Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1928, Page 3

SINCLAIR TRIAL .THE. SUNDAY. STAR.. WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL_ 8. 1928 PART .1. a B WILL PRESIDE AT ORATORY MEETS OPENS TOMORROW Story of Formation of Con- tinental Co. May Not Be Heard. In the same courtroom in which he was found guilty last Summer of con- tempt of the Senate, Harry F. Sinclair, oft millionaire, tomorrow morning will g0 on trial before Justice Jennings Bafler and a jury. charged with con- spiracy to detraud the Government in connection with the Teapot Dome lease Tomorrow's sesison of Criminal Divi- sion 2 of the District Supreme Court, will mark the ofl man's second time in court on the same charge—the first trial. which began last October. hav frg been halted on charge of jury tampering. Out of this mistrial grew the Sinclair-Burns criminal contempt proreedings. Sinclair will be co-defendant. Albert Sncretary of the Interior granted an indefinite ewing to 00T May alone this time. his Fall. former having been postponement health Avoid Continental Story On eve of trial, it was fearned by the Associated Press that ory of the formation of the Con- Trading Co. which Govern utors sought to bring out o he not be touched eeedines beginnir man, it is said, will admit that he gave Fall $233.000. part in bonds of the Continental Co.. purchased with oil profits. and will insist that the pav- ment was for one-third interest in Fall's Tres Ritos Cattle & Land Co. in New Mexico. \ Sinclair will maintsin that the source ot material to the harges against him of d the Gover: t Government That th: Government is ready to g0 into the Continental deal, should it find 1t necessary. is indicated by the caliing of Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the Board of the Standard Oil Co. of In- diana, as a witness. Stewart. it is charged, piayed a prominent part in the Continental transaction. and now is un- €er indictment. charged with contemot of the Senate. for refusing to tell the Senate Teanot Dome commiittee his part in_the deal Twenty-six veniremen are on call for examinal as jurors and should a panel not be solected fror this number, there will be 474 more available at the courthouse—a total of 500 havinz been ealled for the April term. Attorneys for both sides last night thought it un- likely that this number would be ex- | hsused or even gone into very far be- fore a jury iz sworn. New Jury Method. Impaneling of the 12 persons to sit in judgment of Sinclair is expected to be ‘hastened with the execution of a | new rule of court placing the questio ing of each taleeman with the court in- | stead of with attorneys for both sides | The new rule. recently adopted. would | not bar counse! from probing the quali- | fications of the talesman bevond the | examination conducted by the Sut thess questions must be threugh Justice Bailey. | The rule was invoked to_eliminate | repetition in guestioning. The Gov- | Left to right: Harry M. Keyser, chairman of the first Virginia group meeting | ponday, at Leesburg on Tuesiay and at in the Fifth National Oraterical Contest, at Falls Church, Thursday night, and Capt. Thurlow White, chairman of the second group meet, at Alexandria, Friday night. PARLEY MYSTIFIES SEEKING CANDIDATE Religion, Land, or Nicaragua May Be Subject of Visit to Vera Cruz. RY A. A. PASTOR. Ve to The Star and Chicazo Daily News. Copyrght. 192X MEXICO CITY. April 7.-Ambassa- dor Dwight W. Morrow’s admission that he spent Thursday in Vera Cruz as the guest of President Calles, and his re- fusal to comment on the subjects dis- cussed at their lengthy conference added mystery to the situstion and extraordinary developments are fore- cast. All sorts of reports are current. but everybody agrees that something extremely important occasioned the Ambassado.’s visit to the President. Among the various theories as to the cause of the trip, three are worthy of consideration, the uppermost being the religious question. It is well known that Mr. Morrow is willing informally to exercise his good offices to solve the religious controversy. or at least to find a modus vivendi between the Mexican government and the Roman Catholic Chureh. Rebellion Under Control. This is necessary to dlssl?nu the fears entertained by foreign investors with regard to a possible renewal of the rebellion, and to pacify the country morally. Physically, peace has already been established. The rebellion is con- fined to some armed groups scattered in the mountains which now and then tack towns and railroads. but it is leged that Catholic propaganda abroad Br Ca |is