Charleston Gazette (Newspaper) - October 29, 1927, Charleston, West Virginia Did You That metric tons of raw steel were In the States last THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE THE STATE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather Forecast Fair Sunday in- creasing probably followed by not much temperature ESTABLISHED 1887. WEST SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 1927. FIVE CENTS Indianapolis City Business Halted as Men War for Office Ousting Of Duvall Leads To Political War For Mayor's Candidate And Ousted Chiefs Appointee With Various Staffs Fight For Control Of City's Business Order Sought To End Oct. two more or less complete staffs claiming trie official business of the city of nearly Inhabitants was at a standstill Action In the Marlon county superior court on an Injunction suit tomorrow Is expected to clear the way either for Claude E. Negley or Ira M. Holmes to become Meanwhile John L. who announced his formal resignation as mayor spent his raking leaves In his yard after the city council had the office vacant because of Duvall's conviction September 22 for the corrupt practices act. The council named Negley its M temporary mayor pending selection of a permanent mayor November 8. Duvall resigned his Mrs. Maude E. claimed the office by virtue of being city controller and next In Fifteen minutes after taking oath of office she resigned in lavor ol Holmes who In the meantime had been appointed city Negley Gets Lead Negley got the Jump on Holmes day by obtaining a temporary order restraining his opponent from ing to run the city's Holmes countered by sending his wife down to the city In the early hours of the morning to hold down the official When Negley arrived he found Mrs. Holmes In the executive Non- he stood until Holmes Mrs. Holmes arose and the two claimants each drew up chairs at the executive The doors were opened and a crowd gathered to watch the Negley and Holmes joked about the whole affair addressing each other as and finding the To many city employes however It was a grim for re- of which man finally wins lew beads are due to be lopped off by toe political Warrants Honored County and city treasurer Edward A. Ramsay brought cheer to some em- ployes when be announced he would honor salary warrants Issued under the Negley It was Ramsay's decision Wednesday In de- clining to honor Duvall warrants for salaries due next Tuesday that brought the situation a Schuyler A. corporation sel under and John K. city were preparing to attack the Injunction suits on the ground that they did not comprise the proper remedy at Wholesale firing and appointments In various city departments was the order of the day for both Negley and Each announced the makeup a of board of works and other Each had -a different for each Paralysis Case Develops in City New Case Is Reported From Crescent Road House Is A case of infantile paralysis was re- ported to the school and city health authorities It was an- by Dr. Hugh city health The is the 11-months-otd child Mr. and Mrs. WUmer of 1610 The case was diagnosed Thursday aa infantile by Dr. W. P. It is only the second case of the dread disease to appear In Charleston since the almost epidemic broke out in The other case was fatal to 14, of Sixth The Cruickshank family has been A boy in the family Is a pupil at Elk school but has not attended classes for eral days because of For thai reason the health authorities are not apprehensive of contagion from this One residing in Avon street and attending school has been quarantined as a contact with the The contact was made by a visit to the the city and school health authorities promise that every tion will be although they see no cause for an such as lowed the death of the Jarrett The source from which the shank child contracted the disease has not been The family has not been out of the has had no tors recently and colds and other childish ailments have kept the dren at the doctors have The lather is employed in a way FERRY INJURES 14 NEW Oct. sons were injured today when the ry missed its slip and crashed Into a bulkhead at ond of the 140 passengers were massed at the front of the ready to when the crash HUMAN CHAIN IS NIAGARA BALKER NIAGARA N. Oft 28. women and a Ing a human tonight saved from going over the falls near tlie American Mrs. Blanche 57, of Mich. The woman was taken from the wa- ter about 150 feet above the The rescuers were Dan of his wife and his wife's Mrs. W. J. of Loree Meets His Merger Fighters Backer of New Trunk Line System Meets With Of- of Other Eastern NEW Oct. F. whose plan for a fifth trunk line system form New York to the sippi River crossings has become a ter of major importance In eastern railroad consolidation projects today was present for the first time at a meeting of the eastern I ment Invade that Rogers That Despite Charges Of He Is Just ing Up Something Bad Enough To Say About The BEVERLY Oct. Colonel Coleman T. States senator from lias lost use of his vocal