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MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, MAHCH 5, 1924
NO. 295
AIL TRIBUNE
IS ORDERED
BY COOLIDGE
President Directs That Case of
Two Congressmen Involved
in Veteran Bureau Graft Be
Placed Before Grand Jury at
Once Names Are With
held. WASHINGTON, March G. Not only
the charges against two membors of
congress, but evldonco relating to oth
er suggestions of wrongdoing by offi
cials In Washington will be laid before
a federal grand Jury here immediately.
Whlto HnitRD nfttnlnla eail tn.ln
that' all phases of evidence adduced
recently by the Chicago grand jury and
not passed on there because of lack
of jurisdiction would be gone into by
a grand jury here.
The subjects expected to come un
der inquiry involve charges that one
or more high official used official In
fluence for purposes of speculation;
liquor permits were wrongfully pro
cured through use of money; and that
official government files were turned
over to persons not entitled to them.
For the present, no official will dis
cuss details of thoRO charges nor dis
close In what direction the inquiry may
load. The development has created a
stir in official circles, second only to
that which followed the oil disclosures.
President Coolidge announced last ,
night that the charges against the two ;
members of the house, involving ac-,
ceptance of money in connection with
the release of federal prisoners would
be thoroughly investigated by a grand j
jury.. Prior to that the senate vet-'
erans committee1 had held two sessions
to consider the chnrges and a resolu
tion for an investigation had been in
troduced In the house.
.Tohn W. H'--Crlin.- "who WBB In
charge of the 'Chicago Investigation,
has conferred with members of both
senate and the house, but ho has de
clined to furnish them the names of
those Involved or any details, taking
the position that the evidence requires
further development before any of it
can be divulged. It was developed In
cidentally at Chicago In connection
with the veterans' bureau inquiry that
resulted in the indictment of Charles
R. Forbes. v ,
Mr. Crlm also has reported the facts
to the White House, leaving to Presi
dent Coolidgo the decision as tn what
action should bo takn. Today's an
nouncement was interpreted as an In
dlcation that the exe-n'.ive was pre-:
pared to demand a complete sifting or
the evidence, regardless of whom
might be involved
The investigation resolution intro
duecd yesterday In the house by Demo
cratic leader Garrett, was referred to
the rules committee, but Chairman
Snell sa'id today that no action would
be taken on It for the present. He
reached this decision after a confer
ence with Mr. Crlm, who told him no
information could ho furnished a con
gressional committee, without embar
rassing the justice department in its
presentation of the case of a gr.um
jury. - : -
100 IN MM
MARSHFIELD. Ore., Mar. &
About one hundred men at the Coos
Bay Lumber company quit work to
day to enforce a demand for a 1
minimum dally wage. The company
recently raised the wages of nbout
600 men employed In the mill to 3.80.
Those going out today were mostly In
the common labor class, according to
mill officials, who said they could soon
replace the men who waiKea qui.
PACT, SUES
SALEM, Ore., March 5. Follow
ing the attempted fulfillment of a
suicide pact here last week between
George Russell and Florence Russell,
his wife, from Sllverton, in a local
apartment, Florence Russell has
started divorce proceedings in circuit
court. The couple were found nearly
dead from taking overdoses of a drug.
The woman was sent back to her par
ents at Sllverton and Dr. Russell com
mitted to the asylum where ho pre
viously has been on a number of oc
casions because of drug addiction.
In her divorce complaint the woman
states they were married at Indepen
MARSHF1ELD ILL
SILVERTON WOMAN, FOLLOWING SUICIDE
Doesn't Like Indoor
Murder; It Messes
Up Clean Floorsl
,
LOS ANGELES, March 5. Kill-
ing a man because of Jealousy Is
a less henious crime in the estl-
mation of Mrs. Rosa Valdez, than
"messing up" her clean floor with
the victim's blood, according to
her testimony here today in the
trial of her husband, Tony, ac-
cused of murder in connection
with the slaying of EBperldon
Gligalva, February 20 last.
4- "I told him it was hard- work
to keep my florfrs clean and that
he should do his shooting out-
side," Rosa testified she inform-
ed her husband.
fr Vuldez was held to answer to
the superior court.
4. 4.
BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, March 5. Presi
dent Coolidge informed the Philippine
independence mission today that In
his opinion the time has not yet come
for separation of the Philippines from
tho United States.
