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MEDFORD, ORF.liON, WKDXKXDA V, MARCH :M. 192SO
No. 361.
MAILT
Today
Girls' Pretty Dresses
Birds, Elevators, Stocks
rOld Empires, New Planes
$34,000,000 HDr. Freight
By Arthur Briiban
(Copyright, 1927, by New York
Evening Journal, lnc.1 I
.V young American girl, to j
be hanged in Canada mxt Fri- !
day, says, "1 hope they will j
hang me in a pretty dress." j
. Another American girl at ,
hej wedding to an Indian ra- j
jah wore $2,000,000 worth of I
jewelry, including a diamond j
nose ring. Her husband was j
painted yellow for part of the
ceremony in
Hindu rites.
'accordance with i
!
i
Hoth these young women .
. ..ill i i i
perhaps would have been Imp- I
)ier hfld they thought less
i . , , , ,, . .
about dress, about things put
tfji the outside of the body, and
more about developing thought
inside of the head.
A seat on the New York
Stock Exchange has been sold
for $320,000. At that price the
eleven hundred seats on the
stock exchange are worth $32f,
000,000. Lust Saturday stocks
were sold at the rate of 1,000,
000 shares nn hour and in spite
of time saving devices the
ticker was twenty-five, minutes !
i , ,
behind the speculators. f j
I
There are tips and downs in
birds, elevators and stocks, but;
be careful how you bet on the
"down" side in stocks when
wages and spending ability in
i rn i.. nr.
it country move up .0 lo ,
Tier Cent mid mawilactnrers I
tm make thirty-three men do
Ihe work of n lmndi'ed. Sell
ing short in Americit isn't a
safe pastime.
Ask some of (he bears. You
,vay, "Some things are too
high." Certainly, some things
lire always too high. But some tor the same amount was written
r .i ',u i ,. i,:i, ...ill in another company by Darker and
i,f them that are too high will Lvemually reduced to Jio.ooo. The
go higher. There is one stock fixtures were stored in a warehouse
li A inn a uhnnniat Central Point which was de-
now, well above $400 a slia.e 8tmyed by fjre ,ast Augugt Depu.
nut nOLSO lllgn mat it nun i j
some day to heights that w
make the owners dizzy
The Writer hv the wav
The Writer, OJ tllC W nJ , ,
X f AP 4l,.,t nt. ntboi'
IlilTMl l. IU1, null, i .v... .
high priced stock, and can look
at things impartially.
f
Lloyd George takes seriously
the "holy war" started by Mo
hammedans against British rule
or domination in Asia Itfld in
Africa. Lloyd Goprge says it
is interesting to reflect "that
this trouble has arisen in two
countries, wlch were power
fully and highly civilized em
pires at a time when even the
existence of Great Britain was
scarcely known."
If Mohammedans have made
up their minds to efcerminrite
heretics and infidels, menniny
. t
Knropenns, that will mean
trouble
for the British of
Hilt since the preitt i
course.
, . , , I
empires nt Asia nnu Airica
hltVC failed away, British gCH-
llcmen that used ttMiule in the
Rwamps and paint their stom-1
iehs blue, have learned to fly, I
flistnnutinp; poison pas ana an-
ninR explosives. Those will
. ' ,:..
" .
. ,. 1 . 1
war. j noiy war on tnc (riuunu
has little chance apninst warj
from the sky. I
You are reminded that modern j walked nway from the site of the lhe rpd,, o( tnJ MCretarv ofj1927
(? business Is really bi?. Head npw men's dormitory at the Vnl-- tate o Nw ynrM nUn (lj,(,invlfj In
biff
iuui v.nevruifi, ine ru ulii ui vr
eral Motors, will pay this year ?34.
000.000 for railroad freight.