attempting to represent the whole country as on fire. . Morrow rk is considerably handicapped fears which prevent or at least obstruct the economical reconstruction of the ernment counsel usually conducted a | count upon which the settlement of fengthv search Into the telesman’s past | the ';Z,.m Mexican-American diffi- and then the defense would hegin all | cyitiss depend. over with substantially the same ques- Weeks ago it was reported that Mr. tions | Morrow succeeded in arranging a It was understood Yast night that| meeting between President Calies and Binclair. through his attorneys, would | the Vatican's representative in an at- attack the validity of the new r{uk im- | tempt to restore good relations between and the Catholic v and Martin W Littleton of | New York. Hoover and Littleton were | Ulua Castle, which is some distance counsel at the previous conspiracy and | from the shore and where the arrival eontempt trials. while Wright was at- | of the holy see’s delegate would be un- ml for Henry Mszson Day. confi- | noticed. assistant to Sinclair. in the Sin- ciair-Burns es. The Gover: 1 Monetary Claims of Americans. ment will be represented by its soecially The second theory relates to the #pointed oil prosecutors, Owen J. Rob- | monetary claims of Americans against erts of Philadelphia and Former Sena- | the Mexican government for damages tor Atice Pomerene of Ohio and United | in the revolutions or the land seizures. States Attorney Leo A Rover | which it is reported Mr. Morrow intends T SeRry zm dispose of by means of a wholesale FRENCH “VICTORY BELL” settlement. Such a method would RINGS FOR FIRST TIME bring practical and immediate results and avoid a vast amount of interna- tional friction. But. well informed per- |sons assert that this idea was devel- E e 4 |oped by one of the European claims Massive Memorial at Verdun Plays 'comm |proval of his government for such & Part | settiement. It ‘nvolved the payment Celebration. {in ofl of the amounts o be awarded By The Associated Pross | That country, though friendly to the VERDUN, Prance. April T | United States, would like to get ahead Jerdun’s | Of 'he American Ambassador by first massive “victory bell” will be tolled for | making the announcement of such a the first time Easter Bunday as a part | settlement, which would be an impor- of the holy day celebration in this town |tant international step, because ~the of immortal sacrifice. It will be rung |other claimant countries would be first at dawn, again at midday and at | forced to follow suit sunset | "Last but not least among the re- The bell is hung in the tower of a |poris is that President Calles asked Mr vast ossuary dedicated last year as a | Morrow informally to use his good of- memorial to 600,000 soldiers who fell at | fices to obtain the evacuation of Nica- Verdun during the World War. The|ragua by the Marines great bell, weighing several tons, was |causing irritations throughout transported half way across Prance a | America. Gen. Sandino’s activities are few months ago with solemn ceremonies | harmful for American prestige. In 5 = | Gen. Bandino would be killed, 1t | would arouse resentment. and the pres- 217 heat. | ent fighting would not be conducive to SE 0, |#ood will and friendship among the 21 | American countries. The supporters of this theory believe that Mr. Morrow had something important to President Calles and decided to call ¥ |upon him in Vera Cruz TWO MEE"I'INGS SET. in Easter a2t #6.50 @ & Coaw T BE B ERPONSIGLE, FOR ANY | y any other than RO~ wit i ne HERRPLL. 726 10th W RCREEN DOOKS 1 nor eae HECHING o & ¥ia av. ne RERPONSIE District Bills This Week, Two meetings are scheduled by the | Benate District committee for the early | part of the week. The committee will | meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon {10 take final action of the child tabor bill and the bill o define the status of " | the Woman's Buresu of the Police De- rwo | pertment e0all A hearing will be held st 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon on the bill to per- mit the people of the District 1o elect the members of the Board of Education. THE TIME TO HAVE ('8 LOOK A oot 1L in At el Kend posis (without cha Y ENGINEERING €O KATIC "y NaL Driveny” » . ¥ How i TO SEIYOT ANI PoFT Hone ,. A0 Is Situated on the Nearest Body of Salt Water (South r) Waterfrom Home Sjtes Hedges & Middeton, Inc. Weattors 1412 Eye B4, Soon_ A B A 1’ ATL, IN( TINNING Cornices & Skylights 3 rghausen issioners who already had the ap- | this_oceupation | Latin | Gen. Amaro a Possibility in Mexican Presidential Race. Party Caucus Called. By the Associated F MEXICO CITY. April 7.