THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1928
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V I 0 TEAPOT
DOM
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WOOID
Estimate Placed Upon Illegal
Leases By Harry F.
Sinclair Told
WASHINGTON. Apr. 11.
AP) Evidence intended to show
that Harry F. Sinclair placed a
value of close to $100,000,000 on
too Teapot Dome oil lease. In the
acquisition of which he is charged
with conspiring to defraud the
government, was introduced today
at his trial by the prosecution.
Unsworn testimony given by
Siaclalr before the senate oil com
mittee in October 1923, Intro
duced over the protest of the de
tease, quoted him as saying "I
personally consider the value of
the Mammoth company at this
time, but it is only a guess, at a
greater amount than $100,000.
That development came near
the conclusion of another full
coert day which was marked by
latroductlon of a mass of techni
eal documentary ' evidence on
which the government is relying
to a degree to convict Sinclair.
Testimony that the Mammoth
company was incorporated in Del
aware for the purpose of develop
iac the Teapot reserve in Febru
ary 1922. with the million shares
ot stock, was given by Q. T. Stan
ford, of Sinclair's legal staff. He
added that later the stock was. in
creased to 2.005,000 shares, all of
which except ten organisation
'shares, went to Sinclair In ex
change for the Teapot Dome lease
It was on the basis of the value
of that stock that Sinclair esti
mated he would be enriched by
one hundred million dollars.
Introducing for the first time
the unsworn testimony of Sinclaii
before the senaU committee, gov
ernment counsel developed fron
It that the stock was selling from
$40 to $50 a share. It was like
wise developed that Sinclal:
transferred 500,000 "A" am
IS00 "B" shares of the Mammotl
Oil company stock to the Sinclaii
Consolidated Oil corporation it
exchange for 250.000 shares of it?
stock, then valued at around
$1,000,000.
It was said that the proposer
investment by the Sinclair Con
solid at ed would be repaid with in
terest in ten years and probably
would yield substantial dividend;
after that. The valuation placec
son the oil reserve at the rate of
exchange which measured the In
vestment, was approximately $33.
0.000.
The trial moved forward agaii
today with great rapidity and ii
the first half hour a dozen wit
Bosses had been called and testi
fled to receipt at various banks ir
Colorado. New Mexico and Texa:
of the bonds that Albert Fall, for
aor. Interior secretary, receiver
from Sinclair.
pense of the consumer and he as
sailed the equalization fee provi
sion as unconstitutional and unlawful.
. . . - . .
latoo, aiso- an opponent oi me
equalization fee, defended the
motives of the bill, declaring it
was merely an attempt to help the
farmers take their rightful place
In the economic world.
While thedi scussions carried
over another day. Chairman Mc-
Nary of the agriculture committee,
author of the bill, sat confidently
by-awaiting a final vote which he
says will give its supporters a
comfortable majority. Final ac
tion by tomorrow or Friday is free
ly predicted by senate leaders.
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FIGHTERS
WE
TO M
POUDMER.
GETS FEDERAL POST;
J. W. McCullough, Willam
ette Graduate, Deputy
District Attorney
FARM RELIEF ANTE
PORTLAND. April 11. fAP).
Richard Lean, manager for Sta
diums, Ltd.. an Australian enter
prise, has assembled here a con
tingent of American boxers and
wrestlers for Immediate invasion
of the land "dowm under."
After less than one week in
Portland. Lean today announced
that he had completed his ar
rangements. Ted Thye. claimant to the light
heavyweight wrestling champion
ship, will sail May 2 for his fourth
successive season of wrestling in
Australia. On the same steamer,
tbn Aorangl, sailing from Van
couver. B. C, for Sydney, will go
Tex Salkeld, of the Portland gym
nasium, boxing trainer, and the
folJowIn? boxers, all under con
tract for at lea6t five main evept
fights In the four stadiums con
trolled by Stadiums, Ltd.:
Joe Marcus, lightweight: Ben
ny Pelz, featherweight; Wesley
Hobbs, middleweight: Danny
Lewis. welterweight; Vance
Wampler (Battling Slim) light
heavyweight: two other boxers
have been lined up temporarily
with the Australian expeditionary
force. They are Tommy Jones.
