Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1927 — Page 1

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40 CHILDREN DIE IN BLAZE AT ORPHANAGE Flames Break Out at Night, 1 Trapping Many Small Girls in Bed. BODIES ‘OF 20 FOUND Nun Gives Life in Rescue Effort in Century-Old Quebec Building. 7iv United Press QUEBEC, Dec. 15.—The most disastrous Are in the recent history of Quebec, which burned the cen-tury-old orphanage and school of the Hospice of St. Charles here last night, left between forty and fifty children dead or listed as missing today Up to noon eighteen bodies had been recovered from the ruins of the building, and two—a nun and a child—had died in the Hospital of the Infant Jesus, making a total of twenty dead. Sisters of the Good shepherd, who conducted the orphanage and school and who made heroic efforts to rescue all of the 371 girls under 12 years of age who were in the building, this afternoon expressed the fear that the death list might exceed forty At noon fifty still were unaccounted for. Many of the nuns were injured or suffered from smoke and required medical treatment today. There were 371 children and approximately forty nuns in the building when the fire started at midnight. The fire was discovered by one of the nuns conducting the orphanage and school, who noticed smoke in a corridor. She gave the alarm. Sisters ran from floor to floor, rousing the sleeping children. Take Children From Beds As firemen arrived they saw the oullding enveloped in smoke ar.d fire while screams of frightened, hysterical children made the scene hideous. As firemen set their hose lines, other squads and groups of police ran into the building. "Many of the children were still in their beds when we got in,” a policeman who had worked most of the night in the rescue party, told the United Press. "We picked them up and ran out with them and then we went back for more. “We had gone in and out I don’t know how many times, before the fire became so fierce we could hardly get through the corridors. "The work was still going on when the roof and walls began to fall, cutting us off from entry entirely. "I know we could have saved many more, if we had only had time.” Building Is Mass of Ruins It was near daylight before the fire was entitrely extinguished, leaving the old building a mass of ruins, with a financial loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. Then firemen and police, penetrating into the wreckage, began to find the bodies of the small victims. Most of the bodies were found in cellar rooms. Some had died from burns and the extreme heat while indications were tflat others died while fighting for life and had been overcome by smoke or asphyxiated by escaping gases. The body of the Nun which was recovered, was found in the cellar where she evidently had died while trying to save about forty children sleeping there. As the alarm of fire spread over the romantic old city of Quebec, crowds began assembling around the hospice. Excitement grew. Relatives of children cared for at the orphanage—and in some cases parents who had placed their in the care of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for schooling—cried and shouted hysterically. Hospice Played Tragic Role At daylight many had been moved to the morgue, where lines passed by the fifteen little bodies on marble slabs, attempting identification. Survivors of the fire, numbering several hundred who had been driven out with only their night clothing, were crowded into the St. noch Hotel, the mother house of the Good Shepherd. When the numbers overflowed the building, they were taken to private residences thrown open to them. Many of those who escaped suffered severely from smoke, and some narrowly escaped suffocation. The Hospice of St. Charles has played a tragic part in the history of Quebec. During its first years it served as a marine hospital, but when the great cholera epidemic of 1847 swept the city, 800 people suffering from cholera were isolated in it. More than half of them died. It continued for a number of years as a hospital and finally was converted into a school and orphanage. RE-ELECT C. C. OFFICERS Dick Miller Again Is President of Civic Body. Officers of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Club were re-elect-ed by unanimous vote of the directors today. They are: Dick Miller, president; A. Kiefer Mayer, vice president, and Oscar Schmidt, treasurer.

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VOLUME 39—NUMBER 188

Mistletoe Kisses Here

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Skirts get shorter and bobs get crazier cut every year—but the mistletoe and the kisses are the same every Christmas. Hundreds of pounds are arriving in Indianapolis this week. Miss Katherine McDill, Brooklyn, Ind., showed the photographer the 1927 method of sitting under the same littie “teaser” that her grandparents joked about—and kissed under —a few score years ago. Only a prune "would ask for prunes, if the girl is under the green twigs, said Miss McDill. And-tnistletoe is the official osculation license every Christmas season. ' Next to Santa Claus and Christmas trees, mistletoe Is a favorite for decoration, merchants say. Almost every home will have a sprig here and there next week.

