St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 21, 1928

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COMIC PAGE TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1938. — -_ “COSMIC: VIBRATION! HEARD THOSE SWAMIS OFTEN HAVE A PECULIAR POWER.’ OFTEN ' THEY FAIL. 3 BUT SO 50) | REGULAR -=ec v & Pet OFF # a ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ; - The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service VOL. 80. NO. 196. ; FNIARCED RAPI). ‘FALL SAYS HE WILL - TRANSIT SURVEY » PUN APPROVED BY COMMITTEE $100,000 Fund Carried by STOCKS SKYROCKET — Measure Recommended | by Mayor and Adopted | _ Unanimously. | TO REPORT ON ALL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS —Trading Within 10,000 Shares of Change Record , By the Associated Press. a billion dollars, or more, was added to the quoted values of se- ,curities listed on™“the New York Stock Exchange today in another frenzy of buying which lifted 40 issues to record high levels. Ra- dio, after teuching a new high at $162.25 a share, broke to $155, unchanged from yesterday’s close, but General Motors advanced to Change — To Seek nearly $5 a share to another new high record at $177.87%%, and | Relief From Congestion. |» ; Re : United States Steel common ad- jes vanced $4 a share to $150. Total ‘Alderman Wimer, Whose : Bill ls Superseded, Agrees An ordinance providing for the establishment of a Transportation Sales aggregated 3,903,800 shares, or within 10,000 shares of the rec- ord turnover of March 13. Survey Commission, with a $100,- 000 appropriation to finance its ‘ork, was submitted by Mayor Mil- today to the Ways and Means Mommittee of the Board of Alder- men, and was adopted unanimously ier a half hour’s consideration. 'The ordinance will be submitted mext to the Board of Estimate and portionment, composed of the Mayor, Comptroller Nolte and Msident Neun of the Board of mermen. The Mayor i: confi- Mt of approval by this board, Mt which the ordinance will be Mion by the entire Board of men. Extreme. gains in a number of specialties ranged from $5 to $17 a share, but some of these were cut down by profit-taking. Oils and the advance for the first time. great was the volume of trading that the ticker was almost half an hour late in recording the final transaction. It was the ninth con- secutive full session in which total sales had exceeded 3,000,000 shares. Powerful speculative pools, con- centrating on issues which are sup- posed to’harbor a large short in- 'Te Mayor’s ordinance is a sub- ile for the bill recently intro-| Petus to the buying movement, al- med by Alderman Wimer, calling a Rapid Transit Commission ; Materially aided by the flood of buying orders from all sections of the country. Houses with extensive European connections also have been large buyers of stock, with the trans-Atlantic telephone, wire- Tha $25,000 appropriation. The myer has enlarged the scope and M finances of the proposed com- _ Stvice Company og Board, Tt Public Service Co., operat- Mm the street railways, and the muri Public Service Commis- Mwould be given representa- m-the commission provided winthe Mayor's measure. There '™ such provision in the Wii- pull, Another change in the rs bill is to remove restric- imposed under the Wimer #% the voting power of the et and other City Hall execu- "Who Wou'! be members of ‘Commission. tbmission by Mayor Miller of tdinance followed several days ‘aferences participated in by. Mayor; Stanley Clark, | execu- 'vite-president of the Public! % Co.; Cumptroller Nolte and lor Muench. Alderman Wimer, whose meas- hose shelved, agreed to the fa- = feport on the Mayor's bill. * Wimer, members of the m aid Means Committee are | for transmitting orders from inves- sea. Hupp and Graham-Paige Motors also moved onto new high ground. Victor Talking Machine convertible preferred stock gained $17.25 a of yesterday, while the common stock opened nearly higher at $88. Case Threshing scored its gain of $17 a share in tHe first half hour of trading. Ros- sia Insurance, Greene Cananea Copper, American Republics, Hous- ton Oil, Atlantic Refining and Un- to $8 a