Without wishing sorrow for rail
roads, something might be done to
diminish automobile freight. A
Chevrolet car on the Pacific coast
costs Qlfi freight, from the fac
tory. That la a good deal to pay ,
for a car that could run on Its own j
r wheels the 2000 miles from the fac
toiy for $25 worth of gasoline and
efcl. plus a little wear and tear on
tlreB.-
(Continued oa Pf Four)
mm
SURROUNDS
BANK A
Friends of Geo. W. Barifer
Still Believe He Is Alive
and They Will Hear From;
Him Bank in Good Con-1
dition Nervous Collapse
Hinted.
Mystory 81111 shrouds the fate or I
whereabouts of Cteorge V. llarker.j
president and cashier of the Pine
Hell bank of llutte Falls, who ills- !
appeared Monday afternoon while I
bis banking institution was under
examination by the state bankhw !
examiner, ami he. raced question-
Ing by inemberH or tho state in- i
. commissioners and slate
fire marshals, relative to the de
structiun by fire of a warehouse
last August at Central Point, in
which Hie mlsHing mau had insured
fixtures.
Seaieh of an area uear Ihe Kd
mundson runch, -where a shot was
reported lo have been heard late
Monday evening, this morning by
a sheriff s poHse failed to find a i
single trace or clue. Wind nud
ruin in the Unite Kails district this
morning handicapped the hunt.
The authorities are also Investi
gating reports that a number of
Hutte FnllH residents saw Barker
leaving In another auto than the
one abandoned in the heavy tim
ber. Little credence is placed' in
the report, however,
J. J. Simmerville, merchant of
Hutle Fas and cl08e friend of rte
missing man for 20 years, said this
morning over the long distance tel-
e".1.',onl'1:inU narkor is on his road:
and wo have hopes that his wife !
will get a letter today. At least
that is what we are all hoping."
According to bis friends, Barker
was a mun oi extreme nervous
temperament, and had been much
depressed for the last two weeks.
They believe that ho became panic
stricken by tho visit of the stnte
insurance aides and fire marshals.
and tied on the spur of the mo- i
ment
Insurance Investigated j
Tho district attorney's office is-',
sued a statement saying that Mar- j
ker, us an Insurnnce agent, had j.
written a policy on his confection-1
ery store fixtures for $20,000, which
was refused; thnt another policy
ly insurance wuiuiiiHsioner .lames
(1 o o d m a n ndmlts that he
tended to question iianier on tnisio( (he T ot Dome commtteo, !
'While no official report has been today that tho . goveVnor'a de-;
ssue wns Bai(1 y a hgh al,.;nlal that Harry F. Sinclair had'
uiuLLui.
thority that affairs of the Pine
llelt hank were in perfect condi- !
Hon and on a sound basis.
State officials refused to issue
any statement on any angle of the
Investigation.
Barker is a former timber cruiser
and experienced woodsnron, accus
tomed to spending days alone in
the hills. He was a man of sub
stantial means, owned a palatial
home In this city, and came of a
wealthy Willamette valley family.
A brother, living at Eugene, ar
rived this morning fc assist In the
hunt. The wife and daughter, a
student In the high school, were
prostrated by the tragic turn of
events, but -Mrs. liarker went, to
Hutte Falls today.
Suicide Is Fen ml.
I'p to 2 "'clock this afternoon
nn worn had been received by the;1
i,n..r.. nmnn me,n, .hn
sheriffs office, ft om the posse
senrchinR the timber back of liutte
Falls for C.eorne Y. I'.arker.
In the opinion of Sheriff Kalphl
jenninps. the mis.ln,; mnn Is a sui-i
-f t.rt,ra it on- ntviPi-
e.,.e. .figure ,, an other
.leaning!
If It is. It will he a dif-
flcult task to rind him. as It Is a j
JUI1KI'- I" "II
wnul,i ,llkB
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V. .7,i, ,m.
rine-tooth comb.
search to locate him."
nnrnrrnn All IT .
I A UVUfi - U II III I
llHltlLll rlll till!
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EIT.EXE. Ore., March 21. W
Twelve Kugene union carpen
ters nackcl tin their tools and
V' ' nnt ' k
tor less than $x
day.
The
enrpenters said thnt Hansen
Hammond. Portland contractor.