—Mexico's onz-man” presidential campalgn gave additional evidence of blossoming forth into at least & dual affair today with an announcement by Alesio Robles. presi- dent ot the “Anti-Re-election” party proposing a party convention the last ot the month to nominate a candidate, If such is named he would oppose Gen. Alvaro Obregon. former President of Mexico, who, since the execution of his opponents, Gens. Serrano and Gomez remains the sole man in the field Robles’ pronouncement made no men- tion of a possible cholce by the party which has been virtually quiescent since the death of Gome and Serrano. whose candidacy they fostered Although the Robles announcement made no mention of a possible candiate for the Anti-Re-election party, other dispatches from Mexico City have in- dicated that Gen. Joaquin Amgro, sec- retary of war in the cabinet of Presi- dent Calles, will be its choice. Amaro, who was in technical charge of the suppression of the alleged Gomez- Serrano revoit in October of last yeay, is & native of the State of Michoagan and has had a meteoric rise in the army. He is under 40. U. S. WARY OF NEW REPARATION PLANS CONCEIVED ABROA (Continued from First Page.) improbable that vast flotations of Ger- man reparation bonds could be success- fully made here in view of the fact that | American capital during the past twe | or three years has been steadily flowing | into Germany. In 1927. American do:- lars financed German machinery com- panies, steel industries, banks, depart- ment stores, hydroelectric enterprises. street railways, textile corporations steamship lines and municipalities. Th total amount of Yankee money loan~d to Germany last year was $213,047,500 to commercial and industrial corpo tions, and $72.185.200 to governmen! states and municipalities. Nearly 45 per cent of all the American capital in- vested in Europe in 1927 was sent lo Germany, It is plain from the figures just cited | that it lhera;.ule.r'n ]obklo induce American in- vestors to take up any apprecjably larger blocks of German pl?l'(:‘l‘l’?lh“ !than are now being absorbed in this country. That is the purely financial aspect of the situation. Of considerably | more important bearing is the politica! | situation that would develop if Uncl | Sam should have foreed upon him th: role of making Germany meet repara- | tion payments. It is true that to date | Germany has fulfilled every obligation \lmpoud upon her by the Dawes plar.. For three years in succession, the B }in government, has not defaulted by so much as a single mark. But for the budget year 1928-20, when the Germans must bsgin maximum annuities of $625,000,000, grave doubts have been expressed, both by Germans and non- Germans, as to the Reich’s capacity. Gilbert Views Issue, Among those who have given public volce to the serious possibilities of the future is 8. Parker Gilbert, the young | American agent-general for Teparations who is stationed at Berlin, Mr. Gilbert is an outspoken exponent of the theory that Germany must know, as soon as possible, exactly what the total amount of her whole reparations obligation is %oing to be. Under present conditions that remains an unknown quantity from the “capacity to pay” standpoint There is a growing feeling throughout the world—and In the highest American financial quarters, too—that something sooner or later must be done to revise the Dawes plan. The only thing certain at Washington In the matter, at this| writing at least, is that the United States would hardly ever become a party to any revision that saddled this coun- try with burdens and responsibilities not now imposed upon it. If any such thought has taken lodgment in the head of M. Poin or in the minds of other Euronesn men, they are hugeing « delusion (Comvright 1978 ) . "The rose garden of the University of Texas has 1.000 varieties of roses. 7 H. R. HOWENSTEIN CO. BHighview Apartments Cor. 13th and Clifton Sts. N.W. Facing Central High School One of the highest point 1th arvanged n 1 1o ent 1o and nd theaters 4 Flevators Large Porch Hardwood Floor 1 room, reception hall and bath and kitchen 1 room, kitchen and bath 2 rooms, reception hall, kitchen and bath 4 rooms, kitchen and hath See Resident Manager, VRGN RATORS NEET THS WEEK [Falls Church and Alexandria | Hold Group Contests Thurs- | day and Friday. With the Maryland district awalting its championship battle and the private and paiochial school district rapidly completing its field of spokesmen. the Virginia district will enter the group | phase of its participation in The Star's | area of the