share. OCCUPANTS OF TWO AUTOS EXCHANGE SHOTS IN STREET Speed Across Fourteenth Street Viaduct as They Fire; Gang Feud Suspected. What is thought to be a fresh Mars Kuhs,. Watts, Meisingér | Nangle. ey , Body Agrees With Mafor. “imman Kuhs of the commit- plained he and his fellow mmitteemen agreed with the yor that it was advisable to give Public Service Co. and the ele Service Commission repre- sation on the proposed. Trans- Yon Survey Commission, as "ere “vitally interested” and ty Mrticipate in its work. “ * language of the Mayvurs a the Transportation Sur- 4 mission “shall make a ve survey and study of ation conditions covering | a of transportation, traf- Matters related thereto in * St. Louis, specifically but not thereby limiting ey ity of the foregoing, the ae veneral street and ca, n and related matters: * Public transportation, in- . Soy transit, and street : ' bus service, taxicabs ™ rin and the ways and Siete ¥Y the co-ordination R fanin n of such transporta- ; * Shall be brought ba the — ee the bene- t uc; re ‘ tine: lef of general was reported at 11 a. m. when one automobile chased an- other south over the Fourteenth street viaduct and east in Chou- cars exchanging shots. An Italian gangster was recog- nized in one car by a witness, a former police clerk. Eath car contained three men. The shoot- ing began on the viaduct-and was renewed on Chouteau avenue when the pursuing car temporarily caught up with the other. @ Whether anyone was wounded could not be learned. One car was described as a red Stutz, the other as a ick. ev Wis chase, police set out in fas tomobiles but failed to overtake the cars they were pursuing. PERMIT FOR 15-STORY HOTEL AT 8TH AND PINE IS ISSUED Proposed Structure Would Have 2490 Rooms; to be Built at Cost of $350,000. A building permit wag issued t ‘day to the Mark Twain Hotel Co. for a 15-story hotel pbuilding at the O- — oor _ _—- q : € Complete Story. Mes vemelon, on completing ty A ould make a complete tn» 1, .'Y-.and also approve ;southeast corner of Eighth and Pine streets. The plans call for a hotel of 240 FE USED TO BITE POLICEMAN VERY TIME HE ' legislation for any plans 48 wh. CO Mmenj. The commis- Voy! ; Ran mere quarters in the a + Municipal Courts MHy alt nen oe authorized eee would Koy, help. Its n be limited to two the building, running ghth street and 127 feet 50.000. The Kop- , rooms, | feet on Ei ‘on Pine, to cost $3 ¢ i'man Construction Co., ‘in the Arcade Building, i* the contractor. The new buildin * Commission. all | 4-story Stratford Hotel Salary, would be! now occupying that site. we Comptr ller. side ne mh ef of Aldermen, pece. FRANK GLARK OF FLORIDA NAMED TO TARIFF BOARD to be g will replace the building. Boara \ Sere. | 8 and Sewers, to , A an Pe i Nominated By President to “lta : th , “rman, a rep- } 3 ted by Costigan’s tn ® City Plan Com-| Waecancy Creat Pon m of a than three rep- | Resign : a Publi Ss | By the Associated Press. om ¢ Service| TON then three repre- | WASHING aN; of te Missouri Public Frank Clark of wwe , en sion, and not more ‘inated teday 0% ae t? Pit members,” ‘te be a member’ of tHe succeed- Pe §© Chairman Kuhs, | States Tariff Commission, * ” Page ——~ ‘ing Edward P. Costigan. who re- | +, Column 6. March q j signed recently. terest, continued fo give chief im- | | party though their operations have been | POt Dome that ON WILD BUYING | General Motors at New High | NEW YORK, March 21.—Halt, coppers took a prominent part in’ So | ‘TELL ALL;’ COMMITTEE LIKELY TO. HEAR HIM = J Told by Physicians He Has 6 Months to Live, Former Cabinet Officer Is Quoted as Saying He Wants NOTTOHANG FOR | ' ’ ‘Country to Know His Story.” ee - Post-Dispatch Bureau, 20-23 Wyatt Building. (By Long-Distance Telephone. ) WASHINGTON, March 21.