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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
ROCKEFELLER IS SUBPOENAED
BEFORE SENATE OIL COMMITTEE

The chairman of the board of
trustees of the Rockefeller fOunda-
tion is to be Questioned as 20
whether Stewart gave to him in
formation which he withheld from
the cOmmittee-what knowledge,
il any, he had of persons who
received liberty bonds from the
Continental and whether he had
discussed the disposition of those
bonds with Harry F. Sinclair,
central figure in the whole oil
inquiry.
In his telegram to Senator
Walsh, Rockefeller said he had
personally expressed his regret
to Stewart that the latter had
not answered all the questions put
to him and had been informed
that nothing could change the
decision Of the Standard OF
Indiana official against whom the
senate has asked the District of
Columbia supreme court to start
contempt proceedings.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
Business Men of COmmun-
ity Show Unanimity in
Cooperating in Work
BUILD AT ONCE
Many Stockholders of Com
munity Hotel Back
Mackey's Proposal

Plans will be made at once for the
New Gadsden hotel. Work will be
started to bring those plans into a
concrete reality as, soon as the details
that such proposition involves can
be mastered and the work completed.
The debris and ashes which now litter
the corner at Eleventh and G avenue
will be transformed into monument
OF business progress in the form
reinforced concrete, fireproof, modern
hotel building that will contain not
less than $50 rooms and built upon
foundation that will carry a structure
which will make possible $50 or more
rooms when the time arrives that sug-
gests the wisdom of such enlargement.
Such is the outcome of the Gadsden
hotel fire of Tuesday
The foregoing statements are made
upon the authority of none other than
F. 0. Mackey, owner of the lGadsden
which was burned Tuesday Mr..
Mackey can not go into detail at this
time concerning the plans, but he
says that the plans will be shaped as
rapidly as the conditions permit and
when they have been completed, which
will be in the near future, that he will
take the people of Douglas into his en-
tire confidence as to the details that
have been agreed upon. His reason for
making only a general statement now
is that his insurance has not been
adjusted and if he had his plans COM
pleted at this minute he could do
nothing but wait. Until the fire losses
have been adjusted, he can not start
work on the premises, not at least,
until some progress has been made by
the adjusters in making survey of
the conditions as the fire left the block.
Business Men Assure Mackey
Mackey's statement came yesterday
after he had attended the luncheon of
the Kiwanis club and had been given
an evidence of the business mems
sentiment concerning the problem that
he mentioned in his interview printed
yesterday in The Dispatch-the dis
advantage of having two modern
hotels started now to compete with
each other in field where it was a
doubtful course as business PROPOSE
ton. He had also talked with num-
erouS business men who had assured
him that they were in accord with the
position taken by The Dispatch yes
terday, editorially, urging the with
drawal from the field of the Commun-
ity Hotel corporation and the people
giving to Mackey and his interests the
moral support he had asked if he
undertook to erect modern hotel on
the old site Having thus advised
himself in the premises, Mr.. Mackey
~ ,,ofr1N Nffi0p aCtnf6oW
afternoon and authorized the follow
ing statement for publication on the
subject:
with the splendid and cordial
show of their desire to bring about
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
JURY RETURNS.
IT'S VERDICT.
N 10 MINUTES
Judge States That Sentence
Will Be All That Law
Allows in Case
DEATH OPTION.
California Law Provides
Either Life ImprisOn-
ment or Hanging
DEATH OPTION

