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HAYS' PROPOSALS TO MASK SINCLAIR’S GIFT OF BONDS TO G. 0. P. BY ‘DUMMY’ DONATIONS BARED AT OIL QUIZ BY MELLON AND BUTLER

Ex-G. 0. P. Chairman Back on Stand; Had Private Deals With Oil Man. EXPLAINS HIS SILENCE Didn't Think Men Who Gave Back Securities Should Be Brought In. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Tress Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 13,-Wil-liam M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee, revealed to the Senate Teapot Dome Committee today that Will Hays, former chairman, had attempted to cet him to take over $25,000 of Liberty bonds—presumably from the $160,000 campaign contribution of Harry Sinclair, indicted oil man. Butler said he did not know they Were Sinclair bonds. This development came after Secretary of Treasury Mellon had spent nearly two hours on the stand telling how he had refused to act as dummy contributor to shield $50,000 of the Sinclair bonds. Hays met him in the Biltmore Hotel in New York, the latter part of 1923, Butler testified. “He had a package with him,” Butler said. “He told me it contained $25,000 in bonds. He asked me to take them and make a contribution. I refused to do so.” Hays Is Questioned Butler made his statement after denying a long series of questions as to whether he had any knowledge of Sinclair bonds. Butler said he declined to follow Hays’ recommendation because he did not want to become a party to something “that would appear to be what it wasn’t.” Will Hays, former chairman of the Republican national committee then was called and asked by Walsh If he had anything to say. Hays said Mellon’s testimony was correct. “But I have a very indistinct recollection of the conversation witl* Butler,” Hays added. “I didn’t discuss my plans with him. “I don’t think we said more than what he said. We didn't get into the matter of where I got the bonds. I am very certain I didn’t tell him where the bonds came from and tell him what my plans were. I did not go into my program.” “Do you care to say anything about why you didn’t tell the committee about these matters before?” Walsh asked. “Yes, I do.” “Proceed to do so.” Considered Matter Irrelevant “I considered the matter irrelevant. The bonds I offered to Mellon were those which were sent back to Sinclair. I didn't think these bonds had anything to do with your inquiry because they were gent back. “Now the Butler bonds were the merest incident. I had no reason to believe you were going into campaign contributions per se.” “Then you didn’t tell us about the bonds because Mellon and Butler elid not accept them?” Walsh asked. “Yes, sir.” “If you had attempted to bribe a public official with the bonds and he had rejected the offer, you would Bot consider that relevant?” “Yes, I would,” Hays said. “But that's not a fair question.” “I take the responsibility for soliciting Mr. Sinclair,” Hays said. “If there was money still to be raised out of 1920, I guess I would be out Raising it.”

Sent Bonds to Upham “I’ll also take the responsibility for the $60,000 of the Sinclair bonds 1 sent to Upham, because he is dead. But I don’t know what he did With the money.” Walsh told Hays that Upham had gotten James A. Patten, Chicago wheat king, to absorb $25,000 of the bonds. "Would you have considered it ethical if Patten declined to take jfche bonds?” Walsh asked. “It depends on how the bonds Were given to him,” was the reply. “If the bonds were offered to him as security for a loan, then I would consider it ethical.” Reads 1924 Testimony “Explain why you didn’t go to Mellon and ask him to make a direct contribution,” Walsh directed. “You didn’t think Mellon was in such destitute circumstances that he had to have security for a contribution?” “I was inducing him to make the contribution, and it worked,” Hays said. Spectators laughed. Walsh read Hays’ testimony of March, 1924, when Hays said he had never received any Sinclair stock and that to his ‘‘best judgment” Sinclair could not possibly have given Jnore than $75,000 to the party. After some further exchanges, Hays argued that Walsh had read excerpts which gave an improper light to his testimony. “I have a little right in this situation.” said Hays. “Os course,” said Walsh. “Well, I resent reading of some of my answers and not taking my testimony a$ a whole,” Hays retorted. Hays said his mind was on a story that Sinclair had given 75,000 shares of Sinclair Consolidated oil stock— Which was not true. Walsh tried to get Hays to admit that the only particular in which the story was wrong was that Sinclair gave $75,000 of Consolidated Trading Company bonds. Walsh Grows Angry “Sit down; sit down.” Walsh admonished when Hays attempted to approach the committee. Walsh became so angry that he trembled when Hays argued with fcim about whether or not Hays had

Oil Scandal at Glance Secretary of Treasury Mellon told oil probers Will Hays sent him $50,000 in Liberty Bonds given to the Republican National Committee by Harry Sinclair. Mellon testifed he returned the bonds upon learning that Hays wished him to keep chem and donated $50,000 to help pay the party’s debt. Mellon said he made a personal contribution of $50,000 to the party. William M. Butler revealed details of a similar $25,000 bond deal proposal made to him by Hays in New York, and declared he refused to accept the bonds. Will Hays returned to testify that in his previous testimony before the committee he did not mention Butler and Mellon because they had returned the bonds and that he did not consider this information neccessary.