CHILD WITH FATHER IN FIGHT FOR LIFE

Open to 6 P. M. The Merchants’ Association announces that beginning next Monday, Dec. 19, its stores will remain open until 6 p. m. throughout the week, up to and including Christmas Eve. This will be a half hour later than usual. Some stores of the Association will remain open after 6 p. m. These stores will announce their hours in their advertisements. All retail stores will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, in celebrating Christmas, which this year comes on Sunday. This also applies to New Year’s, the stores celebrating New Year’s on Monday, Jan. 2.

MERCURY WILL FALL 10 x Above Zero Friday Predicted. Temperature drop of forty degrees within the next twenty-four hours was predicted today by J. H. Armington, local United State Weather Bureau chief. The cold wave will be general throughout the State, with temperatures ranging from 20 degrees above zero in the southern sections to zero in the north on Friday, it is predicted. Indianapolis temperature, which stood at 47 degrees at 9 a. m. today, probably will be down to 10 Friday morning, Armington said. Incessant rain of the last few days have brought Indiana rivers to the flood stage, he reports. The Wabash is more than seven feet above flood stage at Lafayette and higher downstream. Morning recordings at Lafayette showed the river at 18.3 feet, and 21.8 feet at Mt. Carmel. White River is 16.4 feet at Edwardsport, while flood stage is only 15 feet. It was also reported over flood Decker, Ind. SHOOTS COUNCILMAN Former State Policeman Wounds New Albany City Official. 81l Times Soecial NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec, 15. Harry H. Harbison, 42, city councilman here, is suffering from four bullet wounds and Leo O. Cotner, former State motor policeman who shot him, is held on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill as the result of a quarrel in a poolroom Wednesday night. Harbison condition is serious. Cotner recently completed a sentence of a year and a half in the Federal pvison at Atlanta, Ga., for auto theft conspiracy.

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Girl of 5, Sitting in Lap of Parent, Hears Him Branded Killer’ BY CHARLES C. STONE Statae Editor, The Times DELPHI, Ind., Dec. 15.—Lloyd Kimble sits in the Carroll Circuit Court room with his 5-year-old daughter in his lap while the State of Indiana attempts to find twelve men who will send him to the electric chair for the murder last August of Daniel Sink, aged recluse. It is charged that Kimble knocked the 74-year-old man senseless and then .set fire to the Sink house after pouring kerosene about to hasten the work pf the flames. Robbery was the motive, the prosecution asserts. Today is the third of the trial, but there is no indication yet as to when a jury will be obtained. Sixty-two men, the regular panel of twelve and a special one of fifty, has been exhausted without a man being seated. This morning State and defense counsel began questioning another special panel of fifty. Attorneys believe that obtaining a Jury will require more time than the trial proper. The State, it is indicated, will use but few witnesses, relying mostly on Mrs. Jeanetta Taylor, who left the bed of her farm hand husband, Jesse Taylor, to accompany Kimble on a drinking party at Sink’s home. Her arrest after discovery that she was wearing a ring that had belonged to Sink led to a statement to authorities branding Kimble a murderer. Besides the little daughter, two more of Kimble’s six children and his wife are in court with him. Seated close to the accused man, two sons, 8 and 14 years old, and a frail, worn wife and mother hear prosecution counsel brand Kimble a murderer and bootlegger as they question prospective jurors. Kimble was convicted some time ago of violating the prohibition laws. SUICIDE ENDS GRIEF Minister Mourning Wife’s Death Kills Self at Washington. Bit United Press WASHINGTON, Ind., Dec. 15. Despondency over the death of his wife is believed responsible for the suicide here Wednesday of the Rev. James Armstrong, 70, Baptist min ister, of Ottawa, Kan., who has been living here with his son for the past few months. The body, with a bullet \aqund in the head, was found Wdnesday night when the son and his wife returned home from work. The Rev. Mr. Armstrong’s wife died about a yeai ago. He was in good health and was not In financial straits. The body will be sent to Ottawa for burial, Sunday.