Now I feel sincerely worry for his personal but if his ailment could be made and he dis- tribute It his brother bers of the senate his illness would prove to a tremendous national P. S. Since Senator Fess has been reprimanded for complimenting and lias delphia sunk from under 1 have been accused of being lax in my national criticism for fear of 1 want to say that I am only trying to think up something enough to WILL National Guard Planes Sent to Strike District Colorado Governor Seeks to Quell Any Possible Dis- in Coal Mine Quiet Is Reported Throughout Section Oct. first military the state of Colorado in the strike of coal miners called by the Industrial of the world came today when Governor Adams ed three national guard airplanes to the southern Colorado coal The planes were but Governor Adams decided they would have a tary effect In preventing any possible disorders in the coal In the the state national guard prepared for mobilization In case conditions In the coal fields be- came too serious for county ties to Quiet was reported In the northern coal fields of the adjoining state of New where Governor Dilllon yesterday detailed a company of tional guardsmen to Investigate re- ports I. W. W. strike Mafalda Death Toll Is Placed Near 300 Mark Capital Lawyer Is Named Counsel For Revenue Body WILLIE WILLIS BT EOBERT Jones come in before I could ten Mama 'bout the tore place in my pants I had to set still for a whole 1927, Publishers called to discuss ways and means of effecting a satisfactory re- alignment the The a resumption of ar conferences which were broken off was attended by Patrick E. president of the New York W. W. head of the John dent of the Erie who represented the Van Sweringen Daniel head of the Baltimore and and president of the Delaware and Previous have been intermittently in progress since 1924, were interrupted in the when it was made known the Pennsylvania had taken up the Loree The first Indication that the sylvania had lined up with was In the effecting of an agreement by Loree's Delaware and Hudson was granted trackage rights over 263 miles of the Pennsylvania These rights were regarded as a vital link in the proposed fifth trunk line Since the is also be- desirable to the New York a rather large bone of contention appears to be present in the Hence it is regarded as In- evitable that the executives should line up with the Pennsylvania and Loree interests on one and the three other trunk line systems on the Although the meeting was aad executives maintained com- plete silence regarding what it is deemed hardly likely that dis- cussions amounted to more than a preliminary exchange of It Is expected that further conferences will develop within a short OBREGON CAMPAIGN WILL GET NEW PUSH MEXICO Oct. Alvaro candidate for who has been at his home in the state of will arrive here next cording to information received in the capital With his arrival It Is expected for continuing the campaign will be worked The campaign came to a stop on October 2 Gen. Francisco Serrano and Gen. Arnulfo the other two attempted to overthrow President Calles and seize the men at Raton and Dawson reported the rumored spread of the strike had not Strikers Massing The situation in Colorado appeared most serious near Walsenburg In Huerfano county where several dred striking miners and I. W. W. members were The of miners from northern Colorado arrived in Walsenburg late today and added over 300 strikers to the ranks of those from Aguilara and ether southern Colorado mining dis- who gathered during the Amelia 19 who has been leader of picketing activities was severely injured today when she was trampled by a mine The always conspicuously at- tired in a red led over 200 strike sympathizers to the Ideal mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron While her followers remained In the rear she braved the guns of the guards before an unruly horse knocked her One wrist broken and she was cut and but her condition tonight was not as serious as believed at E. H. general manager of the Colorado Fuel and Iron largest operators in the Colorado coal announced no further attempt would be made to keep pickets from their Oct. the signature to an official was necessary tonight fox declaration of martial law and of national guardsmen In strike affected coal Gov ernor Adams was on what action he would It was considered probable that the he signs the document at do so before The industrial commission tonight recommended a wage increase from daily to 86.77 for miners in the Columbine mine in northern There was some discussion as to what the decision would have on the mining It was con- likely that operators of the Columbine might pass the Increase on to workers at their ten other SLAVS POSTMASTER Oct. postmaster was killed this morning when he surprised a man bing the post office and general store The robber Woodyard Elected Head of State Newspaper Society Spencer Publisher Is Named President at Annual Meeting At Press Adopts And Discusses