New York lightweight, and Char
ley Van Reeder, New York, 118
pounder.
CLAPHAM WINS
FROM KAUFMAN
PORTLAND, April 11. (AP)
Sam Clapham of Chicago defeat
ed Clete Kaufman, Columbus.
Ohio, wrestler, in a main event
match here tonight. Clapham won
the first fall in 28 minutes 31 sec
onds with a crotch hold and half
Molaon. Kauffman took the sec
ond In six minutes 26 seconds with
a crab hold and double step over,
and Clapham came back for the
deciding fall with a half Nelson
in 11 minutes 10 seconds. They
are light heavyweights.
m n arc
Amendment To McNary
Haugen Bill Increases
Fund to $400,000,000
WASHINGTON. Apr. 11. (AP)
The senate today boosted the
aate on farm relief rfom $250,
0.000 to $400,000,000 in writ
tag into the McNary-Haugen mea
sure some amendments which
cleared the way for a final vote on
oo the bill by tomorrow.
The proposal of Senator McKel
lar, democrat, Tennessee, to in
crease the proposed revolving
fund with whish to assist farm or
ganizations in marketing surplus
crops from $250,000,000 to $400.
O.000 brought the first roll call
vote on the bill and in the opin
io of some leaders, -a test of
strength on the measure.
The $400,000,000 proposition
was carried 42 to 30, with 25 dem
ocrats, 16 republicans and the lone
rarmer labor senator favoring the
iacrease. "Those voting against it
included 22 republicans and 8
democrats. Some opponents of the
McNary-Haugen bill, including
Senators Borah, Idaho, and Brook
hart, Iowa, republicans, voted for
the increase but it is believed none
of those, voting against the in
crease might switch in favor of
the bill.
Another sharp fight developed
oper the amendment of Senator
Copeland, democrat. New York,, to
remove fresh vegetables and fruits
from the control of the bill. It
carried.
The bill came on for some gen
era discussion with Senator Bruce
democrat, of Maryland, pleading
for a veto if it is passed.
The Marylander described the
Ltll A A . .
mi as an auempt 10 Doister up
artificial farm prices at the ex-
PIGHTER WEEPS
TARIS. April 11. (AP).
Weeping and claiming to have suf
fered a dislocated jaw, Giovanni
Sill, Italian flyweight champion,
quit in the sixth round of a 12
round bout with the European ti
tleholder, Spider Pladner. here to
night. Pladner had- completely
outclassed his opponent from
start to finish.
NO MORE GROUCH MEALS
OMAHA. Neb. Because break
fast is a "grouch meal" an Oma
ha restauranter has quit serving
the morning meal. "I've listened
to everyone's troubles for yeare,"
he says. "Nothing suits at 7 a.
an.
PORTLAND, , April 11. (AP).
J. W. McCulloch, an attorney who
has practiced here for the past
three years, has been appointed
deputy United States district at
torney for th's district. George
Neuner, federal attorney, made
the announcement today upon his
return from Washington, D. C.
Neuner said the appointment has
been affirmed by Attorney Gen
eral Sargent.
The federal attorney expressed
complete surprise as to the previ
ous announcement coming from
Washington that Lyle J. Page of
Salem had been appointed to the
office. The announcement, ac
cording to word from Washing
ton, was given out by Senator Mc
Nary, but Neuner said he was with
McNary several times and con
sidered this matter with him but
the name of Page did not come up.
Further, Neuner said. Page had
made no application and, as far
as he knew, was not receptive to
such an appointment,
McCulloch will com Into the
United States attorney' office
here upon the retirement next
Tuesday of Millar E. McOUchrlst
who leaves on that date for Wash
ington, D. C, where on May 1 he
will assume bis new dntles as
special assistant to the attorney
general.
McCulloch Is a native of Mis
souri and a graduate of the Ore
gon State normal school at Mon
mouth with the class of 1$$ and
later studied law at Willamette
university at Salem. He repre
sented Marlon county in the state
legislature while residing at 8
lem and later moved to Ontario
where from June of 1904 until
January of 1913 he was district
attorney for Malheur, Harney and
Grant counties.
- IRELAND MAKES ROADS
DUBLIN A drawback to mo
tor touring in Ireland has been
the lack of road signs. Now 10.
