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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 1. l'VJS.
No. 40.
The Weather
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Mm viii i u hi yeMenla? Oil
MijiLnium today 31.4
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Today 3 AVIATORS
By Arthur BrUban. ff 11
A Bill for Thought.
Big Railroad Deals.
Hoover and Smith Bets.
Devil Fish and Bootlegger
Copyright, 1927, by New York
i,
Evening Journal, Inc.)
The MeXary-lIuuiriMi l"" 's
tiitlliiisiiiNtieallv Diisseil bv the
sciinlc. There lire elections
coming. The Iiouse will pass it
also, many tlmt vote for it I
counting on the President's j
vMn 1 1 nniiiilnriiKt tlll.it Vliti 1
jTlmt the President will veto
the bill is probable and that it
'...111 l,n .l Liu
probable.
According to wise liien, some
"best minds," far removed
, . .
from tunning, now approve tile
Si3l' , ,
r ,
Anything to make the iann -
trs more rosperoust would be
(Veleoine. But the so-called
'"farmer bill" may bui-pri.se
fanners when understood.
According to wise ones, the
nnvirvmioiit wmilil tell nackers
at what price they must buy
hogs, and tell flou r men at
what price they must buy
wheat. And the government
would guarantee profits to
packers and flour men. After
they had sold all the American
lib lie would buy, at prices
much increased, of course, the
packers, millers, cotton men,
etc., would "dump" the balance
in foreign markets at any price
obtainable.
And whatever the "process
ors" lost by dumping, the gov
ernment t-oukl innko up ' in
hard cash, taken from taxpay
ers. There is an equalization
plan of doubtful value.
Another feature of tnc lH
. , ...
ivouid be complicated book-J
keeping and inspection, involv
: : .,.,;, nf cl.liilnii. ,
'fe bio"'"'1-
id public servant. I
ii-i l,,-o o l,r ;
lieu a ..u u....o l' -
lie changes it into scores of pro
ducts. lie would report profits
and losses to tlio government,
and the government would have
to investigate every detail. The
prospect of government price
fixing, With guarantees and in-
flat ion, worries some men that
think.
4
liig railrontl combinations
i. i
are roou lor evcrynouj
ThjD rennsylvania,
having
swallowed Mr. Lorcc's railroad
line, giving liim a profit of
about 23,000,000, will now es
tablish a direct line from New
York to Detroit.
It is probable, also, that Gen
eral Atterbury, head of the
rennsylvaniu system, will, be
fore long, run iiying inaciiim?
from New York to Detroit, and
11 , 1-
a combination rail and air line
from the Atlantic to the 1 a-la
'
cific.
.
" Bi" combinations lliako big
. . M,l , ,.,1 th,.
enterprises possible, .and
line should ellt'OliraL'O thclll.
1 lie best tiling wouiu uc ..in.
. . ., i.i i. ......
treat SVStem for the whole
... . ff;rt
oimtry like the post ottiec
fvstelll Hie lioicsi ruin uuu
... . . ,
running it, with the people us
owners, liut since it is agreed
i t 1
that our government Iucks tne
honesty and abilitV that makes
J " . .
government ownership miecess -
fill ill Other COUlltricS, big mcr -
gers arc next.
If the people are not Intelligent
enough to watch a low biff concerns
they would not be able to watch a
lot of little concerns.
. : until she finally saw her "Daddy." its being construeted by the Oreat
Wall Street bets six to five that ; " nale if this." said eight-l Northern railway at a cost of $16.
lloover will be nominated, five to j y(.iu..0id iatricla Fltzmaurlco as ; omd.odi).
one that Uawes will not be noml-jIne crowds in tho stands : city Eiectrifli-aiion and line changes
nated. three and a half to oneinHn ))ark separated her and thc.nm bring the total expenditure tj
agains't l)wden. father she had come so far to fvs.ooa.ooo.
Wall Street is supposed to op-lsee. Immediately after the 400 pounds
pose Hoover nomination, uui uoes
not allow sentiment to influence
betting.