State Service Oct. the semi-annual meeting of the West ginia members of the Associated held here this afternoon in tion with the sixth annual session of the West Virginia newspaper council were adopted and matters of a general nature pertaining to the op- of the Associated Press in the state were C. Smith of Fairmont Times presided at the with B. acting as Edward superintendent of the eastern division as well as C. A. Price of the Associated both of New York and R. P. of were In It was most enthusiastic nnd best at- meeting of the West Virginia Associated Press members in according to Chairman Smith who announced that every member paper n the state was represented but The program of the Journalism con- ference during the day was carried out without The afternoon dis- cussion was opened by Colonel J. H. Long of Huntingdon and W. J. Wiegel of handling the consolidations and James H. Weir of Elkin's spoke on every West Virginia publisher should be familiar At the morning session officers were elected for the year with Edward D. Woodyard of the Spencer as H. S. Preston County S. Morgan Berkley The program for the second day of the conference closed this evening with a banquet tendered by the Morgantown at which the principal speakers were United States Senator Guy D Howard M. Con- gressman Frank L. Bowman and Rescue Ships Complete De- of Victims of Ship Disaster With 293 Still Rescued Passengers Agree on Wreck Cause Later Developments in Night of Terror Are at Variance in Stories Told By RIO Oct. ocean's toll from the ill-fated Italian liner Mafalda tonight was placed at 293 dead and missing as rescue ships in port completed dis- charging their unexpected The actual story of the disaster also began to take definite form as the accounts of survivors were pieced Terror gave those rescued most as many views of the tragic scene 1 here were but many points stand out us agreed upon by many or all of those who lived to tell the Of the persons said by the Italian embassy to have been aboard the vessel 963 were accounted for The French liner Mosella took 62 survivors into Bahal last Formosa Is First The French steamer first rescue ship on the brought 353 survivors here and the Dutch vessel Alhena brought 531. Twenty-seven more have been reported enroute to aboard the Italian er The total on these ships is and It is not believed that there any survivors on any of the three or Jour smaller vessels that answered the Mafalda's distress The survivors are almost all agreed that laughter and festivities on a beautiful tropic afternoon were suddenly turned to gloom by the crash of a breaking propeller shaft and the sound of water rushing Into the From this point on counts diverge as to Many claim there was an and that the ship's flooded boilers tore open the ship's hull as they Others deny there was any Some claim Captain Simon Gull calmed the telling them the accident was not serious and were They maintain that time was lost because of this resultant loss of life In the haste when the ship's boats finally were launched Added Some told of sharks as they struggled In the While other survivors who did not sharks were One of the most vivid and gruesome word pictures of the sea beasts after their prey was painted by John Lyra a aboard the Ghastly medallions picked out of the darkness by the searchlights of rescue he revealed ing women and children ming or clinging to Some of them were frantically trying to escape fierce he One man was saved from a shark as he clambered aboard a lifeboat by the flashing of a pocket searchlight Into the Chaves A steward of the Mosella was an out- of the night's a life boat he worked until morning picking up survivors and de- livering them to the nearest re- of whether It was his ward McKernon of the Associated Thompson Extends American Fight Chicago Mayor Seeks Aid of Middle West Mayors to Start Oct. Mayor Thompson's campaign drove the British lion out of the light today as an aftermath of investigation to determine whether Its school children and its citizens are reading propaganda in- spired by Mayors throughout the middle west received letters signed with son's name inviting them to join the First and send n 810. Thompson was one of the tors nf this organization formed this week with the announced intention of promoting citizenship based on loyalty and Thompson said lie had received about 100 replies out of tions sent out last night said that they were a white silk pennant bearing an slogan ranging on a above the American in the board of education came In for Opponents of the mayor the pennant flying above the flag Instituted a in- and have asked President Lewis of the board how it came to be explained that i presented the pennant to the board along with the Dr. Otto a member of the 3oard and one of the opponents of Thompson in attempts to oust William superintendent of said lie would bring the matter up next week when the board meets to hear further evidence in the drew adding is a law Ln Illinois against using