In charge of the work, have re-
"k'ip ,iio
OP.Tf.AND. Ore,, Mar. 21. MV
II. Hammond of the Hansen-f?
11
ii A ,. ..i.i il,., ,k.T
- !
,,.all,n,,t nf n e,v rn,n I et en ftie.
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cone had not affected work there
and thnt all the men remaining at
work were contented.
ANOTHER SUMMER WHITE HOUSE OFFERED COOLIQGES
Those views are of "Overlook," the mansion of Fred L. Soely at Ashcvillo, N. C, which has been
offered to President and Mrs. Coolidgc as a summer White House, in addition to "Zenlandia," Philip S.
Henry's Ashcvillo home. Above is a view of the living room at "Overlook." Uclow, left, is a deer park
on the estate with the castlc-liko mansion in the background. On the right is u view of the mountains
from the estate.
PAQH RUT NOT Will Mm HAMR filUFM DA77IWR
unun uui nui iiillmui unnu, uiilm hrllimu
m a on t onsMn , i nv nrynnnaio
i IU HL iJlTllin nUODHliU If ILLj" D r ucmubiwi 0!
Records Show Oil KingMi's. Doris McDonald's Life,
Gave to Tammany Hall
but Not to Smith Al. De
mands Retraction and Is
Promised Same.
WASHINOTOX, Mar. 21.-
-ifi) ;
Although he has not yet received;
Governor Smith's letter, Senator i
in-(xye of North Linkola. chairman I
,
conmnuten 10 nis campaign i.inu
was "quite complete.
"The part I had in the senate
dobr.le was simply in answer to a
query directed to me by a senator"
Nye said.
"When his letter is received by
me, T. shall make a full reply."
ALBANY, N. V., Mar. 21. (P) j
Governor Smith resents as "infa
mous Insinuations" and "rtemn-1
goglc slander" statements made on
the floor of the I'nlted States sen-
ate which he thinks were uttered!
with the intentlno of making peo-j
pie believe he was'a beneficiary of!
the oil scandals. i
The governor used those terms
In a letter to Senator Nye of North
Dnkota, . terming a statement by
the senator nn "false" and "rerk-i
'.' . . ...
Jnc etter rererred to n. similar , , .J ,
,!nnd ImprovemenK under way on
statement by Senator
Indiana. Senator Nye had sald!tno h0"11"'1'" Pacific lines at thenl(.,i hI1Vnlf nc nn ngreement
that he understood that In the Xew
YorJt tate men of I!)20. Hnr-I
r' i - Sinclair was a very libera
to , B,?rn0r-. cause, j
Thc governor's letter said that:
search ot official records confirm -
p0ii,,ion ihf inct.
,.. ...:i. .... ... .u .
never contributed to the governor's
. , , " .,.
any other time he ran for office.
fiavc to Tanimnny.
if,, ,'h in'r .,, iant thn
governor was informed thnt the
records showed two contributions!
by Sinclair to the New York conn-'
many Hall, both during Smith
gubernatorial campaigns. One In
ty oemocratlc committee iTim-i"
S. was fyr.l.Oe the other. In!
1 ft 2B. amounted to $250.
The Tammeny Holt fund was In- duri"ff territory. The result of
dependent of the democratic Kate'thp expenditures wan not re-
i.. i I flnctf fl In !h otirnlnffti fur- I'i'.'i,
rne governor was inmrmcu mat)""" '-'. " d
"'( n . comr.nun-u """
(,,,. rciiu oilcan suu? coniniiiieft
In
1022 during the campaign in
whlch Xnthan I.. Miller defeated
(iovornor ,,,.
senator Nye had snld that after
me campaign or i:i2'i Sinclair unsi
npnnlnted a member of the New
York state raving commis-lon. The
f,n..r,rHr'a a,,.. , n V.
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points nut that theO.vernor failed
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, re-ee,tlnn In lti2a anil that Sin-
-icliilr was appointed to the racing
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(Continued on Page Biz)
Is Saved by Governor's
Action Commuting Sen
tence for Taxi Murder.