In a letter to Manuel Rojas, chair
man of tho mission, tho president also
declared that the United States gov
ernment "has full confidence in tho
ability, good Intentions, fairness and
sincerity" of Governor General Wood.
"In the present state of world rela
tionship." the letter suld, "the Ameri
can government owes nn obligation to
continue extending a protecting arm
to the people of these islands."
Mr. Coolldge's letter was written In
reply to resolutions passed by the
island legislature, asking for indepen
dence and attacking General Wood.
Tho proBidcnt'a views aro expected to
liave weight In houKo consideration
of a bill providing for independence
recently reported by the Insular com
mittee. This measure, committee
members say, was brought in merely
to place the question squarely before
the house itself for discussion.
"The government of the United
States," the president V'rote, "would
not feel that in had performed Its
full duty to the Filipino people or
discharged all of its obligations to
civilization if it should yield at this
time to your aspiration for national
independence."
E
$987,000 BONDS
PORTLAND. Ore., March 5. Ap
proval of nn amendment to the city
charter whereby the city will Issuo
not 'to exceed 1387,000 in bonds to de.
fray 75 per cent of tho cost of the
rights of way for wider approaches
to bridges across tho Willamette river
was voiced at the special city election
here yesterday. Complete returns
sho warfirmatlvo 1 4,740 and 9.068
negative. Plans provide for wide ap
proaches to the New Burnsido and
Koss Island bridges. They also pro
vide for widening the cast approach of
the Broadway bridge and widening of
Glisan street between third and fourth
streets.
Conscientious Objector
To Oppose Churchill
LONDON. Mnrch 5. Winston
Spencer Churchill's declared intention
of contesting the parliamentary bye
elcctlon in tha Abbey division of
Westminster has brought a liberal
candidate Into tho fight, Scott Duik
ers, who was four times courtmur
tialed during the war as a conscien
tious objector.
dence in l'Jlt. rrwr iu ne
riape, she says, her husband had been
a drug addict, but he represented to
her he nad taxen treatments which
had resulted in his complete cure.
Shortly after their marriage, she
complains, he resumed the habit and
as a result she caused him to be com
mitted to the state hospital and that
twice subsequently he had been com
mitted there and he is now an inmate
there. She declares that on Febru-i
ary 26, 1924, while onder the lnflu-
ence of narcotics, ho threatened to
shoot her. His escapades and result
ing newspaper publicity, she avers,
has caused her great mental anguish..
WOOD POLICY IN
MANILA KEYED
HUSBAND FOR DIVORCE
mm
DENIES
REPORT HIRAM
JOHNST
John Baird of Michigan Offers
to Lead Reporters to Swamp
Home of. Candidate Reported
to Have Been Buried Last
July.
BAY CITY. Mich., March 5. "Hi
ram Johnston" Is dead, ho was buried
in Oakridge cemetery here last July.
Thus further confusion is added to
the Michigan presidential primary se
lection of April 7. next, in which the
nnmo of "Hiram Johnston" was to
have appeared In the public column
together with the names of Senntor
Hiram W. Johnson of California,
President Coolidge and William O.
Simpson of Detroit. Johnston s name
was ordered stricken from the ballot
yesterday by Secretary of State Charles
Deland upon receipt of a letter pur
porting to come from "Hiram jonn
ston" of Zilwaukee township. Tho lot
ter was a scrawled sentence, asking
simply that his name be withdrawn.
It was dated "Mllburne, Mich., and
was presented, to the secretary of
state by John Baird, state conserva
tion commissioner, whose home is at
Zilwaukee. The letter bore rip post
mark.
"Mllburne" is not listed in post-
office guides.
Tho correct name of tho man who
died last July is 'on tho records as
Martin Hiram Johnston. He was not
ter known ns "Paddy" Johnston. Ho
lived in a houseboat on the Saginaw
river and was employed as a watch
mnn by tho North American Chcml
cnl company of this city.
LANSING, Mich., Mnrch 6. Any
one who doubts the. existence of the
"Hiram Johnston" whose name was
certified for the Michigan presiden
tial primary election and then order
ed stricken from the ballot, may have
visual proof that he lives by accom
panying John Baird, state conserva
tion commissioner into tho swamps of
Zllwaukee township next Saturday.
