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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
MEXICO SAYS OIL FIRMS
ACT LIKE CONQUERORS
Make New Demands as Fast as
Government Yields Points,
Statement Declares.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, August 3.-An edi-
torial in Excelsior yesterday declar-
ing that the new oil laws were affect
ing the Mexican oil industry adverse
ly- today brought a reply from the De-
partment of Industry and Commerce
declaring that the oil companies aim
at absolute unrestricted dominion over
petroleum in Mexico like conquerors
in a Subdued colony stepping over all
laws and all principles Of Justice"
That official statement said that the
efforts OF the government to bring
about a solution Of the controversy.
over the oil legislation and to furnish
the companies means whereby their
interests could be harmonized with
the new laws had been in vain.
when the government yields some
point, new demands arise and each
conciliatory step Is Immediately fol-
lowed by new openly aggressive
demonstration showing that the oil
companies do not seek agreement, but
aim at absolute unrestricted dominion
over petroleum." the statement says.
CThe Excelsior editorial cited various
figures to show that the production
of oil in Mexico was decreasing and
that the government was losing seri-
GUS amounts of revenue from its
taxation Of the petroleum industry,
which forms an important part Of its
income.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
NEW COUNSEL ENGAGED
FOR LITA GRAY CHAPLIN
Screen Comedians Wife Changes
Legal Staff in Suit Against
Husband.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES. August 3.--Lita
Gray Chaplin today switched lawyers
in her fight for a divorce and a part
of the fortune of her husband, Charlie
Chaplin. film comedian.
Lyndol l.. Young, William X. Young
and Milton Young, who were associ-
ated with Mrs. Chaplin's uncle, Edwin
II. McMurray, San Francisco attor-
neys, as counsel for the comedians
wife, announced they had withdrawn
from the case.
differences in the matter of policy
and procedure have caused us to with
draw from the case" Lyndol l.. Young
said. I'VE are out and the subStitu-
ton of other counsel will meet with
our approval" Shortly thereafter Nc
Murray announced the retention of
the legal firm of Bradner Lee, jr., &
Kenyon Lee to represent Mrs. Chap
lin. The change I'm attorneys will be
effected formally Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
FLAHERTY TO RETIRE
- AS HEAD OF K. OF C.
Michigan Man Expected to Become
Supreme Knight-Capital Seeks
Convention.

by tue Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, August 3.-For
the first time in IS years something
besides routine is entering into the
election of supreme officers of the
Knights of Columbus, in convention
here. This is because James A.
Flaherty of Philadelphia will retire
as supreme knight, in spite Of the
insistence of his friends that he re-
tain his Office.
Martin II. Carmody of Grand Rap
ids, Mich. present deputy supreme
knight. was expected to succeed
tlaherty at the election today.
About 1900 delegates and guests
were reported as the fOrty-fifth an
nual convention of the Supreme Coun-
ell opened yesterday.
The only invitation for the 1928
convention thus far received Is that
presented by Judge Charles w. Darr
from Washington, D. c.. with the in
dorsements of the Chamber Of Com
merce and Board of Trade Of the Ma
tion's capital.
The annual report of Supreme Sec.
rotary William J. Macginley, reveals
that the total membership Of the
Catholic fraternal organization on
June 80, 1927, was 690,732. OF this
number 23S,889 were insurance men,
bers and 451, 843 associate members.
The increase in membership over last
year was given as 51,047.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

speed for the course, which was es-
tabiished at Baltimofc--23l miles an
hour. or about l6 miles an hour slow
er than it's speed as land plane in
the hands of Lieut.. Belts.
Mr.. CARRIER, who said today that
institutions collection of aircraft lad
mittedly is the finest in the world"
declared that he had been assured by
Col. Charles a. Lindbergh's hackers
that the famous Spirit of st. Louis
would be turned into the Smithsonian
for posterity. Mr.. CARRIER said that
this monoplane would represent the
recent nonstop epic" in aeronautics
and would stand for the Chamberlin,
Maitland-Hegenberg Byrd. Smith
Bronte flights. He also is endeavoring
to acquire the Josephine Ford
Fokker monoplane of North Pole
fame and to this end he will visit
Henry Ford in a few weeks. w. y.
Mayo. chief engineer OF the Ford
Motor Co.. has informed Mr.. CARRIER
that he, personally, was in favor of
putting the ship here.
Regardless of the outcome of tho
negotiations. Mr.. CARRIER said he has
been promised one Of the three Wright
'Whirlwind' engines which powered
the plane on it's polar flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
HONEST TAX LISTS
URGED BY OFFICIAL
Commissioner Blair Asks
Public and Employees to
Prevent Frauds.

