S.75.
 "Was Mere Shell"
 "The Continental Company was a. mere shell, gotten up by these gen. Ii'Iii'I IOi lllelT O" Il purposes, Roberts asserted.
 Former Senator Thomas, Of Col orado. and II. l.. Phillips, president of the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company were put on the stand by Roberts In pursuing his inquiry and q succession of contracts and other documents was identified in line with the governments purpose 10 show that Sinclair was interested in the Continental and the Liberty Bonds purchased from it's profits, some of which Fall is accused of accepting for leasing the naval oil reserve to Sinclair.
 Through former Senator Charles s. Thomas of Colorado. the prose cution wanted 10 establish that Sin clair was named as the vendee in the original draft of contract Thom-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

are ugly as sin. They are square,
embarrassing blocks looking like up
ended trunks in a baggage room. A
building ordinarily should be no high
er than the street on which it faces.
If 1t does go higher. IL should have
an additional equivalent of open
space around its base.
"Strict coming laws are the only
way out. We do not object to sky
scrapers simply because they are
high, but because they mean longest
ed traffic and consequent accidents,
unhealthful crowding. lack of light
and air; downright ugliness, and loss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

creasingiy serious problem. He n q
former soldier. once nominee for
mayor and ex commissioner or I'm.
migration.
Probably our most startling argu-
ment against building congestion is
furnished by this statement from
fire headquarters in New York:
If, In the uptown theater and
garment sections or In the downtown
business district, all the buildings
were emptied simultaneously of their
usual throngs, the streets would be
piled seven-deep with humanity"
This is not the nightmare of an
alarmist, says Curran. IF a hur>
ricane or earthquake did strike New
York-even though only enough
bricks and windows fell to create a
panio-the greatest tragedy in our
history would result from the sudden
Jamming of millions into the streets.
|Trafflc conditions already are in
tolerable. Streets cannot be widened
further; the city cannot afford to
build more subways. Anyway, if we
to lessen congestion that
way, relief is temporary. BY the
time new subways are completed,
they are lined with new skyscrapers
These same conditions are true, to
a somewhat lesser extent, in almost
all our major cities today"
Already there are more than 2,000,.
900 people who travel in and out of
every day in addition to
the throngs that live on the island
BY the end of 1925 plans will have
been filed for nearly 100 new factory
and Olive buildings of skyscraper
proportions. These will be occupied
by 100000 new people-enough to
fill $50 ten-car subway trains.
Three Killed Daily
Three persons are killed every
day by motor vehicles In New York"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

says Curran- This is double the
death rate Of FIVE years ago. but still
It increases. And one OF these three
dead is a child of less than 10 years.
Where children lack parks, they
play an exciting game Of hide-and-
seek with motor trucks-and too oft
en- the trucks win. This is munich
pal murder-and we allow it to go
on.
There are plenty OF economic dis
advantages to this concentration.
Loss of time from congestion is al.
most incalculable. motor trucks have
hours of enforced idleness every day.
The skyscraper itself is not a good
investment. Above the first two or
three stories no more rent is realized
than is necessary to pay the inter
est"
The answer to the skyscraper
problem is decentralization, says
Curran. That will mean smaller
buildings and more space, room for
motor cars and pedestrians to move
quickly and safely. American cities
must learn to grow orizontally. If
they must have tall buildings, space
should be provided around them that
Is equal in area to the room that
would be taken up If the buildings
were laid on their sides.
Same Problem In Chicago
Chicago, with it's small loop lis
trict, faces the same problem as does
New York-the attempt to multiply
MANIFOLD the area of business dis
tricts," he pointed outs "Other cities,
however, are bothered needlessly be-
cause of a mistaken municipal pride
and inter-city rivalry. For instance,
Detroit is to have an eighty-one-
story building-the highest In the
world.
Modern buildings, in the main,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
EXPERT DECLARES
SKySCRAPERSNOT
UNM|XED BLESSING
Counsel for New York City
Club Opposes Tall
Buildings.
sK NEA Sercice