—The Senate Teapot Dome Committee to- day took under consideration a re- } Port published here that Albert B. | AMERICAN WOMAN MURDER INGANADA Com- Governor-General Mrs. Doris McDonald to Life Term. APPROVES PENALTY Fall, fornier Secretary of the In-| terior, is ready to “‘tell all.” An El! Paso newspaper first car- | ried the report that Fall has been | told by physicians he had only six months to live and that he wanted “the country to know his story.” “I will make no objections to giving an answer to any question the Government may care to ask me,’”’ Fall was quoted as saying. When the report of the interview was telegrapher to Washington, the committee at once went into meet- ing and decided to send Fall a telegram saying that a subcommit- tee would ge sent to Three Rivers if he was ready to testify in full. Recently Visited by Sinclair. It will be recalled that Harry F. Sinclair, who so generously turned less and cable all used as mediums | tors and speculators abroad and at | | ithe Senate Investigating Commit- | $10 a share | ion Bag and Paper advanced $f) share today on top of one of $13.50 | ’ } ' : | $408,000 in cash and bonds outbreak in the Italian gang feud| pnasseq on to Fall by Sinclair and | today | | given to | Sinclair handed Everhart teau avenue, the occupants of the | Se eee ee —— ; : ; ; ; ; ’ ' } ‘ ’ ; | | On receiving information of the|in their joint trial t au-| ) Fill | Channing | closed to | fic, though over Continental Trading Co. Lib- erty bonds to Fall, following his leasing of the Government proper- ty, recently visited the discredited former Cabinet officer at Fall's ranch at Three Rivers, N. M. Whether Fall’s decision is an out- growth of Sinclair's visit cannot now be determined. It is generally admitted by every to the-investization of Tea- Albert B. Fall could, if he chose, “blow the top off” and make further search for bonds of the fake Continental Trading Co. unnecessary. The per- tinent question as to Fall's pros- pective story is whether he would repeat the “Country Club” story told by his son-in-law, Milton T. Everhart, when the latter informed tee that Sinclair had given Fall $233,000 in Liberty bonds, or whether he would began at the beginning of the Teapot Dome af- fair and disclose the ins-and-outs of the corrupt transaction for which, in the eyes of the country today, he stands committed. Fall did business* as a Cabinet officer not only with Harry Sin- clair, but with Edward L. Doheny. It was in a transaction with Do- heny over the Elk Hills reserve, its oil valued at hundreds of mil- lions of dollars, that Fall received the now famous ‘black bag’’ con- , taining $100,000. If Fall is really to confess he will lift the cover, not only from Tea- pot Dome, but from the Doheny | affair. Got $303,000 From Oil Magnate. Records show that a total of was There were $198,000 Everhart, Fall’s son-in- law, in the private ear of Sinclair. another Doheny. GIVEN HER HUSBAND Man Had Issued Statement | Rancocas Stable Taking Full Responsibil- | | Havre de Grace, Bowie ity for Murder of Taxicab Driver Last July. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, March 21.—The sen- of Mrs. Doris McDonald, young New York woman, tenced to be hanged Friday with. her husband for the murder of a Lachine taxicab driver, was com- muted to life imprisonment today. Preparations were continued for the hanging of the husband, George McDonald. At 12:30 p. m. the Governor- General approved orders in Coun- granting the commutation in the case of Mrs. McDonald and affirming the death sentence passed on her husband. The orders were received at the State Department at 12:40 for for- warding to the Sheriff. The formal commutation of Mrs. McDonald’s sentence two days be- fore she was to be executed on the newly painted gallows at Valley- field, was the climax of a wide- spread agitation during which hun- dreds of petitions for clemency were received by the authorities from the United States:and Cana- da. tence sen- cil Husband Took Full Blame. Although at the time they were arrested, Mrs. McDonald said that She had fired the shots that killed Adelard Bouchard, the taxicab driver, McDonald made an affida- vit recently in which he swore that she was entirely blameless. Bouchard was killed last July 17 on the Malone-Caughnawaga highway near Huntingdon, Quebec. The McDonalds, who were sought on forgery charges both here and in the United States, went to Mon- treal after the killing and escaped to the United States. They were arrested Aug. 11 in Butte, Mont., and a confession was made. The young husband and wife were ex- tradited. Dec. 17 both were found guilty of murder but the jury rec- ommended mercy for Mrs- McDon- ald. Mrs. McDonald Weeps at Learning Husband Must Die. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, March 21.—Mrs. Doris Palmer McDonald wept today when informed that action had withdrawn the shadow of the newly her from painted batch of bonds amounting to $35.-!red gallows at Valleyfield, for she 000 in Sinclair’s New York office. | was also told that her Sinclair made Fall two loans—one| must hang Friday, the day orig-| of $10,000, another of $25,000. An additional $25,000 husband ‘inally set for execution of both. in bonds were given to Fall by Sinclair, through | the agency of the late Col, An advance of $10,000 to’Fall for a trip to Russia for Sinclair brought the total received from Sinclair up to $303,000. Doheny, in addition to the $100,-! 000 of.“black bag’’ fame, ad- vanced Fall $5000 for his expenses for. criminal conspiracy. Fall's guilty secret came into the light in January fully Zevely. of this} year when Everhart told the story} -of the thousands of dollars Sinclair had showered upon Fall, the man through whom he was able to lease the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve. This':came after five years of doubt and suspicion, in which the Senate Investigating Committee had to dig for even the simplest facts. WORK OF PAVING WIDENED OLIVE STREET 1$ STARTED Laying of Asphalt Surface Begun at Channing Avenue; Vehicle Traffic Rerouted. Work of paving widened Olive ‘street began today, as a result of with offices | the Supreme Court decision watur- day upholding charter amend- ‘ments covering this improvement | It has been delayed rocedure. a and winter by all last autumn the litigation. The contractor began his task of eorverting 4a rough surface to smooth asphalt at the western or Channing avenuc endeof the proj- ect. For a block or two east of the thoroughfare ,was eastbound vehicular traf- street cars continued ‘to run here. 21.—— | ida was nom- | finish the jud. ident Coolidse | 20 United | Twelfth ; the sou It will take several months to plocks, from 100 feet wide. Parking on th etde of Olive is forbid- he vicinity of the work. street den int The widening runs Channing to} boulevard, and makes the | | was taken to Valley- He and his wife were bid each other McDonald field today. not permitted to good-by. McDonald Portsmouth Kingston, Ont. COOLIDGE AGAIN DECLINES TO RUN, IN ANSWER TO PLEA Itefuses Request of Wyoming State Central Committee to Allow Name to -Be Used. , By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, March President Coolidge has declined a request of the Wyoming Republic- an State Central Committee that he announce his candidacy for re- election. removed to near will be penitentiary dent. advised L. C. Hinkle, chair- man of the committee, that leadership which has honor and prosperity to this coun- oy... ss “~~ by his secretary” said, The President has received your | letter of the seventeenth enclosing a copy of the résolution adopted by | the Republican State Committee of Wyoming, March 10. While he, of | course, very greatly of confidence, the President directs me to say that he must decline > | grant the request of the Commit- tee.”” CHINESE LEADER MURDERED IN TIENTSIN ‘SING SONG’ HOUSE TIENTSIN. China. Mareh 21.— Chang Shao Tseng, noted military leader. was murdered in a “sing sons” house tonight. i ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1998-49 PAGES. MARYLAND RULES HARRY SINCLAIR _ UFRACETRACKS Wy ALSH CRITICISES NYE’S ACTS His Horses Barred by State His Part in Corrupt Oil Transactions. BAR STANDS TILL FURTHER NOTICE Entries May Not Run at Pimlico, and Laurel. | Special to the Post-Dispatch. BALTIMORE, March 21.—Be- ‘cause of the oil scandals’ the Maryland Racing Commission last ‘night barred all horses owned by INSPECTION SHOWS BONDS IN HARDING ESTATE; | | Out Sensational Rumors | NQUEY ISSUEDIN ADVANCE ASSAILED ‘“Singularly Unfortunate,” | Says Montanan, of Chair- . man’s Disclosure of the! | Committee’s Plans. % | RUMORS AFFECTING Harry F. Sinclair or his Rancocas | stables from runnnig on Maryland | REPUTATIONS RAKED governmental | After the execution, Mrs. | | Papyrus, in an international match | 23 victories and winnings of $313,- | 000 21.