LOS ANGELES, Feb 9 (P-Eight
men and four women, some elderly,
some middle aged, the jury holding
the fate of William Edward Hickman,
confessed slayer Of Marian Parker,
today stripped his cloak of asserted
insanity from him and branded him
murderer.
Two verdictS were rendered in the
sanity trial, one that Hickman was
sane on the murder charge and the
other that he was sane on the kid
MAPPING charge.
Judge J.. J.. Trabucco announced
that he would pass sentence on the
prisoner next Saturday morning
Jerome Walsh, Hickman'S chief at
torney, said that he would give notice
of appeal from the verdict at that
time.
The trial was the first under the
new California law on Hickman's plea
that he was not guilty on both
charges 'by reason of insanity"
Having pleaded not guilty ''by rea-
sen of insanity" and been found
sane by the jury, the court assumed
that the next step was to pass
sentence, which will be done Satur-
day.
The law provides either life i'm
priSonment or death as the penalty.
"I cannot state in advance just
what my sentence will be but you
can rest assured that this defendant
will be given all the law allows" said
Judge Trabucco after the trial closed
Several phases of the sentencing
under the new California law still
brought conflicting opinions from
legal authorities tonight.
Judge Trabucco attempted to obtain
a stipulation from both sides that il
arriving at his decision on the degree
of punishment to be ordered he could
use the transcript of the sanity trial
without taking additional testimony
as to the degree OF crime guilt. The
prosecution attorneys agreed to thi;
and Walsh said he would enter into
the stipulation subject to reservation
that Hickman's constitutional rights
would not be abrogated by his stipu-
lationS.
This action of the defense left the
matter hanging fire until Saturday
Later Walsh said he had not under
stood fully the question involved ano
that his only motive had been the
protection of his clients interests. HI
said it was probable that he woulc
agree to the stipulation in order tc
expedite the case.
If the defense refused to agree tC
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS AN
GELES, Feb. 8 (P-William Ed
ward Hickman, alias "The Fox"
continued to be the indifferent,
unmOved calloused criminal, even
to laughiEgly wise era ck ing
about his probable hanging, when
visited by newspapermen in the
county jailer'S office today a half
hour after he was declared by a
jury to have been sane when he
murdered and mutilated Marian
Parker.
"The die is cast and the state
wins by q neck" was his joking re-
action to the verdict which means
death or life Imprisonment for
him. Clad in the Jail blue denim
he spared and jOked entirely un-
concerned about the 1S steps to
the moose which he expects awaits
him.
Il can stand up and take my
medicine like a man." the youth
said but without apparent boast
ing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 P-The
senate inquiry into the operations
of the ephemeraI Continental
Trading company of Canada will
be reOpened Saturday with John
ID. Rockefeller, Jr, recognized
head of the Standard Oil inter-
ests, as the chief witness.
Rockefeller accepted tele-
graphic subpoena today from the
Teapot Dome committee, but at
the same time ADVISED Senator
Walsh, of Montana, the prosecutor
of the investigation. that ne still
was "withoat information which
las not already been submitted to
the committee"
The subpoena for Rockefeller
was issued after the committee
had made public correspondence
between him and Senator Walsh
with respect to the appearance
of Robert w. Stewart, chairman
of the board of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, before the
investigating body.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
FESS BELIEVES
REPUBLICANS MAY
NAME COOLIDGE
Senate Debates Possibility
OF Another Term For
President

I WASHINGTON, Feb. P-Belief
that the next republican convention
might turn to President Coolidge
republican, Ohio, in the senate today
during lengthy speech against the
LaFollette anti-third- term resolution.
Under fire from all corners OF the
democratic side of the chamber, the
Ohio senator declared, however, that
he had gotten it direct" that Mr.
Coolidge means what he says and
wants to get out OF office" Finally,
he related the details of his famous
White House visit after which he
told newspapermen that he had been
called down for advocating another
term for the president.
The possibility OF another term fol
Mr.. Coolidge was the subject OF
today'S debate which forced over
again vote on the resolution of
Senator LaFollette, republican, Wis
consin, declaring against more than
two terms for a president and COM
mending President Coolidge for OBJ
servance OF this precedent.
Answering the rapid fire queries
from the democrats, Senator Fess
insisted Mr. Coolidge would face nc
dishonor in accepting the nomination
in the face of his statement last
summer that he did not choose tc
run again and his amplification in
December of that declaration.
Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland
took the opposite view and declared
the president would be acting 'ir
very bad faith" ii he accepted the
nomination after "enticing other can,
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
HICKMAN "WlSECRACKS" ABOUT
HANGING ON VERDICT OF JURY

That's all right" he said
to his attorneys as they expressed
their sorrow to him at the ver-
dict. "This all has been planned
before hand. PredestinatiOn."
Was his terSe explanation of the
assertion.
"YeS, I'll stand by my claim to
guidance by providence. Unless
someone cOnvinces me of a deity.
II don't know yet why killed
the Parker girl, but I did, and I'll
take my punishment"
Informed by JaiIer Frank De-
war that a request had come from
the University of Chicago that, in
event he hangs, he first will his
body to the university for the
benefit of science, Hickman'S first
answer was he'd have to consult
his attorney. Then, laughing with
enjoyment at his wit:
II think it ought to be divided
in As pieces"
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
INDIANA GOVERNOR
FACING TRIAL ON
CHARGE
Meet With Difficulty In
Drawing a Jury Salts
factory to Both

