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New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
DEMOCRATS HOPE TO RETAIN SOUTH Discuss Plans for Active Gam.
 paisn in Dixie WILL BE HARD BATTLE
To Present Smith as One Pledged to Uphold the Constitution-Threat- en Negro c. o. P. Rule Under Hoover

Washington, July II UPl-Ef- forts to keep the south solidly demo- cratic were discussed today after the plea of Senator Robinson. demo- cratic e-presidential nominee, for a southern headquarters to combat anti-Smith sentiment
 If the party managers accept Robinson's advice and decide that a concerted democratic campaign in the south is necessary for the first time in history, it IS believed their arguments will be tWo-fold:
 First, Smith will be presented as an honest. constructive statesman, whose religion and modification views need not worry the dry Pro- testant south inasmuch as he is pledged to uphold the constitution and laws. In that connection alleg- ed republican corruption will be stressed.
 Chance Risky
 Second, those southern democrats planning to vote 'pjust this once for the republican presidential nominee to defeat Smith, will be told such a chance is too risky. The threat of Negro rule in the south, if republi- cans carry southern states, will be raised, as formerly, 10 hold white voters in line.
 That was indicated by former U. S. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia who yesterday pledged himself for Governor Smith.
 The south could not afford to support a republican ticket" he said. T will not vote for any one in democratic primary who does not declare himself in favor of our presidential noninee" Further, several state democratic organizations already have threaten ed to rule out' such democrats as may vote for Herbert Hoover.
 The Greenville county, S. C., democratic executive committee yes- terday voted to keep a holsters book" of pro-Hoover democrats for future reference"
 Virginia Quiet In Virginia similar move was discussed, but in general Virginia democratic leaders prefer not to agitate the issue publicly until short ly before the November election. They hope Smith can speak in their state and meantime are quietly Or ganizing Smith clubs. Mrs. Martha Wright Johnson, of Richmond, Va. former de.Cocratic national committeewoman from the District of Columbia, is one Smith supporter who chooses not to be silent.
 She issued statement criticizing Mrs. Clem Shaver. wife of the dem- ocratic national committee chair man, for her recent attack on Smith as a "faker" and wet" Not General View Mrs. Shaver should know before attempting to take part in politics that any attempt to create an i'm pression in peoples minds that a president can change laws is unfair play" Mrs. Johnson said. Her i statement cannot be credited as the view of democratic women general 11-,t
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
James Luther George,
 Noted Minstrel, Dies

Stamford. July II LF-James Luther George. widely known in minstrels 25 years ago, died at his home here today in his f9nd year. He was with Primrose and Vests minstrels for years and with other aggregations of old time stage sing CTS. After an accident which came to him on the stage he came to Stamford and engaged in house painting. For the past two years he had been blind. A daughter in Detroit survives.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
THIRD PARTY NOT
 THOUGHT FEASIBLE
W,C I. U. Woman Urges Pro- hibitionists to Support Hoover
AYERS (. 0. P. IS DRY
Declares Smith, If Elected, Will Ap- point Wet Judges to Supreme Court-Cites Past Record of Gov ernor.