(Continued on Page Four)
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PLAN
Families of Two Airmen Ar-i
rive On Liner, While Pa- i
i
rade Underway Long
Anxious Wait for Little,
Girl Two Women of Dif-j
ferent Types. j
NEW YORK. May I. (IP)
I The German-Irish crew of 'the
j wm leHVe M.iy s fur an lr tour
ot " tl,e principal cities of the
country- It was announced tu-
day that invitations hail been
received from iiractleally all the
big cities and Unit they would
all be accepted. The Itinerary
.nuil nul j.ei been made.
NEW YOKK, May 1. ()
After a day in which they received
the acclaim of 2,000,000 admirers,
the three men who flew the Atlan
tic in the monoplane Bremen step-1
ped today into a period of compora
tlve quiet.
Although thousands lu tho streets
cheered as they rode downtown
for a visit to the New York World
building and the Bub-treasury in
Wall street, Captain Hermann
Koehl. Baron Gunlher von Huene
feld and Major James C. Kltzmau
rice were freed from the milling
throngs that crowded about them
everywhere during their formal re
ception yesterday. Meanwhile the
wives ot two of tho filers .Mrs.
Klfriilgo Koehl and Mrs. Violet.
Kitzmaurice and Patriicla. the 8-ycar-old
daughter of the Irish pilot,
withdrew for a while from the cir
cle to travel about the city on a
shopping tour.
In the jam about the ltltz Carl
ton as the fliers left, Captain Koehl
came in for some rough handling
by a policeman who was unaware
ot his identity. The captain stoii-
ped on the sidewalk a moment to i
look at a picture to be presonted j
to him tonight, when he was seized ,
by the officer. "Come alow?," the ,
biuecoat said, almost lifting the I
aviator into a waiting automobile.
"You're spoiling the parade." Apol-1
ogles followed and the captain
KIlllllU. J llu CHI,, "ill "
o'clock and a half hour later was
en route tji"J4syult,.r11,;p
.which carried, him ,
across the Atlantic. The captain
madc rour ghort flights, spending j
a total of about IS minutes in the j
air. and then hastened back to the
:. - ,,,. .,, ,, i0i11Gd his I
j companions for tho start of the I
day s ceremonies.
xnv yokk. May I.
(fl'l Two
women, to whom two nf the
Inius-Allanlie fliers are only
Ilnniuinn" and ".liinus." and a
nreilv little girl to whom one
nf litem Is "Daddy. today wore
resting after one of the most,
strenuous days 01 men- mcs.
And if anyone iuuks u
easy to wait for Interminalilc uhtlni; ulrway beacons mi Imth .sir n .Mnney, lint not other-1
hours while the husbands they t inins-eontiliental and coastwise Ws,. identlficil and Irene Kav
liad come so far to Join wcru ; ,.ou.H, , , vonl.s i, cliark'ed with
i decorated and npplauc.cd. asK .Mis.
I ntzmaurke. "It was ages
fore I eould greet him," she said.
I The wives and l'atrlcla Kiu -
mauriee arrived by liner troni .
by liner
abroad after the ceremonies In
volving their husbands had start
ed, l'utsy was in tours when
Daddy failed to meet tho boat.
Hut at last the spoech-maklns
was over and in lull Mew oi imj,,,, Kranelseo-Seattle
crowd at City Hall, rrau
frlede Koehl kissed her husband,
repeatedly while Major Hltimau-i
rice greeted his wife with
one
sedate kiss on her check.
The two women arc of extreme
I contrasting types.
' Mrs. Koehl is a chic, athletic
jOOKinB young woman of 25. with
boyish hair cut and sparkling
! hazel eyes, she was attired in a
i lallored suit of palo green-bluo
ithat ended at tho knee, a mannish
shirt and royal blue tie which
made her look llko tho sports
, won,n he ia.
I Mrs. Kltzmaurtce. who Inci
dentally Is English and not Irish.
, ookC(1 essentially the mother.
She has clear, fair skin, dark
orown nair ana eyes aou a seei..
patjcnt smllc. Khe wus trapped
-
small black hat. She Is !C yet
ol(1 .