BH MA Service
NEW YORK, Jan. THE cock
a-doodle-doo idea of civic pride is
one Of the direct menaces to the
lives Of workers in American cities.
Every day, millions Of dollars are
utterly wasted through idlness en-
forced by congestion.
The dance of death in crowded
streets claims number Of victims
every week that is equal to major
catastrophe.
"Oh, but these things are inevita-
ble," says Municipal Pride. I'VE are
a great city. We must have tall
buildings to be truly metropolitan.
'Applesauce." responds Henry H.
Curran, who made the foregoing
criticisms. Rabbits and Babel Tow
ers are threatening our lives. Like
weeds, cities are growing fast and
tall. Also like weeds, they are Civ
ing no thought to cultivation"
This man Curran, who dares to
call the naughty skylines by harsh
names, is leading the fight against
the skyscraper invasion of New
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
JAN. z, 1927

sonai and real property to his chEs~'
dren: John, ". Robert E., Walter
w. and Buelah G. Gregg.
Gregg was residing in SpiceErnds
Ind. at the time of his death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

Court. The Bankers Trugt Com
pany was named executor.
Gregg left his common stock I'm
the company to his son, Charles F.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

York. He is counsel for the City
Club. which believes that decentrali-
cation is the only solution to an in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

OF time. Correct those faults and
you may build a mile high IL you
like"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
GREGG WILL IS FILED
Leaves Stock to Son, Charles-Real,
Personal to Oilers.

The will of William w. Gregg,
president of Gregg and Son, Inc, To-
cal cleaning firm, who died last
week, was filed for probate Thurs
day in the Marion County Probate
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
NATIONAL PENNANT RACE
 TICHTENS AS CUBS LOSE
Boston Braves Keep Record For Wreckng Champion ship Aspirations By Beating Chicago-Cards De- feat Phlies- Cleveland Makes It Three In Row From Yanks-Tigers Take Double Bill From Sena- tors-White Sox Trim Athletics.

Day by day the pennant race in CT and tighter.
 The Boston Braves, notorious hope wreckers of championship as- pirants, yesterday drubbed the pace setting Chicago Cubs for the third time in succession, and while the New York Giants and the Pitts burgh Pirates were idle the St. Louis Cardinals were pulling up to within one game of second place.
 The Cubs had 8 lead of only two and one-half games today and few more reverses would throw the first division situation into a tumble that might not be strengthened out until the very last games of the season.
 Yesterday the usually reliable Cub defense cracked right at the crucial moment. Three errors were con- mitted in rapid succession and were followed by trio of clean hits. Bos- ton came out on top of a 5-3 score. Ed Brown. Boston outf1elder, set a National league record when he played in his saith successive game.
 Chick Hafeys home run in the second inning was the only score made in the St. Louis s-Philadelphia contest. Ulrich and Haines hooked up in . pitchers battle, and Haines won his 2oth victory of the season. He has been defeated only seven times.
 The Giants and Brooklyn were en- toying . baseball vacation that is to last four days. The Cincinnati Reds likewise were idle.
 The Cleveland Indians made 1t three in . row by trimming the New York Yankees. s-4. Babe Ruth slugged his 10th home run of the year and became one up on Gehrig, who went hitless.
 I. was the first time this year any team had made a clean sweep of a series against the Tanks.
 The Detroit Tigers, meanwhile, ran their winning streak to l3 games Moriarty's aggregation won both ends of a double header from Washington and took a strong grip on second place in the standing. Scores were 4-2 and 7-3. Heilmann and McManus hit home runs off Walter Johnson in the second game.
 Ted Lyons pitched masterful ball against Philadelphia and the Chica- cago White Sox trimmed the Mack men, e-3. Lyons eased up in the eighth, but otherwise was 1h con- plete control in the pinches. Ty Cobb was the hitting star with two doubles, a single and walk in four trips to the plate.
 The Boston Red SoX and the St. Louis Browns were idle.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23