misinformed the committee on his previous appearance. Hays said he did not know what the late Secretary of War Weeks did with the $25,000 Sinclair bonds he sent him. He said the late John T. Pratt of New York had turned back $50,000 of the bonds, and he could not explain why Pratt sold $25,000 of the bonds, as the committee has learned. The Pratt family was associated with the Standard Oil group, Hays said. Then Walsh pointed out that H. S. Osier of the Continental in 1923 had the oil bond profits divided in four packages of $85,000 each; that Hays sent Upham and Weeks, $85,000; that Sinclair gave $85,000 of the bonds to Hays in one batch. Sold Sinclair Stock “Can you explain that coincidence?” Walsh asked. “That’s not a coincidence—that’s imagination,” Hays replied. “Do you associate this Sinclair contribution with the fact that Sinclair obtained the Teapot Dome naval reserve from Secretray of Interior Fall?” Walsh asked. “No, I'm just like Secretary Mellon.” Hays said. “I don't.” Hays said he had several private transactions with Sinclair and that the Federal Trade Commission agents had “gone through everything in my office about the matter.” * Nye brought out that the law firm of Hays and his brother acted :jf> attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company in Indiana. Thereupon Hays revealed he had bought and sold “a good deal” of Sinclair oil stock. “I lost a good deal of money,” be added. He said it would be difficult to say when he first bought Sinclair stock,, but he made his heaviest purchase in the spring of 1923. Mellon Tells of Proposal “I had a telephone message from New York from Will H. Hays stating he was sending me a package of valuable papers and was coming to Washington and would see me later,” said Mellon, describing his connection with the oil bonds. “The package was handed to me by the messenger and I laid it aside because I was busy. “When I walked home in the evening I thought about it and next morning I opened it and found it contained $50,000 in Liberty bonds. “That next day Hays didn’t appear and I took the bonds home for safe keeping—because I had mislaid the combination. “Later when Hays came and explained the purpose, I said to him I would return them. I didn’t have them in the office so I said I would send them to him. He was going to Indiana then. “Later I sent the bonds to Hays in New York by Parker Gilbert.” Mellon said he kept no record of the bond numbers. “Hays said he had a large subscription in bonds and he asked me to take this lot for him,” Mellon said. “I was to hold them or something and make a subscription to help pay the hangover debt. Objected to Plan “I objected to doing so because I would not be making a subscription of what it purported to be—a bona fide subscription. “He asked me to make what would be a loan and hold the bonds, but to me that was the same thing. “I said I would make a bona fide subscription to the party to pay a share of the debt. Some days afterward I sent a check for $50,000 to Fred W. Upham, Chicago, treasurer of the committee. This was in addition to $2,000 I gave in the Harding campaign. That was all I gave. “During the campaign Hays had called me on the phone and asked me to hold a luncheon in Pittsburgh to help raise money. “I had no connection with the national affairs at that time. I was called because I was the leading banker in Pittsburgh. “I saw Hays later in New York and he gave me a quota of $150,000 for my district. “We approached people of means. Most of them gave $2,000 each, which was the plan—no contributions over $2,000. We exceeded our quota.” Senator Walsh of Montana asked if Mellon knew where Hays got the bonds. No Teapot Dome Knowledge “Oh, from Sinclair,” Mellon said, “but he said it was not all to be a subscription from Sinclair.” “What was said about avoiding the appearance of a large subscription,” Walsh asked. Mellon said he understood the deficit was then “something more than a million dollars.” None of his