Baird hurled this challenge to the
skeptics today almost at tho same
time that newspaper men learned that
a Hiram Johnston," -who lived in the
same neighborhood as Bird's "Zilwnu.
kee Hiram" died last July and Is bur
ied in a Bay' City cemetery.
Baird's offer, to newspaper men la
this: . '-
"Be at my farm in Zilwaukee at
ten sharp Saturday morning," he said
"and be sure to wear your hunting
clothes. It is six miles from my place
to Milhurn, where Johnston lives and
there is no road. Wo will walk thru
swamp land most of the way. Inns
much as 1 generally take a zig zag
course, wo probably will travel a lit
tle more than six miles before we
find the man we are looking for."
Baird today said he filed the John
ston petition, "because I wanted to
show that the Michigan presidential
preferential primary law is a joke
Johnston consented to "run," Baird
said, saying it would bo "fun to see
my name In tho papers." "ZUwaukec
Hiram ' mudo Baird promise, the
commissioner said, that he would have
to make no speeches.
GET MORE MONEY
KANKAKKB, 111., March 5. Rep
resentatlvo farmers of - the corn belt
states Of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and
Minnesota gathered here today to
plan for expansion of tho movement
for "cost of production plus reason
able profit" to evory county in those
states.
J. Harvey Roblllard, of Kankakee,
chief counsel for and director of th
National Farmers union presided an
outlined the purpose of the meeting,
Official figures show that 200,000
farmers were forced off their farms
in this country in 1922, and 600.000 In
1923. Mr. Kohillard said. "Indications
are that more than twice that num
her will follow them in 1924," he con
tlnued, "the farmers of the United
StatcB constitute one-third of the pop
ulation yet they receive only one
seventh of the income.
"We have the remedy, farmers must
organize Into a national farmers
union, along tho lines of a labor union
on a commodity basis.
ST. LOUIS, March 6. The future
of tho electric railways Is a hopeful
one, according to B. C. Cobb, vice
president of Hodenphyll, Hardy and
company of New York, who last night
addressed the American Electric Rail
way association in convention here
He declarsd the worBt effects of au
tomoblle competition aro wearing off
and stated he was convinced the next
t-n years would not repent t h
troubles the Industry had suffered I
the past tea years.
DEAD
FARMERS URGED TO
FORM UNION AND
John A. Westerlund
Bom Juno 10, 1865.
John A. Wostcrluml, r,S years old,,
for twenty years identified with the
communitv and orchard development
of Medford nnd southern Oregon
and one of her best known citizens,
died at his home on East Main street,
this city, this morning at 10:30 o clock
after a long Illness from Wright's dls-
ease. The body will bo returned to
the old home nt Orion, Illinois, for
burial. Mr. Westerlund is survived
by his wlfo, Mrs. Klla (.'. Westerlund,
his father i'etcr Westerlund, and sev
eral brothers nnd a sister living in
Orion and Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. Louis
A. Salade, Jr.. of Central l'oint is n
niece and Sophie A. Holmberg. a sls-tcr-ln-law.
Curl Y. Tengwald of this
city is a close friend of the family.
Known to scores of local people as
Uncle John," tho news of his denth
cast a pall of sorrow anu regrei
throughout the city.
Mr. Westerlund came to Medford in
1904, and immediately became Identi
fied with tho civic llfo of tho com
munity. Ho was builder and owner of
the Hotel Hollani,, .a director of the
Medford National Bank, and identi
fied with one of the largest commer
cial orchards in tho stato.
in i Jiu ne was eiL-L-iuu iu me il-k"- , mc i"n .v,,,,. u, .,,,0 n 3
laturo on tho Republican ticgot, nndllovnblo man was to be allowed to
In 1910 ho was elected to the legls
in 1912 was renominated and ro-olect-
ed. without opposition. Ho was the
Oregon News
in Brief
ASTORIA, Ore., Mar. 5. Clatsop
county's two major bridge construc
tion projects nro moving rapidly with
the advent of spring weather.
The contractors uro now concen
trating their efforts on the west ap
proach to tho Lewis and Clark river
draw bridge and have tho fill for that
portion nearly completed.
At Seaside tho first cofferdom for
the new concrclo nrch Ijridgo across
tho Necnnlcum river at Uroadway has
been sunk. The old bridge hns been
torn out and traffic. Is being handled
over the two smaller bridges. The
contractor believes he will have tho
new nrch structure ready before the
summer tourist season opens.