out nine. He was master of the situ- ation at all times and the care with which he delivered every pitch showed that both he and his mates were dead in earnest about winning the pennant this year.
 The Smith team used Thomey and Anderson in the box but with makeshift team behind them, they couldn't be very effective. The Paradise swatters got to both for 14 hits and piled up 16 runs, all of which, however. did not come in through solid hitting. Loose fielding by the Smith team gave the Parks plenty of opportunities to score and hits came just at the right time.
 The winners started off in the first frame by scoring seven runs. They followed in the third with four more. Again in the sixth they got three and ended up the scoring in the seventh with two
 Smith didn't score until the fifth when Schubert came home when Flood threw wildly to third to get him. The losers got another in the seventh on an error at first base and single. Still another was scored in the eighth on three errors but one run didn't look very big in the game. Miller hit hard for the winners while Schubert did good stickwork for the losers. Schmarr's pitching was the outstanding fea- ture of the game. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
PROS BATTLE IN
 HARTFORD FRIDAY
Frankie Portell and Jimmy
 ClinCh Are on Card

Hartford, August 2o-Promoter Homer Rainault is staging the first of series of popular priced boxing shows at the Hartford Nelodrome Friday night, this show serving as sort of an appetizer for the light heavyweight championship bout be- tween Jimmy Slattery and Maxie Rosenhloom to be held at the Velo- drome next Monday night.
 Four siX-rounders and three bouts of four rounds apiece make up the popular priced card This show marks the professional debut Of Leo Lariviere of Waterbury, who has been campaigning in amateur cir cles and who is on the program to meet Tom Heeney of Bridgeport in a four-rounder.
 Some natural rivals are hooked Up in the program and an evening of fast and rugged milling is in prospect, This is the full card:
 SiX-Rounders
 Baby Doll vs. Frankie Mack. 133 pounds.
 Matty Mario vs. Frankie Angelo, 13S pounds.
 Johnny Mason vs Frankie Por- tell, lS6 pounds.
 Young Emmons vs. Tony Lewis, 15G pounds.
 Four -RounderS :. Leo Larivere vs. Tom Heeney, l45 pounds.
 Johnny O'Leary vs. Jimmy Clinch, 132 pounds.
 Mickey Genaro vs. Abe Bodine. 130 pounds
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
League Standing

Except for knocking in five runs, scoring one himself and flaming 16 batsmen, six in two innings, Ned bala, pitching for the Boys club had nothing to do with his teams 6 to 3 victory over the Washington team in Rotary Baseball league game at Walnut Hill park yesterday after noon.
 After the first batter had ground ed out in the opening frame. Neb- bala famed the next II batters to face him. In the second inning Capo- dice, pitching for the losers famed three men, which accounted for II consecutive strikeouts in the second inning and the first half of the third.
 The first scoring came in the third inning when the winners counted three times. Zujko opened with a double down the rightfield foul line. Curyle was hit by a pitched ball, after Sartinski had singled and the bases were loaded. Nedbala then stepped to the plate and slammed the first pitch to deep center scoring the three runners and stopping at third himself. His mates were unable to score him. however.
 In the fourth the losers pushed two runs over on hits by Todzia. Skonieczny and Kowalczyk and a sacrifice fly by Kaczynski. In the sixth they tied the score on a double by Skonieczny which was followed by single by Kaczynski.
 Nedbala again came into the lime light in the seventh when he hit an- other triple which scored Komoins, who had doubled. and Curylo who had walked. He scored a moment later when Markowitz singled.
 Curylo was not given credit for a time at bat, although he scored two runs, because he walked three times and was hit by a pitched ball in his four trips to the plate. The sum- marV.-
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
|LAURELS SWAMPED
 BY LEGION TEAM
State Champions Score IS to 3
 Win in Junior City League
League Standing

