Bakersfield Californian (Newspaper) - April 29, 1924, Bakersfield, California 6 OCLOCK THE GREAT NEWSPAPER OF THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 6 OCLOCK XXXIV 14 PAGES APRIL 1921 14 PAGES 234 LEADERS YIELD ON EXCLUSION ELK HILL OIL testimony Presented in District of Columbia eme Court Supr VITAL MAPS IN EVIDENCE Leases Approved by Denby and Fall Scrutinized by Inquisitors LATE BULLETIN Associated Press Leased Wire April secretary of the navy In the Wilson was called as the first witness today before the District of Columbia grand jury con criminal charges growing out of the senate oil Three Camps Face Fire Peril as Oil Blazes Near Taft Associated Press Leaned Wire April Presenta tion of the evidence in the crim inal charges growing out of the sen ate oil investigation was begun today before a special grand Jury in the Dis of Columbia supreme At Jee Pomerene and Owen special government first sub mitted to the Jury the various docu ments relating to the leases of the na val oil reserve in California and Wy These include the executive order transferring control of the reserves from the navy to the interior department the leases entered into between Albert Fall and represent ing the and PanAmerican Petroleum and 4Harry Sinclairs Mammoth Oil com Other documents most of which were presented before the son ate oil Include letters and memorandums exchanged between Fall and officials of the interior and navy The first procedure was the identification of these papers by officials of Maps of the naval reserves were ta ken into the grand jury room for use the prosecuting attorneys In their explanation regarding the The maps were prepared by the interior of and represented the famous Tea pot Dome field In Wyoming as well as the Klk Hills field in LATE BULLETIN April the fire in one of the tanks going out of Its own accord and the burning of oil In other tanks to a low the danger to camps surrounding the General Petro leum property Is believed over unless the tank which extinguished al though containing about should catch fire There are numerous small fires surrounding the burning tanks which cannot be reached owing to the terrific The entire force of firefighters is still on the grounds and the levees have been If the oil does boil over from the burning tanks It is believed that the levees will It Is not probable that the loss will be any lest despite the fact that the one tank went out with barreli still It that the oil will have been rendered valueless by the heat and to The Californium April UdO damage had been caused this morning by tlie big oil fire that is still raging on the General Petroleum cor property northwest of Taft and force of 1000 men Is employed In an effort to stop the spread of the blaze which caught a fourth tank last night when the cwo larger which caught from the original conflagration over flowed and made the earth a sheet of flame which has crossed all but the last of the hastily built The wind was blowing all morning and three camps of oil workers are threatened most of the residents have abandoned their The one of the most destructive and spectacular which has occurred in thi West Side started at 11 oclock yesterday morning when a smaller tank became Ignited from a The smoke Is so heavy over the locality that it gives an ap of darkness to tlie entire ter Houses in Danger It will be practically Impossible to extinguish the burning oil and all ef forts are concerted towards saving the homes and the district which are on the Pacific Oil the General and Ford city prop Dirt levees have been built to stop the blazing streams and a cor iron fence has been erected around the blazing Steam shovels and tractors were brought into camp to build the reinforced with corrugated burning fluid reached the fourth and farthest levee at 4 oclock this morning when It burst from the The main fear of the firefighters now Five Votes Cast in Kern Already All Democratic LIFE IMPRISONMENT April William Daiv alias Dell today was sen to serve life imprisonment in the state penitentiary at Canon City on conviction of charges of aggravated Ho was one of fourteen men who escaped recently from the county jail on Iaac William Bryan Suddenly Disappears April The sudden disappearance of Jennings Bryan from tlie hotel here af ter giving ii testimonial that Reverend Raymond was ef a cure for paralysis from which she has suffered for many gave rise to tile opinion here that she was seeking to exclude herself from public view and avoid PICNIC PARTIES TABOO April and picnic parties will be taboo in Amador county the board of convinced that danger from and mouth disease is lift the The hoard passed an ordinance to that effect a meeting in Jackson last THE WEATHER San fair to night and Wednesday moderate westerly probably rain north portion tonight und Wednesday southerly Santa Clara and Kan Val tonight and Wednesday moderate westerly tonight and Wednesday gentle most ly Merced fan 8an Tonopah New New York 1aul Salt SS 71 IS lit 01 70 it Reports M Clear Clear Cliar I Clear clear Ml Clear iii Clear Clear iti iiii Clear Cliar 60 SO Clear Cloudy Clear Hourly i Clear 11 in Stefansson on Way to Australia ttil NEW April Arctic who has spent 12 years in the polar will leave tonight for Angeles on his way to Australia and where he will explore regions hitherto con lit but he may he reclaim a bio for He will sail from Wan 1Yan on the Sonoma May National League postponed cold York r and pust Louis Cincinnati Kat lories So th or on and Ila Chicago 11 Batteries and Alexander 1 1 Meadows American League gamo post Louis game postponed Detroit Thursto Juhnson and H OIL 1 I 0 1 Schalk Tho first five men In Kern coun ty to vote for the next president of the United have already cast their eight days before the rest of us With out those who have al ready voted before County Clerk were Through virtue of their being absent that traveling about the state In the pursuit of their the