the flag in con- with Clarence M. has appointed counsel general of the bureau of in- ternal succeeding Alexander Charest Is the singles tennis champion of the District of Gotham Dentist Slain in Office By Mystery Man No Clue Left by Killer With Exception of Checkered Cap Frightened Away Before Looting OFFICIALS PUZZLED STRANGE MURDER Ruth Shatters NEW Oct. A stricken killer who wore a gray cap was sought tonight as the slayer of Dr. Jacob 40, found shot to death in his office in Columbia ave. The who left only his cap as a was believed to have escaped in his excitement without robbing his victim seemingly his original It was report In the which borders the San Juan that Dr. Gross usually ried large sums of But when police examined the dentist's crumpled In a sitting position against the his pockets contained and a watch and On his left hand was a two- carat diamond A vial of In Dr. was The according to a review of the circumstances surrounding the entered the dentist's office be- tween and It was at that Timothy W. an in an office on the second floor adjacent to that of Dr. had Into the dentist's office to ask him to answer his calls while he Leaving his pepper and salt colored cap on a bench in the outer waiting the killer presumably feigned While Dr. Cross bent over to inspect his killer fired a shot from a range of about 18 according to examiner into Drj upper left The bullet a right angle course from the penetrating the left lung causing a hemorrhage and then Dr. attired in his white fell backward against the his left arm resting in bis His pockets did not show signs of having been touched by a robber's Dr. Gross to have made his third annual payment today of 81.- 040 on his convertible life insurance policy of which carried double On Paris Flight Cuts Two Hours From Trip From Spanish Border to Le Bourget prising Given Great Ovation By Waiting Fly at Rate of 3 50 Miles Per Hour in Covering Dis- Finally Arriving at Oct. Ruth Elder flew Into the heart of Paris today with shattering Paris had waited two weeks for the Intrepid American girl and her Captain George But Paris gasped au the girl and her flying the Potez plane furnished them by William Randolph Hearst through the Xew York broke all records for covering the dis- tance from the border and the French The two daring Americans made the flight from Bayonne to Le Bourget in three against a best previous record of five Miss Elder nnd Haldeman dropped out of the sky on Le Bourget like but unexpected Several thousand persons were In the airdrome at ihe but the fliers were not expected before 6 Reception Is Late The roads from Paris were ning to be blocked with automobiles headed for Le Several squadrons of Imposingly mounted re- publican guards assigned to act as honor guards to the girl and Haldeman were only half way to the field when a beautiful green plane roared above the circled and then ed. The plane taxied to within a stone's throw of the spot where Charles bergh landed on his historic flight from New Excited voices in the crowd It's Still there was Even Com- mander director of the can't be They're not due for two hours The time was nnd the plane had left Bayonne at Then came the mad rush of men and Ilko the mad rush which ed Lindbergh on the night of his ar- The bare head of a pretty girl now was plainly Had the plane been constructed of material less substantial than the sturdy stuff hundreds of would have Believe Wife Killer Has Taken Own Life GARY SUCCESSOR IS STILL IN DOUBT NEW Oct. regarding the successor of Elbert H. Gary chairman of the board of di- of the United States Steel cor- was freely indulged in at the semi-annual meeting of the American and Steel Institute Many members of the institute ly congratulated James H. president of the steel corporation upon his expected but Farrell smiled and that was NEW Oct. lice here tonight were convinced that Henry wanted for murdering and mutilating his wife and Mrs. Joseph Is either ing within a short distance of the crime or that seized by he has committed Every ship that left New Orleans since the crime has been heard A stowaway was up on one but he proved not to be the man Dr. George A. city says despite the physical facts which seem to contradict that only one man first Killed and then cut up the bodies of Mrs. Henry and Joseph In the tenement at 715 Dr. Roelling says there only tracks of one man's feet in the blood In either and that the foot is that of the same The crime has awakened the New police as seldom The bodies of the two women were claimed by relatives Mrs. Henry remains were sent to her former home at New Iberia while those of Mrs. seph Moity were burled here by one of her MAGRUDER CONSIDERS OUSTER MEET CLOSED Oct. Admiral Thomas P. Map ruder tonight considered his controversy with Secretary of Wilbur concerning criticism of navy which resulted In it- detachment order ing him of his command of the Fourth Notified that President had refused his request to review the con- Magruder preparations