Secretary Is Witness for Two Hours, Bares All of Transaction. OWN CHECK IS $50,000 Present Republican Chief Reveals Offer Made in New York Hotel. 1 banks had loaned any money to the ' committee, he said, i “I had no knowledge of the Teapot Dome lease at the time,” Mellon i volunteered. “The Sinclair contribu- ; tion just seemed to me to be the | subscription of a wealthy man.” 1 Mellon could not tell how long he held the bonds. He indicated it was not more than a week, but said he could not be certain. Walsh revealed his correspondence with Mellon since the hearing opened. In January. Walsh wrote Mellon asking help from the United States Secret Service in tracing the Continental Trading Company bonds. Mellon, in reply, promised the services of the Treasury agents if the committee paid expenses. On Feb. 5. Walsh asked Mellon if incomes taxes could be exacted from those who held the missing bonds. Paid No Income Tax On Feb. 10, Mellon replied that the Continental Trading Company had pad no income tax: that treasury agents had been investigating the matter and had followed closely all hearings in the matter before the Senate committee and courts. On March 7, Mellon wrote Walsh protesting against a newspaper story that the treasury had failed to help the committee in the investigation. “Have these men failed to cooperate loyally with you?” Mellon asked Walsh in the letter. On March 8, Walsh wrote Mellon assuring him that the secret service had cooperated. Then two days later, Walsh sent Mellon the memorandum found in the files of the late John T. Pratt, indicating “Andy," Dupont, Weeks and Butler had something to do with the Sinclair Liberty bond transaction. Resuming the examination. Walsh asked Mellon to whom he had signified his intention of making a campaign contribution before Hays approached him. “To Mr. Weeks, then secretary of war (now dead),” Mellon replied. “It was just a casual conversation. I was prepared to give more than $50,000 if necessary.” “What reason did Hays have for believing that he would have to put bonds to get a contribution from you?” Walsh asked. Said Bonds Were Wanted “Well, he was mistaken about the matter,” Mellon replied. “I think I asked him why he didn't sell the bonds and get the money that way.” “That’s what we all thought, ’ Walsh said. “What explanation did Hays make about that?” “He said something about the bonds being loaned to him, but it was all the same thing to me,” Me.lon answered. “Why didn’t you disclose sooner this knowledge?” Senator Nye asked. “At the time I talked to Hays I had no knowledge that Sinclair had Government bonds,” Mellon answered. “Many men have Government bonds. It had no significance. If you mean why didn’t I disclose the matter since then I ask ‘would that have helped you any?’ the only thing you didn’t have was my name. I didn’t try especially to keep It secret. But it was only incidental.” Senator Dill (Dem.), Washington, questioned whether Mellon had ever asked Hays if the bonds were “out of the Teapot Dome scandal.” “I haven’t seen Hays since this recent matter came up,” Mellon replied. Senator Bratton (Dem.), New Mexico, recalled that Hays had failed to tell the committee about giving bonds to Mellon. “Well, I think that is a matter between the committee and Hays,” Mellon said. Walsh asked If Mellon became incensed when Hays put the bond proposition to him. “I don't become incensed,” said Mellon. Dill asked Mellon if Hays had said he obtained the Sinclair contribution “in appreciation for what the party had done for Sinclair.” “No, I don’t think so,” Mellon said. “It isn’t a likely thing for him to have said.” FLAGWOMAN IS BETTER Mrs. Eliza Johnson, Hit by Auto, Will Return to Job. Mrs. Eliza Johnson. 57, of 1904 W. Michigan St., who is recovering at her home from injuries suffered in an automobile accident Saturday, declared today that she is going back to flagging trains at the Belt railroad crossing at Michigan St. “As soon as I am able to get around. I’ll be back on the job,” she said. Mrs. Johnson has been flagwoman at the W. Michigan St. crossing for more than eleven years. She was injured when she was struck by an automobile driven by James Board, 2005 W. Vermont St., which she tried to flag. DIVERS HUNT FLIER CALSHOT AIRDROME, England, March 13.—Divers today descended in an attempt to recover the body of Flight Lieutenant S. M. Kinkead, who sacrificed his life in an attempt to bring the air speed record to England. Kinkead. in a powerful super-marine Napier flying machine, plunged into the sea Monday.