000 sign poets have been put up
printed both in Irish and English.
The Mphammedan religion is
known as Islam; the word also de
noting the whole body of Moham
medan believers or the countries
under Mohammedan rule, accord
ing to an answered Question In
Liberty Magazine.
DEMPSEYYET GIVES
NO FOR MS BED
Famous Fighter Pays Visit
To New York City; Says.
He's Through
NEW YORK, April 11- (AP)
jack Dempsey came back to
New York today to dispel any lin
gering idea that he will change
his mind and agree to fight Gene
Tunney for the third time. The
old Manassa Mauler is through,
he declared flatly, and all the gold
in the vaults of Tex Rlckard's six
hundred millionaires could not
lure him .back Into the ring.
The gang was all there to greet
the big ex-champion, about 2000
strong, and give him as big a re
ception as he ever knew when he
was champion of the world.
"Say it ain't so. Jack," a big
fellow In the crowd roared, but
later .when eh newspaper men
could get him In a huddle. Jack
admitted it was all true, that he
had enough of the ring after 18
vra. enough money and enough
sense to know it was time to quit.
For the purpose of battling
Jack Kearne, his former manager,
in a legal ring for a purse of over
1700,000, Dempsey came back to
day to the spot where he knocked
out Jack Sharkey last summer
and Inaugurated a comeback cam
paign that ended in (lory but fail
ure, against Gene Tunney on the
shores of Lake Michigan in Sep
tember. "Rickard Is my pal," Dempsey
said, "and I'd do anything in the
world for him. Tex would be the
first to agree that my ring daye
are over, but I'll say this: If I
ever have to fight again, for any
reason, it will be for Tex.,f
Hotel Installs New Shop
To Please American Trade
BERLIN. (AP) Yielding to
the demands of American patrons,
a leading Berlin hotel has taken
the initiative of installing a shop
on the ground floor. For the first
time in Germany, American travel
ers can now buy shirts, socks,
shoes, medicines, lipsticks, face
GEORGE X. PEEK LAUNCHES
powder. Jewelry, and other neces
saries without moving out of the
hotel. ,
As a writer recently pointed out
American travelers speak with the
greatest enthusiasm of thefwlean
liness, comfort, and service 4n the
standard German hotels, but com
plain that they must send else
where in case they need articles
of dress or adornment.
The installation of a . shop has
caused wide comment in the Ber
lin press. That it is a paying
proposition Is admitted by the ho
tel management. A staff of six
sales clerks finds plenty to do.
and pages stand ready to hurry on
bicycles to the department store
of which the chop is a branch, to
fetch articles not In stock.
that upon which they gazed at
the previous angle.
Gropius further plans to make
arrangements for movie represen
tations to be projected onto the
tvauuea ceuing. xne movis scene.
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the action on the stage.
Paris House of Fashion
To Have Branch In Berlin
Audiences May Move In
Theaters In Germany
BERLIN (AP) The theater
of the future will have not only
a revolving stage but a revolving
audience as well, in the opinion of
Walter Gropius. noted architect of
Dessau. He is at work devising a
new type of theater fox Erwin Pis-
cator of Berlin, director of the
only communist theater In Ger
many.
Gropius plans to build a thea
ter in which the parquet with its
audience can be turned at an an
gle of 180 degrees. The spectators
will thus suddenly find themselv
es transported to another part of
the routfa theater, where they will
see a different stage setting from
BERLIN (AP) II o w far
Franco-German reconciliation has
advanced since the war may it
Judged by the fact that the larae
fashion house, "Galerles Lafay
ette" of Paris, is about to establish
a branch in Berlin.
A Franco-German consortium
has been formed, which has pur
chased the Bellevue Hotel on one
of the busiest squares of the n-
tropolls, viz: the Potsdamer IMai.
The hotel is familiar to Ameriofu,
as the headquarters of tha Inter
allied Military Mission which ,;,r. e
to Berlin after the signing of m
Treaty of Versailles anl rma;i! i
until the Dawes plan n p :, jntc
effect In 1924.
"Galeries Lafayette" anl their
German partners plan t ear down
the hotel and erect a m viern up-
to-date store.
Read the Classified Ads
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