Fifth National Oratotical | Contest this week when two groups of its schools meet at Fails Church and Alexandria, Thursday and Friday nights, respectively The three remaining roup reets of the scheduled five will b> staged auring the week of April 15 at Herndon on Warrenton on Friday. { inches in depth. CENTRAL WEST HIT BY RAW WEATHER Easter Ushered in With Cold, Snow and Rain—Damage to Communications. Rough going to- | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 7 morrow for Easter bunnies and boule- vard paraders. Colder, cloudy sk'es some snow and more rain were predic- tions for the Central West. The heavy mantle of snow that iso- lated more than 60 Nebraska citics was dropped today on Iowa, from 6 to 10 Gentle rains thor- oughly soaked other parts of the Mid- dle Wesl, turning to snow toward eve- ning, as reports were received of forest fires in the East, induced by the hot dry weather. Near freezing temperature and strong | northwest winds were expected to add to the discomfort of the Easter pro- cession First Meet Thursda Virginia's first group contest for selec- tion of State district finalists will between four orators at the Fa Church High School at 8 o'clock Thur day night The Falls Church winner will receive a $20 award The schools are the Falls Churcn High School. the ‘Washington-Lez High School of Ballston, the Oakton High School and the Franklin-Sherman Lign School of McLean. The Fells Church school is the only one which has not | yet chosen its champion. ~[Iis finals are to be held on the aay of the group meet. Harry M. Keyser, secretary of the Washington Rafiway and Electric Co., will preside. The orators will be told that they must confine their orations to 10 minutes. One word spoken after |time has been called automatically drops a contestant to last place. The three contestants already named Josephine Eterling of the Washington- Lee High School. Dwight Brown of the Oakton High School and Vincent Schermerhorn of the Franklin-Sherman High School. The judges: John F. Bethune, secre- tary. United States Tariff Commission Louis Alderman, specialist in adult education, United States Bureau of Education, and George J. Jones, head of the history department in the Dis- trict of Columbia public schools. Alexandria Friday. The second group contest this week will be held in the auditorum of the Alexandria High School at 8 o'clock Friday night, where five school cham- plons will seek a place in the Virginia district. finals and the group meet award of $20. The competition will be presided over by Capt. Thurlow White. president of the Alexandria Kiwanis Club. The schools: Alexandria High. Clif- ton High, the Haymarket High. the Fairfax High and the George Mason High. None of them has yet chosen a spokesman. The Alexandria High School proposes to make a real evening of the contest, and win, draw or lose. it is going to fete all the contestants and members of the audience with a dance immedi- | ately after the decision is announced The Alexandria High Sehool Orchestra | will play The judges: ton Moore of Virgini ing. instructor in the public speaking department of National University, and | Pred P. Myers, director > the legal debating class at National University. | " The winners of the two meets to be held this week will compete, each in| " | blocked traffic and caused some incon- Although the snow in Towa piled high in the country roads by the winds, | veniences, it was regarded as of ines- | timable value to the farmers in view | of the late cold spell. Damage to tele- | phone property in southwestern lowa, | however, was estimated at $150,000. Telegraph and telephone lines in Nebraska were largely restored today | and newspapers, which yesterday were forced to rely on radio entirely, re- | ceived their news by wire as usual. The severest part of the storm was felt within & 75-mile radius of Omana, the | towns most heavily hit being Lincoln, | Fairbury. Beatrice. Columbus, Seward | |and York. Trains and interurbans re- | sumed normal schedule today. | The winds and temperature were mild, but the damage resulted from the weight of the wet srow which played havoc with wires and poles. 160 DRY CASES IN WEEK. Police Seize 2,257 Quarts of Whisky With Other Liquors. The prohibition forces of the Police Department finished last week with 160 | arrests for violation of the prohibition law and the seizure of 2.257 quarts of | whisky to their credit | In addition to the whisky. they also seized 120 quarts of brandy and 25 quarts of gin and confiscated 3 stills and 7 automobiles. 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