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Aviator Prepares for First Ocean Jump Started From Mid-West. „ I R’l SKA Srreire T> OCKFORD, 111., March 13.—The ;AY first trans-Atlantic airplane | flight ever started from the Middle I West is being planned here by Bert ! Hassell, Rockford pilot. J Some time in June, Hasseil ex- ; pects to hop from this Illinois city j and follow the comparatively short Great Circle route across the At--1 lantic to Stockholm. Sweden. After flying over the Great Lakes j he will cross Ontario, skirt the tip jof Hudson Bay and speed toward Greenland, where he will land, j The second hop will be across Icc- ; land and on to the Scandinavian ; peninsula. Aeronautic authorities state that this cne-stop flight will be the least dangerous of all air crossings. The longest water jump, of which there are three, is only 528 miles. Hassell's ability as a navigator is expected to take him safely over the north Canadian country for which detailed maps are not available.

RETIRED PENNSY AGENT EXPIRES A. D. Pendleton, 70, Served Railroad Fifty Years. A. D. Pendleton, 70, retired freight agent for the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania railroad, died this morning at his home, 3131 Boulevard Place, of apoplexy. Mr. Pendleton, who has served railroad for half a century, was born in Yarmouth, Maine. December 15, 1857. He was educated in the i Indianapolis public schools. His first position with the Penn- 1 sylvania was as a clerk for the old Bee Line. He served as a commercial agent for the Vandalia railroad- at Indianapolis from July 1877, to February 1889. He became local freight agent In 1902 and served as division freight agent on the Vandalia at Terre Haute for several years. Mr. Pendleton was made division freight agent at Indianapolis, April 1, 1924. Mr. Pendleton was retired from active service, Jan. 1, 1928. He was a member of the Indianapolis Division Veterans’ Association, the Pennsylvania Railroad Club of Indianapolis. Traffic Club, Columbia Club, Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce. Scottish Rite, Mystic Shrine and Elks. He leaves a son, Ralph, of Philadelphia, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Milton Hollabaugh, Pasadena, Cal., and Mrs. B. B. Milner Jr., Redwood City, Cal; an dthree brothers, Ralph Jr. of Los Angeles, Cal. John of Pasadena, Cal., and George, Redlands, Cal. THREE HURT IN CRASH _________ i Barber Suffers Skull Fracture When Autos Collide. Gus Suess, 25, a barber, who lives at 3842 E. Tenth St., is in city hospital with a skull fracture as the result of his automobile colliding with that of John C. Harger, 27, of Noblesville, at Keystone Ave. and Noblesville Rd„ this morning. Harger, who is a teacher at Technical High School, and his brother, William Harger, who v r as riding with him, were also taken to the hospital suffering from cuts and bruises. HELD FOR CAR THEFT St. Louis Fugitives Arrested Here Wait Removal. Jack Prince. 23, of St. Louis ,Mo and Arnold Duckett, 20, of Troy. 111., held in city jail today as fugitives awaited arrival of officers from St Louis to take them there for trial. Officials of the local rental auto service noted a car reported stolen by the St. Louis branch of the firm parked at a downtown corner. When Prince and Duckett got in the car to drive away they were arrested. U. S. JURY TO REPORT Northern State Man May Be Indicted for False Income Return. Partial report of Federal grand jury in session here is expected today and final report will be made Wednesday or Thursday. A northern Indiana business man is expected to be indicted in the partial report for false income tax returns. The final report will include about 100 indictments, naming 150 persons on various charges, most of them growing out of liquor law violations. WATCHMAN RECOVERING Shot by Three Men at Plant WTien He Answers Knock on Door. Cornelius Powell, night watchman at the Hoagland Packing Company Franklin, Ind., who was shot in the left arm by three men at the plant Friday night, is recovering at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Powell told hospital attaches that he answered a knock on the door and when he opened It he was greeted with several revolver shots.