SALEM, Ore.. Mar. 5. A charter
was issued by the state banking de
partment today to the new American
Hank of Marshfield. Tno cnpitnnm-
tlon is $150,000. Charles Hall Is presi
dent, John E. Ross and C Mc. John
son, vlco presidents, and Clcorgo 1'.
Winchester, cashier.
SALKM. Ore., Mar.' r,. Chnrlns
Gregory of Dallas today filed with tho
secretary of stato his statement as a
andidate for the republican nomina
tion for district attorney for I'oik
county.
Mcrryl C. Shaver or Kutnerlln nieu
a candidato for the republican
nomination for representative ot
Douglas county in tho stato legisla
ture. His slogan Is -rcuuciion 01 inn
property tax by increasing tho pro
perty taxed."
F
IN COSTA RICA
BAN JOSH, Costa P.lra, March 6.
(B the Associated Press) nly
fow casualties havo been reported this
far In consequence of tho scries of
earth shocks which occurred yestor-
dnv. Great nroncrty danluge was
caused In San Jose. Herldia nd Ala
Juela and a few small towns were
wined out.
Tho American embassy building in
San Jose wns slightly damaged.
The tremors continued today and
all business Is closed, the people seek
Ing shelter In open places. Port LI
mon was not damaged. News has not
been received from tho Pacific coast.
There were 160 quakes In four
hourB yosterday morning, the last one
of 270 seconds duration, ending with
tho most severe shock. This accounts
for tho peopln being able to run to
safety.
Died March 5, 1921
father of tho standard apple box bill
in this state, and
.ilmlrmnn of tne
horticultural committee. Ho was also
Instrumental in securing the passago
of legislation for tho Crator Lako
highway.
or on llenrv county Illinois June 10 l"'n"0L, V neir spoKesman. cussing the necessity for. the resiBna-
orlon. llenry county, liniuus, juno i, E rintas, who protested against the i ,, , - ,, . ' . .,,
1S65, and, spent, hlu boyhood days mettUeA ,ml)rovPnie,lt. as they were on of Secretary Denby and sugges
upon his father's farm, in 1891 ho of th0 ,., 1)C1(.f tnn movcment wft. , Hons were made that Attorney Qeneral
graduated from liethany college. : ,,linn,rt and Inaugurated solely to dl-; Daugherty resign."
I.indsborg. KansuH, with an A. H. do-vnrt tl.n((c tram the Pacific highway, Tho senator said he wanted the oil
gree. 'which Is Riverside nvenuo nil thru ' committee to ask Mr. Bennett who It
For many years he was connocted iho cl,y f,.nm i,otli ends of tho city wns he snv nnd to have him explain
i.iiiii A w'i.uioi-Hini wiih iinrii ill
with the homcseeker's bureau of tho
Union Pacific railroad,
nnd in 1.1 J
was placed In charge of tho Pacific
tines. In this field assisting ill bring-
ing thousands of new settlers to tho
Pacific coast. Of late years, ho has
tjevoted his energies to his private In-
terests. until 111 health forced his ro -
tlrement from active duty.
Mr. westerlund was a high mombcr'cd in to City Clerk Alford a petition
of Masonry the Elks, Knights of signed by nbout H,0 names Ralhorod
'ythias. Hhrlne, and leading civic or -
ganlzations. Ho wns active In church,
Death, while not unexpected enmo
nt tho end of a 16 hour strugglo, and
,nut i,in L-inii., nni
leave bis room nnd see tho almond
lilossoms.
JURY VERDICT IS
IN DIVORCE CASE
NEW YORK. March 5. Beverly I.
llnrrls. former vlce-nresldent of the
National City bank, has succeeded in
proving his chnrges that his wlfa, 1 nignway.
Kleanor Klnlno Leo Harris had falsely T Then K. K. Merrick, another 6loga
represented herself as a member ofjtlon spokosman banked up Mr. Oates'
n .nelnllv nroin Infill Com v nn,l fnlal-
fled concerning her moral character
in his suit for tho annulment of his'""1 siroot rommiiioo, expinineu mm
marriage.