—| | history. INCOME TAX RETURNS TO U. S, SLOW DOWN; STILL ABOVE 1927 Through his secretary the Presi- | he | could not accept the committee's | request that he “waive his personal | preference and consent to continue | for an additional four years that | brought | President Coolidge's leter signed | Everett Sanders, | appreciates | and thanks you for the expression | tracks. The decision was taken unani- mously and announced in a left®r sent to the managers of the Pim- lico, Havre De Grace, Laurel tracks. The text of the letter follows: from pending court and the investigation of the United States Senate Committee regarding the actions of Harry F. Sinclair, the commission deems it. advisable for your association not to permit the starting of any horse owned by, or to be run in the name of Mr. Sinclair, or the Rancocas Sta- bles at your coming race meeting and until further action of the commission. “Please take such steps that may be necessary to give effect to this order. (Signed) James A. Latane, Chairman; Jersey Spencer Jr.; John F. Mudd.” Three of Sinclair’s horses al- ready entered to run in the Preak- ness Classic at Pimlico—Mowlee, Sublevado and Nassak—will not be permitted on the grounds. Purely a State Action. Although the letter was the only statement given out by the com- mission, it was learned their de- cision was “purely a Maryland ac- tion,” and does not require them to notify racing authorities in Ken- tucky, New York and other States to take similar action. It was learned from an authori- tative source that the three mem- bers of the commission, which a few months ago set down from tracks Earle Sande, famous jockey, who often rode Sinclair’s~ horses, discussed the oil magnate’s case Friday. Sande was set down for jostling another jockey during the running of the Futurity at Pimlico last fall. The commissioners told a turf- man they recently barred two owners, one because he was boot- legging in the stalls and another | because of his financial status. | They told this man that the “big ones can’t escape punishment either. | Has $2,000,000 Invested in Stable. | Sinclair maintains one of the big- the country. with ‘an investment of more than $2,- ' 000,000 in his horses and breeding farm at Jobstown, N. J. He has more than 60 horses in training, 40 of which are two-year-olds. The Rancocas Stable has been one of the largest money winners °? | gest stables in 'in American turf, reaching its peak lin 1923 ; Re y “ 'won the Kentucky Derby and de- when its great star Zev feated the English Derby winner, race at Belmont Park. Zev with stands at the top of all the money winning thoroughbreds in Increase of $4,636,000 in Early Re- turns Over Same Period Last Year Reported by Treasury. By the Associated Pres. WASHINGTON, March the face of the latest Treasury fig- ures, the pace of Government re- ceipts from the March 15 income tax installment was disclosed. to- day to have slowed down a trifle as compared with its previous rate. Notwithstanding, the income tax actually paid to date was consid- /erably ahead of receipts from the ‘same source last year..At the close 21.——On ‘of business March 19, the Govern- ' ment had collected a total of $2890.- 610.893 from income taxation, whereas on the same date last year ithe total receipts were 553. an increase of $4,636,340. It will take two or three days | before the heavy payments now in _the hands of collectors of revenue are compiled. Treasury officials still refuse to make definite caicu- lations as to what may be antici- pated when all the returns are in. (The results to the last published account indicate, however, there will be some attainment of revenue above estimates. Bowie and “In view of the widespread ad- | verse criticism that has resulted | proceedings | 275,974.,- | Says Duty of Investigators Is Plain to Resist Appeals to Depart From Purpose mutes Death Sentence of| Commission Because of | REPARTS aN mM '| Criticised for Giving | i se “% _ % aa ee, x » om : 49.7 LO OO ma” SENATOR G. P. NYE. of the Inquiry. March 21.