Bert Hassell and a sketch of the Great Circle route he will follow from Rockford, 111., to Stockholm.

AVIATRIX KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Student Pilot Also Dies in South African Fall. Py United Press NAIROBI, South Africa, March 13.—Lady Carbery, wife of Lord Carbery who lived in the United States for many years, was killed last night when the moth airplane she was piloting, crashed. A youth named Cowie also was killed in the crash. The crash came near the airdrome here, reports said today, and Sir John witnessed the accident. Lady Carbery long had been a dev. otee of aviation as had her husband. Lord Carbery recently completed a long distance flight Horn London to South Africa. The crash last night occurred when Lady Carbery was instructing Cowie in flying. The plane went into a tailspin while they were attempting to gain speed. Both Lady Carbery and Cowie jumped, but were killed. Both were 22 years old. Lory Carbery was reported to have applied for American naturalization papers. While there he dropped his title and preferred to be known as John Carberry. His title, however, uses the name as Carbery. An uncle of Lady Carbery lives in California. STAMP HEARING SET Five to Be Arraigned in Label Counterfeiting Case. Five more defendants in the na-tion-wide “strip stamp” case will be arraigned before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell here March 23, it was announced today. Those to be arraigned arc Albert C. Goodwin and his two sons, Albert. Jr., and Theodore of Albany. N. Y.. and Clark Behler, Ft. Wayne, and Wilber Lowman. Warsaw, Ind. The Goodwins were released under bond at Albany, where they operate a print shop at which Federal officers allege the plates for making the strip stamps, used to put fraudulent Government labels cn fraudulent bootleg whisky, were found. Fourteen tons of the stamps were confiscated by officers in Chicago and nineteen indictments issued. Those wsa already have been arraigned in the case are Sam Fogle and his son, Jake, of 901 Virginia Ave.; Guy Whetsel and his son, Kenneth, of Muncie, and A. L. Smith of 1652 Spann Ave. Two of the nineteen have not yet been arrested. They are residents of Wisconsin. PAINT STREET SIGNALS Traffic Lights to Be “Redressed” in Black and White. Electric stop signs at Alabama and Washington Sts., today shed their coat of yellow for a “dress” of black and white paint. The signals near police headquarters were the first of the downtown section ordered repainted by Gamewell Superintendent William B. Griffis. All electric signals will be repainted as rapidly as weather permits. Other “silent cops” which have been repainted: Fountain Square, Tenth St. and Sherman Dr., and Rural and E. Michigan Sts. Base of signal is painted white, with the post black. When the signal is in the center of the street “ziz zag” stripes are painted on the post. The new colors make the signals more distinct, Griffis said. Dog on Rampage Bites Two Bu Times Special BRAZIL, Ind., March 13.—Warren McKinsey, 4. and Walter Harris, 9. are suffering from severe lacerations inflicted by a dog which was shot by Patrolman Vice as it attempted to attack him. The dog’s head is being examined for traces of rabies.