I
OTTAWA. Ont.. Mar. 21. IVP)
Mrs. Doris .MeiJonalcl, young New
i ork girl, sentenced to hung on
' .,,.i,i ' i.,v'i ,i,.u ,.
j,.,, her sentence commuted to life
imprisonment today. Preparations
wo, e continued for the hanging of
:ioe nusni.na, i.eorge .mcuouuki
' ;
nm) app,.0,ve(1 ,,,.
governor
general approved orders in council
grunting the commutation in the
case of Mrs. McDonald and affirm
ing me deatn sentence passed on
her husband. The orders were re-
celved at the state department at
12:40 for farwardlug to the sheriff,
S. P: WILL SPEND
.HUGE SUM FOR
Ell
NRW TOUlv, M:iit;i 2 I (!)--
Construction work, new faeiliiiOB
sl,,n.of tne. 5,"!r ''""l'' . '"T ."1
'
pcnftiiure oi: iioout i i,u,'niu,
DeForest, chairman of
executive committee. an-
nounced today. other additions'
betterments, new const rue -
r!lio" ""d new euulpmcnt in part
,'autnorizen hir
'"' '"".i.v i.
i nnr, -till under roimMiTiillo,..
i m:i' Involve aO itlonal ex -
peniiiture or about 2 n.nnn.non.
"During the last three years the
Southern Pacific lines have made
l"rB0 capllal expenditure, for the
construction of new lines, double
' . .
i cellaneous addition, and better -
menu," I)e.'oreSt, stated, "Insuring
'o-5 ot o
Itub'd In the Iniprovcmenls
" , J V " ' ' ' "
the eh a lr m a n
plained, are re-locntlon of
the
, ''"e branch on lie. ount of con -
.struction of the foolldge dan, In
j Arlrnnar tnndnrd gtnielng the -
' M'Kun i.mi-
road, a sitludillary, extcii-don of
cert ilsn double track work
I Till ' I '111
A -
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"'rminai wiivi in various eiiies,
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'' uo ii.i ..aiiamim.-. iay -
oik oi Heavier rails. iurciiave or
new etiili,n,..i,f ,.,l .,il,e n,l..l
j cellaneous additions and belter -
'ment.
"Birds of a Feather" Phrase
Is Played On by Friends
of Governor Smith Cor
rupt Conditions , in Sen
ator's State Are Cited.
WASIIIIICTO.V, Mar. 21. (P)-
i.ihioi ".. m..iuu,u u.i,i..
out of ihe oil rnmmltlee onto the
j floor of the senate today where It
j B!lln provoked a bitter debate
with Senator Knhlnson. of Indiana
benrlng the brunt of a battle with
half a dozen' or more of his col
leagues. Taking the floor to reply to the
niricturcs of tinverm.r Alfred V
smith, of New York, who roundly
, .icnounci-d the Indlunan and
cti.-, h iniin Nve of the oil commit
tee, for bringing his name Into the
I (I Isf'UKHiotiH, U(.l)insnn I'hunred that
j '"ni'Tt In hoth ; parties betrayed
tlifir (rust ," and tliat men like
Mnrry K. Kinrlatr don't confine
I I tii'ir actlvilicM , (o one party, l ie
jsaid hi' would (rile a e.ise where
Senator alsh, of Montn mi, had
approved of Home. activilieH of K,
1, Doheny, who loused tho Klk
Hill naval reserve, al a Inter time.
The debute eentered largely
'.ilMitit (he appointment of Kinolair
j to the' New 'rk raring commls
tioti and eonipietoly overshadowed
toddy's sessloiof the oil commit
. .t,i,.u inn,,., i...h
i .,i.. .w. .... .
, (i(.meratle mitlonul treaHurer. de-
lwl,h K' W' t'"""'"' f" republican
, i reasuror 10 destroy campaiKn
fund records for 1!)3.
The Indiana senator was inter-
mpicd at one point by Senator
;( 'opeland of New York with
n
muestlon about' other appointments
, ' " 1
"I am taknir about larrv S n-
; cbO and his friend, the ; governor
j oi .-.cw i org, senator itoninson
: answered.