Asked to answer six questions, a su -
preme court Jury last night found In
favor ot Mr. Harris In five Instances
and tho verdict will be submitted to
Hie special term next Monday for final
derision.
The only question answered In her
favor was to the effect that Harris
could havo ascertained
tho truth
his charges before making a separa
tion ugrocmont with his wife
4
ARE TO BE BUILT
SALKM", Ore., March &. At a confer-
once of state officials and some out-,
side advisers horo yesterday a decis
ion was reached that the stato thin
year will contract for 3000 acres of
flax with the fanners of Marion and
Polk counties, to he worked up at the
state prison flax plant. Tho farmers
will be paid $21.50 for short straw and
$2(1.50 for long Btraw. The acrnago
will he more than double that of last
season. At least four now Bcutchlng
mills are projectod for tho valley thin
year. The Polk people who own the
Canadian puller that was demonstrat
ed here last year, announce that they
will establish a mill at Stayton. Turner
and Albany are each to get a mill, It
is said, and possibly one will go up at
Aumsvillo.
Cash Bonus Offered.
WASHINGTON, March 6- A two
fold soldier bonus plan providing op-
, " ,u" , ,." V" '
insurance was proposed to the house.
ways and means committee today by
a committee of veterans representing
house democrats,
Rum Fleet Appears
Again Off N. Y. Coast
With $8,000,000 Cargo
NKW YORK, Mar. 6. The
UritiHh steam yacht Istar, "queen 4
h of the rum fleet," has re-appear- 4
ed off rum row. twelve miles n
out, with twenty other vessels,
4 ready for tho sprint? trade, coast
guard cutter commanders re-
4 ported today. They estimated 4
f the twenty-ono ships carried 4
160,000 cases of liquor worth nt 4
fr $&0 a ens f.o.b. rum row, un
agsregato of $8,000,000.
OPENING UP OF
BEATTY STREET
LAID ON TABLE
Tho Ioiir tulkud of opening up of
noatty Htroet to North Rtveraldo avo
nuo, thus making a diagonal connec
tion between North Central nvenuo
r,,nii
, . , . , t,
unanimously voted not to make tho I
suggested improvement.
This action was precipitated by a
largo delegation of business men from I
...... ... ...
imt, to Central avenue which paral-
lels Riverside.
The spokesman of tho - Indignant
of Medford for six years prior to the
time the present administration came
Into power, last night lived up to his
nickname of Pop. Indeed ho fairly
1 sizzled at times from tho moment he
arrived with tho delegation and hand-
; In nn hour or so yestordny, and nn-
nounced that If givon an hour or so;
;more or tune nunoreoH, or millions
more signatures couia navo neon on-
tnlned. Pop. when in a fishing or
righteously indignant mood, nays no
- - -
attention to a little thing like exact
figures. 'inatlon of telegrams today opposition
Before ho had subsided he had j d 0 fl , th(J conrirmatlon of Sam-
XtX L: tnXuon ' -I Knight of San Francisco to be ape
tnx bill, several reliable almanacs, and clnl government counsel in the lltl
wept gushing tears over the down- gntion for tho recovery of California
trodden tax payors and their rights.
commented on tea pot gushers, and
declnred that tho ordinance to divert
traffic from tho presont Pacific high
way to already crowded Central
ST'o" Tffecr'overthe0 SZ bo,nes"of .
nine-tenths of the population of this;
beautiful city of tho charming and , is a Rockefeller bank. . -
fertile Hoar creek. 1 According to this Information, Sena-
He demanded action at once which iaT Walsh snld, Mr. Knight now la en
would kill the hlenous, Iniquitous n litigation for that bank In
measure, which threatened to curtnll ,n.1r, f Ha ridnd that If the story
).lthe bread and butter supply of bust-
e ness men In the western section of tho
business district and along tho Pacific
venomoni taut Willi a lew remmnn,
councilman i; w. i-aui. cnairmnn m;
tne suggested improvement wun iiub-
I "noerstonn ann n..i a, men ,0 u,..ri
I traffic from the Pacific highway to
Centrnl avenue, which precipitated a
debate between him and Pop, and all
the evidence was In.
Councilman A. C Hubbard made a
motion that tho proposed extension of
Boatty street bo laid on tho tablo. and
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of,"', "";.'"'"''" ' .'--
Then ns tho protesting cohorts
walked out of the room with gleeful,
triumphant faces Pop Gates wiped off
his chin and said, "We thank you
gentlemen, that's nil we wanted."
