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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
MUZZLEPLACED UPON HOPSONBY
SENATE LOBBY QUIZ COMMITTEE
Principal Witness Told To Confine Replies To Di
rect Answers Under Threat OF Contempt Pro
ceedings If He Does Not Obey

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. U.P) =
Howard c. HopSon told the senate
lobby committee today that So
18706401 profits from his private
service companies in five years
didn't go to anybody else" except
the Hopson family. For several
years during that time, the record
showed, Hopson's Associated Gas
& Electric company paid no divi-
dends.
Chairman Hugo L. Black, prior
to disclosures regarding the pri-
vate companies, had read to the
glum, silent utility man a state
ment in which the committee
unanimously agreed" to press the
charges of contempt against him
unless he ceased alleged evasion Of
questions and speech making.
Then Sen. Lewis Schwellenbach
Dem), Washington, fumbling and
digging through a pile of records,
led Hopson through the maze of
data showing how he and j. 7.
Mango borrowed $4,000 to establish
the Associated Securities corpora
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Il DUCE GOES
RIGHT AHEAD
WITH PLANS
Italian Air Force Increased As
Mussolini Ignores All Obstacles
To War Program
By THOMAS B. MORGAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

united Press Staff correspondent
Copyright, 1885, by United Press
ROME, Aug. 20.-Benito Musso-
lini, deaf to the threats of the
powers, increased his air force per-
sonnel by 81 per cent today in pre-
paration for his war on Ethiopia.
By a decree published in the Of
ficial Gazette, Mussolini added 500
officers, 1900 non-commissioned
officers and 10,988 men to the
force. He empowered the air min
istry, also, to maintain with the
colors 1900 officers and 1,500 non-
commissioned officers of the air
force reserve.
Before the decree the air force
personnel totaled "a, 1875 officers and
men. Mussolini's terse order in
creased it by 1928 to total of
4O,483-or by 67.28 per cent.
1t was an answer, plain if in
direct, to the reports from world
capitals of pressure to be brought
on Italy to maintain peace, and
the talks of penalties by the League
of Nations and individual coun-
tries.
Mussolini is prepared for war
with all it's implications. Threats of
blockades or embargoes do not i'm
pede him. He is challenging world
public opinion, the league, and di-
plomacy, confident of his cause
and his ability to pursue it to his
goal.
Only now is European diplomacy
awakening, belatedly, to the vast
ness of Mussolini's undertaking. 1t
is, in brief, the first direct defiance
to the power of the British EN-
pire, according to opinion here.
Mussolini Confident
Mussolini's forcefulness, his sense
of reality and the fact that he is
in complete control of the func-
tions of government-his own pre-
mier, foreign minister, colonial
minister, air minister, navy minis
ter, war minister and corporations
minister-gives him a great diplo-
matte advantage. Other European
premiers have to work with cab
inets; Mussolinis close grip per-
mits him a liquidity of policy by
which he can act as he chooses in
any circumstances, changing his
program as the situation warrants.
But there is not likely to be a
change in his general plan of stra-
tegy, which is to make Fascist Italy
an even greater power than it is.
It is indicated that months ago
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20

would start Miller said that he had
been informed by headquarters bull
letinS that this would be about the
first of next month. At that time
the projects will be resumed and
the work program carried on.
Text of Order
McLaughlin's telegram follows:
Pending initiation of WPA pro-
gram all SERA work projects are to
be terminated not later than Thurs
day, August %. Projects should
be terminated soon, if possible. In
exceptional cases where closing the
project would leave it in dangerous
condition special permission may
be obtained from the director of the
work division, state office, to con-
tinue such projects.
Personnel engaged in work re-
lief activities such as timekeeping,
project supervision, placement en-
gineering, full time non-relief per-
Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
SEES
DIRECT THREAT.
BY MUSS0[|N|
II Duce's Attitude Toward Ethi-
opia Considered As Challenge
To British Supremacy
By FREDERICK KUH


