The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-13

UulLeu states shipping board. This
Herberman fatty denied, but he and
other witnesses were not able to easily
dispose of testimony concerning al
legged favors to various former officials.
1t was disclosed that ocean mail sub
sides paid to the Export Steamship
corporation annually amounted to more
than the organization paid the ship
ping board for eighteen vessels.
A formal statement that G. Bascom
Slemp, of Virginia, who once was Sec
rotary to President Coolidge, had
helped to engineer the ship purchasing
deal at price lower than originally
asked by the shipping board was
| placed before the committee by Her.
herman.
In letter to Senator Black, chair
man of the committee, HerbermaE
wrote that Slemp had billed him for
$4,000 for legal fees in connection
with the sale of the ships at $3.50 a
ton instead Of $3.50 as asked by Ad.
miral Palmer of the shipping board.
The sale price, Herberman wrote,
was a compromise. and the question
involved was the per ton to be paid
for shipping board vessels" adding
that "Mr. Slemp acted in connection
with this matter and felt that his serv-
ices were worth, as recall. $4,000.
actually paid him SIS, OOO-$3, 600 on
July 1, 1925, and $4,000 on July 10,
1926"
Slemp resigned as secretary to Mr..
Coolidge in January Of 1925.
| Mrs. Nina G. Irvine. who was secre-
tary to O'Connor for many years at
the shipping board, testified she ne
gotiated several Florida deals for Her.
herman. She said that after Justice
department agent had sought to in
/ spect files at her shipping board office
with regard to the transactions. she
had destroyed the records.
Miss Clara McQuown Of Washington
told Of her work as lecturer en-
ployed at 5000 month by the Ameri-
can Steamship Owners association to
put merchants marine propaganda be-
| fore women's clubs.
DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, always a
friend of the navy, has turned
down British suggestion that the
American naval construction program
be cut down. The State department
issued this statement:
SIN reply to suggestions from the
British government that the laying
down Of any six-inch gun cruisers
larger than those now in existence
might be deferred during the life of
the disarmament conference or at least
pending further discussion of the
qualitative limitations of future ships.
the American government has replied
that it did not see its way clear to al.
ter its delayed naval construction pro-
gram or to suspend the laying down
Of any projected ships"
The ships in question are four 1O,-
O00-ton, six-inch gun cruisers, the
Savannah, the Nashville, the Brooklyn,
and the Philadelphia.
TEN convicts made a sensational
L escape from the Indiana peniten-
tiary at Michigan City. stole automo-
biles, kidnapped sheriff and scattered.
Followed a great man hunt by hun
dreds Of police of Indiana and I'LL
nois, which was still going on at this
writing.
| The entire population Of Pennsyl-
vania's eastern penitentiary at Phila-
delphia. comprising 1892 long-term
felons, staged wild revolt because
they had lost their special privileges
for previous riot They beat the
warden severely and set fire to their
mattresses, but finally were subdued.
George Kelly. a notorious desperate
known as machine Cum" wanted for
participation in the kidnapping of G. r.
Urschel Of Oklahoma City. was cap
tured in Memphis. Tenn. after a long
hunt His wife also was arrested and
both were taken back to Oklahoma for
trial Kelly is also charged with hav-
ing q part in killings and robberies
In Kansas City and Chicago.