—A Senate -Teapot Dome Committee, simmering under the surface for some time,-«.was out in the open today with a frank criticism by Senator Walsh (Dem.) of Montana, veteran prosecutor of the naval oil reserve lease investigations, apparently aimed at the 35-year-old Republi- can chairman, Gerald P. Nye of, North Dakota. Evidently objecting to Nye’s an- nouncement that the committee would look into the records of the late President Harding’s estate at Marion, O., ard “the failure of the chairman to/keep confidential re- ports from becoming public in the Chicago inquiry this week, Walsh, in a statement last night, declared it was ‘singularly unfortuate” that publicity -should have been given to “some of the plans of the com- mittee.” Walsh Angered by Publicity. “It is singularly unfortunate,” WASHINGTON, rift in the should have been given to some of the plans of the committee, or | what individual members conceive | to be its plans, and equally that there should be allowed to become public information affecting price- less reputations until it is con- firmed upon inquiry to such an ex- tent as to warrant the develop- ment of the facts through wit- nesses.”’ That sentemce appeared at the end of a statement by the Mon- tanan, in which he stated that the com: ittee would ignore the de- mand made in the Senate Monday that Gov. Smith be called before the committee, “for the plain and simple reason it has no ground to believe that he can shed any light upon the subject of its inquiry.” The report given out following the Chicago subcommittee inquiry directed by Chairman Nye about a “mysterious” package shipped to Washington and which the Pdost- Dispatch showed to have been in an innocent .expressS package of Christmas cards, caused statements of denial and explanation to be is- sued here by Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District of Colum- bia Supreme Court and Chief Jus- tice George E. Martin of the Dis- trict of Columbia Court of AD- peals. Walsh's statement coincided with an amplification by Nye of his previous announcement regarding ithe Harding estate angle in which he said that inquiry would be made not only to determine whether the late President came into possession of any of the Continental bonds, but whether he was the recipient of “any returns whatever frem any of the interests involved in the Continental Trading Co. and these |, other oil deals.” ' To Ignore Demand for Smith, | The Montanan prefaced his istatement with an announcement EX-GOVERNOR, BUT MRS. ROSS STILL IS AFRAID OF A MOUSE 4 staft Correspondent of the Post: ' Dispatch, One Appears During Pub- By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 21, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyom- ing, one of America’s first women Governors, was speaking to a large audience here lJast/night when a tiny mouse ambled down the aisle. “If I appear a bit disconcerted,” rshe explained to the audience, “it’s because a woman may be a Gov- ernor but she’s always afraid of a mouse. going to jump on the table.” And a moment later as the mouse took the stage that was exactly what Senator Walsh said, “‘that publicity | she did. ““MONEY-MAKING’? MACHINE FOUND; TWO MEN ARRESTED Alleged Member of Chappy Moran Gang and Promoter Held on Two men, in whose room at the James Hotel, police “money-making” mach is used by swindlers, are being held for investigation. The men, one of whom police said is a member of the Chappy Moran gang, and the other a wrest- ling promoter, were arrested yester- day on woman. A bottle supposed to contain acid, which theoretically caused the bills to imprint themselves on the pa- per, drink mixed, police said. Maxwell Bodenheim Acguitted. NEW YORE, March 21.