A call to Government employees and
the outside" was sounded today by
Commissioner Blair of the Internal
Revenue Bureau in an effort to pre-
vent tax conspiracieS by which the
Government may he defrauGed.
Writing in Internal Revenue News,
the second number of which has just
come from the Government Printing
Office press, the commissioner refers
to the story of a typical conspiracy
case described in preceding article
and admits that "a number of con-
spiracies between employees of the bu-
reau and men on the outside have
been detected"
1.-THE employees and the conspirators
have been prosecuted and sentenced"
he said. "While the total number OF
such cases appears quite large, the
percentage Is, indeed, very small. the
Bureau of Internal Revenue having
many thousands of employees. On &C.
count of it's immense size it Is diff
cult to compare the Bureau of In.
ternal Revenue with private business.
Defalcations occur occasionally in all
classes of private business, and it Is
believed by those who have made a
careful study of it that the percentage
OF dishonest employees in the bureau
Is as. small or smaller than in most
private businesses.
I'VE are proud Of the high character
OF the employees of this bureau. It
Is encouraging that most of them CO.
operate with the Intelligence Unit to
the fullest extent in detecting crook
ednesS on the part of people either
on the inside or on the outside, and
1t is due to this fine spirit and to the
diligence of the Intelligence Unit, and
the extreme care exercised by the Of
fcerS OF the bureau in the selection Of
men who occupy places of RESPONSE
bility that the bureau has such a fine
record in this respect.
"The case above referred to, and
others more or less like it, shows how
diligent the officials Of the bureau are
in detecting and prosecuting both its
own employees and men on the outside
who conspirs with them to defraud
the Government. Some of the schemes
have been, indeed, very cleverly con-
ceived, but, just as murder will OUT
the plans of the smartest crook will
somewhere have a defect and the spe.
cial agents eventually find the clew
and bring the criminals to justice.
while idle gossip and unfounded
suspicion about the integrity Of EN-.
ployes are discouraged, the commits
sioner welcomes information that in
dicates corruption.
1.-THE conduct of one dishonest EN-.
ploye in a section of the bureau might
discredit all the employees i'm that sec
ton. 1t can he seen, therefore. that
the special agent is the best friend the
honest employee has, and by cooper.
ating with him the honest employee
can keep the bureau clean"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
MARYLAND ZONING
EXPERT APPOINTED
Chairman Holton Announces
Choice of Irving c Root of Kan
sas City, Mo-, for Place.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, August g.
Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, recently Gre
ated by the State Legislature, today
announced the appointment of Irving
G. Root Of Kansas City. Mo-, as the
commissions city planning and zon-
ing director.
About 40 applicants for the position
were considered. Mr.. Root, who has
recently been employed at Flint, Mich.
in similar work, will come to Mont
gomery County and begin his duties
by September !. He has engaged two
Maryland men as aides to gather
data. Warren Adams OF Kensington
and A. +. Carr Of Hyattsville are the
two chosen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
JOURNALIST is CROWNED
BARD OF THE EISTEDDFOD
Honor Conferred With PICTURESQUE
Rites as Feature of Annual
Welsh Festival.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLYHEAD. Wales, August s.
Caradac Prtchard, a journalist of Be-
thesda, Wales, has been crowned bard
Of the Eisteddfod for 1927 with pic
turesque rites performed within a
circle of stone.
This feature Of the annual Welsh
festival of song and poetry yesterday,
however, lost something in color be-
cause Mr.. Pritchard declined to make
"a silly ass" Of himself by wearing
the ornamental robe with which the
winning .bard Is usually decorated.
Mr.. Pritchard. who is only % years
old and the youngest competitor ever
to win the Bardic crown, wrote to
the ''archdruid" before the browning,
refusing to wear the robe. The jour.
nalist declared that he would be
ashamed to appear even as crowned
bard of the Eisteddfod in such a gar
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
Chamberlin's Feat Expected to Cut Down
Transatlantic Voyages to Three Days


