Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1927, Page 4

2 HARDEN. GERMAN EDITOR, IS DEAD Foe of Kaiser Succumbs at! 66 at Swiss Resort—Had Fiery Career. Dr the Associated Pr LONDON. October characters who was | 31 rt perial atmosphere of Germany., ter critic of the kaiser, from the scene. Maximillan Harden, editor, who founded 1802, died at Montana- Swiss resort the Rhone, Death w to hronel His tention, only as who 1 whoam mutual haty ~One of the| of the im- a it has passed noted German Die Zukunft ermala, in a the | in ¥ s attributed aged 0. tis general ¢ known not the man hetween passing attracted he was lon, publicist, but ded the Kkaiser, \ Harden there was a strong Sinee Harden enjoyed f Bismarck. some <aw y hand direct the pen which Harden wielded so the kaiser and his the in n e the countries Britain in th ken er ican he and in with Great the w war hest as nutsy own eou blished tish pr To these the vir soveral Jisnt W e and iticisms was_attributed ek he suffered in a 1922 at_the hands of young men. One of them Walter Ankerman ent « sentenced to six years for th nit g +lin and hi thowski, His hut when h was horn in T name was 1 v parents wore Polish Jews, 16 he adopted Christianity, Maximilian Harden ensiness to the f v royalty of Ger- many and men who eccupied political positions duri ime of the for- mer <or ‘ n o ageney in H> hated the former war o and feared him Jess than any German sub was vielentiy to the for Kaisor, and never permitted to prss an epportunity to c and attack he ruler and those associated him in the government, Harden was an in his when 1used more un- « 1 Ger i other opposed breach Kaizer shortly ed the thron den’s admi antipathy te gan to att of essays lished in Four wider er the ltter a rved to increase n for Bismarck rd the Kaiser. attention by political su act on 1888, ¥ ture), & weekly publication. He stood apart from the development sojutism, militarism and “kultu in his newspaper eriticized when and ed. He ridiculed lese | no jud pro- entence on quent ith insulting the Hohenzol- without runninz the risk of b lampooned by the editor's caustic pen. People bought his newspaper, not hecause they were in sympathy with his policies, but merely to see what he had to say on the questions of the dav. However, Die Zukunft was widely quoted throuzhout Germany, and it was not long hefore newspapers abread sought the publication for the purposs of getting the editor's views on_German questions It was Harden who brought to light in 1907 the court scandal of Prince Philip zu Eulenburg and his com- panions, which ‘has heen recorded as | one of Germany’'s greatest sensations. During the World War, Harden was particularly active in his newspay and on the lecture platform in oppos- nz German policies. He charged rmany with responsibility for the war and held that the Kaiser. while rot personally responsible for the con- flict, was the tool declared that the of Satan, not God. The German thorities he accused of coward hypocrisy in trying to exci motives instead of frankly that they had long been prepared for conouest and sei; upon the murder of the Austrian archduke as an ex- cuse ta put their plans into execution. Harden made many enemies and veral times was imprisoned for his attacks upon the Emperor and gov. ernment. After the fall of the Kaiser and the establishment of the Saerman republic, he becawe an op- ponent of the post-war tactics of the government. After the war Harden annour his intention to visit the Unit £tates for a lecture tour. He en a private detective to investi American feeling toward him. but the | proposed trip was ahandoned hecause of the opposition veiced by German- Americans and beca health. In 1922 an attempt was made upon | the lifa of Harden by.several younz radicals. They attacked the editor on his way home one night and stal. | bed and blackjacked him. Althou geriously wounded, he recovered. PLANNED TO RESUME P i 1 ed 1 ). —The des noted German in Switzerland, came on the the projected reap the noted for so many ye against the BERLIN, Octoher ximilian Harden eve of e D which Harde rected his shaf of the former helm. This publication, which br world fame to Harden, had been policies the ars, its The to res row marck Ha News of the de 2% a great sury and a daughter must have been ®ince she had contly Harden's « 1on he some 1 ce in pe an who was no lon. vk upon him Nz men who resented arden spent most of witzerland today refused 1 the right of ind scarch a tion law aboard the Pescawha bro the