"I don't care about anybody
else."
.'"'.'
rtlng to
his statement that
, (n.... ',. ,.i, 1.,,
. .m..,l.loni-, "ene
'' ' t-rm expired.
Senator
rtan) , lht location with
j nun um uuvcrnor rnin n
;uld soiMily hnve said: 'Mr. Hin-
flair. y0 Hre unclean and we,
mtni.ny peopl- are oIi-hu. We1
lon't want you, Vo don't want
you.
of a f.-athrr will flock together
The liiflit.Qn was heckled by a
i . K-,.n.,.u ,,, ' ,,,,,
, lT,L situation "
..,. concluded as lo governor
Smllh.
I am not here In defend Indl -
noomson repueo. n can
l(..l,.no fir. .
o-i-ioi iiscii.
Yet. the senator owes bis seat
i, thp, evr,. f n,,.in, wb,
.. . .
j '"
' (Continued on Page Six)
B
OF DAM IS
: QUIZZED
i
!Wm? Mulholland Admits!
1 There Was a Bad Leak
I When He Inspected Dam
i 11 Hours Before Collapse
I Hints Structure Was
I nvnamitnrl Ahpn Pijiisp
Asked.
l.OS AXHICI.KS, Mar. 21. (tf)
William .Mulhnllntid, who testified
I today nt the coroner's Inquest over
i St. Francis dam victims and who
m was engineer in chnrge of con- J
1 stiuolinn of the dam. said that leak
j conditions eleven hours before Its
I collapse were "had, very bad,"
.Mulholland, veteran chief engl
ncer oi Ihe Los Angeles bureau of
water and power, with tears cours
ing down his cheeks, moaned "The
only ouch I envy are tlumu who
are dead. They certainly must
have overlooked something."
Alter telling t'oroner Frank
Nance that he and his assistant,
H. A. VauN'onnan, had seen the
dam eleven hours before the break,
March 1:1, In which 27X lives were
lost and , 17 others are reported
missing, examination of Mulhol
land continued: '
A. Did the St. Francis dum leak
badly?
A. Of all tho dams I have ever
seen in every section of the coun
try, It was Ihe driest.
Q. How did you happen to visit
tho dam on Monday, tho day before
Ihe flood?
A. I went there bocatise Tony
Harhell'ger, tho keeper, Who was
drowned, notified me that the
water was muddy and there was a
new leak.
Q. What does It Indicate when
the water Is muddy?
a. Hint is linn, very brtd. When
it is muddy It indicates a leak
through the earlh, which la always
a serious ftmltor, j .
(J. Did it occur to you Monday
;tbut thme was danger?
A. No, never; never did such a
i1"0;;
to me.
ed engineer. -72 years he
is, dropped his head a moment and
then rnlsed it; looking nt the Jur
ors ho said:
"1 surely would like to be able
to say why it went out."
No Granite Foundation
Miillinlland oxplnlned that the
dam fouudnllon extended about 20
feet beneath tho natural earth sur-
I iiu'u aim uio (iiieHiiuuuig continued: l
q was tlisro any grnnlle foun-
datlon In the dum sector?
A. No, Ihere is no granite In that
section. Th ednm was known as
a pure gravity dam. It was nn
arch dam, composing a single arch.
I). Mr. Mulholland, did you con
sider tho St. Francis dam to be
safe? .
A. I surely did; I nnvor would
hnve put n drop of water In it If
I had not been absolutely certain.
In my dny 1 have built nineteen
dnms, all of thorn now in use.
When I built tho St. Francis dam
I had In mltnl the hazards that ex
1st on almost ovory" dam project,
and I certainly took every care and
precaution.
Q.Pleaso estlmnto the total
seepage of SI. Krnncls dam.
A. 1 would say between four
and five miners' Inches.