Chicago, July II lP-Mrs. Eva c. Wheeler, Los Angeles, president Of the Southern California Women's S Christian Temperance Union. today called upon the prohibition party to support Herbert Hoover, the repub- lican nominee. for the presidency.
 Mrs Wheeler is a delicate to the party's convention here
 She said it would be futile to or ganize a third party movement even with a dry democrat heading the ticket. And why a dry democrat rather than dry republican," she asked
 Mrs. Wheeler discussed what she considered would be the effect Of Governor Smiths election.
 "Our supreme court is made up Of nine justices; they are appointed by the president for life" she ex- plained. some of these gentlemen are quite old. One, I believe, is s7. Because Of their advanced age, the next president may name more mem bers of the court than any president in the last 20 years. We can only judge 3 mans future by his past. Governor Smith has appointed 21 judges to the supreme court, the dis trict court or some prominent place in his state; and everyone has been a wet judge"
 Mrs Wheeler remarked that the secretary of the republican conven- ton was "an outstanding layman Of the Methodist church; the tempor- ary chairman teacher of mans Bible class; the permanent chair man son of Congregational minis ter; the chairman of the credentials committee, Mrs. Mabel Walker Will lebrandt, a member of the w. C. T. | L., and the outstanding leader, Sen- stor Borah, a Prcsbyterian-all bone dry
 Charles H. Randall, Los Angeles, once elected to congress as a pro- 1 hibition party candidate and au- thor of many prohibition measures, wired the national committee today recommending that the convention indorse Hoover and Curtis.
 The prohibition party delayed ac- ton on proposal to combine with the farmor-labor group for this years election. 4 resolution prepared l by three representatives of each con- Nention was tabled until after each faction had prepared a platform The resolution suggested that the parties unite and name a national committee of six from each.
 What does this farmer-labor par ty stand tor?" H. P. Farris, Clinton, Mo, prohibitions candidate for the presidency in 1924. asked l.. c. Dale. Los Angeles, who headed the dry joint committee members.
 If understand its aims the farmer-labor party leans toward Soviet Russia, and we don't want any of that"
 Royal C. Stephens, Philadelphia. who said he was a republican but had been invited to the prohibition convention, urged the party not to indorse Hoover.
 Who is supporting him in Penn sylvania," asked Stephens, answer ing Mellon and Ware. vets. Have you heard Hoover say anything about corruption while he was in the cabinet? What has happened in Hoover's own state-California- MeXicans and Japanese have driven the American laboring men out of I there"
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
Torrington Chauffeur Dies After Ac- cidcnt Early Today on Norfolk Highway-Car Ran on Road.

Tcrrington, Conn. July II (UP) Bodine, 19-year-old Tor rington chauffeur. died at Charlotte hospital here few hours after an automobile he was driving ran off the Norfolk -Torring- ton road and overturned today.
 Mrs. Louise Temkin, Bodine's em- ployer. and her five children. passen- gers in the large sedan, escaped with minor injuries.
 The party was returning 10 Tor rington from AmeniS. N. Y. ThA accident occurred about four miles north of here.
 None of the survivors was able to explain the accident.
 Bodine formerly lived at New town.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
Tod Morgan Scales in
 At an Even l3O Pounds

New York. July II PD-Tod Nor gan. junior lightweight champion. this afternoon scaled an even 130 pounds, the class limit for his IS round title fight with Cannonball Eddie Martin, former bantamweiSht champion. at Ebbets Field tonight. Martin weighed 12s a.. The light has been twice postponed because of bad weather.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
Never III Before, Heat
 Fatal to Putnam Man

Putnam, Conn. July II GP - Weather conditions may have had much to do with the death of Fran cis Leclaire. 6S, while he was pre- pairing to go to work at Atanwau- gan. He had claimed he had never been i'll in his life. He had felt the present heat wave. A widow and eight childen survive.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
WAR ON RUM RUNNERS
Dry Chief and Customs Collector in New York State Map Out Their Campaign.

St. Albans, Vt, July II Rp-Major Maurice Campbell, assistant prohibi- ton administrator Of New York, was in conference with Collector Harry C. Whitehill and other officials of the customs department at head quarters here today.
 Close cooperation between the two departments in a war on rum run ners in the Champlaln valley was discussed. Representation was made by the New York official for the transfer of number of seized auto mobiles to his department for the use cf the New York agents.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
LOckjaw, After Fourth,
 Kills ChicOpee Child

Chipcopee Mass, July 110P Wal ter Trzybycien. II, died today of tetanus, the result of blank cart ridge wound suffered on Indepen- dence day. His parents failed to call a physician until yesterday when his condition was seen to be serious.
 This death is the only one in this vicinity as the result of fourth cele- bration.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
LEFT MORE THAN MILLION
Estate Of Springfield Patent Medicine Manufacturer Is Inyentoried At Sf.O76,456.

Springfield. Mass, July II lP)- Wilbur F. Young. manufacturer of proprietary medicines. who died re- gently. left an estate valued at s1,- 0i6,456, of which $1,o59,535 was in personal property. an inventory filed today showed. An inventory of the estate of Mrs. Belle Townsley Smith. showed property valued at s573,471. Mrs. Smith wes the widow of George Walter Vincent Smith, whose extensive art collections have been given to this city.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
T.. S, ATHLETES LEAVE

New York, July II R-To the accompaniment of the blaring of bands, blowing of whistles and ex- pressions of optimism from all hands. the American Olympic team sailed on time at noon today on board the chartered steamship. President Roosevelt for the games at Amsterdam.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
HEALTH POOR. RESIGNS