case. FRIDAY' nisht at 8 pm ure for Jewish :omb. Night Services at ithe sixib i wiieed * Friday weie di to wanted to { Th he admit that afte insert « vendee. both the be| erts den erts Thomas replied that the was submitted the next Aleed German Emperor Wil | * Foe of Kaiser Dies MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, OIL DEAL LEADING TO ALLEGED BRIBE DESCRIBED TO JURY slorado court omy 1t the ity v on he sale of e n this one of yrofits runm were 1 erts nator te his recit nderbil veml wn up two conntry re e ro16 mou £ Can: these red in these 300 in held into t A dec had | names he ft of the nental the today, R.OW Charle 1 ing of ml s conterenee 1in Ne 1991, wi > mill 1 by on nne ONLrICEs cove quant e the Possess t ernn m ol « m v Justic ny, inc! 1 Frid asked s the ven: medin Itobe renew on for 1h the this des had in contract Ser tor obe morn ense, tion Iy it been in the preliminary dr Government counsel iy metances al. Littlet mas h his cussed been sh mtinental In name The court ow relatin u | defense attorneys a mied evidence, istic tion Al the o the Contin objected upon i fully. previou THomas had ames in the skeleton « been told hy Ca. a di Blackmar agreed 1o he inserted in the fin the pheld ile presum i that testimony | w onld re n s It | ckmar nm wonld s that followed e s in the di in P auéstions 1o obta objection < ut tober ed th liscuss By n noth from the wi he e inental ¢ Contract Ts Si what preliminary “Again 1 put into the nde 1. W on continue Blackmer, d R. cont ning?" crmment counsel then called for . which v e T witi the origin 1 cussions chang, the preliminary draft. t was xo after sk was it uy as a had 8. biocked & a final draf a th the in hetween the Me vendeo, ted that - Continer Aflixed it which he 1 in th fun Continental ment to ner Testimony you ha any w of Continental ¢ purpose recolieet corpts of T nessos’ read ex the ci March, 192 to Thomas h into an hey prepired g ante the - v tra would b at zned jt. #hoy i« il « per 11 the e ¥ heen oheris elicitad 2l 1d N N answer, =ult i homas admit- idiscriminate ital At ohjection d Roberts 1o might t vari Fina a- the vendee the e ame the d. draft,” submitted?” fin: mornin p Vander: resent w 1 question, on Humphr nd Osler o, the Ce 100k 1 fror o the contract rence nelaiv ract oil to iI's companies, ng 1o do with et by the rrance ris. 1 he did not. k Ihis testi ppearing memors ndy adjoini ot B enne textimony the first ne wledge with- I olits ne THE EVENING FIREMEN OFFER AID IN FORBUSH HUNT | I P J | | Miricter's Party Again Takes Un Quest for Woman at Wheaton. men of Montgomery | Ay to join in the hun Ramsey Forbush the A clue in that s covered, Ttev. My hush declared today left headaquarters of the pasty ai | the New Winston Hotel, for Wheaton | M., to renew the search that ended With the coming of nisht yesterday | Between 50 and 200 persons have | I heen combing the dense underbrus) [ surrounding Wheaton sin rturdn [ nizht when two colosed men repord that they had swen Mrs hush while i they were passing through the weods | i Forbush and hix party of 12 Can [ andaiguans think that she may hav [ heen driven deep into the woods Iy | the searvehing paety and Woodhounds e it is there they ave hunting today One of the searvchin e has beer 1t hehind to invest A rmor the i Paowniown depan T woman was scen in et sto Another report of a wonan Mus wis veceived b il poli from Charlke Taylor of Prin County, M he saw womat cription of Mys Fo Fort A\ road Mii. about vicht miles b At 10 o'clock last nisht One hundred fi County st: Ny | minute i | | | | nd re for Anne ftion is dis | Dascomb . For hetol he - ha Just 1 < morni the at » on av Sh Tow th ors Anie Land « cment et cment erments, tion.” of sho: The of th ada cor | en them Which was was with the Littlcton read for the i | ine that there was bt | and this contract hove the Contineninl .-.;‘ < the testimony was » fier he K been ex- a by Littleton he volunteered th iformation that “the memorandum referred to in the testimony is what | have called the skeleton agreement.” 