I (j. Whnt was tho purpose In
t construction of 81. Francis dam.
i A. It was built for conservation,
j tt'e take water as tho flood Lord
gives it to us. l,os Angeles, yon
know, Is unhiuo. Our people hero
lake It for granted thar thero will
be walnr In the faucets In the morn
ing. It Is our job to see that they
have the water. Without reser
voirs we In HiIh country could not
exist.
Mulholland explained, going back
10 "cepngo, that It came from a
point between the mnsonry and
wound, lie startled the fury
and spectulors by saying that, while
he had no definite Idea whnt 1411s
ed the dam to collapse he had,
nevertheless a suspicion, "Just a
harQsiisplclon, and I don't want lo
utter It." Specutors concluded the
witness referred to tho alleged dy-
j ni!tlng of the dam
deputy Iilstrlct Attorney K. .1.
, liennlson took tin the oueMtlonlng:
"as 11 not a rnei mat u
: "'
A. "No, sir, or I would not
hav built It."
Q- "Would you build It there
nKain?"
A. "No. J must be frniL and
say now tb.iL I would norT
i). "Why would you not build
It there again?"
A. "Well, It failed, that's why.
There's a hoodoo on It."
y. "A tyiodoo?"
A. "Well. It was an Invulner-
nble upot. The rock has all the
:,,,, ,nce of n hoodoo."
Th(, wtne then reverted to
L,. . L . ., .1.... I...
. , ,.n,,. ,i i,i i, ,w
flf.fi r water .eeniiif nround the
I westerly end of the structure, lie
1 provlou.lv had testified that It
wa muddy,
J Lindy's Met
i ; $
i
This is the Congressional Medal
oi Honqr awarded to Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh, by special action of
congress and presented to him bv
President Coottdge.
L
Famous Flyer Has the Con
gressional Medal of
Honor Placed on Shoul
ders by Chief Executive
Distinguished Crowd
Looks On. ". ;
WASHINGTON, Mnr. 2l,(P)
President Coolidge toduy pluced
personally about tho shoulders of
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh the
blue ribbon of the congressional
medul of honor, rarest of Amerlcun
tributes to courage and Initiative.
Surrounded by the highest pub
lic officials In tho executive de
partment and by republican nnd
democratic congressional leaders,
President Coolidgo conferred the
decoration for "heroic couruge nnd
greut skill," In tho Lindbergh flight
from New York to Paris.
lie added that In his flight Lind
bergh bad "not only achieved tho
greatest personal triumph of any
American citizen, but hud Hhown
that truns-Atlantlc flight wan pos
sible." Among tho notables gathered at
Ihe White Mouse lo witness the
ceremony were Vice President
"bawes and Speaker Xongwortli,
Senators Curtis of Kansas and llob
lnson of Arkansas, majority and
minority leuders, respectively In tho
senate; Itepresentatlves Tilson of
Connecticut and Garrett of Ten
nessee, majority nnd minority lead
ers In the house, Secretaries Wil
bur and Hoover, Postmaster Gen
eral New, Aalstunt Secretary War
ner, In chargo of naval aeronautics,
Hear Admiral Moffett, r.hlef of tlje
bureau of naval aeronautics, Major
General Charles P. Hummerall,
chief of staff, Secretary Davis, As
sistant Secretary McCrueken of the
commerce department undothnrs.
Thepresentation took place on
the lawn outside the president's
private office.
Mis. C'oolldge witnessed It from
a window of the White limine.
WALSH ACT IS
I
WAHIIINdTON. March 21. Pi
-(tpholdlnH l0 Walsh act aimed
nt fugitive Witnesses. Justlco I''. L.
S ddons iO supreme court of the
District of Columbia today aver-
ruled a motion by attorneys for
II. M. Illackmer to dismiss the
oiiten.pt charges against him.
illackmer, a missing witness
the Teapot Dome case, had com-
butted the law pasxed at tho In-
stance of Senator Walsh of Mon;
tana, providing confiscation of
who refused to return t ft this
country to testify. He ha been
cited for contempt, and $100,000
In liberty bonds has been taken
by the novernment.