! "My husband is not very dem-
onstrative in public." she said, ex-
, )ilalnlne the dlrferenco between
the meeting of herself and Major
1 Kltzmaurlee and that between tho
1 ,ierman taptttln nnU h)s wlfC. And
jshe did not seem the least dlsap-
I pointed when sho said it.
I There was ono member of the
i party, however, who thought the
whole show yesterday marlno
:nnd street parades and recep-
I Hons was rather stuffy, that is.
There's Joo much noise and It a
too hot."
I But after she had wriggled
ITALY LOOKS TO
'! J'il.
jCjs.MaMiii FiMnttt J
Latest photo of General Umberto Nobile, Italian air hero, who
has been making ready for his second Polar flight in tho dirigible,
Italia. Nobile accompanied Raold Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth
in their North Pole flight in the Norge. Ho is shown with his pet dog.
STOl.P, Germany, May 1. ()
General Nobile today served notice
on tho crew of tho Italia to hold
themselves in readiness to start
for Spltzbergen tonight provided
meteorological conditions continue
favorable.
Iteichswchr soldiers were ordered
to be ready to assist in a possible
takeoff. General Nobile said that
FOR LIGHTS ON
AIR 1IL LINE;
Fifteen Beacons to Be ;
f . , Rfttwfietl San j
Erected Between San'
i
Francisco and Redding,!
With Emergency Lights!
'at Three Fields
to South Opened.
-Route
SAN FRANCISCO. May 1 VP)
Contract has been signed by the.
pH,.ift. (; ,lml Electric company
iwltn the department or commerce
furnish electric enemy for i
T1(. inslallation follows the re-
be-j,.i,nt lighting of the Diablo helicon
wit j, ls iu.uoo c-andlepower light.
j ()n ,, Slin i.-ninclscu-Seatile
urway tlt.ro XU be fifleen
cons between San Kranelseo a ml
Kedtling. The lighting on the San
Kranclseo-Snlt Lake route will
place emergency landing llghls at
Westley and Llvermore. On the
route there
will be emergency field lighting at
Capiiya. Williams and Willows,
with beacon lights at Woodson
airport,
airport.
Corning and Ited lilulf
May I. iAyf The
ATI.TNTA. tin
south and the nation's capital to-
oay were woven lino tne network
( 0f America's air iuaj.1 transpurt.'i-
j tiun system as a New Vork-
, Atlanta-New Orleans link was at-
'. tuehed to the trans-continental
nnuM.
Elaborate ceremonies hud been
arranged with J'ostmaster tleneral
Harry S. New In the rob.' of post
miin to deliver a consignment of
mail to planes at Washington for
the Initial trip.
; FIFTH TUNNEL OF
SKATTI-K. May 1 . (IP) The fifth
larcext tunnel In the world war
"holed throuK'i" under the Cascade
mountains in Vathln(;ton at ex-
nctly 1 p. m. today by an electric
blast set off by Vresldent Coolblge
In Washington, D. C. The tunnel
of dynamite was set off by th
an
switch, the officials of the railway,
contractors ar newsnaner men
walked through the latt barrier.
itt nrurrnimTn nnmnii nrirr
I U I I I I ll I Ufll I UU I lU .1 L I
iiiniiiuiIi.iiiiiii-iii n ii i
LL.I UISIIIIUVUIU UIUIIUII ULMI
i
POLAR FLYER
he had rather risk arriving In
Kin-is Bay before tho arrival of
the supply ship Cita de Mllano, re
lying on the natives there to pull
tho Italia Into the hangar than lose
out on good weather.
Whether he actually starts to
night cannot be told with certainty
a few hours before tho take-off, ;
, which is set for between two and
, four hours after midnight.
OF NOTE HELD
IN ASCANDAL
Sir Leo Money Arrested for
mnrnnpr HnnHllftt In-
i
VOlVinQ WOman, CallS Upith0 nate Uc favors the ru-numl-j
nation of I 'resident I'ooIUIku and
High
nffipjol ApOIKPfi
w v
Says 'He Is Man of Sub
stance.' I,ON DON. M a y 1 . VP So me - ,
thing of a sensation was caused
t of lay by the hearing in the
Marlhoroutrh street police court
ih caso ot a man desi rllicd as
I inipinper l onduct in Hyde Turk ,
: pleas of not guilty and denial of t
I in,,, ullngatlon were entered fori
', i,(,ih, whu were defended by Kir.
bea-iiieinv Curtis HenneCt. ono of the;
. must eminent English lawyers.