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. Up
Prosecution and defense took tunas
today at emptying chairs in the jury
box as they sought to agree on II
men to try Ed Jackson, Indiana gov
ernor, on charge OF conspiracy tc
commit a felony in an attempt to
bribe. The result was that when the
day ended conditions were about as
they were at the outset.
Eleven men had been passed twice
by the defense, while the state had
accepted tentatively only four. Not
one appeared certain of holding his
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
REBUILDING OF GADSDEN IS ASSURED
Hickman is Sane; Will be Sentenced Saturday
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Frank L. Smith, Denied
Seat In Senate, Will
Seek Reelection In I'LL.

X SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. Fob QP
y Senator Elect Frank L. Smith
y. of Illinois, whose seat was declar-
* ed vacant by the United States
y senate, late today handed his
X resignation to Gov Len Small,
* the governor Immediately re-
y appointing him to fill - ''rov-
y pired term and issuing a proc
y lamation for special senatorial
y primary and election.
X The governors proclamation
y said the special senatorial pri-
s. mary would be held on April 10.
x the date for the regular April
y primary, and That the special
X senatorial election would be held
* in November in connection with
* the regular election.
X Smith issued a 1,400-word
r. statement in connection with his
* resignation, declaring he would
* enter the special primary to test
* the will of the people of Illinois
X against the action of the United
y States senate which debarred
* him.
*
4 y: 81 81 81 y * X y * y y ~ y
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
WIVES VOTE TO
SEND BIGAMIST
TO PRISON TERM

OAKLAND, Calf, Feb. 8 lR-By
a vote of two to one, the wives Of
Sheldon Mills, of Berkeley, decided
here today that he should serve q
term in San Quentin for bigamy.
The court accordingly sentenced
him to five years in the prison.
Wife No. 1, Mrs. Marie Givou-
ward Mills, declared that term in
prison would do Mills good. Wife
No. 2, Mrs. Annie Ashworth Mills,
of Bakersfield, branded him as the
biggest liar in the world" while
the third wife, Mrs. Elsie Bassett
Mills, cast her vote for probation.
The court had asked the women to
advise him regarding the penalty.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
CATTLEMEN IN PHOENIX.

: PHIENIX, Feb. 9 H1-Two nun
dred or more cattlemen of the
state are expected in Phoenix next
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 5
and is, for the annual convention
of the Arizona Cattle Growers as
sociation, according to statement
today by officials of the organiza-
ton. delegations are expected
from all parts of Arizona, and a
program of entertainment and bus
mess matters is being arranged
with view of making the coming
meeting one of the associations
best.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
Refuses Extra Last Special
Meal, Saying Regular
Prison Fare Good
WAS UNWORRIED
Time Passed in Jail Hap
piest Days of His Life
Multi-Murderer Says

HUNTSVILLE, Tevas, Feb. 8 (P1
George j. HasseII went to his
death in the electric chair at the
state prison here at 1888 this
morning for one of Is murders he
had confessed he had perpetrated
in widely separated portions of
the country at two intervals al
most ten years apart.
HaSSeII's death was the first of
double execution. The second
man >Svas Robert Lee Benton, alias
r. L. Stanley, negro who killed a
white man.
HUNTSVILLE, Teasx, Feb. GPy--
George Jefferson Hassell, 80, native
of Sn1ithville, Texas, by his own
confession murderer OF two women,
ten children and a young man, to-
night declined special preparation OF
his last meal a few hours before the
time fixed for his electrocut1on in
the state penitentiary here after mid
night.
Hassell appeared to be jovial and
llnworried. He chuckled when Warden
N. B. Speer asked him what he would
like for his last dinner. He wouldn't
think, he told the warden, or putting
him to the trouble of making extra
preparations for him and added that
the regular prison meals had beer
"fine."
Nevertheless, the Warden said, q
chicken would be served.
While Hassell has confessed to IL
murders, he was tried and convicted
only for killing his stepson, a youth
of 81, in December, 1926, three days
after ne had killed the boys mother
and her seven children at theil
farm home near Farwell, Texas.
Nearly ten years previous, he said
he had killed his hCuSekeeper, Mrs
Marie Vogel, of Winters, Texas, hel
young son and two adopted children
in Whittier, Calif., where they hac
gone to live. The crime was moi
discovered until HaSsell' included
them in his confession several months
ago. The bodies were eXhumed from
beneath the dwelling where Hassel
said he had buried them.
"The last II months have been tht
happiest OF my life," EEssell told g
guard. "I have had plenty to ea'
and nobody to bother me-"
Warden Speer, who visited his eel
often during the day, said Hassel
continued to appear unWorried.
b FORMER SENATOR DIES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. CIVIL
liam Thompson, former U. S. sena'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