for cf opart ure for he has been ordered by tary Wilbur to report on or about No- vember 5. put into the spectators crushed it their eagerness to grasp Ruth's Fly 150 Miles Per Hour The girl and Haldeman nad flown at the amazing speed of around 150 miles per Ruth's first words knew when I left New York that I would get to I've been a long time getting but we sure did burn up the last few hundred A group of men rushed lifted Ruth out of the and ried her on their shoulders to the of- fice of Director There the crowd fought together to get near the Tho general remark among those who glimpsed her a she While the police struggled with the Ruth was taken safely into the office and seated at the director's she and Haldeman signed the golden had a hard time to reach the women stopping and kissing him as he Just as he reached the two ty girl filers seized him by the ders and kissed him squarely on the Ruth thanked M. warmly for his am sorry I was unable to despatch the message my rescue at sea to Le That is my only re- Ruth wore the same attire In which she her sensational adventure across the golf white shirt over which the multi- colored sport sweater was blue golf and light tan While chatting with the she suddenly discovered that her bobbed hair was In a sad state of dis- order and her face ly she dug into her sweater pockets for and vanity with the adroitness of a pretty woman who knows how to be at her she straightened the beautiful brown powdered her and re- her Miss Elder's escorts finally succeeded In whisking her away from the com- office to a waiting auto- mobile from the American embassy while the crowd Barred Haldeman had n funny experience at the commandant's Turn To Sinclair Is Linked With Bonds Later Found Used by Fall Oil Operator Linked With Continental Trading Company Which Owned Bonds Used By Fall And Which Government Contends Was Bribe For Lease Of Teapot Dome Oil hart Silence Gains Backing Of By JOHN A. KENNEDY Universal Service Staff Correspondent Oct. of liberty bonds held by Albert B. Fall and M. T. his In 1922, were traced to the Con- Oriental Trading alleged affiliated Sinclair at the Teapot Dome trial It was another formidable day for the third la a In Its effort to convict Fall nnd the oil man and Harry F. for conspiracy to defraud the government of Its great Teapot naval reserve In Taking up the trail of the bonds after Everhart had again refused to re- veal their source It would tend to Incriminate me had been sustained In his plea by Justice Frederick L. prosecution traced the securities from Fall to the New York brokerage houses which had purchased and delivered them to the Continental Trading Of the held In the name of Everhart and Fall on May 29, 1922 In were brought directly through official bank and S. treasury records to the brokerage The remaining which Everhart had when he returned from a trip to New York about the middle of not exactly accounted But the government did establish that an additional was bought for the Continental Trading by one New York bond broker who failed to note the numbers of the Score Go on Stand More than a score of bank federal reserve bank of- and U. S. treasury experts filed through the witness stand In stile linking step by step the chain which eventually securely linked the bonds to the from the amazing bond the government then placed for- mer States Senator Thomas S. of on the stand in GALLI CURCI IS READY TO RETURN TO CHICAGO POST Oct. star of the tan Grand Opera Is she may re- join the Chicago Civic Opera she told newspaper re- porters Is like said the prano never left Instead I was forced In speaking of the she was referring to the hectic events in Chicago Civic Opera company preceding her departure In 1933. Plans Billion Control Missouri Senator Starts Work on Calling for Fund for Mississippi Flood Oct. con- army engineers and other Senator B. of today began drafting a bin providing for a project for flood navigation and con- servation on the Mississippi The is designed to out what is called the Missouri a commission of five members would be created to take over the ties of the present Mississippi river commission and the activities of the war department and other agencies dealing with the Its Inlets and outlets in 27 The commission would be composed on a chosen for his tive at salary of an- two army and two civilian en- at salaries of It would be chosen by the members being subject to removal at his The program contemplates the ex- 3enditure of annually for Funds would be drawn from available funds in the which if insufficient would be raised Dy long term The bond feature s designed to make posterity help pay for the which will continue over a long period of years and at the same time not interfere with federal tax Hawes pointed out that flood con- trol and navigation on the sippi are Inseparable and that while only four states are interested in flood navigation was a subject of tal concern to 27 is a gering but the best engineers in country estimate that such