United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1885. by United Press)
LONDON, Aug. 20.-Italy's pro-
gram of expansion is regarded as a
bold, direct threat to the power of
the British Empire by a consider
able proportion of British leaders,
it was learned today.
An emergency cabinet meeting
was called for Thursday and min
listers were urgently summoned
home from vacation. Prime Min
lister Stanley Baldwin announced
at AK Les Bains, France, that he
would start for London tonight.
Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign min
lister, and Anthony Eden, British
Chief delegate at the disastrous
British French Italian conference
at Paris which precipated the cri-
sis, conferred at the foreign Of
flee today on British policy.
Ray Atherton, American charge
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Suspected Thief
Taken From, Bus

Wanted by city police on a pet
ty theft charge, Ramon Lugo, 25,
was arrested by Riverside county
officers in Banning yesterday af-
ternoon and brought back to the
county jail here by deputies from
the local sheriff's office. He was
booked at 2:l5 o'clock this morn
ing.
After Lugo had boarded a bus
here bound for Los Angeles earlier
in the day, police contacted the
sheriff's office which in turn tele-
phoned the authorities in Indio.
The bus had just pulled out from
the Indio station when the message
was received, but it was relayed to
the Banning police who picked up
Lugo when the bus stopped in that
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
TAKE YOUR CHOICE ON SQUATTERS
Marshal Says They're "Out" While Attorney Claims
They Are "In"

T. A. Eggleston, deputy U. S.
marshal, expressed surprise when
informed this morning that, ac-
cording to rumors reaching the
county seat, stay of execution
had been granted the residents in
mo Mans Land" whose eviction
had been ordered by federal court
two weeks ago.
The marshal had served these
papers on the 25 families living in
that territory and had reported
that with the exception of two
persons, those affected by the or
ders had left. The ones remaining
were permitted to do so because of
illness.
Il receive all my orders through
the U. S. Marshal's office in Los
Angeles" Eggleston stated, land
no word or order of a stay of exc
cution has reached me through
that office" He added that he was
making another trip to the disput-
ed territory on Thursday to see
that the former orders had been
carried out. He added that to his
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Women Injured In
Automobile Crash

BAKERSFIELD. Calf, Aug. 20.
tUR-Mrs. Ed Pettypool Of Kern
vile and her sister, Mrs. Jessie
Kyle of Tuscon, Ariz., we're believed
dying at a local hospital today
from injuries sustained when their
car plunged from a mountain high
way.
Physicians said Mrs. Pettypool's
back was broken and her skull
fractured. Mrs. Kyle was reported
suffering from a broken back and
serious internal and head injuries.
Neither had recovered conscious
ness hours after the wreck.
The Pettypool car was said to
have swerved off the steep Kings
river canyon road and rolled end
over end down 200-foot escarp-
ment before finally landing In the
mountain stream below.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20

To ARIZONA IS
NOT GRANTED

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20. UP)-
Gov. Frank F.. Merriam today re-
fused the extradition of M. E. Wad-
doupS to Arizona, stating the re-
QUESTION did not contain sufficient
information or allegations charging
Waddoups with committing a crime
in the state of Arizona.
The extradition was requested in
two complaints. One made May 25
charged Waddoups, former presi-
dent of a building and loan asso-
citation, with receiving a check for
$500 from M. Allen Anderson, Sec
retary of the association, which he
assertedly deposited to his own ac-
count.
The second requisition, based on
complaint by j. B. Connolly last
November /, charged Waddoups
with embezzling the sum of $59,575
which was the property of the
building and loan association.
IT do not believe that the COM
plant accompanying the requisi-
ton contains sufficient informa-
ton or allegations which Substan-
TALLY charge M. E. Waddoups of
having committed a crime in the
state of Arizona, and I am there
for refusing to issue a warrant of
rendition based on this requisition," i"
the governor stated.
If there had been any Irregular
tiles in the issuance of the checks,
the governor said, Anderson, who
signed them as secretary treasurer,
would have been a party to the
crime and subject to criminal pros
ecution as well as WaddoupS. An
derson is now residing in Arizona,
it was declared, and no complaint
has been filed against him in con-
nection with the asserted checks.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20

ton, ran that into a 100000 cor
poration and repaid the original
loan.
The 225-pound Hopson sprawled
back in his chair with his eyes
shut as if asleep.
Schwellenbach quoted from the
record to show that private service
companies of Hopson had net in
comes of $3,l87,064. .O1 from 1929 to
1898.
"And all of that went to the
Hopson family?" asked Schwellen-
bach.
ut didn't go to anybody else,"
snapped Hopson, smiling.
Reads From Report
Schwellenbach read figures to
show that for several years during
this time there were no dividends
paid by the Associated Gas g. Elec-
trio Co.
Schwellenbach questioned Hopson
concerning the mushroom expan-
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Auxiliary Delegates
Return To Valley