OAS COMPANY SHOWS SURPLUS OF $376,336 Despite improvements and Rate Cut, Dividends Are 10 Per Cent. The Citizens Gas Company reduced its rates in 1927 and wound up the year *wtih a surplus of $376,336.70 after paying $370,000 in dividends, meeting all its debt and sinking fund requirements, making plant improvements and meeting operating expenses, the annual report, filed with the public service commission late Monday, shows. Company officials said that most of the profit was made during the first half of the year. The rate was decreased July 1. The sliding schedule was reduced from a maximum cf $1.15 to a maximum of $1.05 a thousand cubic feet, ranging downward to as low as 65 cents for large industrial consumers. The company wiped out the last 5 per cent of arrearage dividends on common stock, standing from the lean years during the war period. Officials declared they did not believe the profits would be as high in 1928. Company Prospering The dividends of $370,000 represent 10 per cent on the common stock, the 5 per cent arrearage payment and the regular $70,000 payment upon preferred stock. Within three years the company has met its obligations, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars upon improvements, steadily increased its depreciation reserve funds, paid the 10 per cent a year upon common stock and 7 per cent a year upon preferred stock and caught up with 26 per cent of arrearage on common stock. The rate cut within half a year caused a cut of approximately $311,000 in earnings over what they would have been without the decrease, company officials said. Officials estimated at the time of the cut that the loss would be $331,000. Common Stock $2,000,000 Citizens who have urged the provision of the gas company charter giving the city the right to purchase the plant for the face value cf the common stock and assumption of indebtedness have been blocked by the arrearage on the common stock dividends. The charter provides that common stock certificate holders be limited to 10 per cent annually and that all surplus earnings shall be applied to cancellation of the stock certificates at. their face value of $25 and when this was retired the city should be privileged to take over the plant. Wth the addition of $376,336.70 to the surplus in 1927, the company had in its surplus fund $1,004,434.38. The common stock totals $2,000,000 in value. None of it has been retired. $3,000,000 From Gas Sale The company earned $3,078,072.52 from sale of gas during 1927. Sale cf by-products added $2,995,422.27, making the total operating revenues $3,073,494.79. Operating expenses, including the stowing away of $450,000 in the depreciation fund, totaled $4,934,381.51. This left net operating revenues of 51.139.113.28. The addition of $290,943.56 in non-operating revenues made the gross income for the year $1.530,056 84. Interest on funded debt and other deductions totaled $683,720.14, leaving net income lor the year of $746,336 70. Subtraction of the 370,000 in dividends left the $376,336.70 surplus. Total value of the property is listed at $11,919,184.02. During the year $269,850.03 was spent on construction and equipment. SEEKS BARROW'S AID Harry Hill’s Father Confers With Attorney. By/ I'tilted Press CHICAGO. March 13.—Possibility that Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer, may defend Harry Hill at his second trial was seen here today. The Streator youth will be tried April 9 at Ottawa on a cha.ge of murdering his mother, Mrs. Eliza Hill. Dr. H. C. Hill, his father, has been here twice conferring with Darrow. the United Press learned today. No agreement has been reached, it was said. The attorneys who defended Hill at his first trial, in which the jury disagreed, were expected formally to withdraw from the case at Ottawa today. JAP FLIGHT DELAY SEEN Proposed Pacific Hop Uncertain; Plane Defects Rumored. Fy Vnitcd Firm TOKIO, March 13.—There is a possibility that Japan’s proposed non-stop airplane flight effort across the Pacific Ocean, scheduled to start this spring, may have to be postponed until 1929, according to well informed aviation enthusiasts in Tokio. The Imperial Aviation Society, however, has denied the reports while the Aviation Bureau of the Navy has said it seems unlikely the flight will have to be delayed. The first of the two machines being built for the flight, however, has not yet been completed and there are persistent reports that defects have been found in its design. It was scheduled to have been delivered to the Aviation Society in February. Utility Cos. Petitions Bond Issue A petition for authority to issue and sell $25,000 in bonds has been filed with the Public Service Commission by the Nappanee Utilities Company of Nappanee. The money raised will be used to make improvements to the plant and system, the petition cites.