1 L. Phillips of Tulsa, OKlthoma ident of the Sinclair Crude Ol nx Co. xinee 1 and vie wember. . the ti @Al w . then wa led 1o the stand by Ioberis roduced upon his request Locum in the company’s possession *re to the deal Afte identifving documents Roberts read them to th jury. ie | The first, hearing d pos-| 17, 1921, was a Tair [ Humphreys' two vendor, and the (& the vends agreed to sell crude petroleum, taining 42 gallons, to be taken from production of The price of $1.50 per harrel was and payments were 1o he made in o on the fitteenth of the month follow inz the preceding n i r It i fir vy ot oil went | nids nti- | of e of Nove contract | oil companies Continental T thi 1 ch burrel the entire 0 per com ml tween the linz | vendor fIs of con mount it of th 1tor ied | in | s | im the rinst all | the parties involved. Contract G hat| Roberts then not | Which stated that k- | Would g intee dis. | company “due had | Continental C: ber 17 also to | of . he | Ol & Gas Co. “the | B. W, Stew: the | Ol Puj her, pr | Ol Purchasing Co. e third document read to Co. | Jury was a resale contract dated \lel' Ay - 3 wherehy the ! nental Co.," called the vendor, was to rvesell the oil delivered by the 1um- phreys’ company to the Praivie Oil and nd the Sincliir Crude Oil Purchasing (. One term spec at the “vendor ngrees to sell amd vendee s to buy” the’ oil, ing either $1.75 per harrel, or the | 1 price of mid-continent’ erude “whichever shall be the hig not to excend £2.50 a harrel, vendee (ihe Praivie and Sincliir com | panies) agrecd to pay on the tenth day of eachi month for oil delivered in the previous month. 1t was mutunlly acreed that the vendee take over ail terms of the t hetween the Contine Humphreys' com- | ties of “the oil. | s re signe hy tor Co.. by | B for and by Paber for o sueer 1 | nty Read. vead a the “undersi; to the Humphreys' performance” Ly the It was dated Novem- and bore the sig O'Neil for the i nd nclair Crude vge 1. e Sinclair Crude had the No- of hix ous | iy dis- in 1 [ of n ere b the th the Sinclair. A final contrac entered hetween the Hufphries .comy | the Pralvie Co, and Crude Oil and Purchasing ¢ dees wax also introduced tract covered the sale of belonzin v the Fumphr nies aver and above the (o the Continental o, ton was contingent upon the fulfill. ment of the Continental contaet, | 1wo companies were pay | Humphreys the prevailing market | U [ price for oiland the contract was to continue as long as oil was produced S lin those fields in commer quan- U e, tob- into nies air ne . a8 ven- This con- | surpius oil v compa- | Amount Wl and its execu- this! pro- | then came directly o the < of the board of dircctors of Sinclaie Crude Ol and Produci on November 1921 It w it this mecting t | by the directors on the orizinal ¢ I neninal contract and the re tract. Roberts asked that th < of the meeting be produced, these were identified by Phillips. this juncture court took a short re o i and | the an ir and greement by the Continental comy, its confract with the two Humphieys coupanies 1o the ¢ Crude Ol Puschasing Co. and the Prairies com % "tleton the. in ws- obipeted gron date of the et vne on the 1 xamination | the te mony at the timony in in Wyoming in | n to pr refer meet i said of October 31st SWANE AN i, i and of refreshing the wit It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow, red | ing | he i the | Continental Co. | 1% wans th NORRIS) the | PLAN - Easy to Pay Monthly Months $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $360 $30.00 $540 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Usnder Su on U. 8, Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W, LJ Loan $120 $180 $240 $300 {JOHNSON WARNS RAILWAYS {avstems oiher for [ devitoped Ly | usual, | hush Psort of 1 | ness up by brie | stumbling | faces; thei \tures | With the eyes airie | * fashion, I show | home Sinel A | tribution of bonds. 1] ¢ for his shov, the ot o | this | Furthe [ vt LO'Nerl guars min- | At Y STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢. MONDAY. OCTOBER o 31, 1927, | LOJE ok CONTROL IS IN OFFING Roads Must Increase Frelght Equipment to Meet 1928 Boom, He Says. Federal Rule Is Foreseen if Systems Are Found Unprepared. Al Dispath 10 The PHILADELPILA. October 1. Johnson, pre 1t of the usine Association and fi sident of the B Locomotive R, Pellevor i cat vailroad of the Nation may face an period of Government eontrol they ineve their freigh cquipment to meet v ndustrinl ivity which he visualiz the near future, tter to members of the . Mr. Johnson pointed to con tions which he said indicaied industeial activity in 1928, and warned unless the railroads were pre to handle ih priva freiz the vonds mizht he en Star AL il mer wiry N nless hauling i as ALEAN B JOHNSON, part from the 1 u\lvnri]rhv of confro; ney power Sees Serious Sitaation, Glgiond “A serions sit in cquipmen ot of the A an Raily wation. published Octoler nzonine moenths October ler stated TS ntl the installation of locor cars were fewer