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FORD'S RIVALS OUTLINE HUGE 1928PR0GRAM General Motors Spending for Huge Expansion Plans. NEW MODELS ON LIST Olds, Chevrolet and Buick Out for Records in Next Year. BY CLYDE G. BYERS L’nited Press Staff Correspondent DETROIT, Dec. 15.—General Motors Corporation, which, with Henry Ford, is one of the great twin powers of the automobile industry, has launched a 1928 program of production and expansion comparable to that of Ford. It embraces the Introduction of new cars, vast expenditures in new plants and equipment, and the most intensive sales campaigns in its history. General Motors officials deny that any trade war is in their minds, however, and insist that their business lies in a fie ld distinct from that of Ford. Great Program Mapped The 1928 program includes, in addition to heavy increases in plants and sales facilities, the following; Bringing out new models of the Oldsmobile at the New York automobile show Jan. 7. Production of anew Buick about Aug. 1. , Vast expansion of the manufacturing and sales branches of the Chevrolet division. Plans for production of 270,000 cars from the Pontiac and Oakland plants during 1928. Last year’s production was 170.000. General Motors, a combination of seven automobile companies claims to have made one car in every four built in the United States in 1926; one in every three in 1927; and Its 1928 program calls for maintaining the 1927 proportion or exceeding it. Millions to Be Spent To carry out this program a minimum of $37,000,000 is being or will be spent, In plant improvements and extensions as follows: ■ Oldsmobile, $3,500,000. Chevrolet, $10,000,000. Buick, $5,500,000. Oakland-Pontiac, $18,000,000. This year’s gains in sales were due principally to increased output of Chevrolet. Production to the first of this month was 969,064. so there was no doubt that the million mark, never before attained, would be reached by Jan. 1. New foundries, assembly plants, parts factories, office buildings and company branches costing $10,000,000 will be built for Chevrolet. A foundry located at Saginaw, Mich., will be a $4,500,000 project. Will Speed Production Anew $2,225,000 assembly plant, bringing Chevrolet’s total to eight, is nearly finished at Atlanta, Ga. It is planned to start production of 350 cars a day, with a payroll of SB,OOO a day, in the spring. A $2,000,000 parts plant and office building is nearing completion at Flint, Mich. Increased production is contemplated at the assembly plants at Tarrytown, N. Y.; Buffalo, N. Y.; St. Louis; Norwood, Ohio; Janesville, Wis.; Flint, and Oakland, Cal.

YEGGS AND BANDITS TAKE $2,200 LOOT

Despite the twelve-hour police shifts ordered by Police Chief Claude M. Worley, an epidemic of safe cracking, stickups and burglaries swept the city Wednesday night, taking proportions of a crime wave. Loot totaled $2,200. For the third time ;afe crackers entered the Charles Rector Pharmacy, 1219 Kentucky Ave., battered open the safe and escaped with S7OO cash and S4OO in checks. The checks were those of Marmon Motor Car Company employes and all were indorsed. Several weeks ago a similar attempt failed to gain entrance to the safe. Earlier in the year the proprietor was held up and robbed of S2OO, for which Howard Welch, New York, is now serving time at the Indiana State Reformatory. While four passengers looked on a lone bandit boarded a Minnesota street car at State Ave. about 8 p. m. Wednesday, poked a gun In the face of Motorman Claude J. Reading, 27, of 2116 Ringgold St., and took $lO of his money and $8 belonging to the company. The robber left the car at the next comer and walked leisurely away. Mrs. F. H. Smith, Anderson, Ind., reported $770 in diamonds and jewelry taken from her room at the Hotel Wesley, Sixteenth St. and Capitol Ave. Mrs. Florence Thomas and Mrs. May Hogan, both ot 1122 N. Arsenal Ave., were accosted by two men at Pennsylvania and St. Joseph Sts., one of whom snatched Mrs. Thomas’ purse and fled up an alley. She overtook him and in an effort to hold him for police was thrown to the pavement. -~ William Berry, 30, of 2219 Temple Ave., refused to obey a bandit

HOLD REMUS SANE ON DAY OF KILLING

Lindy to Fly / Back to U. S.; Visits Calles (Detailed Undr storr. Fare 1, Section 3) At/ United Press MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15.—C01. Charles A. Lindbergh intends to fly back to the United States from Mexico City, he told newspaper men today. “I'm not sure regarding the date, or whether I’ll make it a non-stop flight,” he added. Lindy paid a sovereign’s official visit to President Calles today, and then, with the invariable concern ho shows for the other half of the “we” combination, went to Valbuena flying field to make sure that his Spirit of St. Louis plane was safe.