A humorous outstanding featuro of
Inst night's events Is that the same
notion would havo been tnken by tho
council had no protest been entered,
as tho oounellmon had decided Infor
mally to kill the project, as they were
disagreed among themselves as to Its
merits', and a report by the street
(Continued nn Page Elght
LATEST CLUE TO WALL STREET
LOWN
NEW YORK, March 5. Whatever
hopes tho New York police had of boIv
Ing the mystery of the famous Wall
stront explosion through the reported
confession of Ralph Thurber flickered
and vanished today when t.ae police
wore advised that Thurher was In San
Quon'tln penitentiary, California, when
the explosion occurred. -
Thurber's story, which was mado
known to District Attorney Banton
through a telegram from Secretary of
State Hughes to Governor Smith, was
seriously questioned by detectives af-
tor they had failed to find the address-
"
ob of two men whom Thurber,' In an
affidavit In a 'London prison, had Im
plicated Iu the oxploBion. Reports
PRESIDENT1S
DRAGGED IN
10 OJLJESS
Senator Heflin Charges That
'Principal' Referred to in
McLean Telegram Is Presi
dent Coolidge Another Oil
Counsel Objected to By Sen
ator Walsh. "''
WASHINGTON, March 6. "I think
the 'principal' referred to here is the
president," Senator Heflin, democrat,
Alabama, declared today In the sen
ate In discussing the telegram which
Ira E. Bonnett sent from Washington
to Palm Reach last January 29,
In the message Dennett, who Is an
editorial writer on the Washington
Post, informed his employer, E. B.
McLean, that ho had seen the "prin
cipal," who had assured him there
would be "no rocking of the boat and
no resignations."
"This telegram was sent," Senator
Hoflin said, "when the senate was dls-
, exactly who he meant when he said
h. ,,,, . ..nHnel,,ol " who accord.
ing to another part of the telegram.
"expects reaction from unwarranted
political attacks."
"I want the committee to go very
thoroughly and minutely into the do-
tails regarding this telegram, Sena-
,or Briln continued. "I understand
iMr Bennott j8 to De called tomorrow
,nnd 0 t caU tho committee's attention
ito.thlB mattor a day in advance."
""'"" " V" - u .v.-
WASHINGTON, March 5. While the
oil committee was ohtatnlhg more tm-
- -
portant information in a private exam-
oil lands from the Standard Oil com
pany of California. .-...!
Senator Walsh of Montana, prosecu
tor of the oil Inquiry, announced that
ho had boon "reliably informed" that
Mr. Knight Is counsel for the Equitable
Trust company of New York, which
I d correct ,t would be a basts for
, ' " . v, ,,. ..'
onnosing confirmation by the senate.
Mr. Knight waB selected by Presi
dent Coolidge to bring action under
a resolution offered by Senator Walsh
and unanimously adopted by both the
house and senate. Senator waisn was
, cotlnuited In the selection! "r..v
Foregoing Its usual public neanng
to examine telegraph records sent here
from Palm Beach, the oil committee to.
day found further reference to the
"principal" mentioned In one of the
Mclean tolegramB . proTlfltpljr read
Into the record. ' ' - S
A delay In preparation of the neces
sary papers prevented the Initiation
of court action today by the special
government counsel designated to
bring proceedings In. the Sinclair
Doheny annulment cases,' ;
Civil actions probably will ba start
ed tomorrow or Friday. '
Deserters to Bo Released.
WASHINGTON, March 5 Amnesty
was granted by President Coolidge to.
day to all deserters from the army
and navy during tho period botwooh
tho armlstlco nnd tho official con
clusion of the World wnr.
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from other cities, the police said, In
dicated that other details tn tne con
fession were valueless. ,
Thurber, advices say, was sentenc
ed to San Quontln prison tn February,
1920, for a three year term. Ho was
released two years later. ' Tha Wall
street explosion which killed thirty
persons and Injured scores, occurred
on September 16, 1920. - '
Messages from London said Thur
ber had made hla confession to tho
American- consul general In London
and that the official sent It to Secre
tary Hughes, who forwarded It to Gov
ernor Smith. The latter got In touch
with District Attorney Banton who or
dared an immediate check-up. '