men were per to vote by Up until 5 tomorrow night those who properly qualify as absent voters will be allowed to cast their ballots before county Clerk Those who have voted first in the presidential election were McCormick and Otto all employes of the Santa de con At court PHILLIPS CASE 10 TODAY Defendant Quietly Awaits Verdict of Jurors on Murder Charge Plute who rubbed elbows with fellow soldiers in the American in is now awaiting quietly and without evi dences of the verdict of a jury which will determine whether he was temporarily Insane when ho fired five revolver bullets through the scious body of Manwell reputed witch doctor of the Pluto tribe near With the enlivening of court before Mc deputy district made the opening argument for the Mis address occupied exactly min Associate counsel for 111 speaking next in eluded his argument before torney Rowen defending addressed the jurors until took the noon Final Arguments When court convened after tlie day Attorney Irwin re sinned the threads of his concluding his last argument before o as sistant district presented the states last argument for the The chief contention introduced in the defense of Phillips was that he committed the action of firing into the prone body of Manwell Brown while temporarily In support of the contention of his counsel the young defendant was called upon to testify before tlie ease for the defense was The young In dian was solemnly sworn to tell the truth of the matter and to outward ap he spoke witli When Phillips the courtroom to day at in the custody of Deputy Fred the leant concerned individual in the As the officer quietly elbowed his way through a crowd of spectators in Phillips called out please and showed his white teeth in a broad and happy With the resumption of proceedings during the afternoon session Phillips seemed more yet not visibly con cerned over the outcome of Defendant Testifies On the witness stand in ids own dei Marianna Phillips revealed the superstition which may or may not i have actuated him when he riddled j the unconscious body of Hoc Brown i with revolver Whether thy young Plute man I motivated the esoteric superstitions of tlie Indian mind will be determined i by the jurors who will pass on the of Ills i At any the recital of Phillips j on tlie stand was that of only a quasi civilized red Fear rf which believed Brown to have made against the welfare of the tribe ami against himself a in his own slow of Browns threat that within five years he would he the only j Indian to walk in the reservation and i visitations of sickness among mem bers of the which lie attributed to Browns were all embodied in tlie testimony of Demands Repudiation of President Coolidge and His Policies HEAD IS BUT SAYS Urges California licans to Break Away From National Sentiment WITH President assured of more than a thousand votes In the Cleveland convention In and In the face of one disastrous defeat after another in every state save one In which primaries have been Sen ator Hiram Johnson still Insists that California Republicans should away from the uniform national senti ment and elect a delegation In effect be a the presi dent and his In his eleventh hour appeal to his constituents In this Senator Johnson says One of the necessary struggles is now at hand In the presidential pri It is is a national aspect but this is of small consequence In comparison with the state Far transcending in Importance the per for presidential aspirants or the election of delegates for one candi date is the effect upon Cali fornia and future of the decision of May The nation looks with only less interest than our state to the for here is the outstanding state in a death grapple again with the blackhorse cavalry of evil and Seeks Renewed Courage If the forces of good government in the state which pioneered the way are Blood Atonement Is Boys Defense Young Son Kills Beautiful Divorcee for Alleged Reason of Saving Love Father for Mother Special to The Californian April it son make blood atonement for his mothers A jury here will have to decide that question at the trial of Bob youthful slayer pf Mollie for The Unwritten Law by Proxy is his sole Bob insists he shot and killed the at divorcee because he feared she had won his fathers love from his The friendship between Ills physi and Mollie began with the divor cees The doctor restored her to Then he was injured in in an acci Mollie nursed soon began to hear disconcerting Her just heard He thought his father and Mollie would Ho he got a went to other womans homo and killed And now Robinsons life secrets are about to bo bared to save his son from the electric Ill feeling already has broken out be tween two prominent Texas For the Robinsons arc the Robinsons of Hurries and Mollie was one of the Rushes of Trinity Each family blames the other for the MM QUITS AS Will Appear for Sentence After Conviction for Fraud Continued on Two MOLLIE PRETTY VICTIM OF UNWRITTEN BY PROXY TAX OF TEN PER PLACED ON 1ifxa April of a HI per cent tax on radio sets and reduction of tlie levies on automobile trucks aniT tires and accessories was ordered today by the senate ill ap proving committee amendments to the revenue Approval was also given to repeal of the capita stock tax to conform with the agreement tinder which the cor tax was increased yesterday from 1li per cent to 11 per The tax of 2 cents t on drafts and checks was restored to tlie in accordance with a finance committee USELESS PRIZE April mid was mystery prize won by a player at a recent tournament held winner is thinking up April convicted yesterday in fed eral court of using the mails to de today resigned as governor of The resignation becomes ive at 10 lieutenant will automatically become McCray is to appear tomorrow in fedj era court to receive his it Is i expected he will receive a term In the i Atlanta federal prison and will be taken I there with other prisoners will take no appeal from ills in federal hut