Lucky Boy Fjj United Pratt LOS ANGELES, March 13. Elwood Talbot, 17-year-old Pasadena school boy turned over his sls savings last summer to grubstake “Dad”, Allen, veteran prospector, who hadn’t been locating gold in very great quantities. “Dad” Allen found real gold In the Nevada hills on the sls grubstake and now the mining interests held jointly by Allen and young Talbott are valued at more than $150,000.

HOOVER-WILLIS FIGHT REACHES HOUSE FLOOR Ohio Congressmen Clash on Merits of Secretary as Candidate. By f ~iiited /‘rext WASHINGTON, March 12.—Tire Hoover-Willis contest for Ohio’s delegates to the Republican national contention was carried to the floor of the House today in a debate in which the commerce secretary appeared as the central figure. Representative Brand (Rep.) Ohio, a Willis follower, crticised Hoover’s record and said he was unqualified for the Republican nomination. Representative Burton (Rep.) Ohio, defended Hoover. Willis was mentioned only briefly. Urges Support of Willis Brand said Ohio Republicans are asked “to vote for a man who lived until he was 43 years of age without knowing whether he was a Democrat or Republican and never had voted up to that time; a man whose convictions on the protective tariff have never been developed; a man who has advocated our entrance into the League of Nations without reservations; a man who held the price of farm products down during the war and has refused to lift them up by means of the McNary-Haugen bill; a man whose business life must now be investigated and the results bid fair to disqualify him.” Brand advised Ohio Republicans to vote for Willis if they want Willis, Dawes or Lowden. Hoover, Brand said, was considered as a Democratic candidate for President in 1920. Hoover’s name, he said, was on Democratic Ballots in several States and he carried Michigan on the Democratic tickpt. The commerce secretary, Brand pursued, has “had his home in thi United States during the last eleven years only, and this raises a real question as to his eligibility. Burton Defends Hoover Burton characterized Brand’s speech as “vicious criticism” and took up one by one the charges his Ohio colleague had made. Burton produced the photostatic copy of a letter from Brand to Hoover dated Jan. 21, 1925. in which Brand endorsed Hoover's ideas on agriculture and told Hoover he favored his appointment as secretary of agriculture. Hoover is a republican, and protested against his name being placed on the Democratic ticket in Michigan in 1920, Burton said. Hoover, he explained, also was on the Republican ticket in Michigan and rar ceived 49,000 votes from Republicans and only 22,000 from Democrats. Hoover, Burton declared, favored the League of Nations with the Republican reservations, as did other party leaders. It was impossible for Hoover to vote in California as an “absentee voter,” as suggested by Brand, for California passed such a law only last year, Burton said. He added that except for two years preceding the war, Hoover was at home for a part of every year. In regard to the protective tariff, Burton said Hoover “had warmly supported” the Republican tariff views. ENLISTMENT REOPENED IN U. S. MARINE CORPS Army Recruiting in Most Branches for Hawaiian Service. United States Marine Corps enlistment, closed for several months, has been reopened, it was announced today. Orders provide for acceptance of former Army and Navy men with excellent discharges, and new enlistments which must be specially desirable in every respect. The Army recruiting station is acepeting enlistments for Hawaii in the infantry, air corps, engineering, medical corps, field artillery, coast artillery and signal corps. The Navy recruiting station temporarily is accepting no enlistments. Congress has been asked to ap- j propriate funds for 2,000 more marines. While 27,000 marines are au-, thorized, appropriation for only! 18,000 has been made, most of whom are serving in other lands. FALLS~ DOWN SHAFT Negro Breaks Ankle in Drop From Main Floor to Basement, John Kimbrough, 28. Negro, 2858 Indiana Ave., was taken to city hospital this morning after falling from the main floor to the basement down a freight elevator shaft at the Indiana Theater, where he is employed. He sustained a broken left ankle and was badly bruised. HOME DAMAGED BY FIRE Sparks From Defective Flue Are Blamed for Blaze. Sparks from a defective flue caused $2,000 fire loss at the home of Patrick Lee, 227 Blake St., late Monday. Two carloads of sugar stored in the Indiana Terminal Warehouse, 31 E. Georgia St., were damaged by a blaze Monday.