—Max- well Bodenheim was acquitted yes- terday of charges of publishing an objectionable book, Jessica,”” because he received royalties the novel Which he wrote. Horace B. Liveright and L. H. Smith and their publishing firm, Boni & Liveright continued with the read- ing of the entire book to the jury as the first evidence to be entered. FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, SLIGHT RISE IN TEMPERATURE a a a a. a. a. a a. — Serer 38 38 m 41 . Yesterday's hich. 49 (3:30 et. (30 @ m.), lic Address. If it comes up here I am Woman’s Information. 1009% Pine street, they ha found a €, such as said information given by a contained a soft had been in reality in which ashes “Replenishing no om the actuai sale of Trial of THE TEMPERATURES, ** 4 p.m that the committee would pay no ‘heed to the demand made on the | Senate floor by Senator Robinson | (Rep.) of Indiana, that Gov. Smith \of New York be called, because it has no ground to believe that he can shed any light upon the sub- ject of its inquiry.” Robinson had sought to show that Sinclair was a heavy con- tributor to Smith's 1920 guberna- torial campaign fund and after- ward became a member of the New York State Racing Commission. In his announcement that Gov. Smith would not be called Senator Walsh called attention that the committee was “directed to inves- tigate generally the leasing of the naval oll reserves and specifically to ascertain what disposition was made of the bonds of the Conti- nental Trading Co.” “The committee would forfer whatever measure of respect ft has Contigued on Page 2, Column 3. fe t ~ . FASE PASS THE SULPHUR \AND MOLASSES. a) Sa “4 7 BU; 7 4 ~» Ka of ae yt) row), 6:01. Stage of the et, temperature above freezing. Missouri; Fair tonight and_. to- morrow; slightly ~ warmer tonight - £°) » @ o > sunrise PRICE 2 CENTS , NO OIL NONE OF ISSUE CONTINENTAL GOT “INAS HOLDINGS chased Only $1000 Liber- ty’s of 1917—Details of Harding Bonds. PAYMENTS BY CASH, | EXECUTOR DECLARES Data ou Sele of Mase Oz Star Quite as Clear as Property. | : > MARION, O., March 21.—An in- She Climbs on Table When | spection of the records of the ¢&- | tate of the late President Harding, | which the correspondent was per- mitted to make teday, established that he possessed none of the Continental Trading Company's Liberty bonds, with some of which Harry F. Sinclair accomplished his lease of the Teapot Dome Oil Re- serve. Senator Nye, chairman of the Senate Teapot ae mit- tee, announced in } a Monday that the committee wou search for Continental bonds in the estate of the late President. — Ledgers kept by C. D, Schaffner, executor of the estates of both President and Mrs. Harding, show that President Harding 'd $182,750 worth of Liberty bonds, and that Mrs. Harding possessed $65,300 worth of TAberty bonds. The bonds bought by the Continent- al company, in the promotion of the Teapot Dome deal, were of the first Liberty bonds, issued in 1917, and were all of $1000. denomina- tion. ie Had No First Loan $10008, President Harding possessed $41,000 worth of the first loan bonds, but none were of a $1000 denomination and their serial num- bers did not correspond with the serial numbers of any of the Con- tinental bonds, for which the Sen- ate committee is searching. Two of Mr. Harding’s first loan bonds were for $500 each, six were for $5000 each, and one was for $19,- 000. Mr. Harding had none of the $1000 first loan bonds. The records of the Harding estates are unusually complete and minute. Schaffner, who rose from a post as a messenger for the Marion County Bank, in which Mr. Harding was a stockholder, to ita head, was a methodical executor as a result of his long bank and his records show é¢very bon of the estate, the serial. numbers. their origin where possible and disposition. Schaffner was discharged as ex- ecutor in 1926 and some of the pa- pers of the estates, such as can- celed checks, have been turned over to Dr. G..T. , the Presi-. dent's father. However, Schaffner said today that it was his recollee- tion that for every one of the nu- erous Liberty bonds in the estate, there was a canceled check, show- ing that the President paid cash from his own personal funds. The total of bonds in President 4y | Harding's estate was $250,000. The difference between War Savings certificates. : Nearly the whole of Mra. 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