Returning yesterday from the re-
cent American Legion Auxiliary
convention in Fresno, local dele
gates reported highly instructive
and interesting series of meetings.
Of particular interest locally was
the installation of Fannie Kuhn as
vice-president of the 22nd district,
and the citation of Dan Judd for
his Americanization essay by the
auxiliary department of California.
Delegates from this city were
Edna Morrison, Esther Davis, Mar
cia Farrell, Marian Osborne, and
Ethel Martin.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Schoenberg Guilty
Of ManSlaughter

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20. W.R)-Sam
Schoenberg, 40, Ell Centro trucking
executive, today was found guilty
of manslaughter charges in con-
nection with the death of Mrs. Eff
fie McCrite, Scottsboro, Ariz., in
an auto crash at Jacumba, June %.
Mrs. McCrite died after her au-
tomobile was struck by a truck
driven by Schoenberg.
Sentence was delayed pending
hearing on motions for a new trial
and probation.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Germans Killed In
Subway Collapse

BERLIN, Aug. 20. WD--A tenta-
tive estimate of IA dead In the coll
lapse of a subway under constrIic-
tion near the Brandenburg gate
was issued officially today.
In mid-afternoon two dead and
two seriously injured had been cx-
tricated from the debris. Rescue
workers continued searching for
more victims.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
TEXANS TO VISIT FAIR

Director Ira Aten of the irriga-
ton district board of directors was
in San Diego today making final
arrangements for Texas day at the
exposition. He will head a delega-
tion of valley Texans to the fair to-
morrow
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
House Refuses To
Promote Sergeant
Who Found Bodies

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. U.P)-
The house today blocked consider
alton of a resolution which would
have promoted Technical Sergeant
Stanley R. Morgan who recovered
the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley
, Post, to a master sergeant.
Earlier, however, the war depart
ment had promoted Morgan and
that promotion was not affected by
the action of the house.
Rep. Harry G.. RanSley (Rep.)
Pennsylvania, member of the house
military affairs committee, killed a
request for unanimous consent to
consider the house promotion meas
ure by Rep. John Hoeppel Dem)
California.
Hoeppel had censured the mill
tary affairs committee for failure
to report the resolution favorably
and attempted to bring it to the
floor.
Il think this congress-" Hoeppel
SAID. and especially the military
affairs committee is subject to
criticism for failure to recognize the
armys enlisted men. Two weeks
ago. the house voted to automatic
ally promote 1900 officers and then
it turns down a meritorious service
like Morgan's."
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. U.P)-
The war department today pro-
NOTED Technical Sergt. Stanley r
Morgan, who recovered the bodies
OF Will Rogers and Wiley Post
from their wrecked airplane in
Alaska, to the rank of master SER
geant, highest n-commissioned
grade in the U. S. army.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
BY GEORGE III. BEALE

United Press Staff correspondent
UNION AIR TERMINAL, BUR-
BANK, Calf, Aug. 20.-Wiley Post
fallen air viking, hoped off for the
last time here today.
Shrouded in the darkened cabin
of the Pan-American Anyways gray
Douglas funeral plane he was
bound for Oklahoma City, and
home.
1t was the same ship that bore
his body and that of the cowboy
humorist, Will Rogers, his compan-
ion in death, here from Seattle yes
terday. The same crew manned
the controls.
With them went JOS Crosson
Alaskan mercy flyer" who flew the
bodies to Seattle from Point Bar
row, within the curve of the Arc
Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Los ANGELES
PREPARESFOR
SOLEMN RITES
Three Services Planned To
Accommodate Public And To
Protect Bereaved Family
POSTS BODY REACHES HOME
Oklahoma City Receives The
Remains OF Flying Son This
Afternoon