Tile prosecutor, In presenting!
the ciisr. said that one of tho po
lice officers, who made the ar
rest, iiuoted the male defendant
ns snylng: "I am not tho usual
riff-raff, I am a man of sub
stance. For Clod's sako let nie
s "
iaicr ne asKca n no i-Uuni . ...s
itn the -llrltlsn Home seeretai.
'Kir William Johnson-Hick. The
l hearing was adjourned unlil lo-
: ,n, rf)W and biiil for both defend
unta was renewed.
RUFFIANS ACTIVE
.
roKn.ANO. Ore.. May ' -
posaimnty mat recrnt xaxicao
nil nun. Hint- uiui
being Investigated today by police
II S H ll-MUll "l III" uiriu,. ij ...
Kulph liennett, cab driver,, uneon-i
scinus at Twelfth and Washington
streets by another driver, llenuett I
was taken to a hospital where at
taches said the driver's name was
not learned. liennett hud severe
brulsues about the head and face.
He has been unable to tell his slory
to detectives.
Casualties of the
Air Service
illllLAXIl, N. V.. May l.iP
Thadeus Sweet of I'hoenix. N. V..
member of congress, was Instantly
he was flying from Washington to
his hom. made a forced landing
I near Whitney Tolnt this afternoon.
Physicians Report
Whiskey (If Any)
Helps Snake Bite
SAt'UAMKNTO. Cat.. May
1. i.! Whiskey as a nake-
bill remedy only serve, to In-
crease the confidence of the 4 '
patient and allay the excite- !
ntt'iit. a discussion mm mi;
phyiiiaiis a'-tending the nm- j
vcnlU-n of the California Med- '
leal association revealed yes fr j
f terduy. i
SLATE STEIWER
1 Oregon Senator Not Com-'
mitted to Any Candidate;
Selection Comes As
Surprise Favors Imme
diate Organization of j
Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 1 . A
committee of five senators was
Illumed by Vice President Duwi-s
today to conduct the Semite's In
I vustlgatlon Into etiuipajgii expendi
tures of presidential caiutUlates.
Those named to the committee l
were Senators Stelwer, Oregun; !
Dale, Vermont, and McMa.Hter,
South Dakota, republicans, antl
l'1'
atlon. New Mexico and Bai'Ulcy,
Kentucky, democrats.
WASHINGTON May 1 iT) I
Inasmuch as Senator Stelwer was
i,.no.i i.i ii.o i,r,i r ii,.. ii i-
xprctcd lie will become chairman
of the committee. The Oreiroii
iHcnutor was unaware of hi selec
tion until it was read by Mr.
1 Uiiwch antl he huil no plans fur i
IcomlucltuB the invesllKatton. He
(IhKMute, however, that ho favored
aftniinnetttutix organliiiUion of thft
committee with a view to K'HlnK
Hturtoil.
"If our work 1m to be of any
value," lie stated, "we will have to
go to work immediately, Conven-
tioiiH are only a short distance
off."
j nu
! 'Z
Senator Hteiwei lias nut an
nounced in favor of any of the
Hldential candidates and he
stated lie did not Intend to.
Senator lMli has annnuncril f n
will ho vote in the convention.
! South
Uakota, Senator Mi-Mus
ter's state, lias endorsed Krunk O.
Lowden.
Senator Jiarkley Th committed in
initio of the di'iniicratie candidates
and Senator HratUm has made no
Mtatenient on the presidential race.
FOR CHAIRMAN!
CAMPAIGN QUIZ
BY HEAVY SNOW;,
TRAFFIC TIED UP,:
CAl.tlAllY, Alia., May 1. (A'
Heavy, wet snow hurled on the
area around Edmonton In a wind
storm snapped wires and broke
w. , , .