BY the Associated Press
Clarence Chambelin's successful ex.
perimental flight from the steamship
Leviathan at sea to the New York
mainland with mail marks the begin
ming of a service which eventually
may reduce the time of Atlantic cross
ing to less than three days, in the
opinion of w. Trying Glover. Second
Assistant Postmaster General who
feels that in the future an airplane
may be an integral part of fast ocean
liners for this purpose.
David "A. Burke, general manager Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
Bandits Rob Theater of $3.50.

GREENVILLE, S. c., August
R).-Two unmasked white robbers
smashed window in the ticket office
of theater in the downtown section
of this city at 9:35 O'Clock last night.
while the days receipts were being
counted by the cashier, snatched $3.50
and escaped. While clues had been
gathered that police believe may lead
to the discovery Of the identity of
the two, no arrests had been made
late last night. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
Wins Fort Eustis Medal.
pecisl Dispatch to The Star.


FORT EUSTIS, Va, August s.
William +. Wynn, a blue-course stu
dent, Joncsville, Va. member of Com
pany l., won the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION rifle match of the 1927 Citi.
Zens Military Training Camp. with 81
out of a possible 100. Wynn will get
Il silver medal. $. Dobyns. Stuart,
Va, Company +. was second, with n
score of 93, and Willard s. Young,
jr., of Colonial Park, Md, Company
E, was third.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
Grain CropDepends
On Weather During
Coming Ten Days
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL. August 3.-Weather
conditions of the next 10 days will
make or break" the grain crop
in the Dakotas and Minnesota, DIR.
f. G. Stakman, head of the plant
pathology department Of the Min
nesota State College Of Agriculture.
said today.
Returning from an inspection
tour Of those States, DIR. Stakman
warned that the trust danger to
minimized. for the situation Is ex-
tremely critical"
If'''four or five days Of hot and
humid weather" are experienced in
the next 10 days, grain losses will
be terrific" DR.. Stakman said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

the United States Lines, also is conf
dent that Chamberlin's feat will lead
to a shortening Of transatlantic trips
by one day or two. He expressed this
opinion in letter to Chairman O'Con-
nor of the Shipping Board, written
aboard the Leviathan and carried
ashore by Chamberlin.
Glover declared Chamberlin had
brought nearer the consummation of
Post Office Department plans looking
eventually to the establishment of
regular ship-to-shore and shore ship
service for transatlantic mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
Court Clerk Wins
Ballot After So
Years in Office
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, August g.
Stanhope s. Hurt, so years old,
scored a political triumph when re-
nominated yesterday as clerk Of
the Pittsylvania County Court. a
position he has held for SO years.
He defeated J. o. Faison and O.
S. Il. Yeats.
Letcher Bryant and High Shop
herd led the legislative field OF
seven and are assured seats in the
House. Bryant is one of the larg-
est producers of tobacco in the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
Death Toll 1000 DAYS.

That 1000 labor days are lost for
every man who dies of malaria was
the claim of one of the speakers at
a joint teachers and health officers
convention held in Manila recently
to stimulate interest in a campaign
to fight malaria in all the Philippine
provinces. Among the speakers was
Maj. A. j. Kitchens, who said that
the schools can do more than health
service men to control malaria. and
that with the help of the schools the
health service can eradicate the dis
ease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