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20. W.H-
. Fearful of disorders such as have
lmarred last rites for other noted
public figures, peace authorities to-
day made elaborate preparations
for policing funeral services for
Will Rogers.
Police, deputy sheriffs and other
enforcement officers planned a
meeting late this afternoon to con-
clude plans for preserving order,
especially at Forest Lawn where the
internationally known humorist's
body will lie in state for five hours
before the funeral Thursday.
Recalling the riot in New York
after the death Of Rudolph Valen-
tino and the disorders that attend
ed the funeral of Lilyan Tashman
and others, local authorities said
every precaution would be taken to
prevent such scenes here.
Complete details of the Rogers
funeral will not be available until
after the arrival from the east late
tomorrow of the widow and other
relatives of the screen and stage
star but the major points were out
lined today.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Aug.
20. U.P)-Wiley Posts body was
brought home today for a hero's
burial
The big transport plane in which
it was flown from Los Angeles ar
rived at the municipal airport at
1852 p. m, landing in a field guard
ed by police who kept back a cur
iouS crowd.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
Baseball Scores
BY United Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Allen, Gomez and Dickey, Rowe
Sullivan, Hogsett and Cochrane.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20

Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20

Chicago at Philadelphia, post
poned, wet. grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20

Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1935-11-16
MARRIAGE Licenses.

Charles H M. Moses. 81. Gambrils. Nd
and Marion Laucht. 30 o517 Both ST.;
Ross S. -Gleeson. 23. Albany. N. Y. and
Mary M Frizzell. %. 14oo 18th St; Rev.
', carte. IS. 1920 sist St.: Rev. W E. L.
Thomas 4. Carroll. %. 3s17 New Hamp.
l:15 Lawrence st. ne: Rev. E. p.
Donald 5. o'Bryan. 80. 1909 10th st.. and
pauline A Nicoulin. 2s, Louisville. KY;
THOMAS j. eaFnins 81. and Elizabeth F
TTlosssel, ,onono,A Is both of 1909 37th ST.; Rev
Della \: scheli. is. zoos 18th St; Rev
william adih small ri az aa and Anna IT. sryscH
Rankin
M. g. Veach. 81. and Katherine NJ. Skunk,
Is. both of Baltimore. Md; Rev. A. F.
Thomas W. Held, Al and Margaret Ritz.
-. both Of Allentown. Pa; Rev. A. F.
Henry j. Smith. jr,. es. and Viola NJ. Har-
ris. "a; both of Richmond. Va; Rev. T.
Austin M H'H.ieY Il. Young, %, s1e I st. ne. and
Mildred W. Costello, 20. los 4th st.
Sc; Rev. J. C. Murphy.
Martin Richardson, 35. Niles, Ohio, and
Ruth E. Stevens; &c. 1853 L st. NE;
Vincent Madden, IS, 1906 Meridian pl.,
and Helene c. Anspach. 26, 2121 H ST.;
James F. Darby, IS. $500 18th st., and
Mae Franklin. 90. 256 9th st. ne.
John w. Carroll. 27. Phiiadelphia. Pa,
and Helen r. Mansfield, 23, 2967 Park
william H. Harris. SO, 1885 18th st., and
Carrie v. s. Hall IS, Laurel, Md;
Judge r. z. Mattinely
HooSrt tor 1roTn, both ~ ann MarEafet Oh Proc
E. c. Smith.
Alfred E. Anderson. jr., "a. Sewickley. Pa,
and Kathryn B. Gazdagh, rs, Coraop-
oils, Pa: Rev. c. T. Warner
Leslie M. Dunn. 23, Merrifeld Va, and
Mary l.. Anderson, 21, Falls Church,
Va; Rev. c. J.. Forcey.
James Patterson. 80. 1923 New Jersey ave-.
and Catherine Barnes, %. 4O9 p st !:
Rev. c. l.. Smallwood.
Evening star., 1935-11-16
Daughters American
Colonists Benefit