Stamford. July II R-Dr. Will liam T. Hornaday, former curator of the Bronx Geological Gardens Stamford park, resigned his latter office pday. giving ill health as the reason for action.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
BOSTON LAWYER DIES

Boston. July II R-James Mott Hallowell, a leading Boston lawyer. died today at his summer home at Wianno. on Cape Cod. He was at one time assistant general of Nsussa- chusetts.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
Switch to General Mo- tors Head Due to Need of Widely Known Business Man at Helm of Party.
Nominee Has Pleasant Talk With Senator Reed Who Says He Will Keep on Working for the Democrats.

New York, July II CF-Al- though John J. Ra kob. who was chosen today as the new chairman of the democratic committee, served qn President Wilson's industrial conference Tn 1919, he is listed as a repub- lican in the sketch of his life in Who's Who in America"
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11

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New Britain herald., 1928-07-11

Moscow, July II R-Virtually given up for dead. three men of ths ill-fated Mobile expedition have been discovered alive on the ice packs to the west of Cape Platen. north of North East Land.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16
Party Lines Obliterated AS
Measure Is Defeated by
46 to 81
ATTACK MOTIVE
Montana Senator Charged
BY Bruce With Paving
Way to Presidency

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is R-By a.
margin of Is votes the senate to-
NIGHT referred to the federal trade
commission in the investigation OF
the financing of public utilities power
corporations. The vote was 46 to 81,
with party lines obliterated.
The showdown came on an amend
ment by Senator George, democrat,
Georgia. to the original proposal OF
Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana,
that the senate itself conduct the
inquiry through a special committee
Of five to be elected by the member
ship.
The vote was reached shortly after
900 p. M, after the senate had been
in session for more than nine hours
and after proponents Of the Walsh
plan had made three separate at
tempts to force the final vote over
until tomorrow or later.
After the George amendment had
been approved ana the resolution per-
fected in other details, it was adopt
ed without even a record vote. Under
its provisions as finally approved the
commission is directed not only to
report to the senate every 80 days
while the investigation is in progress,
but to hold open hearings at all times.
Besides ordering an inquiry OF the
financing of the power companies.
the resolution empowers the trade
commission to investigate campaign
contributions by these corporations to
presidential and senatorial elections
since 1923. Senator Walsh, however,
had sought to have the resolution
provide also for an inquiry Of at
temptS by the utilities companies to
influence state or municipal regula-
tory bodies.
Realizing that they had the whip
hand, opponents of the Walsh plan
for a senate inquiry were determined
to force a roll call before adjourn
ment even if the session had to go
all night and they we're able to keep
their forces intact throughout the
long hours of bitter debate.
Although taking little part in the
debate, Senator Watson, Of Indiana,
chairman of the Interstate commerce
committee, which reported the Walsh
resolution favorably, was the real field
marshal of the opposition forces, and
it was he who drove through the first
night session of the senate in this
congress after his efforts to get a
unanimous consent agreement for a
vote at a specified hour tomorrow
had failed.
Throughout the three days of de-
bate, there had been charges of q
formidable lobby and representatives
of the industry looked down from the
galleries rs the voting went forward.
When the result was announced there
was a scattering for nearby tele-
phones.
Aside from the charges of lobby in
fidence in senate consideration, which
were repeatedly denied. there were
more than yelled intimations in the
debate that snatorial presidential am
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16
Federal Aid Urged
To Bring Settlers
Onto Public Lands