' and Isolated the region early today.
, Tho 8torm-hound area Includes the
city of Kdmonton and the diKtrh'tH
hounded by Wetanklwln on the (
Honth and Canirose and Toffeld on j
(lie aoHt and flonlhcast. i
The Canadian I'aMfle and Cana-
f J in ii National telegraph hystem
1 c nt all wl ri'H into t h a rca at S
a. m. and rominiinlcallon had not,
be'n rontored Heveral Iioiiih laler. i
NewK)a)er In Kdmniiton wnn; i
nerved temporarily by nul In from j
-
'a (vary. UallwayH and I ho kuv- .
nrnmeni rut-'bed larHe reimlr KanB j
into tho (liKtrlct.
1 u....n-..n..OT I.. 111 kjt sin
, ,1 nnwnnKM in in I. ..I. ii- ill ni.M .... ,
nave farmers a setback In their'
. Heedlnc operatlnnn when a while l
. blanket more tbon threw Inches!
lhlrk mantled their fleldn and
strung wind nl the ti ni Herat nro
; Bclirry,ng bclow R, f,.CCIg point.
HINTED A FAKE
i
NEW YOUK, May t.-(A') '-lr-'
eumstances surroundin.'c the Shar !
key-liolaney heavyweight fight
wnicn resulted In a sensaiionsi nnc
round knockout victory for Sharkey
i lust nlglit In Madison Square Osr-'
' den, will h Investigated by the I
i state athletic cominisslflfi. Chair-
as a result of the wide circulation
of reports that the bout as not
"on the level."
FREES "OTHER WOMA
I I
. 'IZ ri "In
' ill l 4 fi v v , v "
"Let her go her future path will bo hard enough." In this
manner Mrs. Anna Stephens, right, widow of Irwin "Speedy"
Stephens, Kansas City, Mo., detective, slain by his paramour, as ho
slept under the influence of liquor, has given up her attempt to send
the "other woman" to prison. Malic Howard, 19, left, Stephens'
swecthenrt, who, polico say, confessed to shooting the detective,
has been granted her freedom when tho grand jury, after hearing
her story, refused to return nny indictments against her.
Baseball Scores
WASHINGTON. May I. (!')
Babe Utilh hit his fifth home run
of tile season in tile first Inning ot
!,u N,'w Vork nslilnglou uinn
here today. No ono was on base
the Kahe cuunht one of Y red
Marberry s hIhiUs anil isnvo it ft
riilt! into the center liolil bluuchcrs.
Aini'l'lciill
i:
It. K.'
it o:
I'hlluilclphia &
.i,imiuii ,
naileries: 1 tlroviC Orwoll' ami
Foxx: Seltlemlre, Morris and'
llofl'uiaii.
11. K.
SI. Louis
Cleveland
llatlerles.
Cralit, Sluiute
II
HI
Si-hang
and AoliT.
It.
..1U
11.
K. '
0
Detroit : 1 " Hi
Chicago a 11 n
llatterles: liilllngs, Ktoner mull
Wnodall; ISlanlielililp, Adkins.
llarniibeo anil Cruuse.
Nalioual,
11. If.
E
llrooltlyn ...
New York -
naileries:
EMzMlniiiinns,
g.'in.
2 It-:
A 11 '
Viiiue and Debcrry
l''aulklii'r and Ho
It. 1 1. E.
... 1 G 1
... 4 la o
Welsh and
ichl'-ngo
i t'ittsl.iirg ...
l:utlerics:
1 lush.
Wlonzalcs; Hill and Smith, '
rooell.
It. 1 1. K.
.I 10 I
3 10 1
It. Sluilh and Tiiy-
Mlller and Wilson.
uston
hlladclphia
llatterles:
: Walsh,
It. II.
II 3 3
iucinnnt!
S1. l.nuls
1 liatterle
! Alexander
nusli.