Mrs. Frank B. Steele, chairman of
the committee in charge of the benefit
bridge party sponsored by the Daugh-
ters of the American ColoniSts, which
will be held in Pierce Hall, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets, Saturday after
noon November %, announces as pa
tronesses Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel.
Mrs Redwood Vandegrift, Mrs. John
Franklin title, Mrs. Harry C. Grove.
Mrs. David D. Caldwell. Miss Lillian
A. Norton. Mrs A. Y. Casanova. Miss
Maud Burr Morris, Mrs Catherine E.
Nagle. Mrs. Pedro Capo'-RodrigueZ
Mrs. William H. Wagner, Mrs. Lee r.
Pennington. Mrs William Bonar Bell
Miss Caroline V. Sudler, Mrs. Sol
Lansburgh, Mrs. Gertrude M. Charl-
ton. Mrs. Henry L. West, Mrs. Grant
F. Chase, Miss Annie NJ Alexander,
Mrs. Roy c. Bowker. Mrs. Frederick
w. Brake. Mrs. Galen P. Kenway, Mrs.
Mary C. Greathouse, Mrs. William S.
Parks, Mrs. James MacFarquhar. Mrs.
Grace F. Meeks, Miss Margaret E.
Naylor. Miss Mary c. Oursler. Mrs.
Andrew j. Sanford, Mrs. William H.
Sholes, Mrs. William B. Sinnott. Mrs.
J. Edgar Smith. Miss Helen E. Stout
Mrs. Catherine B. Strong Miss Kath-
erin E. Wooten, Mrs. Ethel Noyes
Barckley. Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt
and Miss Helen F. Reed.
Evening star., 1935-11-16
Supreme Court Justices
Will Be Entertained at
The. Executive Mansion
Mrs. Roosevelt Will Spend Thanksgiving
With the President at Warm Springs.
Mrs. Owen Sails Next Month";

Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Judge Florence
Allen of Chicago of the United States
Court of Appeals, the commander
general of immigration and Mrs. D.
w. Mccormack, Judge Herbert Sea-
well, Judge Annabelle Matthews, the
former United States Ambassador to
Chile and Mrs. William S. Culbertson,
the former United States Minister to
Panama and Mrs. William Jennings
Price, Col. and Mrs. George C. Thorpe,
Maj and Mrs. Parker West, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick D. McKenney, Mrs. Guy Golf,
Mr.. Charles Hamel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Gram Swing, Mr. and Mrs.
John Mcclure and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert L. Van Fossan.
Mrs. Pendleton Mayo was hostess at
a dinner last evening at the 1925 F
Street Club. The party later went to
the first meeting of the Friday Eve
ming Supper Club at the Sulgrave
Club.
Miss Lucille E. M. Embrey who is
to be married next Saturday to Mr..
Page Hamrick of Charleston, w. Va,
was the guest in whose honor group
of friends gave a dinner last evening
at the Little Tea House in Virginia.
Among those present were Mrs. John
j. Doud, jr.; Mr.. John j. Beatty. jr.;
Mr.. Ralph E. Clark, Mr.. R. A. Billipp.
Mr.. T. Ray Slack, Mr.. William P.
Jester, and Mr.. c. M. Swami.
Evening star., 1935-11-16
Births Reported.