WASHINGTON Feb Is (R0-Federal
aid in bringing settlers to both private
and public lands on reclamation prof.
ects was urged in resolutions adopted
today at the final session of the
reclamation conference called by Sec
retary Work. Several thousand set
tiers were said to be needed to make
the governments reclamation projects
successful enterprises.
The conference asked that the
reclamation act be amended by con-
gress to provide for the use of the
reclamation fund on public and private
lands, the money to be loaned over a
long period of years and at low rate
of interest Endorsement was given
the Kendrick bill in the senate and
the Winter bill in the house providing
for aided and directed settlement OF
the projects.
Other legislation suggested included
the taxation for schools of homesteads
on irrigated lands on which final proof
of reclamation had been made, but on
which the certificates have not been
issued; provision for the sale of un-
productive land which could be used
DY 1II1SdOlO11 III O4AC 81 cl<lAAAso
of cattle, and an economic survey Of
projects in process of development by
the department of agriculture and the
agricultural colleges in cooperation
with the reclamation bureau
Permission for the return of natural
lied Americans who went to Canada
and became citizens there without re-
gard to the quota of their native coun-
try, was urged in another resolution.
It provided that they would be per-
mitted to return only if they establish
cd homes on reclamation projects.
John Haw, of st. Paul, Mimi, di-
rector of agriculture for the Northern
Pacific railway, attempted to get the
conferees to consider a resolution to
answer the, recent report of the as
sociation of land grant colleges that
there was at present no need for adj
ditional reclamation projects. He
severely criticized the report. The
conference declined to take action be-
cause the matter was considered out
of it's scope.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16
HITCHCOCK
SEES HARD RACE
FOR NOMINATION
Ex-P Postmaster General Says
Dawes, Lowden, Hoover
Closely Bunched

Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster gen.
eral in the administration of President
William H. Taft from 1909 to 1913, and
now residing in New York, and owner
of the Tucson Citizen, was a visitor
in Douglas yesterday. He is visiting
in Arizona to look after his properties,
having recently purchased all the stock
of the Citizen in which he formerly
had been only a majority stockholder,
He was accompanied TO Douglas by H.
S. Corbett, chairman of the Arizona
state republican committee; Pat
Nathan and Ralph Bilby, a Tucson
attorney.
In Douglas Mr. rTitchcock's party had
dinner at the Club Sociale, the local
men present being, James Logic, man
ager of the Dispatch, and James P.
Boyle, attorney. The visit here was
chiefly social in nature being intended
to renew friendship between the visi-
tors and their guests of the evening.
There was, of course, incidental po-
litical discussion, but Mr. Hitchcock
declared that he had no statement to
make as 10 the present political cam
paign further than to sav '''''+ there is
no hint Of any great advantage OF
any present candidate in the race and
that there seems to be a rather even
strength shown by Dawes, Lowden and
Hoover. He also regards the entry OF
the numerous aspirants including
Willis of Ohio, Watson of Indiana, and
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16
HICKMAN STANDS
TRIAL FOR SECOND
MURDER WITH PAL
Hunt BIames Kidnaper-
Slayer for Predicament
In Which He Is In

HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANG-
FLES, Feb. Is R0-Two boys, one,
according to law, too young to hang,
stared at the machinery of the law
today as it sifted out jury to try
them for killing a defenseiess man in
cold blood.
Wclby Hunt, not yet II, and Will
liam Edward Hickman, just 20,< faced
a quiet voiced jurist, Judge Elliot
Craig, as he read to the pair the
charge of numbering the Rose Hill
druggist, in an attempted holdup OF
his store on Christmas eve, 1926.
When court closed for the day
three men and nine women jurors
had been tentatively selected, but not
without rapid fire elimination OF
numbers of others either by ques-
tioning by the judge himself or by
eight challenges from defense counsel.
Only three of the women had reached
middle age, while the men all are
elderly.
Outside the rail OF the court, look
ing hesitatingly about, anywhere but
at, the two prisoners accused OF
numbering her husband, sat Mrs
ThomS.
Inside the rail- against the side
wall, was Alfred Hickman, brother
of William, who already had sat
through weary days of his brothers
trial for the killing of Marian Parker
and yesterday had heard that brother
sentenced to hang April 81 next.
The opening session resolved Itself
into round OF dreary questioning
OF talesmen, unbroken even by a
clash of attorneys.
The youthful pair OF confessed
bandits started the day in Judge
Carlos Hardy's court.
There consel for Hickman asked
for a continuance until next Monday
but this was denied and the case
was sent to Judge Elliott Craig'S
court for immediate trial.
Before Judge Craig the defense re-
newed its plea for delay, met witt
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16
CONTRIBUTION
FOR POLITICS
BEING .PROBED
Senate Committee Back
Tracks in Tracing Tea
pot Dome Funds
CHECK ON EXILE.
Account Of Missing Witness
In Oil Case Is Being
Audited
CHECK ON EXILE