> FORMER SENATOR DIES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 CIVIL
liam Thompson, former U. S. sena-
tor from Kansas, died here today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
DO YOU OWN STOCK? DO YOU
WANT TOPUT YOUR NAME ON
THE PETITION TO DISBAND?

All stockholders in the Douglas Commun-
ity Hotel corporation who may desire to sign the
petitions favoring disbanding the corporation can
have that opportunity by calling at The Dispatch
office any time today after 10 this morning. Call
at the editorial rooms for that purpose this after
noon or evening.
THE DISPATCH.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

'With the splendid and cordial
show of their desire to bring about
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New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
BROTHERHOOD HAS
 ANNUAL ELECTION
Firemen and Enginemen Also
 Endorse Several Candidates

San Francisco, July Il Pl-The Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Enginemen in convention here. elected international officers yester- day and indorsed a number of con- gressmen for reelection.
 United States senators indorsed were: Johnson of California, May field of Texas; Shipstead of Minne- so'a; Wheeler of Montana: Frazier of North Dakota: LaFollette Of Wis consin; Dill Of Washington; Walsh of Massachusetts, and Ashurst of Arizona.
 The convention also indorsed the candidacy of James D. Beck for goveronr Of Wisconsin,. and Dan Sutherland for reelection to con- gress from the territory of Alaska.
 The international officers elected were: president. D. B. Robertson, of Cleveland, O.. reelected; assistant president. Timothy Shea of Cleve- land. O.: vice. e-presideat-n ma ational legislative representative, Arthur J. Lowell of Washington, D. C.
 A. H. HaWley of Cleveland was elected general secretary and trea- surer. and John r. McNamee oi Cleveland, editor and manager ol the Brotherhood's magazine. Three members of the board oi directors were chosen. Those elect ed Were: J. P. Farrell of Hartford Conn: A. E. Miller of Cumberland Md. and R, J Tillery of Knoxville Tenn.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
Old Folks Say Doctor
 Caldwell was Right

The basis Of treating sickness has lot changed since Dr. Caldwell left Medical College in 1S75. nor since he placed oM the market the laxative prescription he had used in his prac- tee. known 10 druggists and the public since 1S92, as Dr. CaldWell's $ syrup Pepsin,
 Then. the treatment of conStipa- ton. blliousness, headaches. mental depression, indigestion, sour stom- aCh and other indispositlons that re- suit from constipation was entirely by means Of simple vegetable IaNa- tiNes, herbs and roots. These are still the basis of Dr. Caldwell's syrup pepsln, which is combination of scnna and other mild laxative herbs, with pepsin.
 The simpler the remedy for con- stipation. the safer for the child and for you, and the better for the gen. eral health of all. And as you can get results in a mild and safe way by using Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pep sin why take chances with strong drugs?
 4 bottle of Dr. CaldNell's Syrup Pepsin will last a family several months. and all can use it. It is good for the baby because pleasant to the taste. gentle in action, and free from narcotics. In the proper dose. given in the directions it is equally effective at all ages. Elderly
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
Louis w. Hill Promoted
 To a Section Hand