The American Legion baseball team which took state honors in the American Legion in Danbury last Friday afternoon, came back home last night to hand the Laurels neat facing in Junior City League contest by the score of 8 to 3. The game was a dreary affair with all the celebrating being done on the side of the American Legion team. The game had to be called at the end of the sixth inning be- cause of darkness.
 From the very start when the Legion scored four runs, it was a walkaway. The Laurels were in poor form, their pitcher was wild and they gave little opposition to the team that will represent the state in the Legion intersectional tournament.
 It was only in the fifth and sixth innings that the Laurels were able to do any scoring. Tn the fifth they got one run on single by Potts and successive errors by Zujko and Zaleski They got two more in the sixth on a walk, single and a dou- ble.
 The Legion started things right off the hop in the first and scored four runs. In the third the team got three more. Four more clattered across the plate in the fourth. one in the fifth and four in the sixth.
 The legion team as a whole played nice baseball but the Laurels had five costly errors that gave the Legion team runs. Lefty Cohen was in rare form during the game and he allowed only four hits besides striking out seven and walk ing only three.
 The feature of the game was the umpiring of Grail and ''Ty Cobb" Gaida. The former officiated on strikes and balls and the latter on bases. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
DUSTY CIRCUIT
 TITLE AT STAKE P. & E. Corbin and Stanley
 Works Meet Tonight

The Stanley Works and P. & F. Corbin baseball teams are sched- uled to meet tonight at 5:30 o'clock at St. Mary's field to decide the pennant in the Industrial league. Both of these teams ended the h. dustrial league scheduled in a tie for first place and tonight's game is the playoff.
 Neither team is a decided fav- orite to win the game and the hon. ors in the league. Both are pretty evenly matched and a great game is in prospect when the teams bat tle
 From the outside 1t looks like a pitching duel between Carlson and Scott. Both men have been the big factors in bringing their respective teams to the top during the seasons play and both will be at the best tonight. The Corbin team is rated as a harder hitting team than the Stanley Works but with Scott in form, the Butt Makers confidently expect to wrestle the championship away from the Lockmakers.
 A record crowd for Industrial league play is expected out to watch the game. Both teams have packers and the rivalry between the two camps is intense. Each will trot out its strongest lineup and both will be on their toes to win.
 There is a great deal at stake between the two teams This Is the first year that either has been so close to the top and fans who see the game can well expect to see a real battle.
 The game will be played at Wal nut Hill park and will start prompt ly at 5:30 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
DEMPSEY STARTS
 LIGHT TRAINING
Shadow Boxing and Bag Punch
 ing on Program Today

Chicago, Aug. 23 Rl-Manassa, Colorado's pride-the strapping, slashing former heavyweight cham- pion of the world, Jack Dempsey planned only to box gingerly with his shadow and punch unoifending bags today at his Lincoln Fields training camp.
 It was his first local gesture of preparation for his Soldier Field stadium engagement with Gene Tunney September %. The race course at Lincoln Fields, Dempsey said, makes one of the best training camps he has ever seen. He visited every nook and corner on the million dollar site last night in twomile iaunt preliminary to settling down for the campaign.
 At virtually the same time, the ticket sale for what Tex Rickard says is the fight spectacle of the ages was started, with more than 1000 of them going into the hands of re- ceivers during the first few hours
 The police began task of their own as the fight machinery began to grind, declaring their intentions of keeping the title bout entirely free from "hoOdlum" disorders by preventing any known gangsters from obtaining tickets or entering the Soldier Field stadium scene of the conflict.
 Jack weighs about 203 pounds now, trainer Gus Wilson said, and expects to go into the ring against Tunney month hence weighing around 195.
 Ticket prices ranged from S to $40, and no restrictions were placed on the number one might purchase. Several blocks of twenty were handed out. and these buyers were asked to show business cards but nothing more.
 No secret was made of the fact that the choicest $40 seats were not on sale. awaiting the distribution committee to be selected by George r. Get2 the legal promoter for Tex RiCkard.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
BARD MEETS HIS MASTER
 BUT IS PLUCKY FIGHTER
Defeated At Velodrome By Larry Bock-NIickey Roberts Bows
 to Buster Nadeau,
Special to the Herald)