.fustic Hiddoii ruled that every
citizen of the 1'nUed States owed
to the Koverninent an allegiance
even though living In a foreign
land, This allegiance, ho said. In
cluded tho duly of obedience to
the lows ot sovereignty to which
the n lb-glance Is due.
"Indeed, without such obedience
allegiance would be an empty
name," IU court said.
LINDY I GIVEN
1 IDA
BY PRESIDENT
HARDING
ESTATE IS-
e
Investigaflon Shows Late
President Possessed None
of Sinclair Bonds Over
$200,000 in Liberty
Bonds Checked Up
Democrats Admit Doheny
Contribution.
ST. IjOUIS, Mo., Mar. 21. (q)
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff cor
respondent reported an inspection
of the record of the estate of the
late President Harding, made by
him nt Marlon, Ohio, established
that he possessed none of the S:i,-
4 OSO.000 worth of Continental Trad
ing company Liberty bonds involv
ed in the oil Investigation.
Senator Nye, chairman of the
senate Teapot Dome co'mmlttee, an
nounced in Washington Monduy
that the committee would search
for Continental bonds In the estate
of the late president.
Ledgers kept by C. D. Schaffnor,
executor of the estates of both the
president and Mrs. Hurdln, show
Chat President Harding possessed
$182,750 wprth of Liberty bonds
and that Mrs. Harding possessed
$115,000 worth of Liberty bonds.
The bonds bought by the Conti
nental company were of the first
Liberty bonds, issued In 1917, and
were all of $1000 denomination.
President Harding possessed $41,
000 worth of the first loan bonds,
hut none was of a $1000 denomina
tion, the correspondent said, and
their numbers did not correspond
with the serial numbers of any
of the Continental bonds. .
Two of Mrs. Harding's bonds
were for $500 each.
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Arllbur. D. Alarsh. traaRurer iu ihn.
democratic national committee
from 1!HG to January, 1024, reiter
ated today before the senate Tea
pot Dome committee that he had
not entered Into any agreement
with the late Fred W. Upham, the
treasurer of the republican national
committee, under which the. two
parties made no report of contri
butions In 1923. . , .
"There never was and such agree
ment,", he said in reply to ques
tions by Senator Walsh, democrat,
Montana; "there never was any
conversation relating to It In any
way."
"Can you think of any unusual
contributions In 1823 V askoi) Sena
tor Nye, republican, North Dakota,
the chairman.
"Almost any contribution was an
unt'snnl one for the) democratic
national committee," Marsh replied
with a smile.
Marsh testified thnt the net
deficit of the democratic party at
tho end of the 1920 campaign was
approximately $200,000.
"It may have been a little bit
more," he added.
"Was any portion of that debt
liquidated prior to 1922?"
"Yes, but at the end of the 1922
rampnlgn we had an equal deficit." '
Representative Hull, democrat,
Tennessee, who became chairman
of the national committee In 1922,
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in 1923 the receipts of the com
mittee from Victory clubs and oth
er sources totaled $169,000. Tho
floating debt waa placed at $25.
148 and the "permanent debt" at
$173,480.
Nye wanted to know If Edward
L. Doheny, lessee of the Elk Hills
naval ll reserve In California, had
given $76,000 to the democratic
campaign in 1920. Senator Walsh
Immediately broke In:
Doheny Gave $32,000
"While Mr. Doheny testified thnt
lie gave $75,000 to the democrats."
Walsh Bald, 'lr. Ueoraie While
(chairman of the democratic na
tional committee In 1920) told the
committee ihat Mi? Doheny gave
only $32,000."
"1 don't recall thnt Mr. Doheny
made a contribution," Marsh said,
"but If he did make one. It la a
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trlbntor to the democratic party In
1920?" Nye asked.
"I have no recollection of It. But
the records will show."
Mnrsh declared that while no re
port was made In 1923 the party
records for thnt year and all oth
ers since 1920 had been preserved.
"We destroyed nothing; we con
cealed nothing."
Nye took the witness back over
his relations with I'phnm, asking
If the trensiinrers "joked each oth
er about contributions."
"Nothing like thnt happened,"
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