than th hut whereas hevetofore ment of units the capacity have the turn has locomotive inet tions sinee Jdan xeeeded by retirements, Active pounds of effort, Aty owned Octaber of 1 per cent ion pect cmns it ek fon of the To Benefit Tndustries. il g i the vel thronsh 1l power < ol 1 ower sired in he car s e ) v all ine v Tusu who from resumntion in vast icnlture indi busir . Any ne nlay cupation o " tantly, reizht e inerea ns auy 0 1 ne me anid i ¢ 1 greater and Govern- 1ganda on th than [ ment ownership prog STRANGE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS MARK FORBUSH NIGHT SEARCH this hei tertaking, th the human dead ni Mrs then to leap hixh w +ionz quest wa an of the night wind enused intent liste 4 in their tracks, | hnted Kuman he " the under mantle of the scs leaves, dense woods eaplificd Saturday futile search for whush. helieve in the thicke davlicht. Burdofl's woods m, AL pre v pl h picture with leaves o m the paste of Autumn and thick patehes of honevsuckle formin f green in their depths. it they are a thi \ inst (i in ihe Ann R to b z th the blac a squirrel across the 1wt pound harder, Wl when the « to 1y snapp ut Iy of dread gray sky arch for Mrs, Fol with the uncann mes with pencteat bloodhounds, earth. followi some unkne 10 it made the 1wenie, finest of pointed her mournful nos By or wo Bload run ¢ th h | o e ton 1. Onee d suddenly g nalized to the ne 1 s birie « wi 1 ve a i | the unknown, he flashlights of the searc erved to accentuate the within the woods. the I by tree trunks or vatches. The very hecame a thing of menaee tore at the searchers as they through the ind hushes whipoed ken limbs twiste depressions hers bt . inky hlac s of honey < kept tha no throngh th rt the inter oDy s % el 10 It tear a w derbrush and rip eshed tondrils of berry pateh bushes, = held the seerct of the hounds had followed. Itev. Mr. Forbush, plunging the blackness of the woods frantic search for his wife, the t was nothing short of mental ny. Each hail brought a quicken- ing of a hope that has never died, the lay of the bloodhounds gave a promise that was tragically unfulfilled. dvance woods, at their up to trip hampered wanches 1 progre arkness played stranze tricks and ears, straining al- Ady overwrought nerves in uncanny | trail the To the throngh in hi e The A brown bush ag: ecame at a st a tree trunk ance a human form, | ond the bounds of the conspiracy, alleged in the indictment. 8 replied jt w evidence to what the Continental company | was, where it got its profit and who | was Interested in it in order to biing | air's ownership and the dis- Afier havin ken only a small portion of the V00000 barrels of oil due it unde contr ith Tumphreys, the tinental eompany sold its contract the palt sum of $400,000—"" Littleton objected at this point s ired Roberts was making stat mix that the jury should not he ind the court narked that if § s were 1 tull statemel of proffer ould he out of the e Senie Jury. Thercupon th jnry fi the courtroom and Roberts with his explina G n. ‘ The | ready given with more to show that the Continental Co. was not a hona | fide buyver and seller of this oil. shall prove by Mr. Phillips, if p ted, that he received instruction 4 source he docs not now rememher to take an assignment of the Contin- | ental contract at $400.000. On May 1 when the Continental Co. would have made millions of profit under its original contract, Phillips and Os- ler went through a bargain whereby the Continental Co. assigned and interest to the Sincl and Prairie companies for $100.000, and the ‘nt profit was brought to an end. Al this is to prove that the Lilerty, hond transaction was trans- tten up as a shadow. i v b maki it of the 4 ot continued ; es Supreme Court Decision, sherts the United in the of Mammotl Oil Co., held a Iall and ot Dome evidence about was put in cited the recent decision purpose of evidence hegan Ropert S tends that bonds were distributed | Continental Co. on May 8, 18 thut they reached Fall May he evidence so far shows th e of the bonds was the ( ntal Ca, air interes comy Sinclaiv was pre nt when the negotiations were an f the con s which T have Introduce TS own company v il on the samae day at barrel to the this to cnse th, existed between 1d cancel Roberts decl: which he was nd commented the Supreme Court.” Ile said conrt declared “this proof was ONVin g Pre of @ conspirac Litteton told the court that th Governiment's bill of complaint in the | eivil suit. which the disposed had no limitations vespe es when an alle