BUS CHANGES AREJITTACKED Civic Clubs Allege Move to Increase Fare. Charging that the proposed bus route changes, petitioned for since the purchase of the Peoples Motor Coach Company by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, is a mere "subterfuge” to increase street railway revenues at the expense and inconvenience of the public, a petition asking dismissal of the route change petition, was filed with the public service commission today. The petition was signed by Edward O. Snethen, attorney for the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs. Hearing on route changes have been set by the commission for Dec. 21-22. Pointing out that the petition would abolish several feeder lines, the federation petition asserts that this would work a hardship on citizens. Communities now served by feeder bus lines have the advantage of a ,7-cent fare, while, if feeder lines sure abolished, they will have to pay a straight 10-cent bus fare, with an additional 2-cent for bus or car transfers, the petition declares. Hourly Temperatures 8 a. m 44 10 a. :o. .... 59 7 a. m 45 12 (nodh) ... 53 8 a. m 46 1 p. m 55 9 a. m 47

MOSES PRO TEM: HEAD OF SENATE

Ru United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—Senator George Moses (Rep.), New Hampshire, was re-elected president pro tern, of the Senate today on a strict partisan vote, 42 to 30. His opponent, Senator Pittman (Dem.), Nevada, was nominated by the# Democratic minority. Moses’ election virtually completed organization of the upper house. By a vote of 43 to 40 the Republican candidate for secretary, Edwin P. Thayer, South Dakota,

who told him to leave his car and hold up his harids. The car was parked at 1572 College Ave. He walked slowly to a nearby drug store, to call police, and the bandit disappeared. Bandits battered the hinges off the safe at the Horuff shoe store, 155 N. Illinois St., but failed to get any loot. Three men bought gallons of gasoline from Albert Niedenthal, 26, attendant at the Supreme Oil Station, Madison and Troy Aves., ordered a quart of oil, and when he went to get it they drove away. Burglaries reported included Mrs. Thomas Manny, 1244 N. Illinois St., Apt. 8, purse, clothing, $65; Albert Nells, poolroom, 1640 S. Meridian St., peanut machine, $25; Mrs. Maggie Thomas, Negro, 1128 Va Brook St., furniture, S2OO.

FORT COMMANDER HERE Brigadier General Jamerson to Take Charge at Ft. Harrison Monday. Brig. Gen. George H. Jamerson arrived from Washington today to take command of Ft. Benjamin Harrison. He and Mrs. Jamerson were met at the Union Station by Col. Cromwell Stacey, acting commander at the fort; Col. George D. Freeman, Jr., commander of the 11th Infantry, and Capt. Thornton Chase, post adjutant. General Jamerson has been study-, ing at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and at Langley Field, Washington. He succeeds Brig Gen. Dwight E. Aultman, transferred to Ft. D. A. Russell, T/yoming. He v/ent immediately jo Ft. Harrison, where a formal receriion will be given Friday night at ttl Officers Club. |

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Three Alienists’ Report Is Submitted to Judge in Death Case. * BY PAUL W. WHITE United Press Staff Correspondent COURTROOM, CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. 15.—The three alienists appointed by Judge Chester R. Shook to inquire into the sanity or insanity of George Remus today reported that they believed him sane on Oct. 6, the day he shot and killed his wife Imogene. Remus’ defense has been that of transitory insanity. The full report of the alienists who have been in the courtroom most of the trial was not made public, pending rulings on various objections by counsel. No sooner had the alienists finding been revealed than it was learned the State was seeking withdrawal of a Juror. The judge permitted him to remain, however. Fail to Oust Juror The Juror was John Trautman, green grocer and farmer, who occupies seat No. 12. Trautman was reported to have made a statement that the prosecution thought tended to show prejudice toward the defense. Trautman was quoted as saying he would not believe under oath any statements of Judge Charles W. Hoffmann, against whom Remus once filed an affidavit of prejudice in the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Remus. The State sought disqualification of Trautman, who was taken to the judge's chambers and Judge Shook ruled: “Juror John Trautman is not disqualified in the court’s opinioon and may remain as a juror.” The effect the report of the alienists would have on the trial is in doubt because the statute providing for their appointment never has been clearly interpreted. Refuse Restraining Order The scientists. Drs. E. A. Baber, David Wolfstein and Charles Kiely, returned a provisional report that Remus was sane at the conclusion of the State's case. At that time they were instructed to continue their observations through the presentation of defense evidence. A petition presented by Remus for a temporary restraining order against the prosecutors at his murder trial was dismissed today by Judge Stanley Struble in Common Please Court. Judge Struble said he had i.o jurisdiction, and that all such petitions shoul dbe brought before the trial judge, Chester R. Shook.