WASHINGTON Feb. Is tR)-Back
tracking to political contributions
which cine out of the profits of the
Continental Trading company, the
senate Teapot Dome committee will
reopen its investigation tomorrow to
hear two representatives of New York
brokerage houses.
They are Joseph F. McMahan VI
Potter and company, and James
Bernieri of O. F. Childs and company,
who will trlce for the committee the.
disposition by T. Coleman DUPONT
chairman of the board of the Empire
Trust company of $4,000 in liberty
bends turned over TO him in Novem-
ber 1928, to hquidate a political note
held by the Empire Trust company.
The evidence is that Will H. Hays,
former chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, delivered the bonds
to Dupont, who in turn had Fuller and
company sell them c. F. Childs and
company were the purchasers. Hays
told the committee four years ago
that Sinclair contributed $4,000 to help
wipe out the republican party deficit
in 1923 and it is believed this payment
was in liberty bonds.
At any rate, $4,000 of the bonds
have been identified as those in the
Continental Jackpot of $4,000 000
which the president of the Canadian
corporation distributed after taking
them away from the New York agency
of the Dominion Bank of Canada in
four equally divided packages. The
Continental company, now extinct,
made its profits in the purchase and
resale of American oil.
Investigators for the committee still
are checking back in New York on the
$1,000,0OO liberty bond account of H.
M. Blackmer, voluntary exile from this
country, carried in the New York
company at about the time of the
operations of the Continental Senator
Walsh of Montana, the committee
prosecutor said today, however, that
apparently none of these bonds were
those forming Continental profits.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16
Plane on Test Flight For
Carrying Capacity With
Volunteers
ARM IS CUT OFF
One Man Grasping PropeI-
Ter to Save Himself From
Falling, Loses Arm

MIAMI, Fla, Feb l5~ ga Cuban
American Air Lines seaplane carrying
19 persons plunged into Biscayne bay,
two miles from shore, late today,
seriously. injuring Ray Jackson. 38,
OF Miami Members OF the crew, a
government inspector and IL pas
sengers suffered only minor bruises
and shock when the plane fell from
an altitude OF 200 feet
The crash came when one of the
two motors stopped without warning
while the machine was tilted into
a turn and the power Of the second
motor was not sufficient to straighten
the craft in the air.
Charles Al Rowe, pilot, leveled the
machine Just before it struck the
water, but the force of the impact
ripped the bottom out of the cabin
and cockpit. The plane sank.
Jackson's right hand was severed
when he attempted to save himself
by grasping the still revolving pro-
pelIer of the second motor.
Some Of the planes passengers,
among whom were five women, were
thrown into the water through the
bottom and others crawled out the
cabin door The pilot and mechanics
climbed to safety from the cockpit.
A. B. Chalk, plotting plane OF
the CauSeWs irways, saw the crash
from the air and landed his plane
near a ship dock and enlisted aid OF
a speedboat which proceeded to the
scene of the accident and picked up
the passengers and crew Of the
wrecked ship.
The plane was making test flight
for carrying capacity f-sd the pas
sengers had been selecteo< at random
from a group OF spectators at the
municipal seaplane base.
Leo G. Wilson, United States dis
trict aviation inspector, who was in
the party, exonerated the pilot Of
blame.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-16
r. r. SENIORITY
CASES SET FOR
TRIAL IN TUCSON.

TUCSON, Feb. Is tP)-The railroad
seniority cases which were set this
morning in superior court were con-
tinued until tomorrow morning after
counsel for the railroad and the
railroad brotherhoods had been in
conference most of the Cay In an
attempt to agree on certain stipula-
tions as to all or a portion of the
facts BY doing this it is expected
that the case will be greatly short
ened.
A large number of railroad e3acu-
tives and others interested in. the
case were present Frank CcCaT1ery,
local engineer, is the plaintiff with
others in the case against the South
ern Pacific company, in which the
Tucson railroad men are trying to
regain certain seniority rights which
they claim were lost and given to
new men from Phoenix who were
employees OF the FL PaSc and South
western road, which was absorbed
by the Southern Pacific. M. H.
Rawson. a fireman, is making SIM
liar complaint against the railroad
in behalf of the firemen
Among the prominent brotherhood
executives from out OF town who are
here to attend the trial are: c. F..
Burbank assistant grand chief of the
B. of L. E., with headquarters in
Cleveland; Allen Phillips. grand vice
president OF the order, also OF Cleve-
land, and E. F.. Johnson and F. E
Riley. representing brotherhoods at
PhoeriX.