3 8 2
l.uriis and Hargrove;
Kaufniauu and Ma-
4-
STATE MASTER OF
E
I'OltTI.AND. Ore, May I .(A1)
Developments In the republican
race for nominal ion fM' congi ess
In tho second Oregon ilislrb-t In
clude: ' Itobert W. Sawyer of llend, nn
I uounccd he would not be a cnndl
; dale, preferring to devote Ills nt
I tentlon to the state lllghwiiy eoln
I mission of which be Is a uielnln-i.
Itobert D. l.ylle of Mile, an
nounced he would not run.
(1. A. I'lilniller ..f llonil Klver.
I master of the State llriiiii-'e, east
bis lint loin the ring lii It- yesterday.
Dan lloyd. of Enlei uise. an
nounced he would run.
Other eaililidmes III tile field Hie
Hoy W. miner. IVmllelon; It. It.
Iluller, The Dalles: S. K. Nolsoii.
Ileppner; llinvb-y lienn. Echo.
Death Toll of
the Automobile
WALLACE,
Annie I'l'iiuin
Idiiho. May
20. of I'lne
I. II'l I
I 'reek, j
and I'hllllp (llranl, 20
were almost Inslanlly
of l 'titaldo i
killed ami ;
j Arnold
Keller, 22. of Wulh was
rlously Injured at 1:30 this mor
ning when their speeding automo
bile Mounted the limit: at a turn
on l be V
' here and
i-llowstone highway near
i-rturnel. W. I'olack
Cataldu. a fourth passenger In
the car was virtually uninjured.
'GHTLY
NO FIXED PLANS
FOR LINDBERGH
MANY REPORTS
Lonl Eagle Denies Any In
tention of Arctic Jump,
Which Is Held Unfeasible
Hopes Some Day to
I
Make European Air Tour.
W'ASHIXOTOX. May 1. (TP)
Colonel t'liurles A. I.indl)(.'l';li told
the Associated Press today that ho
I Is Interesled In tho feasibility of
' mi air roulu to Europe by way of
Europe by way of
Iceland, h t l.eyo .1
; Greenland ami
llio fact tlial ho had slmllcd the
possllillilles of such a pa III his
I plans are Indefinite.
'I'lin colonel mado it clear that
ho hinl no dilltiito Intentions to
make such a Hip, or any trip, re
gardless of tho many rumors that
have surrounded his movements in
recent weeks. I lu Indicated, also,
lhat ho had not been convinced
that the Oreenland-lrelaud ruule
was feasible.
As to a trli to Europe and a
flight over various counliies on
that ennlineiil, llio flying colonel
j.. Isold that he laid expressed tho de
3'siro lo return there somo day to
complete l no lour wuen nu ucciucu
to come home on the cruiser Mem
phis after his New Yoi'k-to-l'urls
flight.
Tliero wore no set plans at this
time, however, lie said.
Colonel Lindbergh will bo at
Holllng field tomorrow, he said, to
participate lu the welcome ot the
f the llremen.
I
I DETItolT. May 1. Ml Wll
' 1 1n in II. Mayo, chief engineer of
I the I'ord .Motor company said to
'diiv. no de'islon had been reneh-
ed on a reported flight by Col -
one! Charles A. Lindbergh In a
I'ord irl-motored piano to Europe
this summer
There bus been general discus-
slon about the possibility of mak-
Ing Hie flight along
tho far nor-
thern route. Mayo said, but no ar
rangement has been niado for tho
use of a I'ord piano In such un
unilerluklng.
HAVANA. Kits., Mny 1 . (IP)
ScMinl children loditv returned
Xl iri.lll to the llanavu Stale bank.
iirinr picking up (be money In the
street, where. It was scattered by
the three men who robbeil the
bank v'sterdiiy. The bank's net
loss WHS reduced
honesty of tho
I I! ST. 10.
because of the
.Ild.en, to
Oregon Weather
Fair east: cloudy west portion,
probably rain In extreme west por
tion tonight anil Wednesday, i-tobis
In east portion tonight. KrcBh west
unci southwest wlnda.
SINCLAIR
BONDS TO
WILL HAYS
Donated to G. 0. P. and
Loaned Campaign Money
to Clear Stock Losses
No Benefits Received
Oil Baron's Memory Fails
at Times.