George and Esther Boswell. boy.
James and Lois Morrison. boy.
Roy and Allie Hoke. boy.
William and Lillian Musselmsn bo"
John and Jewell Overall. boy.
Joseph and Jean Audubon. bov
wesley and Della chatham, girl.
John and Anna Kelly. girl
Ralph and Aurilla Hendricks. girl
Martin and Anna Thornton. girl.
Charles and Nell Barber. girl.
William and Mary Carter. girl.
Clarence and Ina Hansbrough. cir!
Raymond and Helen Salmon. boy.
Harry and Evelyn Gibbons, boy.
George and Frances Gerachis. boy.
John and Nellie Reeves. boy.
Milton and Rose Smith. boy.
Wylie and Mary Fitzpatrick. boy.
John and Allene Troy. girl.
Irving and Evelyn Worley. girl.
Ernest and Evelyn Coury. girl.
William and Evelyn Davis girl
S9nn Ma sna * kathreen MoTsley fIle slTI
Charles and Elsie Pell. girl.
Richard and Mary Jones. boy.
Eddie and Lula Martin. boy.
Henry and Mamie Bolts. boy
Charles and Valeria Lucas. boy.
willie W and Forrestia Barnes. boy.
John and Beulah White. boy.
Charles and Edith Tyler. boy.
James and Lucy Turner. boy.
Turner and Julia Smith. boy.
Rodger and Mildred Simmons. boy.
James and Elizabeth Curtis. boy.
Frederick and Dorothy Walker, girl.
Francis and Julia Lewis. girl.
Frank and Mary Jones. girl.
Russell and Susie Robinson girl.
Thomas and Ella Butler. girl.
Richard and Adele Veney, girl.
Harry and Pearl Stewart. girl.
Theodore and Pauline Minor. girl.
Vance and Mable Clark. girl
Thomas and Elizabeth Joy. boy.
Ernest and Willie Smith, boy.
Thomas and Nellie Perry. boy.
Roscoe and Selma AtcherSon, boy.
William and Olive Noisette, boy.
Samuel and Mary Williams. boy.
Wesley and Dorothy Adams. boy.
Roland and Clara Holland. boy
Gwynn and Mildred Jones. boy.
Robert and Eunice GraySon. boy.
Walter and Lottie Swami. boy.
John and Lucy Mathis. girl.
Sylvester and Ruth Bowie, girl.
Joseph and Mamie Jackson. girl.
Isaac and Rosie Jackson. girl
Charles and William Means. girl.
Howard and Mary Mersell. girl.
Otis and Rosie Daniels. girl.
William and Evelyn Savoy. girl
Summerf1eld and Eta Hammond. girl
John and Luella Bond. boy.
Evening star., 1935-11-16

ducting espionage for an 'undercover
worker" of Cities Service Co. after
she had obtained a secretarial position
in the Chicago Office of the Missouri
Kansas Pipeline Co.
Miss Elsie Walker, an attractive
young Kansas City business woman,
at present unemployed, related how
for nearly two years she had fur
nished Thomas w. Shannon of Cities
Service with information on the work.
ingS of Missouri-Kansas.
1t was a story of codes. secret pay
ments and the smuggling Of copies OF
letters and other documents on carbon
paper.
The information she gave Shannon
covered, she said. financial transac-
tions, contracts, current correspond.
ence, salaries, balance sheets. indebt-
ednesS and even the personal affairs
Of Missouri Kansas officials.
Had Access to Files.
All the while. Miss Walker said, she
was taking dictation. typing. working
on stock books and had access to all
files. She added that she was familiar
with the files because she had reor-
ganized them and had keys to the
filing cabinets.
She said Shannon made her an
offer one day in July, 1880, in Gin.
clnnati. just after she had been ad.
vised by Cities Service that her secre.
tarial position would be vacated be.
cause of a retrenchment Shortly
before, her broker in Kansas City had
wired her he must have $500 or he
would sell out her Cities Service stock.
Dressed neatly in black and talk.
ing in a voice scarcely audible at
times, Miss Walker related her op.
erations at the promptings Of Walter
Wooden, counsel in the Trade Com.
missions inquiry into public utilities.
Now in the natural gas phase Of
the investigation. the hearings al.
ready have dealt with Missouri.
Kansas. headed by Frank P. Parish.
Chicago boy wonder" and the diff.
culties it encountered before going
into receivership in 1882.
Suing Cities Service.
The company now has a suit for
$3.50, 100000 damages under the Sher-
man antitrust act pending against
Cities Service. Henry L. Doherty,
Standard Oil of New Jersey, Columbia
Gas and Electric and other utilities.
Shannon, whom Miss Walker de.
scribed as an "undercover worker"
for Cities Service. suggested. she tes-
tilted, that she obtain employment in
the Missouri-Kansas Office through
w. j. Hinchey, for whom she had
worked in Kansas City before Hinchey
went from Cities Service to Missouri
Kansas.
The arrangement was for Shannon
to pay her 5000 a month. with half
the amount set aside at first to pay
the Kansas City broker. She said she
was employed originally only to sup-
ply Shannon with information as to
whether Missouri-K was making
contracts that would infringe on Cities
Service territory.