Great Falls. Mont, July II P- Louis W. Hill. Jr.. who started his study of the railroad business as a section hand, has been promoted 10 tralnmaster of he Butte division of the Great Northern railway, with headquarters here.
 Young Hill is grandson of the late James J. Hill. pioneer western railroad builder. Louis Hill. Sr.. Is chairman of the board of directors Of the Great Northern.
 Since serving as section hand. Hill has held positions in various de- partments. Before coming here he was tratnmaster of the Cascade divi- sion of the Great Northern in Wash ington state. He is about 25 years old
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11

tor Borah wanted to cleanse the party he should have suggested that |all who knew about the deal be ex- pelled. It would be long list Coolidge. Hoover, Hughes. Denbv,
 Daugherty, Hays, Mellon and Roose- welt.
 Both parties have soaked the farmer. The democrats held down his profits during the war. and the
 republicans deflated them after
 wards.
 '1f We are 10 remain d free na- ton, the use of the injunction against labor must stop" Dr. Colyin in his attack on tam-
 many charged that the democrats are misleading the south by saying
 that a wet" presidenl could do
 nothing without congress. Only o2 states were represented
 on the prohibition roll call. while ten western and middle western
 states and the District of Columbia
 completed the farmer labor list.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11

quarter of a century. He was "broke" when he landed in Seattle.
 Twenty years later he sold the crop from a fruit farm he owns for &S2,0O0 cash. Later he sold the farm for a good deal more than that.
 Younggren saved his early wages what he could of them-and start cd investing in real estate. The city ere1 and his holdings grew with it, He brancho1 out into fruit rances- and they grew in value. too.
 Recipe?
 Use common sense. Working men shoull get over the idea of aping the rich. live simply. save modestty and invest wisely, There's no trick to it. I've always lived we'll be lge1 to all the lodges ! wanted seen all the shows I've wanted-but never made saloon keepers or bootlegggers rich"
 Prouder than he is of his fortune, Younggren harps on the fact that no pass-nger, of the millions he's carried, ever has been injured,
 Anybody can make money" he eays, but carrying a few million people in rafety for 25 years ls a good trick-if you can do it.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
AUTHORITIES SEARCH
 FOR BIG LIQUOR MAN
Described By Governnnsnt Officials As the Biggest in the
 Whiskey Game

New York, July II P-A man described by government authorities as "one of the biggest in the liquor game" was being sought today in connection with the syphoning of sl,000,0o0 worth of government whiskey and alcohol from ware house in lower Manhattan.
 Robert D. Watts, assistant United States attorney, said confessions had been obtained from three of the six men under arrest as conspirators in the warehouse thefts. He said the man sought as their leader was well known in sporting circles and had attracted attention as liberal spender.
 The confessions of the arrested men. said Watts. revealed that the liquor was syphoned through win dow from the government barrels into barrels on trucks in an adjoin- ing yard. Only from one to ten gall Ions were taken from barrel and this was sometimes replaced with water. It was estimated that from 5o,ooo to 100000 gallons had been stolen. The warehouse was operated by the Cosmopolitan Warehouse corporation.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
WANT TO FIND OUT
 ABOUT THE MONEY
French Lawyers Don't Believe
 They Are Treated Fairly

Paris. July II ,Pt-lnvestigation
 of the money which oiled up the
 Paris divorce mill for Americans is
 being urged.
 Three well known French lawyers announced they did not think it fair that French attorneys should be placed before the world as accept ing or giving bribes while American law firms in Paris hiring French legal talent and supplying speed money should not be JiSturped, These lawyers prepared a letter to i the French bar association urging that the source of the ron"v be i looked into. They also suggested that if American law firms in Paris
 are found guilty of unnrofessional
 acts. they should be reported to
 their own bar association.
 : Leading attorneys today said II a
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11
Hardware Lines Stronger
 Throughout the Country

New York. July 11-A distinctly brighter tone is reflected in the re- ports this week from important market centers, Hardware Age will say tomorrow in it's weekly market summary. The Southwest, already in its harvest time, reports distrih- utors of hardware lines increasingly busy. Crop reports from north western states indicate that prosper ous conditions will feature autumn months of the year.
 In the east vacation and camping supplies are in brisk demand and staples are also coming in for a good share of the buying.
 4 conservative estimate of the sit- uation at this time would be that business this year will be well up to normal as whole and in some sections better than usual.
 Prices are very firm and collec- tions fair.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-11

Americans who got ditorces could Keep them no matter how wide spread the scandal became. The di- Norcts could be invalidated only if the cases We're reopened on the re- quest Of one of the principals. and no one has asked that this he done
 IL was thought that no American was likely to do so since a,l divorces handled by the eight attorneys in Nolved in the investigation were sought by both husban1 and wife. Many Of those divorced have remar- lied and wolHd not dans to seek ;tn- nulment wh,le others ii they re pented their 'ivorceS. could lc.aarry