 Hartford, Aug. 2S-Pounded from pillar to post and back again. Joe Bard gave a great exhibition of sameness in his fight with Larry Book of New Haven at the Massa- soft A. C. show at the East Hartford velodrome last night Book ranged head and shoulders above Bard, who would have needed an extension ladder to reach him. In spite of this situation Bard pluckily fought to the end although Book had him on the verge of a knockout several times When the bout ended Bard was barely able to stand on his feet. But the fact that he was on his feet at all and fighting feebly, proved him to be one of the stout hearts of the ring. Book substitut- ed for Jack Kelly. who was unable to put on his fighting togs because of boils.
 Smiling Mickey Roberts of Hart ford and Buster Nadeau of Holyoke, Mass, engaged in a four round scrap f'"f stood out as one of the greatest battles ever staged at the velodrome. Ile youngsters stood knee to knee and fought intensely for supremacy. In the fourth round Nadeau slipped in an uppercut which weakened Mickey and gave the Holyoke boy the edge for the rest of the session.
 Gerald Emard of Holyoke won over Joe Carmen of New Haven on technical knockout in the third round. Carmen was knocked down and thoroughly whipped but fought back gamely.
 Paul Terzo of Hartford was given tho judges decision over Harry Secche of Hartford although many fans expressed their disapproval of the verdict.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23

This is a year of freak happenings in baseball, particularly as to the pitchers
 Recently Southpaw Burke of the Washington club pitched only one ball as relief pitcher, retiring a batsman and ending the inning. only to get credit for winning the game, when Washington in it's half of the inning, broke a tie by scoring two runs to win.
 Now for directly opposite situa tion: July 13, 1927 was a jiny to ton Red Sox. who pitched one ball to lose a game to the St. Louis Browns.
 This game proved beyond a doubt the uncertainty of baseball. Sam Jones, pitching for St. Louis, had held Boston to two hits and no runs for eight innings. He enjoyed a three-run lead going into the ninth Before the side was retired Boston had made five runs on four hits and two errors taking the lead 5-3.
 With runners on first and third, one out and George Sisler up, Man ager Carrigan removed Pitcher Jack Russell, sending in Ruffing as re- lief man. Russell had put the two tying runs on the bases.
 Ruffing tried to sneak a fast ball past Ssler, but failed, Sisler knock ing a home run into the right field bleachers that scored three runs and the game for St. Louis.
 Since Sisler's home run was the deciding score. made on the first ball Ruffing pitched he is charged with the defeat. Few major league ball games have ever been lost any quicker.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
TEAM ID
 l BATTLE MERIDEN
Play First Game of Annual
 Series in Silver City

The blue banner baseball event of the season will take place tomorrow afternoon at Hanover park in Meri- den when the New Britain Police Dept. baseball nine faces the Silver City bluecoats in the first game of the annual home and home series.
 Although the Meriden department team has boasted loud and long that it will take the two games this year. Manager Tom Dolan and Captain Paddy O'Mara of the local con- tingent are confidently expecting to hand the Silver City crew the worst pair of facing it has ever received at the hands of an opposing baseball aggregation.
 Last year the two teams split the series, Meriden winning the sec ond game on its home grounds after New Britain had copped the first in this city.
 Billy Kline, mainstay of the Meri- den pitching force will again oppose the New Britain contingent while Manager Tom Dolan will select either Slim Poltis or Tommy Blanchard to work for the local club. Neither lineup has been definitely settled but the same faces that battled last year will most likely be seen on the teams again this year.
 Paddy O'Mara, Tommy Feeney. Clarance Kumm, Pete Cabelus and others are out for the team and they are showing better form than ever. Meriden's crew will include Ray Cossette, Kelly, Wilcox, Billy Boldt and Jerry McGrath.
 A large crowd of rooters Is plan ming to accompany the team to Meriden and one of the largest crowds on record is expected to watch the game. The contest will start at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
Paul Redfern to Delay
 Flight Across Atlantic

Brunswick, Ga, Aug. B P-Paul Redfern will not take off tomorrow morning on his projected nonstop flight to Brazil, Paul V. Warner, chairman of the flight committee, announced this morning on receipt of weather reports which showed a tropical storm apparently moving across the northern leg of the 4,6Oo mile route. Redfern previously had said he would hop off tomorrow morning.