was re-elected over Ed A. Halsey (Dem.), Virginia. The anticipated fight over the resolution of Senator McMaster (Rep.) South Dakota, committing the Senate to policy of tariff reduction, was postponed today. McMaster consented to a few days’ delay proposed by Senator Curtis (Rep.) Kansas, floor leader. The House Judiciary Committee reported favorably the Walsh bill, which has passed the Senate, providing that M. T. Everhart, son-in-law of former Secretary of Interior Fall, may testify in the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy case without incriminating himself. The House Agriculture Committee reported favorably the Aswell bill appropriating $500,000 for the Department of Agriculture to assist in employing extension agents for all flood-stricken areas. The bill originally, limited the appropriation to the Mississippi Valley, but the committee broadened it.

BUTLER IS SPEAKER Columbia President Will Discuss Peace Tonight. “The Path to Peace” will be the subject of an address by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, New York, at a public meeting at the Columbia Club tonight. The meeting was arranged by the Indiana Council on International Relations. Dr. James A. Woodburn, council president, will preside. Dr. Amos Hershey, Indiana University, will introduce the speaker. There will be no admittance charge. Dr. Butler was one of the prominent Republican leaders who backed Woodrow Wilson in his stand for the League of Nations. His present speaking tour is financed by the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. In an address at St. Louis Wednesday, Dr. Butler digressed from his peace topic and again expressed his views on prohibition. He advocated repeal of the Eighteenth, amendment as the only honest path to solving liquor problems. SELL STAMPS SUNDAY Postoffice to Keep Windows Open to Aid Christmas Shoppers. The Indianapolis postofflce stamp and parcels post windows and classified stations will be open from 2 to 6 p. m. Sunday to accommodate Christmas mailers, Postmoster Robert H. Bryson announced today.

FOUR U.S. SENATORS NAMED BY HEARST AS ‘TARGETS’ OF MEXICO CITY BRIBERY ‘BIDS’ Borah, La Follette, Norris and Heflin ReVealed as Four ‘Under Suspicion;’ All Scoff at Witness’ Revelations. HUGE AMOUNTS HELD OUT AS BAIT General Incredulity Greets Testimony That More Than Million Was to Be Paid for * ri* * Pro,-Mexican Propaganda. 81l United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Borah, La; Follette, Norris and Heflin today were named in the alleged Heart Mexican documents as proposed beneficiaries of a $1,200,000 which allegedly President Calles of Mexico sought to distribute jto them. These names were divulged when William Randolph Hears*', publisher, testified before the Reed (Pennsylvania) Senate committee investigating veracity of the documents. Hearst said he obtained the documents through an American business man in Mexico and had them sent to President Coolidge, who was not impressed with them, but did not ask the Senators named as to their knowledge of the documents.

COFFIN OUT AS MANAGER HEAD Plans to Resign Today; To Florida for Winter. Charles F. Coffin, vice president and counsel of the State Life Insurance Company, will resign as president of the Indianapolis City Manager League at a luncheon of directors at the Columbia Club Friday, it was learned \ oday., Coffin has headed the city manager movement since organization was started four years ago, when The Indianapolis Times first suggested it. % He will resign because he intends to go to Florida for the winter and feels that the active head of the movement should be in the city continuously, it is understood. The league plans to keep interest aroused until the time for the election of commissioners in 1929 and to aid manager backers in other Indiana cities. J. W. Esterline, also active as a manager leader since the movement starter, is discussed as the next president. CO-ED TRIAL CLOSING Arguments to Jury Expected Today in Bank Robbery Case. B n United Press LA GRANGE, Texas, Dec. 15. Closing arguments were expected to begin today in the trial of Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers on charges of robbing the Buda Farmers National Bank of SI,OOO. The State planned to conclude its rebuttal with the testimony of Dr. Joe Wooten, whose cros.s-examina-tion by the defense last night caused heated arguments. The State contended he was asked by the defense to examine Mrs. Rogers, and found her sane. Defense alienists have testified she was sane.