The Army Curtis racing plane,
which won the Pulitzer and Schneider
high speed aircraft races OF 1928, and
placed second in the Schneider event
at Hampton Roads last November,
was installed i'm the aircraft building
of the Smithsonian Institution yester-
day afternoon, where it now is a part
of the exhibition of historic and repre-
sentative type aircraft.
Since the all-American aircraft dis
play at Boiling Field the first week In
Nav. the racer has been in storage at
that post. The wings were removed
Yesterday and the fuselage was hauled
into the CITY on a truck. The wings
made a second load. The plane was
assembled and assigned exhibition
apace at the entrance to the building.
May BE Last of Racers.
Paul Edward CARRIER, curator OF
aeronautics fer the institution, who
= hes been negotiating for about a year
for a historic racing plane, SAID TO-
dav that the trim little snip repre-.
sents the very peak Of aerodynanilcal
efficiency. Furthermore, Mi. Gan Der
said. the plane probably will represent
the last effort on the part of the mill
tarv services TO build racing planes.
THE Army racer, with two sister ships
belonging 10 the Navy, were built IN
1908 and since that date the Govern
mont has taken no action toward later
craft of this type The success mot by
J,ieut. A. j. Williams. jr., of the Navy,
in building a racer from private sub
scrintions. and which is privately
owned. has tended to create n prece-
dent among the services against
fu,t her expenditure of money for
these planes
The little black racer" as the
AMY nlane has been known for nearly
tun Years. has had only eight hours
A,,irt. in the air. but as it's average
speed during that Tine WAS around
p25 miles AN hour, ii has Travelled
nearly 1000 miles. both as a land ana
seaplane.
Piloted by the late Lieut.. icy" Bet
lis. who met IA tragic death after a
crash against fog-coVered PennSYiVa-
nia mountains last year, the little
black racer won the Pulitzer race OF
1925 at Mitchell Field, Long Island.
His competitor was Lieut.. Williams,
who few the racers sister" and fin
tshed second. Fitted with pontoons
and piloted by Lieut.. Jimmie" Doc
little Of the Army Air Corps, the racer
won the Schneider International sea
plane trophy race at Baltimore a
month after the Pulitzer event. Its
councillors were planes from Great
Britain and Italy. The two Navy
rlanes of similar design were forced
down before the race ended through
fire and engine trouble.
net Nnar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

The cornerstone Of the new monas-
terry and sanctuary, first unit of the
new $1,000,000 Mount Angel College
and st. Benedict.s Abbey, has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

Coutts Bank, one Of London's old.
est and best known financial institu.
tons. requires all its employees to be
clean 6haveu. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

Norway's Parliament has adopted
proposal for reducing the wages of
state employees by 10 per cent at
the end Of this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

Georgia's eight higher educational In.
stitutions pleaded the Legislature ap.
preparations committee for more than
$4,000, 900 in the next year. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

A Cambridge England hairdresser
reports he has never known so many
undergraduates to have their hair
waved as now. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

There are women who would rather
dye than let others know they are
gray. 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
Second Last Year.

Still equipped TO fly as a scaplane
and piloted by Lieut.. G. Frank Schilt
Of the Marine Corps. the black racer
ran second to the powerful and speedy
monoplanes OF Italy in the Schneider
event at Hampton Roads. In this
race 1t about eQualed its average
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-08-03
BUILD FOR SAFETY
URGES FIRE CHIEF
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Continued from first page)
applied over the frame, an incumbus-
tible type of sheathing is now used.
This protects the frame from the out
side. To protect it from the inside
a metal or rock lath is used in place
of wood lath. With a roof covering
of asbestos or other fire-resistive ma
terial, house so built possesses as
high degree of protection from fire
as is possible in frame structure.
Chief Corbett feels that preventing
fires is just as important part of
the Fire Department work as fight
ing fires, and along with the thous-
ands of other fire chiefs throughout
the country, he is actively cooperat-
ing with the International Associa-
tion of Fire Chiefs in it's great 1927
is Fire Prevention Year" movement
which it is hoped will acquaint the
public with means for reducing the
annual fire toll.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-08-03
SHELDON SAYS
BUMPER CROPS ARE
OVER ESTIMATED
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Continued from page one)
deceiving of the actual conditions.
The Redwood County Farm Bureau
have likewise assumed this attitude
and have been concerned about it for
many reasons. For this reason, it
has been their effort to put out as
near to true and accurate reports of
crop conditions as was possible to
give.
The method of securing these re-
ports are unfair because of the fact
that they are secured at time when
everything looks at its best and the
reports are continued to be harped
upon even if conditions are changed
vitality. However, the daily press of
the Twin Cities has been specifically
notified both from the Farm Bureau
office and from the Redwood Falls
Commercial Club that crop conditions
are not as rosy as they have been
depicted to be. A few miles drive in
the country and walk through some
of the fields would be convincing to
anyone of the real facts in the case.
Everyone is glad to see good crops
but there is no use kidding ourselves
into thinking that crops are better
than they are. This statement of
facts is not to make farmers feel dis
couraged, but to cause the business
world to realize that conditions are
not as favorable as they are trying
to make it appear. Such reports play
havoc with farm prices and only
serve as a means of affecting heavy
sales of merchandise pending upon
good harvest--Lynn Sheldon, Coun-
ty Agent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-08-03