WASHINGTON. May 1. (P) "
Harry K. Sinclair told the wenulo
Teapot JJomu committoo here this-
afternoon that he could nut recall
that he made, any contribution to
the campaign ot Governor Smith
of New York in 193 und 191!4. He
was quite sure he had not contrib
uted to the fund of Theodore
Uonsevelt, Jr.
The oil man gave his testimony
at an afternoon Bess Ion of the
committee.
Have you contributed to politi
cal parties other than tho republi
can party?" Chairman Nye asked
Sinclair.
"Yes sir."
"Can you suy that you havo
made contributions of Liberty loan
bonds to other parties."
"if I have, 1 cannot recall
them."
"You were- quite interested lu
the campaign of )9i!3 and lltlM for
the election being hold In New
York."
"Will you refresh my recollec
tion." "The opposing candidates were
Colonel Uoosevclt and Governor
Smith. Did you make any contri
butions in that campaign."
"If I did It was a small ono. I
am quite sure. I did not contribute
I to tho littlo colonel I should sny
' Colonel Roosevelt. I cannot recall
that I made any contribution to
Governor Smith."
WASHINGTON, Mny 1. (rt)
Harry V. Sinclair, testifying today
before tho Bcnate oil commlltoo,
rii ill bn hnd-f ivn-Will 11.. Hn.VM ,n '
net total of $160,000 to help wlph
out the republican deficit after the
i:20 election but Insisted no in
ducement was offered to him. He
said lie had been a republican In
poltlcs but did not know what he
was.
Sinclair also said he thought
Hays had lost some money In the
stock market and that he had loan
ed him $100,000 which he believed
Iluys sent to his broker as a mar
Kin. Sinclair could not Bay whether
tho bonds ho turned over to Ills
comnnnv urm-n Ilia snnin ILfl thnsn
I ho received.
What did you do with thorn as
,.ocolvoil them!" ho was asl
.., hnV(J ))Ut tcm ,
asked.
put them In my
vault or in tho Empire Trust com-
I puny."
Senator Walsh asked about tho
I $2:13,000 payment Sinclair made to
i M. T. Everhart of Pueblo, son-in-
law of Albert D. Fall.
"I made that payment for a third
Interest in Kail's ranch property,"
Sinclair said. "I had paid $189,000
In Washington and $:I5,0II0 later."
Asked where he got tho $:I5,01MI
Sinclair said It came from Ills vault,
hut he could not remember which
one.
Sonator Walsh called the witness
nttentlon to his testimony on Octo
ber 2(1, 1023, that ho had not pur
chased any property in Now Mex
ico prior to that time.
"VVhut have you to say about
that?" he demanded.
"Tho testimony sneaks for Itself,
does It not?" Sinclair replied.
"Hut you now tell us that you
bought the property In May, 1922."
"Senator Walsh. I thought at that
tlmo that you were talking about
purchasing land. 1 nought snares
In the Ti cs Kilos I -and ft Cattle
compuny, but I did not regard that
as purchasing land.'
I mil urai rao w w )
"!t that."
Sinclair conferred with Martin
w- Ullleton. hlr counsel.
"1 don't think you ought to sk
Colonel Littleton what answer to
oiuro, msii sum.
I didn't ask him thut," Sinclair
replied.
"Do you care to mako any fur
ther explanation about the pur
chase of the stocks of the Tres
Ultra Ind & Cattle company?"
"No, sir."
"Do you think you gave a frnnk
answer to that question In 192S'.'"
"When 1 made it, 1 thought It was
frnnk and fair.
I "Will you tell us about glvlni;
; $250,000 In Continental bonds to
i Will II. Hays?" pursued Walsh.
Hays Is former chairman of the re
publican national committee.
"I could not say that these wero
Continental bonds."
"Of these bonds you received
from tho Continental Trading com
puny, how many coupons did you
cash?" .
"I did not receive any Contlnen-
i tul Trading company uo..u .o ....
as I know. I wait getting them
irom air. nincsiuei.
"Well, of those bonds you got
from Mr. Illackmcrjir a messenger
or Mr. Osier, how many coupons
ci:d you cash?"
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