DRY AGENTS IN RAIDS Nine United States Sleuths “Paying Visits” in Green County. Nine Federal prohibition agents, headed by Agent James Browning, under directions of George L. Winkler, deputy dry administrator, today raided several places in Green County. The agents had warrants for fourteen resdents of Worthingtn and surrouding territory, and a number of search warrants. POISON TRIAL NEAR END Farmer’s Fate to Go to Jury for Killing Daughter-in-Law. Bn United Press BLAKELY, Ga., Dec. 15.—The case of George H. Hayes, illiterate cotton farmer charged with poisoning his daughter-in-law to obtain her insurance money, was expected to reach the jury’s hands before noon today. Only the judge’s charge remains. Closing arguments of attorney were concluded Wednesday night. Hayes and his wife also are charged with poisoning their two sons, but only the daughter-in-law’s death was involved in this trial. FLEE ARKANSAS FLOOD Farmers Move Out as Rivers Near Tops of Levees. Bn United Press LITTLE ROCK, Dec. 15.—Fearing further rises in the White and Arkansas Rivers, may farmers in central and northern Arkansas started moving their possessions to higher ground today. Flood warnings were issued Wednesday as a result of heavy rains In the last forty-eight hours.

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Hearst indicated he had paid between $15,000 and $16,000 to obtain the letter, which was printed with the Senators’ names blacked out. According to the letter, the Senators were to receive the following amounts for “pro-Mexican propaganda”: Borah, $500,000; Heflin, $350,000; Norris, $350,000; La Follette, $15,000. The Senators, except Norris, were called before the committee and denounced the documents severely, denying they had ever had any money from Mexico. Borah, La Follette and Heflin took the stand and denied the charges emphatically. la Follette intimated his opposition to the Administration and Hearst’s papers support of it might be responsible for mentioning of his name. Norris, from his sickbed, denied any knowledge of funds said to have been ordered paid to him by the Mexican government. His statement to Senator Johnson. Republican, California, said; “I have received nothing from the Mexican government or any one representing the Mexican government, directly or indirectly, and have not been offered anything.” The first three names were made public by Chairman David A. Reed (Rep.), Pennsylvania, and the fourth, Norris, by Senator Hiram Johnson (Rep.), California. La Follette denied he ever had been approached by anyone concerning United States-Mexican relations. Heflin said he thought "things have come to a terrible pass when blackmailers and scandalmongers can browbeat United States Senators like this.” Borah Scoffs at Charge Borah denied he had received any money and said he had not seen in six years Dudley Field Malone, New York attorney, supposed to have been authorized to pay him money. Senators Robinson (Dem.), Arkansas; Bruce (Dem.), Maryland; and Chairman Reed made statements for the record that the charges were foolish, but that it was due to them to make an exhaustive investigation of the charge. Dudley Field Malone, New York attorney, was called after the Senators, upon his own request, to deny that he had handled any money for the Mexican government, as the ■Hearst documents suggested. Malone in General Denial Malone said he did not even know Arturo Elias, Mexican consul general at New York, who was supposed to have dealt with Malone. Malone, however, gave the first direct evidence tending to show forgery. Reed submitted to Malone two letters from the group of documents Hearst submitted. Malone said one was written by himself, but the other was not, although the signature on the second letter appeared to be his. *Tf that is my signature it was not written by me on that document,” Malone said. “It may have been transcribed from another document. It certainly looks like my signature.” Cost Doesn’t Worry Hearst Hearst said he had investigated his liability for publication of the nantes of the Senators, but had reached no conclusion. Hearst declared he “thought” he owned large business interests in Mexico. He said he had ranches and mines there. His investments there amounted to $3,000,000 or $4,000,000, he said. “Did you investigate the authenticity of the documents?” Senator Robinson (Dem.) Arkansas, asked. “No, I understood all that had been gone into earlier by my newspapers.” “How did you come to get these documents?” Reed asked. "I will tell how I got them, but in doing so I would like to keep secret the name of one man. Well, he is a business men in Mexico, and I don’t think it would be healthful for him.”