and was consummated which Roberts seeks to tmitted in this case was ad b conspiracy Sinclair Jease, inid ] e ol with viaence will further show the Continental Co., was organ on - that day—November 1 Thit i was organi purpose of taking this in e contract for the purpose tinis cent profit. It now | that Sincl . t and nteed performance of the continct and then on the vesaie agreed to perform all the Continental's obli tions as well as to indemmify it | inst The Continental Co a mere shell. made up by thes gentlemen for the 1 purposes “I promise 1o evidence of leton de ut in the maintiined the Government hiad offered no evidence to prove that was a sharcholder in the ontinental Co.t that he ever had any tin the Continental Co. excent be pears Sinelir it such company, buying and selling oil. or that he ever received a hond as a divi- dend for his share of profit. follow al- i s Tomorrow we will celebrate our Silver Anniversary all are cordially invited Steinway and Duo-Art Reproducing Pianos Twelfth and G St Aeolian Co. Representatives | il | | searchers | | 1 title | lates Supreme Court | _ 0 MAFALDA CHARGES | BOY HELD AS POLICE ARE BRANDED FALSE SEEK MISSING GIRJ Liner Virginia Youth Faces Trial on Kid- naping Charge—Another Is Hunted. Goes Down With Ship Seaworthy, Captain w Did Their Duty, Statement Says. and By the Assn NEW YORK ment deny ir Press, Octabher o While police here are searching Lo who has been missing from her }"vm" Vienna, Va. since September 3, ice Allan of th lding Rufus Waple in &1 4 of kidnaping and has a for - arrest o wenused of 2 A reports that the steamer Principessn Mafalda sank ir the h Atlant improperly equipped 16-year-old o Josephine which in six days that i conduct or i 150 James or was guilty i vesterday by of m a ‘ rant out WRAEied \rmentrout away Accordin: n hy saving passe the Nav owner of the “The steamer Prineipessa fully seaworthy.” the st i provided with eflicient | <tvinz apparatus, more thin suffic all pas: A crew. and sa ctorily passed inspection by overnment officials bef Generale 1. Mafa Hemen 17101 ey liana, ve W i fon e girl paid no and was drive e conduct hefure of the and durir staff and the the accident eneral testi crow told Washin the e let e car at Wisconsin avenn ey left her at her Waple and have sinea. Alle ple i noof the steamer he first to reach the Accident and lend | taphed the company's Aires: ‘Capt. Guli was last seen on the h ~ of the Prin pessa Mafalda as the steamer fonnd od. and the entive erew strenuously | dia their duty. | MRS, ALICE ROBINSON | DEAD AT AGE OF 73 | | Widow of Noted Lawyer Prominent | in Social Circles Here for Many Years. Mosclla, to aeny assistance id 1est, office in he | want said he 1 not formal hearing us found He was about two w ke * his home. Vienna, the justic T cavs he will give the to it the evidence again enongh he will tur ivenile Court Both are under 18. but Justice <avs he thinks Waple will he 18 and if Armentrout isn't found = then he will probably have to Waple alore. or Armentrout « n in | try | | Ida sank | BUSINESS “PAUSE” LAID A TO THIRD-TERM DOUBT White House Callers Say Projects Are Delayed by Uncertainty of President’s Future. ¢ the Associated Press, 0 of President Coolidge's callers came from confarences at the Whita lHouse today. declaring that business | was experiencing a it was not certain that Mr. Coolidge would consent to be drafted to run for President next vear. Charles H. Sherrill, president of the | Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Co, fof Adams, s.. declared that he Edwards | “knew of two large projects” for in- fan, who | lustrial expansicn which were bein, 1fternoon {held up hecause of the uncertainty o 1427 | the political situation Earlier in the day E. G. Burkham, or of the Dayton, Ohio, Journal aaid he felt there was a slight unce {tainty in business, which he attributed Mr. Coolidge’s statement that he | did not ehoose to run. | Mrs ald, Alice of M. Rob Leigh prominent 3 Robinson, won, vears widow noted in social cireles of at her | Cout lawyer, this eity for many CAr Who Tlost | steamship Lol _the ¢ r of the e ‘RITES FOR H. E. CLAFLlN Society for ‘Dm‘msed cpr inia Antiqui ‘ With s born on on the Fune les below | died I niece SIMONE GULT, s fe when {ous organizations here, in the ipartments today At the time of her ¢ son was president of | Chireh Tome, was o men United Danghters of the Dimies and th tion of Vir: | | | | his | Princ ll| residence . Robin Discop . 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