will bn i ready to begin serving whatever is given him by Judge POST OFFICE SAN April lii I lion work for he new f story Ferry terminal posl office will be i started with appropriate ceremonies in i a few Postmaster Power anj Workmen already are j preparing the site by razing the old buildings and clearing away the i DAMAGING FIRE IN SEOUL April dispatch from Seoul reported that fire today destroyed the Korean government printing of fice and tobacco monopoly bureau the damage lining esti mated ill two million The flames were checked before they spread to consular offices Lower Lower Smiths Candidacy to be Promoted by State Committee I Win NEW April state committee will be organized to pro mote the candidacy of Governor Al fred Smith for the Democratic presidential It was no u need there has been no gen era I organized ef although It was tacitly under stood that the late Charles Mur leader of Tammany was handling thi MERSTO CONFER Premier and Ily to Meet in London LAST MINUTE NEWS MAY SUSPEND SECTION 28 April of section 8 of the merchant marine act for one as provided in leg pending in Is favored by DIG FOR THREE MINERS i April men today digging for miners last night in the eleventh level of the I Pacific foal company at south of Little was held of the victims alivu Ima Leased April General Stone has agreed to have the department of justice aid the senate Daugherty investigating committee in litigation arising from the attempt to punish brother of the former attorney for his refusal to April man was reported to have been killed and several other persons injured in a tornado which struck the northern outskirts of Texarkana late April annual naval supply carrying was passed today by the sen ate without a record An amendment by Senator Short was also adopted for construction of marine corps building in San Fran April committee on bank ing and currency will take up within a few days the recently introduced in the senate to supplement the Pitt man silver The new provides for additional pur chase of silver by the government of more than thirteen million dollars at one dollar an ZEV BY THREE LENGTHS April champion of greatest of ti todav in liis debut us a yearold of Ilie favorites for Hi V ears Kentucky I ill the lia feature event i Ui of the season i James the of to by t nm hs the renowned The a a1 Well lo tile pori a favorite ill of tlie heavy Impost of pounds he was lo Cos leu tour behind Suing Sim Ial also The time lor the iy was Would Set Ahead Effective Date of Immigration Measure WESTERN MEMBERS TO COMBAT PLAN Tokio Cabinet Is Meeting to Study Situation LATE Wire WASHINGTON April ment by the senate on the Immigration with respect to the Japanese evolu tion section within 24 was forecast In reports communicated late today to President The nature of the agreement which prob ably will be reached was not dis Associated Press Leased Wire April publican In the tenate have accepted the view of President that the effective date of the Japanese exclusion provision of the Immigration should be set far enough ahead to enable the state de to work out a new agreement with Senators from California and other western states will make strong fight against adoption of such a PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH REED Leafed Wire April forward his plan for compromise of the Japanese exclusion President again today held a series of conferences with congressional Prior to the meeting of the house conferees on the immigration the president talked again with Senator onp of tlie senate and Chairman Lodge of tlie foreign relations All of those with the pro posal put forward by after consultation with Hughes continued their Intimations con that the contemplated alteration of the exclusion provision to make it effective at some future date which would allow negotia tions in the meantime of a diplomatic arrangement with Japan to accomplish similar No one ventured to say whether inch a plan could be put through congress even If agreed upon by I he Bodies of 45 Dead Miners Recovered Wire April next stride in the in a general settlement of the problem will be taken next Premier and will to London tn confer willi Macdonald of Great The if views In conference are ex In continue a common is probably after the French The French it is under will communicate the results of todays conference to Id tlie mini de Saint French t so that may go mi between London and pending the visit of the Belgians to When I he broke up short ly oclock this mans expressed the sentiment howed itself in the of all I those who had participated is going well toward a full cement on tlie reparation i president of tile lion when reI I Look nt thf Kochs j yon ran ss it j The spokesman for Ihe foreign in out tlie i declared j ing was JAPANESE MINISTRY STUDIES SITUATION Leased Wire April cabinet which today was chiefly occupied with the arising out of tin legislation of tha American Baron minister reported on the latest I for President efforts to effect a compromise agree ment on the Asiatic exclusion ot the United States hill was expressed by Foreign today in a conversation with news paper declined tn comment on the proposed compromise until received official details of the presi dents which still are lacking SURTAX TO MELLON RAIES OFFERED 1 Rescue in i by tu j Icm had j The on their arch ru the I 111 AN ARTISTIC JOB j April Tint waited in the prisoners pen in district hlx Iaci in The deputy called Tuttles crying in a loud plain The judge ill the lie Iv 1 would me dollar and d Leased Wire April tute M for the Mellon calling for a maximum of 37 In stead of 3 per was made public today by Senator who has been working out a compromise aimed to unite Re publicans against the utmost solid of the Democrats for their 10 per cent maximum Although the compromise would call for a maximum of 37 per this rate would be applied only tu incomes and The maximum rate in the present law ia iiO per cent and all incomes over