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ORDER PLANES TO TOWN CUT OFF BY SNOW War Department Aids in Plan to Send Food to Detour, Mich. By United First WASHINGTON, March 13.—Secretary of War Davis today ordered the commanding general of the. Sixth Corps -Area to place at disposal of the Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., postmaster, a plane to aid snowbound communities of the Michigan peninsula. A transport plane has been ordered from Chanute field, 111., to Selfridge field, Mich., to cooperate with pursuit planes there, which are at disposal for use in aiding the snowy region. The transport plane probably will be put on skiis, replacing the customary wheels. By United Press SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., March 13.—Reports reaching here Monday night said the village of Detour was without eggs, meat and butter, and there was only one barrel of flour left for the entire population of 600 persons. Tobacco was reported unobtainable and the sugar supply was said to be nearly exhausted. A telephone report said a woman was critically ill and that she had been awaiting transportation to a Sault Ste. Marie hospital for ten days. Authorities here Monday appealed to Postmaster General New for use of a Government mail plane to carry supplies to the marooned village. Detour is located at the mouth of St. Mary's River, about sixty miles south of here. Snow which fell steadily for several weeks was drifted in some places to a depth of fifteen feet, reports said. Heavy snowfall Monday forced workmen to abandon all attempts to force passageway out of the village by use cf tractors and plows. The first mail to reach Detour since Feb. 29 was carried in Monday by two men, who spent twenty-four hours on snowshoes trekking over the heavy drifts, between here and the snowbound village. Storekeepers here said that it had been difficult all winter to get supplies to Detour and that the village storekeepers had been unable to lay in adequate stores as had been the custom In years past. It also was explained that fishing, the principal occupation of the residents of Detour, had been hampered during the last few weeks by ice and snow and that this means of obtaining food was blocked. DECISION ON MISSION GROUP TRANSFER TODAY Disciples of Christ Society May Move Headquarters Here. The outcome of a long fight to move offices of the United Christian Missionary Society from the present headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., to the C allege of Missions in Irvington will be made known to the Rev William F. Rathenburg, pastor of the Third Christian Church, and William H. Book of the civic affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce, who went to St. Louis today to receive the decision of the executive board. At a meeting of the board here In February arguments were advanced in favor of the change. Free use of the College of Missions building at Butler University was a strong point. The society is the central body of the Disciples of Christ and has charge cf missionary affairs, extension, beneficence and church promotion. The assets of the society are more than $8,000,000 and the annual pay roll of the 125 employes is approximately $200,000. RAJAH’S FIANCEE TAKES HINDU OATH IN BOMBAY Miss Nancy Miller, Seattle, Fledges Faith at Dawn. F.y United Press BOMBAY, March 13.—An American girl, whose fair complexion was in decided contrast with her sisters of this land, today took the oath of the Hindu religion that she might be converted and marry her swarthy lover, the former Maharajah of Indore. She will be converted from Christianity later today, unless threatened difficulties prevent. As dawn broits over India Miss Nancy Miller of Seattle, garbed In a picturesque Indian costume, took the oath of allegiance. The ritualistic ceremony brought a solemn pledge from the 23-year-old American girl that she would remain true to the Hindu faith for the remainder of her life. END CHURCH INSTITUTE Vote to Make Teachers* Training School Annual Affair. The South Side Sunday School teachers’ training school, which has met for the last ten Monday nights at St. Mark’s English Lutheran Church, was voted a permanent institution by students and faculty members at the closing session Monday night. One hundred and twenty-five certificates were issued to teachers from nineteen South Side schools whe had attended during the semester. The next semester will open In the fall. The Rev. L. P. Cooper, pastor of Calvery U. B. Church, Is dean. Hop Off for Panama By United Press WASHINGTON, March 13.—Assistant Secretary of War Davison and General Fechet, army air corps chief, left Pensacola this morning for Galveston on their WashingtonPanama flight, according to navy advices. •