an will be needed to complete the needed work on the he will be economy in the long because the piece meal method of dealing with the river in the past has only resulted in the waste of millions of STULTZ DISCOUNTS RUMOR OF DISCORD OLD Oct. that Wilmer pilot of Mrs. Frances Grayson's proj air expedition to Copenhagen was on the joint of retiring from the flight were disposed of tonight by Stultz ng his reported difficulties with Mrs. Admitting freely he wished resign as Stultz said he would with the expedition under his contract with the Since the amphibian plane Dawn was last Sunday by motor trouble o return to Old Orchard from a point tff Nova reports had been ent of a disagreement between Mrs. Grayson and her Tail Charges Remus Killed His Wife to Insure Silence Cincinnati Prosecutor Declares That She Too Depositions Back Wife Conspiracy To Do Away With George ST. Oct. allegation that George former millionaire killed his wife to silence was made today by Charles P. Taft 2nd., prosecuting attorney of here for a defense deposition The prosecutor said the state would show ns a motive for the slaying that Mrs. Remus had planned on the day of the killing to testify in her divorce suit lhal Remus killed William Van near four vears while running Jack Daniel from St. Louis to In jail at ly characterized statement as Bert former federal prohibition commissioner for Indiana said at Indianapolis that there had been rumors Remus had something to do with the Van Camp he came across any tangible evidence to that John T. a St. Dis- patch who gave the only de- position at todays told of two alleged attempts of Mrs. Semus to have her husband Rogers testified John con- in the Jock Daniel whiskey con- told him Mrs. Remus ot- tered him to kill Hemus while the case was being tried in St. On another occasion Rogers testified Marcus said Mrs. Remus offered to pay him and some of Hamilton Ohio If they would kill Remus prior to the divorce an effort to dramatize to the Jury of two women and ten men how It Continental Trading com- pany with Sinclair In the alleged 500 Senator Thomas was attorney for E. A. Texas oil now whose testimony at the Cheyenne trial of the Teapot Dome civil proceedings had previously been read to the jury through agreement of have been referred to as tor and Roberts both the witness answered In mournful amid eral were attorney for tho late E. A. were you Testimony Humphreys had testified an arrangement to sell rels of oil to Harry M. or his In 1921. mer is one of the three ness whose testimony would be vital at this stage of the j James an oil j fled to France when the Teapot Dome oil scandal first H. S. of president of the Continental Trading company has refused to i to the United States to j Senator Thomas corroborated dence given in Humphrey's From the stores of the two men it was developed that Robert W. j chairman of the Standard Oil i company of 1 and Beman of i president of the Pure Oil com. pany and brother of Vice-President Charles G. held a conference In 1 a suite at the Vanderbilt hotel in New on November Previous meetings had been held November 14 and 15. As a result of the hotel conference j It was agreed that Humphreys should sell the of oil to the newly formed Continental Trading of at per i went into the next room aboutiS o'clock to draw up the final draft of j the Thomas adding that it was at this time he first learned to his surprise that the Continental 4 Trading company was the buyer of the I found that out I Colonel the vendee of this contract is the Trading company of told him this was a very serious matter as there was approximately 000.000 Involved in the I should not be executed until we find out more about the Con- Trading J Guarantee Contract I The witness then detailed the con- which took the net result of which was that the Prairie Oil and Gas com- pany and Harry F. Sinclair agreed to the performance of the Roberts then tried develop that original plan was to sell the of oil direct to tne Sinclair V Oil Purchasing company and Sinclair's name appeared in the first draft of the The court reserved ruling on whether such dence is admissable until tomorrow J In the earlier stages of the testimony j of Thomas and it was de- j that on the same day the was sold to the Continental with Sinclair and others as it was resold bacs to the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company and i the Prairie Oil and Gas company at a profit of 25 cents per The total profit in the one-day for the Continental ing company was Of this amount was con- j verted Into Liberty according 1 to documents placed Into evidence while Hector G. of the Dominion Bank of Montreal was on the witness It was from this purchases that the prosecution j carved out and traced j of this amount to Everhart and Thomas Testifies Senator Thomas testified that clair had held a short consultation with Col. Robert W. man of the Standard Oil before the plan of having Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Turn To Page j