factor to keep the treaty episode
alive after the pioneers are gone, and
in this effort the hitherto unpublish-
ed Mayer pictures sketched during
the treaty will be great help. It
has also been suggested that St.
Peter keep alive the historical event
by portraying it in pageant form on
the actual grounds every ten years.
This suggestion has met with wide
spread enthusiasm among the news
papermen Of the state who have laud-
ed the suggestion editorially for sew
eral weeks. At meeting of the st.
Peter Association on Wednesday it
was decided to plan an anniversary
program on treaty day next year
St. Peter Herald
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-08-03
BASE BALL EVENT
OF SEASON THURS.

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not permit any man to have his hair
cut or to be shaved. Due to this fact,
many Of the players on the team are
kept from playing in the major
leagues. Two of the stars of the
team who have had several chances
to play with different major league
teams are Dutch Faust, the sensa-
tional short stop and J. Shamrock, the
Babe Ruth of the team. Shamrock
has hit AT homes runs this season in
14O games played. Among the four
base clouts by Shamrock are those
made from hurlers of different teams
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-08-03
rs CAR OWNERS ARE
DELINQUENT IN CO.

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tailed statement of the make of the
car, for which the person named is
assessed, the required license fee for
such automobile, and to each of these
sums has been added SIP as penalty
for not having compiled with the au-
tomobile license tax law. Sheriff L.
j. Kise started serving attachments
August 1, as the automobiles had
nntil July 80, in which to hquidate the
tax.
In the report there are 80 delin-
quents on the list giving their address
rs Redwood Falls, 6 of Wabasso, II
from Walnut Grove, of Lamberton,
6 of Seaforth, each in North Red
wood, Morton Milroy, Sanborn,
Springfield, Marshall, Delhi, and Luz
can; while the following towns have
one each, Wanda, Morgan, Belview,
Yesta and Clements.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-08-03
TRAVERSE TREATY
SIGNED rs YRS. AGO
SATURDAY WAS ANNIVERSARY
OF PACT WITH SIOUX; PLANS
UNDER WAY FOR PRESERvA-
TION.

Saturday, July %, was the 10th an
niversary of the signing of the fam
Gus treaty of Traverse des Sioux on
the outskirts of st. Peter, where g.
900 Indians deed to the white man
100000 acres of fertile Minnesota,
Iowa, North and South Dakota land
at a price of two cents an acre. The
event was not observed this year at
the treaty site, but a big celebration
was arranged year ago, and about
month ago special demonstration
was held there on the occasion of the
visit of Mrs. Nancy Mcclure Fari-
bault-Huggins, the bride of the
treaty.
The famous treaty was signed on
July %, 1851, after months of bick-
ering between the government repre-
sentatives and the horde of Indians.
1t was one of the greatest important
transactions with the Indians in
which the government ever partici-
pated, and the treaty site is one Of
the states most noted historic spots.
The treaty and the frontier settle
ment at which it was contaminated
is fast being forgotten and is on the
verge of being lost because of lack
of published history concerning it.
The Herald has undertaken to publish
history of those stirring times, to
be written by Minnesota's eminent
historian, Judge Thomas Huges OF
Mankato which will deal with the
treaty, the early missions and the
historic characters of the frontier
settlement. An event of so great inn
portance should be preserved for pos
terity and pioneers and prominent
citizens everywhere are boosting the
undertaking.
The publication viii be the chief